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Thank you to all who supported and attended the 2024 RPA Assembly!

Each year, Regional Plan Association convenes 1,000 policy experts, public officials, and business leaders at the RPA Assembly to debate bold solutions for the tri-state metropolitan region’s most pressing challenges:

Addressing climate change
Promoting inclusive growth
Developing transportation systems that work for all of us.

In-Person Assembly Schedule — Friday, May 3

Full program recording (1 hour, 47 minutes)

The 2024 Assembly in Photos

Highlights from the In-Person Assembly

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11-12

Networking Breakfast

Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Boingo.

12-2:30

Luncheon Program

Mainstage discussion of critical issues in the region and presentation of the John Zuccotti Award to Governor Wes Moore.

2:30-4

Closing Reception

Zuccotti Award

2024 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 to

Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

Moore’s life has been defined by service. Before entering elected office, he was the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, and led soldiers in combat as a Captain in the U.S. Army.

Mainstage Programming

Fireside Chat

Janette Sadik-Khan, former commissioner for New York City Department of Transportation and a founding principal with Bloomberg Associates, will be interviewing Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland and this year’s Zuccotti Award recipient.

The Honorable Wes Moore

Governor of Maryland

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Janette Sadik-Khan

Principal, Transportation, Bloomberg Associates

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Plenary Panel

What is the cost of not addressing the region’s housing crisis? What should be done to create abundant housing opportunities for all?
Join RPA for our in-person Assembly on Friday, May 3, to listen to our plenary panel discussion about the ramifications of our historic housing shortage and what must be done to address the current situation.

Sara Bronin

Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

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Ryan Luby

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
Lata N. Reddy

Senior Vice President, Prudential Financial; Chair, The Prudential Foundation
Tony Shorris

Partner McKinsey & Company; Former First Deputy Mayor of New York City
RuthAnne Visnauskas

President and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Moderator

Mihir Zaveri

Urban Affairs Reporter, The New York Times

Virtual panels

Virtual Assembly panels are free and open to the public each year. Please click on the links below view full panel recordings.

Monday: The Age of Megaprojects
Tuesday: Transportation as Climate Policy
Wednesday: Pathways to Net Zero Buildings
Thursday: Homes for Everyone

Speakers

Rohit Aggarwala

Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Isela Bahena

Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, Nuveen Infrastructure
The Honorable Ras J. Baraka

Mayor of the City of Newark
Nicole Boothman-Shepard

Vice President & Senior Director, Resilience + Recovery, AECOM
Lisa Bova-Hiatt

CEO, NYCHA
Sara Bronin

Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Anthony Casciano

President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services, Inc.
Dan Doctoroff

Founder and Chairman, Target ALS
Marie Therese Dominguez

Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
Shaun Donovan

CEO and President, Enterprise Community Partners
Sean Ghio

Policy Director at Partnership for Strong Communities
Christine Guhl-Sadovy

President, NJ Board of Public Utilities
Melinda Hanson

Founder, Brightside
Laura N. Harding, Esq.

President, ERASE Racism
Jen Hensley

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison
Shari Hyman

Vice President of Public Affairs, Turner Construction
Kris Kolluri

CEO, Gateway Development Commission
Ryan Luby

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
Sadie McKeown

President, The Community Preservation Corporation
Vishaan Chakrabarti

Founder and Creative Director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, PAU
John D. Porcari

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Lata N. Reddy

Senior Vice President, Prudential Financial; Chair, The Prudential Foundation
Karina Ricks

Partner, Cityfi
Janette Sadik-Khan

Principal, Transportation, Bloomberg Associates
Michael Shapiro

Managing Director of Government Relations, Blackstone
Tony Shorris

Partner McKinsey & Company; Former First Deputy Mayor of New York City
Nick Sifuentes

Program Director, Summit Foundation
Jamie Torres-Springer

President, MTA Construction & Development
Veronica Vanterpool

Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
RuthAnne Visnauskas

President and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Buffy Wicks

Assemblymember, California District 14
David Widawsky

Director of the Office of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, US EPA
Mihir Zaveri

Urban Affairs Reporter, The New York Times
Kevin Monte de Ramos

BPU Bureau Chief for Energy Efficiency and Building Decarbonization
Dale Bryk

Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, RPA
Moses Gates

Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, RPA
Tom Wright

President & CEO, RPA
Kate Slevin

Executive Vice President, RPA