Speakers

Co-Founder, NYCNext & The Interval

VP/Community Impact, Knight Foundation

Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences & Director, Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University

Mayor, City of Cleveland

Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University

Mayor, City of Fort Worth

Mayor, City of Austin

Mayor, City of Greenville, SC

Director, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation

Executive Director, City Parks Foundation

Founder, Spirit for Change Consulting

Director of Marketing, Greenfields Outdoor Fitness

Director, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Cities Connecting Children to Nature Program Manager, City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department

Chief of Park Development, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Director, City of Lewisville Parks and Recreation Department

Program Director, Park People

Executive Director, GGP Parks

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program Manager, City of Tucson Water Department

Founder & Principal, Public Sphere Projects

Executive Director, Capital Trees

Principal, Belleville Placemaking

Vice President of Parks, The RiverFront

President and CEO, Seattle Parks Foundation

Principal, Brocade Studio

Director, City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department

Program Director, City Parks Alliance

Design and Construction Project Manager, Parks & People

Campus Manager, City of San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department

Principal, PORT

President & CEO, Riverside Park Conservancy

University Faculty Scholar, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University

City Manager, City of Austin

Program & Event Manager, Chicago Park District

Urban Planner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Sustainability Advisor, City of Seattle Parks & Recreation Department

Associate Director of Professional Development & Partner School Director, North Carolina State University Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management

Chief Mission Officer, Austin Parks Foundation

Chair of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Ecology, Sasaki

Capital Planning and Development Administrator, City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department

Vice President – Planning, New York Power Authority/New York State Canal Corporation

Associate Director, JLP+D

Pennsylvania State Director, Trust for Public Land

Principal Planner, Cleveland Metroparks

Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente

Assistant Director of Programs, City Parks Alliance

Executive Director, Fairfax County Park Authority

Executive Director, Texas Children in Nature Network

Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University

Director, Office of Research Administration, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Founder, Creative Policy

Public Outreach Coordinator, City of Tucson Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Manager, City of Austin Office of Climate Action & Resilience

Chief Program and Public Spaces Officer, Downtown Detroit Partnership

Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation

Program Officer, William Penn Foundation

Arts & Culture Manager, City of Chicago Culture, Arts & Nature Department

Senior Planning Manager, City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department

Director, City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department

Senior Events & Partnerships Manager, Austin Parks Foundation

Project Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Director of Education, Park Pride

Landscape Designer, Design Workshop

Principal, Agora Partners

Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Community Programs Manager, Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms

General Manager, Cary Downtown Park

Founder / CEO, KOEN Consulting

CEO, The Trail Conservancy

Division Manager, City of Austin Cultural Education and Programs

Director, City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation

President & CEO, Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative

Assistant Director, City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department

President, Capital Area Master Naturalists

Director, District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation

Director, City of Richmond Richmond Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities Department

Associate Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Trust for Public Land

Director, City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department

Outdoor Learning Specialist, Austin Independent School District

Programs and Operations Manager, City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Sustainability & Resilience Program Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Principal, byGeorge Consultants

Senior Designer, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Managing Principal, Clark Condon

Competitive Programs Manager, Land and Water Conservation Fund, National Park Service

Trails and Transportation Planner, Great Springs Project

President, Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation

Senior Project Manager, Houston Parks Board

Senior VP of Program, Student Conservation Association

Principal, Public Realm Strategies, OJB Landscape Architecture

Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, YMCA of Metro Atlanta

Associate Urban Designer, Design Workshop

President & CEO, Park Pride

Conservation Director, Memorial Park Conservancy

Senior Capital Projects Manager, City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Senior Manager of Planning & Design, The Bentway

Senior Civil Engineer, Arup

Capital Planning Manager, New York State Canal Corporation

Principal, Design Workshop, Inc.

Community Programs Manager, Clockshop

Associate Landscape Architect, SmithGroup

Director of Planning & Economic Development, Downtown Houston+

Director of Impact Evaluation and Community Science, Groundwork USA

Recreation & Community Inclusion Coordinator, City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department

Principal Consultant, K Holley Consulting

Senior Project Manager, Lakefront Projects, Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works

Associate Principal, PORT

Principal, RATIO

Climate and Nature-Based Solutions Project Director, The Nature Conservancy

Environmental Program Coordinator, City of Austin Watershed Protection Department

Land and Water Conservation Fund Compliance Inspector, DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Executive Vice President – Land Planning, Gresham Smith

Senior Research Analyst

Principal, Potrero Group

Program Specialist, National Recreation and Park Association

Performance and Operations Specialist, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Managing Principal, TBG Partners

Program Manager, Children & Nature Network

Managing Principal, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture

Deputy Chief of Wildfire Resilience, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Recreation Manager, City of Tempe

Director of Research, The Trust for Public Land

Capital Planning and Development Project Manager, City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department

Landscape Architect and Planner, Design Workshop

President, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Director of Fiscal Sponsorship, Seattle Parks Foundation

Principal, Design Workshop

VP of Marketing, Gathering Place

Principal, HR&A Advisors, Inc.

Executive Director, City Parks Foundation

High Line Network Coordinator, Friends of the High Line

Executive Director, Moncus Park

Park Development Division Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

VP of Development, Dix Park Conservancy

Founder/ CEO, The Urban Alchemy Collective

Board Member, World Urban Parks

Client Engineer, Google

SWMD Transformation Project Director, Texas Trees Foundation

Associate Principal, Arup

Founding Director and Senior Advisor, Clockshop

CEO, Greenfields Outdoor Fitness

Park Manager, DowntownDC Business Improvement District

James & Audrey Foster Executive Director, Esplanade Association

Executive Director, Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy

President & Administrator, Prospect Park Alliance

Inclusive Play Specialist, Landscape Structures

Planning and Asset Manager, City of Raleigh Stormwater

Director of Digital Engagement, MIG

Director of Learning & Evaluation, Trust for Public Land

Manager, City of Austin Office of Violence Prevention

Executive Director, City Parks Alliance

Parks Practice Lead, McAdams

Chief Executive Officer, Pease Park Conservancy

Director of Parks and Greenspace, Kinder Foundation

Senior Associate, Sasaki

Sr Land Use and Sustainability Planner, Longwood Collective

President, Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Director of Programs and Outreach, Greenway Conservancy

Chief Development & Marketing Officer, Austin Parks Foundation

Director of Housing Solutions, Enterprise Advisors

Executive Director, Dix Park

Chief Executive Officer, Gatton Park Conservancy

Director of Urban Forestry Strategy, PlanIT Geo

AI & Data Solutions Lead, VC3

Senior Landscape Architect and Project Manager, Greenworks

Director, Urban Design Studio, University of Louisville

Community Planner, DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Givens District Park Vice President, Givens Advisory Board

Landscape designer and planner, Design Workshop

Director, City of Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

Executive Director, Friends of Shelby Park and Bottom

Director, Boulder Parks and Recreation

President and Chief Executive Officer, Ohio and Erie Canalway Coalition

Deputy Director, City of Richmond’s Parks Department

Chief Planning and Design Officer, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Capital Projects Planner, City of Richmond, Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Community Engagement Manager, Petaluma River Park Foundation

Chief of Staff, Fairmount Park Conservancy

Senior Vice President for Capital Projects and Planning, Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Assistant Parks Superintendent, City of Madison Parks Division

Urban Forestry Consultant, PlanIT Geo

Project Manager, Greensboro Downtown Greenway, Greensboro Downtown Greenway/Action Greensboro

Director of Technical Assistance, Trust for Public Land

President, Sears Pool Management Consultants, Inc.

Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Partner, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Director of Community Strategies, Trust for Public Land

Urban Planner, Principal, Agency Landscape + Planning

Executive Director, I-195 Redevelopment District

Senior Civil & Resilience Engineer, Arup

Executive Director, Mobile Public Works

Community Planner/Parks Planner, Perez Planning + Design

Assistant Director, Culture, Arts and Nature, Chicago Park District

Executive Director, Milwaukee Parks Foundation

Senior Director, High Line Network, Friends of the High Line, Inc

Managing Director of Consulting, Potrero Group

Founder and Owner, Common Place Practice

Senior Fellow for Climate and Opportunity, Center for an Urban Future

Director, City of Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities

Chief Marketing Officer, The Trail Conservancy

Assistant Director, City of Douglasville Parks and Recreation

Senior Director, Parks and Trails, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Executive Director, Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience

Executive Projects Director, The Trail Conservancy

Athletics Community Liaison & Adapted Sports and Recreation Community Programs Coordinator, TIRR Memorial Hermann

Advocacy Director, City Parks Alliance

Principal, Interface Studio LLC

Senior Program Manager, National Recreation and Park Association

Principal | Director of Urban Design, TBG Partners

Deputy Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Director of Parks & Community, LAND studio

Superintendent, City of Raleigh Green Stormwater Infrastructure Operations

Executive Director, Travis County Parks Foundation

Principal, Site Design Group, Ltd.

Senior Advisor, Public Sphere Projects

Sr. Planning and Development Specialist, Seattle Parks and Recreation

Professor of Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University

Director, Austin Parks and Recreation

Cities Connecting Children to Nature Program Manager, City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department

Vice President of Government Relations, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Director of Park Planning & Design, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture

Co-Executive Director, Austin Youth River Watch

PARKnerships Program Manager, Austin Parks & Recreation

Manager, City of Austin, Office of Climate Action and Resilience

Project Manager, Austin Parks and Recreation

Sr. Program Coordinator, University of Texas Department of Astronomy

CEO, The Trail Conservancy

Outdoor Learning Specialist, Austin ISD

Consulting Engineer, Austin Parks & Recreation

Supervisor Schoolyards and Grounds, Austin ISD – Sustainability Office

Consulting Engineer, Austin Watershed Protection

Events Manager, Austin Sunshine Camps

Program Development Coordinator, Austin Parks & Recreation

Night Sky Program Director, Travis County Parks Foundation

Director of Community Engagement, Pease Park Conservancy

Executive Director, Shoal Creek Conservancy

Project Manager, Austin Parks and Recreation

Project Manager, Austin Parks and Recreation

Park Development Division Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Program Manager, Austin Parks and Recreation

Assistant Director of Learning and Engagement, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of the College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas

Division Manager, Historic Preservation, Austin Planning, City of Austin

Founder, Cultured Forest

Vice President of Park Operations, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Chief of Park Operations, The Trail Conservancy

Chief Planning and Design Officer, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Chief Development Officer, Austin Sunshine Camps

Principal, TBG Partners

ADA Project Coordinator, Austin Parks and Recreation

Project Management Supervisor, City of Austin Parks and Recreation

Chief Marketing Officer, The Trail Conservancy

Executive Projects Director, The Trail Conservancy

Education Coordinator, Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy

Executive Director, Red Line Parkway Initiative