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Thank you to all who supported and attended the 2022 RPA Centennial Assembly and celebrated 100 years of research, planning, and advocacy with us.

Keynote Interview

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy share the stage at the RPA Centennial Assembly, interviewed by RPA President and CEO Tom Wright. Watch the entire in-person program here.

The RPA Centennial Assembly focused on the transformations our region must make in order to thrive for the next 100 years. As we recover from COVID, we must double down on investing in communities for a diverse and growing population, reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, and prioritize health and prosperity for everyone.

With infrastructure investments from the federal government on a scale not seen since FDR’s New Deal, transformative changes are within our reach. RPA’s Centennial Assembly explored how we can realize those changes: how we can fix roadway congestion and transit access with housing; how we can move toward solving the climate crisis with better land use planning; and how desperately needed infrastructure investment can benefit everyone in our region.

While RPA’s priorities have evolved to meet the challenges of a changing region over the past 100 years, our long-term vision, regional perspective, and commitment to the tri-state area have remained constant.

Lisa Jackson Rit Aggarwalla RPA Assembly

Katy Knight Siegel Foundation RPA Assembly

Polly Trottenberg Howard Milstein RPA Assembly

Marcel Negret Claudia López Hernández RPA Assembly

Anthony Borelli Columbia Studio RPA Assembly

Monica Slater Stokes Zoe Baldwin RPA Assembly

Miguel Gamino Hope Knight Anthony Shorries RPA Assembly

Tom Wright Governor Kathy Hochul Phil Murphy RPA Assembly

Program

Monday: The Future of the Central Business District
Tuesday: Small Transportation Projects with Big Climate Impacts
Wednesday: Get On Board with Equitable Transit Oriented Communities
Thursday: A Clash of Crises
Friday: In-Person Assembly

Awards

2022 John Zucotti 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

Presented to

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Senator Schumer has earned the honor for his tireless efforts in combatting climate change and fighting for infrastructure funds that will transform the entire region.

Speakers

The Honorable Eric Adams

Mayor of New York City
Rohit Aggarwala

Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Priscilla Almodovar

President & CEO, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Dana Bourland, AICP

Senior Vice President, Environment and Strategic Initiatives, The JPB Foundation
Zabe Bent

Director of Design, NACTO
Vishaan Chakrabarti

Founder and Creative Director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, PAU
Kizzy Charles-Guzman

Executive Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Laura Chu-Wiens

Executive Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Nuria Fernandez

Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
Laura Fox

General Manager, Citi Bike, at Lyft Bikes and Scooters
Yonah Freemark

Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute
Lisa Gomez

Chief Executive Officer, L+M Development Partners
Ronnie Hakim

SVP, National Transit and Rail Market Sector Leader, HNTB
Kendra Hems

President, Trucking Association of New York
The Honorable Steve Israel

Director, Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University
Lisa Jackson

Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, Apple
Shawn M. LaTourette

Commissioner, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Janno Lieber

Chair & CEO, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Samantha Maldonado

Reporter, THE CITY
Scott Rechler

CEO & Chairman, RXR Realty; Chairman, RPA
Jamie Rubin

Chairman of Advisory Board, Aligned Climate Capital
Victoria Salinas

Deputy Administrator (Acting), Resilience, FEMA
Pierina Sanchez

New York City Council Member
Laurie Schoeman

Director, Climate and Sustainability, Capital, Enterprise Community Partners
The Honorable Chuck Schumer

US Senate Majority Leader
Monica Slater Stokes

Managing Director, Corporate and Government Affairs, United Airlines
Yael Taqqu

Senior Partner, New York, McKinsey & Company
The Honorable Ritchie Torres

US Representative (NY-15)
Polly Trottenberg

Deputy Secretary, US Department of Transportation
Jessica Vonashek

Chief of Economic and Community Development, Norwalk, CT
Dawn Wells-Clyburn

Deputy Director, PUSH Buffalo
The Honorable Cory Booker

US Senator for New Jersey
Howard Milstein

Chairman, President & CEO, New York Private Bank & Trust
Maria Torres-Springer

NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic & Workforce Development
Tom Wright

President & CEO, RPA
Kate Slevin

Executive Vice President, RPA

Centennial

To celebrate RPA’s 100th anniversary at the RPA Centennial Assembly, we debuted a series of videos about each of our four regional plans and produced a timeline booklet detailing major moments in our history. To learn more about the history of RPA and planning in the tri-state region, check out our Regional Plans and our RPA Timeline.