Geiske Bouma is Senior Researcher in the field of Urban Planning and Governance Innovation. Her projects are focused on urban, spatial and environmental planning and the policy interface. The working field she is focused on is the connection of urban planning in relation to the mobility and energy transition gearing towards climate neutral and smart cities. She combines this with supporting policy development on the local, regional and national/EU level. Geiske is active in several European projects aimed at climate neutrality: NetZeroCities, MOVE21 (hubs for people and goods), ATELIER (positive Energy Districts).

Alex Hanson works with cities around the country to quantify and communicate the benefits of progressive mobility strategies. He specializes in using emerging data sources to understand transportation challenges and employing data to tell compelling stories that build support for transformative projects and plans.

Art Pearce is an experienced urban innovator with an extensive background in broad public-private collaborations utilizing transportation investment and mobility innovations to shape the future of cities. He has twenty + years of experience envisioning and driving change in Portland’s transportation system: establishing policy, planning and delivering transformative investments, and overseeing people-based behavior change and mobility programs. He has a deep understanding of the challenges cities and city governments face in propelling change at an adequate pace, and the new imperatives presented by the crises of climate, and social and racial equity.

Ben is a Principal Planner on SDOT's Policy & Planning team, and has been at SDOT since 2018. He is co-leading the Department's effort to develop a Climate Emergency Response Framework (CERF) and brings forth strategic planning, transportation policy and design, and mobility programs experience to his current role.