Van Alen Institute helps create equitable cities through community-led inclusive design.

With a belief that design can transform cities, landscapes, and regions to improve people’s lives, VAI develops research, public programs, and design competitions.

Curator/Director/Producer of four Van Alen Festivals, and season six of the Van Alen Sessions documentary series (produced in collaboration with The New Yorker)

Topics included: the present and future of urban mobility; community-led climate action; inclusive growth, and public land use