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2024 Assembly

April 29-May 3, 2024
Monday-Thursday, 12-1:30pm: Virtual Sessions
Friday, 11am-4pm: In person at Pier 60 in Manhattan

In-Person Assembly Schedule — Friday, May 3

Full program recording (1 hour, 47 minutes)

11-12

Networking Breakfast

Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Boingo.

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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

Sponsored by Halmar.

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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 by

Regional Plan Association

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

  • Sara Bronin

    Sara Bronin

    Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

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    Ryan Luby

    Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

  • Reddy Lata Close Up 002

    Lata N. Reddy

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

  • Tony Shorris

    Tony Shorris

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

  • Ruth Ann visnakas

    RuthAnne Visnauskas

    President and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal

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    Moderator

    Mihir Zaveri

    Urban Affairs Reporter, The New York Times

Virtual panels

  • Tunnel Construction

    Monday: The Age of Megaprojects

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    Tuesday: Transportation as Climate Policy

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    Wednesday: Pathways to Net Zero Buildings

  • Apartment1 Williumsburg VA

    Thursday: Homes for Everyone

Speakers

  • RIT Aggarwala

    Rohit Aggarwala

    Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection

  • Bahena Isela 500x500

    Isela Bahena

    Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, Nuveen Infrastructure

  • Ras Baraka cropped

    The Honorable Ras J. Baraka

    Mayor of the City of Newark

  • Boothman Shepard Nicole

    Nicole Boothman-Shepard

    Vice President & Senior Director, Resilience + Recovery, AECOM

  • Lisa Bova Hiatt 3x5 300dpi 1 1

    Lisa Bova-Hiatt

    CEO, NYCHA

  • Sara Bronin

    Sara Bronin

    Chair, U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

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    Anthony Casciano

    President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services, Inc.

  • Dan Head Shot 2016

    Dan Doctoroff

    Founder and Chairman, Target ALS

  • Cropped Dominguez Maria Therese

    Marie Therese Dominguez

    Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation

  • Shaun Donovan

    Shaun Donovan

    CEO and President, Enterprise Community Partners

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    Sean Ghio

    Policy Director at Partnership for Strong Communities

  • Christine Guhl Sadovy

    Christine Guhl-Sadovy

    President, NJ Board of Public Utilities

  • Melinda Hansen

    Melinda Hanson

    Founder, Brightside

  • Laura Harding Headshot small

    Laura N. Harding, Esq.

    President, ERASE Racism

  • jen hensley

    Jen Hensley

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison

  • Shari Hyman

    Shari Hyman

    Vice President of Public Affairs, Turner Construction

  • Kris Kolluri

    Kris Kolluri

    CEO, Gateway Development Commission

  • Ryan Luby cropped

    Ryan Luby

    Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

  • Sadie Mc Keown 1307 003p1 5x7 0

    Sadie McKeown

    President, The Community Preservation Corporation

  • Vishaan

    Vishaan Chakrabarti

    Founder and Creative Director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, PAU

  • John Porcari

    John D. Porcari

    Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation

  • Reddy Lata Close Up 002

    Lata N. Reddy

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

  • Karina R Icks

    Karina Ricks

    Partner, Cityfi

  • Janette Sadik Kahn cropped

    Janette Sadik-Khan

    Principal, Transportation, Bloomberg Associates

  • Michael Shapiro Headshot

    Michael Shapiro

    Managing Director of Government Relations, Blackstone

  • Tony Shorris

    Tony Shorris

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

  • Nick Sifuentes

    Nick Sifuentes

    Program Director, Summit Foundation

  • Jamie Torres Springer Headshot 1

    Jamie Torres-Springer

    President, MTA Construction & Development

  • Veronica Vanterpool official headshot

    Veronica Vanterpool

    Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration

  • Ruth Ann visnakas

    RuthAnne Visnauskas

    President and CEO, New York State Homes and Community Renewal

  • Buffy Wicks cropped

    Buffy Wicks

    Assemblymember, California District 14

  • David Widawsky

    David Widawsky

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

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    Mihir Zaveri

    Urban Affairs Reporter, The New York Times

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    Kevin Monte de Ramos

    BPU Bureau Chief for Energy Efficiency and Building Decarbonization

  • Bryk Dale

    Dale Bryk

    Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, RPA

  • Gates Moses

    Moses Gates

    Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, RPA

  • Tom 5 1

    Tom Wright

    President & CEO, RPA

  • Slevin Kate

    Kate Slevin

    Executive Vice President, RPA

Sponsors

Platinum

  • Amtrak 011 e1437095759125
  • Bloomberg
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  • RXR
  • Siegel family endowment

Gold

  • AECOM Logo Black RGB
  • Amazon logo
  • Amex
  • Bechtel
  • Blackstone copy
  • Wireless RGB crop
  • Crown Castle Logo
  • Steve Denning name
  • Edison Properties
  • Halmar RGB
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Marblegate Logo and Name Horizontal
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  • Prudential
  • Siemens new
  • Suffolk updated
  • Turner new
  • Uber

Silver

  • Anbaric
  • Arcadis
  • Arent Fox Schiff
  • Arup copy
  • Brookfield Properties logo
  • Citi R Blue Red Arc RGB
  • Con Edison 2022
  • Convene copy
  • Cushman Wakefield logo1
  • Emigrant Bank Logo
  • EY Logo
  • Fisher Brothers 2022
  • Google svg
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  • Hackensack Meridian Health Logo svg
  • HNTB 2 Color copy
  • Housingcollective logo
  • Interpublic copy
  • Logo Invenergy RGB 1
  • Jacobs 2022
  • MT Bank Logo
  • Microsoft Logo
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  • PNC
  • PSEG copy
  • Rise Light and Power RGB H1
  • RUDIN Logo Black 2019 11 13
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  • Logo Stantec
  • Starborn logo
  • STV Logo
  • United 2022
  • UPS logo digital
  • Urban Strategies
  • 1 Vantage logo RGB
  • VHB copy
  • Vornado
  • WSP 2022

Bronze

  • FCCF Logo
  • GJDC Logo Green Use
  • Hobokenstrategygroup hsg logo
  • KPF Logo cool gray
  • Licf division logo
  • Northwood Investors copy
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  • PSEGLI
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  • UMEZ logo
  • Universityof Pennsylvania Full Logo RGB 4 0
  • Wiley copy
  • Windels Marx LOGO

Partner

  • Acceleration Project

  • Arden Road Investments

  • BerlinRosen

  • David Huntington

  • Duane Morris

  • Henry Cisneros

  • Hoboken Strategy Group

  • HR&A Advisors

  • McKissack & McKissack

  • PAU

  • Plaxall

  • Sasaki

  • University of Pennsylvania

  • Vivaria Ecologistics

  • Wiley

  • WXY architecture + urban design

Friend

  • Rich Bagger

  • Civic Operations Group

  • Haydan Consultants

  • HOK

  • Mary Margaret Jones

  • Karp Strategies

  • Kuchma Corporation

  • George Stonbely

  • Valdivia Consulting