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View Support Our Work Reports Campaigns Research Areas Energy & Environment Housing & Neighborhood Planning Transportation Governance Our Region Events Upcoming Events Assembly 2020 Benefit Support the latest about Who We Are About RPA Our Staff Board of Directors Committees Join Our Team Financials History Regional Plans Timeline contact search Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Vimeo Events Assembly May 18 — June 25, 2020 Assembly 2020 Thank You Sessions Recaps Videos Speakers Awards Sponsors sponsorship opportunities past assemblies share Thank You Thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, and attendees who participated in the 2020 Assembly! Every year, we convene nearly 1,000 policy experts, public officials, and business leaders for a one-day conference to debate bold solutions for the tri-state metropolitan region’s most pressing challenges: addressing climate change, promoting inclusive growth, and developing transportation systems that work for all of us. But in response to the COVID-19 crisis, RPA Assembly went virtual in 2020. Free and open to the public, the 30th annual Assembly featured a series of online panels, featured speakers, and interviews addressing the immediate and long term effects of COVID-19 on our regional health, economy and infrastructure. Sessions Confronting COVID-19 in Our Communities: Perspectives from Around the Region, Nation & World Saving Our Region’s Public Transportation Systems & Building for Tomorrow Scenarios for Recovery & Renewal in the Tri-State Region Zuccotti Award Winner, the Honorable Henry Cisneros, Interviewed by PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff The Climate Change Pandemic & A Path to Decarbonization Our Region’s Digital Future Putting Health & Equity First: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Besser What Comes Next? The Future of Housing, Neighborhoods & Urban Living Recaps Inequality a Common Thread During Assembly Covid-19 Conversations Zuccotti Conversation Focuses on Nation’s Inflection Point Leading Health Experts Discuss Covid-19 During RPA Assembly 2020 Assembly Panels Discuss Cross Sector Solutions for a Region in Crisis Videos Speakers Uma Adusumilli Head of the Regional Planning Division of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Afua Atta-Mensah Executive Director, Community Voices Heard Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones Senior Program Manager, Long Island Community Foundation Vanessa Barrios Senior Associate, State Programs & Advocacy, Regional Plan Association Staci Berger President and CEO, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey Congressman Earl Blumenauer Oregon’s 3rd District Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D. Clinical Professor of Global Health, New York University College of Global Public Health Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine Miguel Bucalem Professor, Polytechnic School of the Universidade de São Paulo Ali Chaudhry Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer, AECOM The Honorable Henry Cisneros Chairman & Co-CIO American Triple I Partners, Partner & Vice Chairman, Siebert Wlliams Shank & Co. LLC A Shank Williams Cisneros Company Rick Cotton Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Michelle de la Uz Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee Tom Donahue Vice President, Rail & Transit, Jacobs Leecia Eve Vice President of Public Policy, Verizon John Paul Farmer Chief Technology Officer, New York City Billy Fleming Wilks Family Director, Ian L. McHarg Center, University of Pennsylvania Miguel Gamiño Executive Vice President for Enterprise Partnerships and the Head of Global Cities, Mastercard Moses Gates Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, Regional Plan Association Michael Green Executive Director, Climate XChange R. Glenn Hubbard Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics; Director, Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, Columbia Business School Mariana Huerta Jones Senior Coalition & Communications Manager, Alliance for Community Transit - Los Angeles Juanita James President & CEO, Fairfield County Community Foundation Sonal Jessel Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, WE ACT for Environmental Justice Judith Lagano Senior Vice President of Asset Management, NRG Energy, Inc. Jonathan K. Law Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Christopher Levendos Vice President, Network Engineering & Operations, Crown Castle Debbie Liu Community Engagement Associate, Metropolitan Planning Council Javier Lopez Chief Strategy Officer, Red Hook Initiative Heather McGhee Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos Sarah Meyer Chief Customer Officer, New York City Transit Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno Connecticut Department of Housing Beth Osborne Director, Transportation for America Dr. Herminia Palacio President & CEO, Guttmacher Institute Nicki Palmer Chief, Product Development, Verizon Clint Plummer Chief Executive Officer, Ravenswood Generating Station John Porcari President, US Advisory Services, WSP Jason Post Director of Global Communications & Public Affairs, Google, Inc. Shawn Rickenbacker Director, J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, City College of New York Peggy Shepard Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice Tony Shorris John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs Visiting Professor, Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School Jill Warren co-Chief Executive Officer, European Cyclist Federation Laura Wiens Executive Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit Barika Williams Executive Director, ANHD Judy Woodruff Anchor & Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour Awards 2020 John Zuccotti Award RPA was delighted to present the 2020 John Zuccotti Award to The Honorable Henry Cisneros, a visionary leader in community-building and affordable housing. He has spent his illustrious career working across all levels of government to make the dream of homeownership a reality for millions of Americans. On June 3rd, Mr. Cisneros was joined by PBS NewsHour Anchor and Managing Editor Judy Woodruff for an interview focused on the type of leadership needed from the local to national level. Presented by Howard Milstein Presented to Honorable Henry Cisneros Chairman, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder of American Triple I Partners; Former Secretary of the US Department of Housing & Urban Development, Former Mayor of San Antonio Sponsors Platinum Gold Silver Arcadis ARUP Audible Belfer Management Brookfield Office Properties Capalino+Company Citi ConEdison Convene Deloitte Consulting Deutsche Bank Securities EY Fisher Brothers Goldman Sachs Grable Foundation GJDC Guidehouse HNTB Interpublic Jacobs Lotus Equity Group Mastercard McKinsey Meridiam Infastructure M&T Bank NRG Energy Perella Weinberg Partners PNC Bank PSE&G Sam Schwartz Engineering Schiff Hardin Sidewalk Labs Siemens Corporation STV Incorporated TIAA/Nuveen Uber United Verizon VHB Vornado Realty Trust Wells Fargo WSP Partner Arden Road Investments Barclays Marcia & Doug Bateson Stephen R. Beckwith Jun Choi Duane Morris HR&A David & Susanna Huntington KPF Langan Omnispective Rechler Equity Taconic Inv...