Nupoor is an architectural and urban designer from Mumbai, now based in Boston. Her work is strongly informed by her upbringing in Mumbai and lies at the intersection of urban design and policy.

With a background in geography, humanities, and the social work field, Andrew strives to empower and activate the individual and collective potential of people using the physical and emotional spaces that they inhabit.

Cassim is a member of the IPA's Advisory Board.

Despo is an Urban Designer at One Architecture + Urbanism in New York City and a Registered Architect in the EU.

Alec is currently a student at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. He joined the IPA for the 2018.

Andy is a member of the IPA's Advisory Board.

Chris Garvin is an accomplished architect and active voice in the sustainable design community.

Despo is a member of the IPA's Advisory Board.

Alexandra is a member of the IPA's Advisory Board.

Angela Co is an architect, designer, and teacher committed to the belief that architecture has the capacity to shape both individual experience and collective understanding

Crystal Eksi is an Urban Designer at the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), where she works on public realm design in the scope of neighborhood studies.

Elaine Sun is a licensed Architect who has worked in New York with Gluck+ on design build projects for the East Harlem School and Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services.

Alexandra Paty-Díaz is a Venezuelan urban designer and city planner working at the New York City Department of City Planning - Brooklyn Office. She earned a B.Arch from Simon Bolívar University, and a M.S. Urban Planning at Columbia University´s GSAPP.

Bevin Savage Yamazaki leads Gensler's Civic+Culture practice. Prior to working at Gensler she worked on the construction of the contemporary art museum Dia:Beacon, in Beacon NY.

For over four decades, the conviction that architecture must work for the betterment of communities has been the foundation of Damu’s professional life – as architect and urbanist, advocate and mentor.

Emily Arden Wells holds a Masters in Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture where she won the coveted H.I. Feldman Prize for a sustainable multi-family housing proposal in Houston, Texas.

Amaritha Mahesh is an Urban Designer at The NYC Department of City Planning

Brian is a member of the IPA's Advisory Board.

Deborah Gans is the founder and principal architect of Gans studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Emma holds a Bachelors of Architecture from The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and has over a decade of experience with award winning architectural firms.