The Initiative on Cities is proud to convene leading city officials, urban scholars, and other experts on our External Advisory Board (EAB). With a diverse range of perspectives, the IOC’s EAB counsels our staff on emerging urban trends and issues, helping to shape the Initiative on Cities’ priorities.

Current Board

  • Julian Agyeman
    Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
  • Isabelle Anguelovski
    Director of the Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability
  • Prabal Chakrabarti
    Executive Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  • Dominic Moulden
    Artist and Community Organizer; Member, ONE DC, Right to Resources Committee
  • Sandra B. Henriquez
    Former Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Housing Commission
  • Derek Hyra
    Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Founding Director, Metropolitan Policy Center, American University
  • Katharine Lusk
    Executive Director of the Boston Planning Advisory Council, Former Co-Director of the Initiative on Cities
  • David Miller Former Mayor of Toronto
    Managing Director of the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy
  • Chris Murray
    Consultant and Founder of Urban Psyche, Former Director of Core Cities UK
  • Enrique Silva
    Chief Program Officer, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Past Board Members

For past members’ full bios, please click here.

  • Jamie Alderslade
    Director, Impact and Insights, Citi Community Investing and Development
  • Andrea Coleman
    Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Luis Ricardo Fraga
    Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership and Political Science, University of Notre Dame
  • Bruce Katz
    Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, Drexel University
  • Pam Kocher
    President, Boston Municipal Research Bureau
  • Alan Leventhal
    Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Capital Partners
  • Virginia Mayer
    Washington Representative for the City of Boston, Director, National Conference of Democratic Mayors
  • George W. McCarthy
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
  • Cathy E. Minehan
    Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Co-Chair, Boston Women’s Workforce Council
  • Michael Nutter Former Mayor of Philadelphia
    David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Policy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
  • Mindy Thompson Fullilove
    Co-Founder, Cities Research Group, MD, Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School
  • Ryan Whalen
    Associate Partner, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former Senior Advisor, Bloomberg Philanthropies; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for States and Implementation, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs