Qiuyang joined ITDP as a Transport Engineer in February 2021. She is specialized in transport demand modeling, public policy, logistics and supply chain management, and data analytics. She graduated from an intercollegiate master’s program on Transport from Imperial College London and University College London in 2020. She also holds two bachelor’s degrees on Business Management (Logistics and Operations) from Cardiff University and Transportation from Dalian Maritime University. Her current projects include electric-bikes management and vehicle electrification. She aims to promote sustainable transport practice in China to other countries in the world, as well as introduce the foreign experience to China.

Before joining ITDP, Gashaw was the team leader of the transport and road network planning department for the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the past six years. His responsibilities included planning the city’s road network, leasing with stakeholders, and planning the city’s parking and terminal provisions. Gashaw has extensive experience as a consultant having previously worked with three consulting firms. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Addis Ababa University and a Masters Degree in Urban Administration and Planning from the University of Seoul in Korea.

Venugopal has been working with the city government in Chennai providing technical assistance for various complete streets projects through his role at ITDP. He has been involved in the conceptualization of new projects, design reviews, and on-ground project monitoring. He is currently working on expanding the street transformation works across the city through the Chennai Mega Streets Project. He is also actively involved in strategizing capacity development initiatives for city officials, engineers, and other stakeholders. With a keen interest in research, he is also involved in policy and planning research for transforming urban mobility to nurture early childhood development in Pune. His other areas of interest lie in travel demand management and inclusive compact cities.

Before joining ITDP, he worked with L&T Construction in Chennai as a Senior Architect. He holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning & Policy Design from Politecnico di Milano in Italy and an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the National Institute for Technology, Calicut. He has always been passionate about listening to stories of people, spaces and cities; how they evolve through time and the different forces that shape it. His love for cycling and travelling has pushed him to document the experiences through short stories, travel videos and illustrations. Still a kid at heart, he loves spending his evenings playing board games and he treasures a good collection of toys which he keeps close always to add to his collection of toy photography.

Jordi is an Urban Planner specialized in Active Mobility. Presently based in Nairobi, he works as a sustainable urban mobility expert for UN-Habitat, coordinating projects across the globe focused on active mobility, intermodality and road safety.

Miguel currently serves as the Mayor of San Pedro Garza García. During his term, he spearheaded initiatives to improve public realm and public spaces within the municipality, increasing infrastructure investments and emphasis on urban design.

He holds Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Master’s degree in Political Science and Government at Columnia University and Master’s degree in Economic Development at The London School of Economics.