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Assembly

April 27-May 1, 2026
Monday-Thursday, Lunchtime Virtual Sessions
Friday, 11am-4pm: In person at Pier 60 in Manhattan

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In-Person Assembly Schedule — Friday, May 1

11-12

Opening reception hosted by Boingo

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12-2

Luncheon program and Zuccotti Award presentation

2-4

Closing reception hosted by United Airlines

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Zuccotti Award

2026 John Zuccotti Award

RPA’s highest award for leadership in the region is named after John E. Zuccotti, a long-serving member of the RPA Board of Directors and Execu­tive Committee. Presented each year at RPA’s annual Assembly, the award recognizes a leader who has made extraordinary contributions to the built environment of the tri-state metropolitan region.

Learn more about this year’s honoree

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Presented by

Regional Plan Association

Presented to

Kathryn Garcia

Kathryn Garcia, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is a long-time public servant leading important projects for our region.

Mainstage Program — Friday May 1

  • Glaeser Photo2022

    Edward L. Glaeser

    Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Virtual Panels — Monday April 27 - Thursday April 30

  • Rpa illo governance grey

    Monday: Achieving Affordability Through Abundance

  • Rpa illo environment orange

    Tuesday: The Grid of the Future

  • Rpa illo transportation red

    Wednesday: What Helps Us Move in the Future?

  • Rpa illo housing lightblue

    Thursday: Creating Opportunity for All: Building the Housing we Need

Panel Speakers

  • Marty beard

    Marty Beard

    CEO, Hayden AI

  • Karen Du Bois Walton square

    Karen DuBois-Walton

    President and CEO, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

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    Hugh Frater

    Chairman of Vessel Technologies

  • Glaeser Photo2022

    Edward L. Glaeser

    Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University

  • Ligia Guallpa

    Ligia Guallpa

    Executive Director, Worker’s Justice Project

  • jen hensley

    Jen Hensley

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison

  • Opening Keynote Justine Johnson 2025 Headshot

    Justine Johnson

    Chief Mobility Officer, Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (State of Michigan)

  • Moderator Derek Kaufman

    Derek Kaufman

    Founder and CEO, Inclusive Abundance

  • Sarah Keh Profile Pic

    Sarah S. Keh

    Vice President of Inclusive Solutions, Prudential Financial

  • President CEO Kris Kolluri 26 0122 3

    Kris Kolluri

    President & Chief Executive Officer of NJ TRANSIT; Executive Director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority

  • Houtan Moaveni

    Houtan Moaveni

    Vice President, Grid Strategies

  • Blondel A Pinnock

    Blondel A. Pinnock

    President and CEO, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

  • Primary Mike Richter Brightcore Energy

    Mike Richter

    President, Brightcore Energy, LLC

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    Tiffany-Ann Taylor

    Chief Strategy Officer, NYC Department of Transportation

  • Vanterpool Veronica

    Veronica Vanterpool

    Senior Vice President & Americas Transit Lead, AECOM

  • Zwicker andrew 2022 250

    Hon. Andrew Zwicker

    New Jersey State Senator

  • Gates Moses

    Moses Gates

    Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, RPA

Sponsors

Platinum

  • Durst Organization logo 1024x431 1 1
  • Jamie Rubin

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  • SFE RIGHT GRADIENT 1 1

Gold

  • AECOM Logo Black RGB 2
  • Amazon logo 3
  • Att logo transparent 2
  • Boingo wireless 3
  • Con Edison 2023 2
  • Convene logo w square
  • Crown Castle Logo svg 2
  • Steve Denning

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  • Prudential
  • RWJBH 2016 RGB 2
  • United Airlines Logo 1 1 1
  • L Vantage Group Navy RGB 1 2

Silver

  • Alstom logo svg
  • Arcadis
  • Arent Fox Schiff
  • Arup Logo Red RGB 002
  • Blackstone copy
  • Brookfield Logo navy spaced CMYK
  • Citi R Blue Red Arc RGB
  • Comella Co
  • Cushman wakefield
  • Delta Air Lines Logo
  • Edison
  • EY
  • Fisher Brothers 2022
  • Google 2024 09 30 205635 whuc 1
  • The Grable Foundation

  • Guidehouse
  • Halmar 01
  • Hackensack Meridian Health Logo svg
  • Haydan 300x127
  • HNTB 1
  • Jacobs
  • MT Bank 341 RGB 2015 no tagline 1
  • Madison Square Garden Entertainment RGB
  • Microsoft Logo
  • Morgan Stanley Logo 1 svg
  • Logo MTA
  • PNC
  • PSEG Logo 2color RGB
  • Rise Light and Power RGB H1
  • RUDIN Logo Black 2019 11 13
  • Siemens new
  • SLG new Corp Logo 294 1
  • Ssw logo
  • Stantec Logo
  • STV Logo
  • Turner Blue Logo
  • NEW Uber
  • VHB copy
  • Vornado
  • The Woodner Foundation

  • WSP logo warm red Clear Background

Bronze

  • GJDC Logo Green
  • Menlo
  • NYPA
  • Skanska logo 2024
  • Starborn

Partner

  • The Acceleration Project

  • Arden Road Investments

  • Barretto Bay Strategies

  • Stephen Beckwith

  • Henry Cisneros

  • Susannah Drake

  • Duane Morris

  • HR&A Advisors

  • David & Susanna Huntington

  • Immortal Strategies

  • Inclusive Abundance

  • Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

  • Northwood Investors

  • Omnispective

  • Ana Rua

  • Alison Sant

  • Sasaki

  • Robert Steel

  • Marilyn Taylor

  • Vivaria Ecologics

  • Wiley

  • Windels Marx

  • WXY

Friend

  • energyRe

  • Infrastructure Business Advisors, LLC

  • Subash Iyer

  • McKissack & McKissack

  • Practice for Architecture & Urbanism

  • Samuel Schwartz

  • Ernest J. Tollerson III

  • Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

Highlights from the 2025 RPA Assembly