Participants
Sandra Aguirre, City Advisor, Guadalajara; UCAP Climate Action Implementation (CAI), C40 Cities
Jose Alvarado, Senior Regional Specialist – Member and Partner Engagement, National League of Cities (USA)
Conchi Aranguren, Delegate, Delegation of the Basque Country to the United States and Canada
Joe Brady, Policy Officer, Glasgow City Council
Robert Cantelmo, Mayor, City of Ithaca, New York
Amy Alice Chastain, Executive Director & Executive Vice President, Global Ties Iowa
James Coltella, Communications & Innovation Strategist, City of Beaverton, Oregon
Eli Craveiro Frankel, Program Manager, National League of Cities (USA)
Andrew Cutillo, Deputy Solicitor, City of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Chido Dhliwayo, International Relations Director, City of Portland, Oregon
Daniel Dickerman, Former Senior Program Officer, Institute for Sustainable Communities, ICLEI (fmr City of Montpelier, Vermont)
Bileh Dougsiyeh, Special Assistant, International Affairs and Protocol, Office of the Secretary, Executive Office of the Mayor, City of Washington, DC
Shaden El Galaly, Regional Lead and City Advisor, Middle East and North Africa, Global Covenant of Mayors – Gap Fund Partnership
Amanda Fischer, Director of International Relations & Protocol, Washington State
Willow Fortunoff, MA student, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Lucas Franco, Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Specialist, Government of Minas Gerais
Damien Gabriel, City Advisor for Africa, Gap Fund Partnership, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
Elena Garcia Aragon, Consultant, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) & CAF Montevideo
Alexis Gordon, Sr. International Business Manager & Chief of Protocol, Charlotte, North Carolina
Ayan Huseynova, Urban Diplomacy Officer, Department for Mayoral and City Council’s Affairs – International Relations, City of Dortmund
Takis Karantonis, Chair, Arlington County Board, Virginia
Birgitte Krohn, Sector Counselor, Cities Programme, Danish Consulate General in Sao Paulo
Monica Lakhwani, Language Access Coordinator, Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs, City of Louisville, Kentucky
Derrick Lambert, Attache, Strategic Monitoring, Public & Multilateral Affairs, Délégation du Québec à Washington
Payton Lang, Policy and Programs Advisor, Office of the Mayor, City of Columbia, South Carolina
Nicolas Mancini, Executive Director, Paradiplomacia.org
Karina Mandell, Chair, Baltimore-Odessa Sister City Committee, Maryland
Latisha Manigault, Civic Engagement Coordinator, Office of the Mayor, City of North Charleston, South Carolina
Billy McCauley, Development Officer, Investment, International & Innovation, Chief Executive’s Department, Glasgow City Council
Sarah Messager, Chargée de projet aux affaires européennes et multilatérales / Project Officer for European and Multilateral Affairs, Délégation générale du Québec à Bruxelles / Québec Government Office in Brussels
Amelia Neacsu, Strategic Policy, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Ana Petrova, International Affairs Specialist, Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, City of Atlanta, Georgia
Aaron Pinto, Trade & Investment Representative in New York, Government of Ontario Office in New York
Daniella Plata, Director of International Affairs, McAllen, Texas
Bard Rama, Senior Expert, Sustainable Energy Systems, ICLEI European Secretariat; Global Advocacy and International Component Coordinator for the EU Covenant of Mayors, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Maggie Randall, Attachée aux affaires publiques et gouvernementales, Délégation du Québec à Boston
Amanda Reffsin, Strategic Relationships Director; Humanitarian Assistance, Project Management, Education, NYC Mayor’s Office of International Affairs, New York City Office of the Mayor
Mamadou Samba, CEO, Pan-African Institute of Municipal Development (PIMD)
Idan Sasson, Senior Manager, Subnational Climate Action Leaders Exchange (SCALE), C40 & Global Covenant of Mayors Joint Program, C40 Cities (New York City)
Mike Schadek, Director of International Affairs & Regional Partnerships, Mayor’s Office, City of Columbus, Ohio
Ruth Schipper-Tops, First Secretary; Deputy Head, Economic Department, Embassy of the Netherlands, USA
Fabio Silva, Environmental Policy Advisor, Executive Secretariat for Climate Change, Prefeitura de São Paulo
Ryan Sorenson, Mayor, City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Beril Unver, Protocol Officer, Office of the City Manager, City of Long Beach, California
Maxime Van Cauter, Science Attaché in NYC, Belgium Embassy, Region of Wallonia-Brussels International
Yuxi Wang, International Business Strategy Manager, Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion, City of Boston, Massachusetts
Susanne Wehrs Pereira Panagoulias, Special Advisor on International Relations and Strategic Projects, City of Rio de Janeiro
Lee Woodward, City Secretary, City of LaPorte, Texas
Mary Yntema, President and CEO, WorldBoston, Massachusetts
Aaron Zitzelsberger, Senior Director of Global Trade & Investment, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation