Technical Committee Members of the 3rd Guangzhou Award
1.Ms. Monika Zimmermann, TC Chair
Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, World Secretary
2.Ms. Belinda Yuen, TC Member
Chartered Town Planner; Research Director, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology & Design; Vice President (Southeast Asia) Commonwealth Association of Planners; Former President, Singapore Institute of Planners
3.Mr. Ajay Suri, TC Member
Regional Adviser –Asia, Cities Alliance
4.Mr. Chris Johnson, TC Member
CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia; Former Executive Director in New South Wales Planning Department; Former NSW Government Architect, Life Fellow of Australian Institute of Architects
5.Mr. Lin Zhu, TC Member
Executive Chairman of China Urban Operation League; Consultative Committee Member of CITIC Foundation for Reform & Development Studies
6.Mr. Francisco Berruete, TC Member
European Architect, Lecturer at University of Zaragoza, Spain; PhD in Peripheries and Urban Sustainability at Technical University of Madrid; Founding Partner of BMASB Architecture, Urban Planning Consultant Office
7.Mr. Bachir Kanoute, TC Member
Town planner, Executive Coordinator of Enda Ecopop. Focal Point and Head of office for Africa of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (IOPD)
8.Ms. Sheila Ochugboju, TC Member
Ambassador of Transformative Science and Urban Resilience, Government of Kisumu, Kenya; Head Researcher, UN-Habitat Global State of Urban Youth Report (GSUYR 2015/2016); Chair of Jury, Global Innovation Competition (2013-2016)
9.Ms. Elisa Silva, TC Member
Architect with a Master Degree from Harvard GSD; Professor at the Simón Bolívar University; Consultant to CAF development bank of Latin American and Sucre Municipality; Director & Founder of Enlace Arquitectura
10.Mr. Jorge Pérez Jaramillo, TC Member
Architect, independent advisor; Former Dean School of Architecture FAUPB; Former Deputy Planning Director Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburra 2004-08, Former Planning Director of Medellin 2012-15, Leader for Medellin’s team awarded with Lee Kwan Yew World City Prize 2016
11.Mr. Augusto Mathias, TC Member
Advisor of the National Confederation of Municipalities of Brazil/FLACMA; Healthy City Planner; Research Associate, Smart- UMTRI University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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