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Bianca Abud
Park Manager, Urbia Gestao de Parques, Brazil
Abdullah Ahmadzai
Habitat Planning Program Manager, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Germany
Suramya Bansal
Heritage Consultant
Matt Boyce
PhD Candidate, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
Lucia Caves
Landscape Architect and Parks Project Manager, Thrive Spaces and Places Ltd., New Zealand
Elizabeth Chege
Festival Director, Africa in Motion Film Festival, United Kingdom
Temuulen Enkhbat
Researcher, GerHub NGO, Mongolia
Mayu Ferrufino
Executive Director, Cuscatlán Park Foundation, El Salvador
Caspian Cate Hastings
D.E.I (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Coordinator, City of Coral Gables, United States of America
Matias Honour
Project Director, Fundacion Mi Parque, Chile
Christina Jang
Program Manager of Technical Assistance, 10-Minute Walk Program, Trust for Public Land, United States of America
Venus Kashyap
Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Naim Keruwala
Program Director CITIIS, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India
Zairah Khan
Founder, BlueO2, The Netherlands
Mihong Kim
Science, Technology & Innovation Officer, The Embassy of Denmark, South Korea
Anna Mathis
Natural Resources Manager, City of Chattanooga, United States of America
Nalini Mohan
Parks Program Coordinator, City of Calgary, Canada
Paula Moreira
Project Management Office , Niterói City Hall, Brazil
Irene Nagudi
Team Lead, Kichini Gardeners Initiative, Uganda
Emilia Oscilowicz
Research and Community Relations Coordinator, Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Spain
Ayanda Roji
General Manager: Research and Knowledge Management, City of Johannesburg Parks Agency, South Africa
Teja Rot
Founder/ Head of Internationla Relations, City Says / Slovene Union of University Women, Slovenia
Anas Sanusi Gusau
CEO, Golden Star Development Initiative, Nigeria
Renelle Sarjeant
Urban Planner & Designer, Public Space Global, Earth Medic Foundation for Planetary Health, Trinidad and Tobago
Rasha Sayed Mahmoud ibrahim
Flying Faculty Tutor, Birmingham City University, UK
Treasure Sheppard
Analyst, Los Angeles County Development Authority, United States
Christy Spier
Adaptive Communities Coordinator, Green Adelaide, Australia
Masamichi Tamura
Co-chair / Doctoral Student, World Urban Parks (Ageing, Well-being & Parks committee) / Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Gavin White
Executive Officer, Climate Change and Resilience / Director of Planning and Projects, World Urban Parks / Riverlife, USA
Savita Willmott
Chief Executive, The Natural History Consortium, United Kingdom
Alexander Wray
Project Coordinator, ParkSeek Canada, London, Canada
Fellows (Cohort 1)
Mac Andre Arboleda
Independent artist, Artists for Digital Rights Network
Christopher Bass
Assistant Director, City of Douglasville Parks and Recreation, USA
Shamsa Birik
Founder, The Outdoor Play, Kenya
Elizaveta Fakirova
German Chancellor Fellow 2020/21, Humboldt Foundation, Germany
Alvera Feeny
Senior Program Specialist, Connecting Children to Nature Initiative, National League of Cities, United States
Irene Gauto
Technical Assistant of "Asuncion Green City", United Nations Development Programme, Paraguay
Renee Jagdeo
Student, University of Toronto, Canada
Benjamin Jonah
Secretariat Coordinator/Program Coordinator, World Urban Parks/Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, Canada
Namhee Joo
Senior Researcher, International Heritage Education Center, South Korea
Sang-O Kim
Ph.D. Candidate, Cornell University, USA
Nella Lomotan
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Philippine Parks & Biodiversity, Philippines
Leticia Lozano
Co-Founder & Director, MACIA Estudio, Mexico
Samuel Mayze
Director of Strategic Projects, UAP Company, Australia
Bishop Ngobeli
President, Institute of Environment and Recreation Management, South Africa
Jin Su Park
Master's Candidate, London School of Economics, South Korea/England
Luis Romahn
President and CEO, ANPR Mexico, Mexico
Anjelica Sifuentes
Landscape Designer, Design Workshop, United States
Zane Sime
Policy Analyst, Latvia
Stephanie Stanov
Program Coordinator, Park People, Canada
Brittany Trilford
Urban designer/Planner & Consultant, Sustainable Urban Development Policy, New Zealand/Austria
Jordan van der Hagen
Founder & Vision Director, Duluth Waterfront Collective, United States
Nourhan Yehia
Architect, Egypt
Anupam Yog
Trainer & Researcher, Light On Life, Singapore
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Bebel Barros
Researcher, Instituto Alana, Brazil
Luis Camargo
Founder & Director, OpEPA, Colombia
Tommy Garnett
Executive Director, Environmental Foundation for Africa, Sierra Leone
Irene Gauto
Technical Assistant of "Asuncion Green City", United Nations Development Programme, Paraguay
Ruskin Hartley
CEO / Executive Director, International Dark-Sky Association, USA
Ka Yan Lai
PhD Researcher, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Soren Larsen-Ravenfeather
Director of Learning & Performance, READI Chicago, United States of America
Leticia Lozano
Co-Founder & Director, MACIA Estudio, Mexico
Liteboho Makhele
Program Manager, Sustainable Cities, South African Cities Network, South Africa
Scott Martin
Executive Director of River Heritage Conservancy, USA
Samuel Mayze
Director of Strategic Projects, UAP Company, Australia
Jayne Miller
CEO, Jayne Miller Consulting, USA
Amanda O'Rourke
Director of Strategic Planning, 8-80 Cities, Canada
Tanya Pappa
Youth Leadership Network Coordinator, Children & Nature Network, USA
Janet Rafner
Director of Education, ScienceAtHome, Aarhus University, Denmark
Prachi Sharma
Fellow, Centre for Conscious Design, Mumbai Chapter, India
Sadaf Taimur
Director of Sustainability & Circularity; Goodwill Industries International Inc., Canada
Audrey Timm
Technical Advisor, AIPH, United Kingdom
Patricia Vazquez
Founder and CEO, CRUYUU, Mexico
Ayaka Yamashita
Co-founder and Director, Edaya, Japan
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Patricia Alberth
Head, World Heritage Office, Bamberg, Germany
Mark Camley
Executive Director, Parks and Venues, London Legacy Development Corporaiton, UK
Ali Estefam
Head, NYC Chapter, the Center for Conscious Design, USA
Russell Galt
Head of Urban Alliance, IUCN, UK
Singh Intrachooto
Head of Creative Center for Eco-Design, Kasetsart University Architecture, Bangkok, Thailand
Eili Lepik
Deputy Strategy Director, Government Office, Estonia
Liteboho Makhele
Program Manager, Sustainable Cities, South African Cities Network, South Africa
Scott Martin
Executive Director of River Heritage Conservancy, USA
Jayne Miller
CEO, Jayne Miller Consulting, USA
Michelle Palmer
Director, Community Engagement Unit, Department of Convservation, New Zealand
Itai Palti
Founder & Director, Hume, The Centre for Conscious Design, United Kingdom
Andrei Pamintuan
Founder and Creative Director, FringeMNL; Director, The Gayborhood Festival, Manila, Philippines
Gil Penalosa
Founder, 8 80 Cities, Canada
Daniel Raven-Ellison
Founder, National Park City Foundation / London National Park City, United Kingdom
Chris Reed
Founding Director, Stoss, USA
Jonelle Simunich
Sustainable Futures Lead, ARUP, UK
Sadaf Taimur
Director of Sustainability & Circularity; Goodwill Industries International Inc., Canada
Togo Uchida
Director, ICLEI Japan, Japan
Pascale S. van der Leest
Project Manager, Parks Canada, Canada
Mindy Watts
Principal, Interface Studio, USA
Fiona Wolff
Consultant, Project Work, German Association of Building Greening, Germany
Organizing Team
Becca Cohen
Policy & Project Officer, World Urban Parks, USA
Jennifer Dunn
Network Development Specialist, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Lydia Gaby
Director, HR&A Advisers/Youth-Chair, World Urban Parks, USA
Jayne Miller
CEO, Jayne Miller Consulting, USA
Dominic Regester
Director, Education, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
Luis Romahn
President and CEO, ANPR Mexico, Mexico
Isabelle Weber
Program Intern, Salzburg Global Seminar