Directs the MS in Urban Design and hosts the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Recognized in 2017 by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists. Co-author with June Williamson of two award winning books: Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges (Wiley, 2021) and Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, (Wiley, 2009, 2011). Their documentation of successful retrofits of aging, shopping malls, office parks, and other auto-dominated properties into more sustainable places has been featured in The New York Times, TED, and NPR.Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones directs the MS in Urban Design and hosts the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast at Georgia Tech. She is co-author with June Williamson of two award winning books: Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges (2021) and Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (2009). Their documentation of successful retrofits and regreenings of aging auto-dominated properties into more sustainable places has been featured in The New York Times, TED, NPR and other prominent venues. Ellen also conducts research and teaches studio classes on planning for AVs and microtransit-oriented re-development.

A Senior Associate at Perkins&Will, Luca has 15 years of experience in design, planning, and programmatic services for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Urban Regeneration, Transportation Enhancement, and Multimodal Station Area Planning. Luca brings his passion for transportation design to his projects including the TOD Strategy Study for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension through Downtown San José and the Master Plan for the Sacramento Valley Station — future terminus of High-Speed Rail. Luca has moderated and participated in several panel discussions on Multimodal Connectivity and TOD. Luca obtained his Doctorate degree in Sustainable Design from Sapienza University of Rome

Gerry Tierney, Associate Principal, Perkins & Will and Mobility Lab Co-Director, studies the evolution of urban mobility and its impact on the public realm. A founder of Mobility and the City’s REDCAR project, Gerry collaborates with academia on addressing multiple aspects of evolving urban mobility. He has moderated panels and presented at UC Berkeley, MIT, the University of Oregon, Trinity College Dublin, as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Planning Association. He continues his studies into the impact of new mobility on urban design, as well as potential changes due to the hybrid-work environment.