The Urban Design Forum is delighted to announce the 2018 Class of Fellows! Our 136 new Fellows are civic leaders shaping dynamic, equitable, and resilient cities around the world. We work to advance their creative solutions to today’s urban challenges in our programs throughout the year.
The 2018 Fellows are leading significant projects in the New York region, from the BIG U climate resiliency plans for lower Manhattan to the Fair Fares initiative recently passed by City Council. They are designing and developing skyscrapers transforming Midtown Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn as well as leading efforts to build new affordable housing in the Bronx. They are inaugurating new parkland in Staten Island and leading research in smart mobility systems and environmentally-friendly construction materials.
Our Fellows are also working in cities around the world from Hong Kong to Istanbul. They are creating masterplans for mixed-use neighborhoods in Cairo and Melbourne and designing multimodal transit networks in Moscow. From convening leaders to reinvigorate Detroit’s public spaces to sponsoring resilience accelerators in Vietnam, our Fellows are tackling some of the most pressing urban issues here and abroad.
On April 30, we will host a casual, intimate reception to welcome the 2018 Class of Fellows. New Fellows may contact rsvp@urbandesignforum.org for more details.
We welcome the 2018 Class of Fellows and look forward to sharing their ideas for the future of the city!
Learn more about becoming a Fellow of the Urban Design Forum.
Meet the 2018 Class of Fellows ↓
Fiona Akins, Deputy Director, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Belen Ayarra, Associate, Perkins Eastman
Rebecca Bailin, Campaigns Manager, Riders Alliance
James Barnes, Partner, Foster + Partners
Charlotte Barrows, Associate, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Shawn Basler, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Abe Bendheim, Project Leader, Studio Gang
Hilary Bertsch, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Ceren Bingol, Founder and Principal, Ceren Bingol Studio
Cliff B. Bollmann, Associate Principal, Woods Bagot
Dario Brito, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman
Seth Brown, Founder and Principal, Aspen Equities
David Brown, Principal, Woods Bagot
Travis J.M. Bunt, Director, One Architecture and Urbanism
Shane Burger, Principal, Woods Bagot
Jeff Callow, Thornton Tomassetti, Inc.
Dario Calmese, Photographer
Peter Cavaluzzi, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Francesco Cerroni, Project Manager, Mobility in Chain
John Cetra, Founding Principal, CetraRuddy Architecture
Anthony Chase, New York Program Director, Humanity in Action
Tyler Cukar, Associate, FXCollaborative Architects
Hi Sun Choi, Senior Principal, Thornton Tomassetti Inc.
Garance Choko, CEO, Coda Societies
Jonathan Cohn, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Henry Crothers, Director, LandLAB
Raymond Daddazio, President, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Delphine Daniels, Director of Business Development, Levien & Company, Inc.
Trattie Davies, Partner, Davies Toews
Gabor Debreczeni, Senior Economist, Louis Berger
Tanya DeHoog, Principal, Thornton Tomassetti Inc.
Jared Della Valle, CEO and Founder, Alloy Development
Peter DiMaggio, Managing Director, Thornton Tomassetti Inc.
Viktoria Diskina, Associate, FXCollaborative
Jacob Doctoroff, VP of Product, Motivate
Koray Duman, Principal, Buro Koray Duman
Helena Durst, Principal, The Durst Organization
Ahmed ElHusseiny, AE Superlab
Crystal Jane Elksi, Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Iben Falconer, Director, Gehl
Wendy Fok, Creative Director, WE-DESIGNS
Adam Frampton, Principal, Only If
Robert Frost, Partner, Signature Urban Development
Jennifer Gardner, Program Manager, Gehl Institute
Santiago Giraldo, Global Director, Product Marketing, Sisense
Sarah Goldhagen, Author and Architecture Critic
Elizabeth Goldstein, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
Robert Goodwin, Design Director, Principal, Perkins+Will
Erick Gregory, Deputy Director, Urban Design Office, NYC DCP
Steven Grillo, First Vice-President, Staten Island EDC
Jerome Haferd, Founding Principal, Brandt : Haferd
Caroline Harris, Managing Partner, Goldman Harris
Erleen Hatfield, Managing Partner, Hatfield Group
Claudia Herasme, Chief Urban Designer, NYC Department of City Planning
James Hickerson, Senior Associate, Woods Bagot
Brittany Hodges, Design Associate, Alloy Development
Anne Holford-Smith, Partner, PBDW Architects
Ryan Jacobson, Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Andrea Jandricek, Co-Founder, Changing Ground
Fah Kanjanavanit, Columbia University
Sabrina Kanner, Executive Vice President, Brookfield Properties
Lara Kaufman, Design Director, Studio Gang
Sarah Kaufman, Assistant Director, NYU Wagner School
Salmaan Khan, NYC Program Manager, Central Park Conservancy
Jenny Kim, Design Associate, Alloy Development
Paula Kirby, Managing Director, Plaxall
Julia Kite, NYC Department of Transportation
Brandt Knapp, Founding Principal, Brandt : Haferd
Constantine Kontokosta, Professor, New York University
Steven Koppel, Partner, Sidley Austin
Kevin Kraft, City Planner, NYC Department of City Planning
Andrea Kretchmer, Principal, Xenolith Partners LLC
Noemie Lafaurie-Debany, Principal, Balmori Associates
Jonathan Lane, Senior Project Manager, Center for Urban Innovation, NYC EDC
Nick Leahy, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Robert Limandri, Senior Principal, Vidaris, Inc.
Karen Listowsky, Chief Architect, Jerusalem
Arthur Liu, Senior Project Leader, Studio Gang
Jing Liu, Principal, SO-IL
Scott Lomax, Senior Principal, Thornton Tomassetti Inc.
Serena Losonczy, Associate Partner, PBDW Architects
Brian Loughlin, Director of Planning and Urban Design, Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Yuxiang Luo, Senior Analyst, James Lima Planning + Development
Michael Lydon, Principal, The Street Plans Collaborative
Matthew Mahon, Associate, Arup
Ariella Maron, Principal, Lion Advisors
Daniel Marsh, President & CEO, National Development Council
Tricia Martin, Principal, WE Design
David McCarty, Director, Alloy Development
Ben Meade, Project Manager, Alloy Development
Alison Mears, Director, Healthy Materials Lab, Parsons School of Design
Rachel Meltzer, Associate Professor of Urban Policy, Milano School, The New School
Alberto Mena Associate, Silman
Michaela Metcalfe, Director of Design and Construction Excellence, NYC DDC
Clay Miller, Founder, Bergen Street Studio
Gifford Miller, Partner, Signature Urban Development
Jolie Milstein, President & CEO, NYSAFAH
Isabelle Moutaud, Director of Strategy, Diller Scofidio & Renfro
Tara Mrowka, Designer, Alloy Development
Ann Mullins, City Councilor, Aspen City Council
Jeff Nelson, Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets & Infrastructure, RxR Realty
Elaine Newman, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman
Philip Palmgren, Founding Partner, rePlace Urban Studio
Itai Palti, Director, Hume / Conscious Cities
Thaddeus Pawlowski, Managing Director, Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes, Columbia University
Bob Pell, Managing Director, Urban Solutions, Hatch
Vince Pirrello, Regional Executive Chair, Woods Bagot
Silvia Vercher Pons, Architect and Urban Designer , Perkins Eastman
Teo Quintana, Designer, Studio Gang
Dryden Razook, Associate Principal, S9 Architecture
Michelle Roelofs, Associate, Arup
Jennifer Romeo, Designer, Perkins Eastman
Tara Roscoe, Associate Principal, Woods Bagot
David Rowe, Executive Vice President, CAMBA Housing Ventures
Nicolas Ryan, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman
Paolo Santi, Lead, MIT Sensible City Lab
Scott Schneider, Associate Principal, Thornton Tomassetti Inc.
Shay Sellars, Managing Director, SASRE Properties
Tom Scarangello, Chairman and CEO, Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Ben Shepherd, Director, Atelier Ten
Joshua Simoneau, Senior Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Jeremy Singer, Managing Principal, Woods Bagot
Julien Sneck, Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Jen Steacy, Architectural Designer, Alloy Development
Anisha Steephen, Director of Real Estate, Spaceworks
Matthew Stephenson, Associate Principal, Woods Bagot
Elizabeth Stoel, Associate Partner, Rogers Partners
Jean Suh, Senior Project Leader, Studio Gang
Jeff Sullivan, Designer, Alloy Development
Art Terry, Designer, Studio Gang
Heidi Theunissen, Business Development Manager, ODA
George Todorovic, Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Shin-pei Tsay, Executive Director, Gehl Institute
Jay Valgora, Principal + Founder, STUDIO V Architecture
David Vega-Barachowitz, Senior Urban Designer, NYC DCP
Mariel Villere, Manager for Programs, Arts, and Grants, NYC Parks, Freshkills Park
Brad Vogel, Executive Director, New York Preservation Archive Project
Nans Voron, Associate, SCAPE
Alan Washington, Success Academy
Lindsay Weiss, Weiss Turkus Projects
Samuel White, Partner, PBDW Architects
Marlon Williams, Assistant Director, Public Sector Innovation, Living Cities
Lucien Wilson, Director of KPF Urban Interface, Kohn Pedersen Fox
Evan Wiskup, Project Manager, Alloy Development
Beth Wolfowitz, Director, Urban Solutions, Hatch Infrastructure
Eric Verboon, Principal, Managing Director, Walter P. Moore
Jean You, Urban Design, Zoning Division, NYC DCP
Brad Zuger, Senior Associate, Rockwell Group
Our Company & Agency Members ↓
In 2018, the Forum launched a new company and agency group membership program to complement its individual Fellow network and Director’s Circle. To learn more about getting your company or agency involved, please contact Daniel McPhee, Executive Diretor, daniel@urbandesignforum.org.
Alloy Development
Dattner Architects
FXCollaborative
Gensler
Kohn Pedersen Fox
NYC Department of City Planning
PBDW Architects
Perkins Eastman
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Rogers Partners
Sidewalk Labs
Silvercup Studios
TEN Arquitectos
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Woods Bagot
WSP
WXY architecture + urban design