Each year, Regional Plan Association convenes 1,000 policy experts, public officials, and business leaders at the RPA Assembly to debate bold solutions for the tri-state metropolitan region’s most pressing challenges:

Addressing climate change
Promoting inclusive growth
Developing transportation systems that work for all of us.

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Join us at Pier Sixty in Manhattan on May 3 for the 2024 RPA Assembly.

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In-Person Assembly Schedule — Friday, May 3

10:30-12

Networking Breakfast

Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Boingo.

12-2:30

Lunch Program

Mainstage discussion of critical issues in the region and presentation of the John Zuccotti Award to Governor Wes Moore.

2:30-4

Closing Reception

Zuccotti Award

2024 John Zuccotti Award

RPA’s highest award for leadership in the region is named after John E. Zuccotti, a long-serving member of the RPA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Presented each year at RPA’s annual Assembly, the award recognizes a leader who has made extraordinary contributions to the built environment of the tri-state metropolitan region.

Learn more about this year’s honoree

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Presented to

Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

Moore’s life has been defined by service. Before entering elected office, he was the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, and led soldiers in combat as a Captain in the U.S. Army.

Complimentary virtual panels

Monday: The Age of Megaprojects
Tuesday: Transportation as Climate Policy
Wednesday: Pathways to Net Zero Buildings
Thursday: Homes for Everyone

Speakers

Rohit Aggarwala

Chief Climate Officer and Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Isela Bahena

Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, Nuveen Infrastructure
The Honorable Ras J. Baraka

Mayor of the City of Newark
Nicole Boothman-Shepard

Vice President & Senior Director, Resilience + Recovery, AECOM
Anthony Casciano

President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services, Inc.
Marie Therese Dominguez

Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
Shaun Donovan

CEO and President, Enterprise Community Partners
Sean Ghio

Policy Director at Partnership for Strong Communities
Christine Guhl-Sadovy

President, NJ Board of Public Utilities
Melinda Hanson

Founder, Brightside
Laura N. Harding, Esq.

President, ERASE Racism
Jen Hensley

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Con Edison
Shari Hyman

Vice President of Public Affairs, Turner Construction
Kris Kolluri

CEO, Gateway Development Commission
Sadie McKeown

President, The Community Preservation Corporation
John D. Porcari

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Karina Ricks

Partner, Cityfi
Michael Shapiro

Managing Director of Government Relations, Blackstone
Nick Sifuentes

Program Director, Summit Foundation
Jamie Torres-Springer

President, MTA Construction & Development
Veronica Vanterpool

Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
Buffy Wicks

Assemblymember, California District 14
David Widawsky

Director of the Office of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, US EPA
Dan Doctoroff

Former CEO of Bloomberg L.P.
Dale Bryk

Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, RPA
Kate Slevin

Executive Vice President, RPA
Tom Wright

President & CEO, RPA
Moses Gates

Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, RPA