Vanguard Members
Next City convenes its network of young, urban leaders on an annual basis at its Vanguard conference. This year’s conference will be held June 10-12, 2013 in Cleveland. For more information click here.
Below is a list of past Vanguard members; several have been profiled in Next City. This page will be updated frequently with more information about Vanguard members past and present.
Michael Allen
St. Louis, MO
Preservation Research Office
PROFILE
Stephanie Allewalt
Milwaukee, WI
GRAEF
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Alpert
Washington, D.C.
Greater Greater Washington
Emma Berndt
Chicago, IL
Opower
Cara Bertron
Seattle, WA
PlaceEconomics
Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation & Development Authority
Will Bradshaw
New Orleans, LA
Green Coast Enterprises, LLC
Michael Brady
Detroit, MI
Center for Community Progress
Daniel Brook
New Orleans, LA
Author, A History of Future Cities (Norton, 2013)
Brandy Brooks
Boston, MA
The Food Project
Sean Brown
Camden, NJ
Young Urban Leaders
Evelyn Burnett
Cleveland, OH
Neighborhood Progress
Sam Butler
Detroit, MI
Community Legal Resources
Megan Canning
New York, NY
Design Trust for Public Space
Sharon Carney
Washington, D.C.
Urban Institute
Marvin Chaney
Austin, TX
Texas Water Development Board
Amy Cheung
Boston, MA
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Payton Chung
Washington, D.C.
Virginia Tech
Laine Cidlowski
Washington, D.C.
D.C. Office of Planning
Lyz Crane
Washington, D.C.
ArtPlace
Alison Crowley
Arlington, VA
City Interests
Ana Teresa Dahan
Los Angeles, CA
Student Focused Solutions
PROFILE
Andrew Dahl
Minneapolis, MN
State of Minnesota DEED
Mara D’Angelo
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Housing
Sarah Dirsa
St. Louis, MO
HOK
Emily Doerr
Detroit, MI
City of Oak Park
Hostel Detroit
Kevin Donoghue
Portland, ME
Portland City Council
Katie Drennan
Portland, OR
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
Robert Feldstein
Brooklyn, NY
City of New York, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
Michael Freedman-Schnapp
Brooklyn, NY
Office of Council Member Brad Lander
Benjamin Fried
Brooklyn, NY
Streetsblog
Adam Fritz
Tampa, FL
Urban Charrette
Kari Fulton
Washington, DC
Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
Christine Gaspar
New York, NY
Center for Urban Pedagogy
Gary Gaston
Nashville, TN
Nashville Civic Design Center
PROFILE
Jessica Garz
New York, NY
Surdna Foundation
Cali Gorewitz
Brooklyn, NY
NYC Economic Development Corporation
Abby Hall
San Francisco, CA
Office of Sustainable Communities, U.S. EPA
PROFILE
Andrea Hansen
Boston, MA
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Bethany Henderson
Washington, D.C.
City Hall Fellows
PROFILE
William Herbig
Washington, D.C.
National Capital Planning Commission
Sylvie Gallier Howard
Philadelphia, PA
Commerce Department, City of Philadelphia
Michael Howard
Anchorage, AK
Independent Consultant
Alex Ihnen
St. Louis, MO
NextSTL
Sarah Kaufman
Brooklyn, NY
NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
Phil Kidd
Youngstown, OH
Defend Youngstown
Chris Ko
Los Angeles, CA
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Melissa Konur
Fort Worth, TX
Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
Laura Kushnick
Cleveland, OH
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Aaron Lande
Portland, OR
Portland State University
Robert Linn
Detroit, MI
Data Driven Detroit
Nikki Lowy
Berkeley, CA
Haas School of Business
Ryan Lugalia-Hollon
Chicago, IL
Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice, Adler School of Professional Psychology
Mike Lydon
Brooklyn, NY
The Street Plans Collaborative
Daniel Makela
Louisville, KY
Louisville Metro Government
Gabriel Mandujano
Philadelphia, PA
Wash Cycle Laundry
Nolan Marshall
New Orleans, LA
Downtown Development District
Josh Martin
Charleston, SC
Sustainable Settlement, LLC
Manni Marquez
Milwaukee, WI
Journey House
Patrick McDonnell
Dallas, TX
Revolutionary Pants
Josh McManus
Chattanooga, TN
Little Things Labs
Neeraj Mehta
Minneapolis, MN
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Rory Neuner
Minneapolis, MN
City of Minneapolis
Minh Nguyen
Atlanta, GA
City of Atlanta
Luis Nieves-Ruiz
Altamonte Springs, FL
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Simran Noor
Battle Creek, MI
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Neba Noyan
Portland, OR
Portland State University
PROFILE
Liz Ogbu
Oakland, CA
California College of the Arts
Karen Beck Pooley
Allentown, PA
CZB
Eli Pousson
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Heritage
Matt Rader
Philadelphia, PA
McKinsey
Ganesh Ramachandran
Jamaica Plain, MA
Goody Clancy
David Rand
Chicago, IL
Farmers Market Coalition
Quilian Riano
Brooklyn, NY
DSGN AGNC
Kathy Risko
Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh, Congress of Neighboring Communities
Bethany Ritz
San Rafael, CA
Global Oneness Project
Dominic Robinson
Syracuse, NY
Centerstate CEO
PROFILE
Taryn Roch
Chicago, IL
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Jeremy Rosenberg
Los Angeles, CA
Writer
Tracey Ross
Washington, D.C.
Living Cities
Nathan Rothstein
Boston, MA
Project Repat
Ryan Rusnak
Davenport, IA
City of Davenport
Emily Sadigh
Berkeley, CA
County of Alameda
PROFILE
Bill Sadler
Denver, CO
Reconnecting America
Anne Schwieger
Philadelphia, PA
Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania
PROFILE
Danya Sherman
Brooklyn, NY
Friends of the High Line
Marika Shioiri-Clark
Cleveland, OH
Soshl Studio
Lilly Shoup
Washington, D.C.
US Department of Transportation
Joah Spearman
Austin, TX
Bazaarvoice
Stephen Spiker
Richmond, CA
Urban Strategies Council
Will Stewart
Manchester, NH
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Ben Stone
Baltimore, MD
Station North Arts & Entertainment
Sarah Szurpicki
Detroit, MI
Great Lakes Urban Exchange
LaToya Thomas
Washington, D.C.
Wiencek + Associates
Matt Tomasulo
Raleigh, NC
CityFabric
Emily Tsiang
San Francisco, CA
Cisco
Karis Thompson
Fargo, ND
FM League
Zoe Towns
Washington, DC
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Randy Vines
St. Louis, MO
STL-Style
Jeff Vines
St. Louis, MO
STL-Style
Kristi Wamstad-Evans
Omaha, NE
City of Omaha Office of Sustainability
Krissie Wells
Cleveland, OH
Housing Research & Advocacy Center
Katy Welter
Chicago, IL
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
Brandon Whitney
Brooklyn, NY
ioby
Bethany Wilcoxon
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Dave Wilkinson
Washington, D.C.
City First Enterprises
Abby Wilson
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Marja Winters
Detroit, MI
City of Detroit Planning & Development Department
James Wright
Philadelphia, PA
People’s Emergency Center
