Don Briggs is President – Boston and Executive Vice President – Development for Federal Realty Investment Trust. In this capacity, Don is responsible for managing the Trust’s east coast pipeline of development and leading the Trust’s office in New England. Don also serves as a member of the Trust’s Investment and Executive Committees. With over 20 years’ experience in real estate development and

Kris Carter, Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston, is a non-practicing engineer, an optimistic urban planner, and a self-taught filmmaker. New Urban Mechanics is Mayor Walsh’s civic innovation team, working with research institutions, government agencies, and civic entrepreneurs to explore and prototype what’s new and next in cities. Prior to working with the Mechanics,

As President and CEO of The Traffic Group, Wes Guckert is an expert in traffic engineering and transportation planning. He is a technical adviser in transit planning, traffic impact analysis, traffic signal design, and traffic circulation and access studies. As the President and CEO of The Traffic Group, Inc. — a traffic engineering and transportation planning specialty firm he founded in 1985,

Jenny Larios Berlin is the Co-Founder and CMO for Optimus Ride, which develops self-driving technologies that enable safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility systems. She’s a veteran of car sharing technology and operations, having worked previously for the disruptive Zipcar. As a General Manager, Jenny introduced Zipcar operations into several university campuses nationwide. She created the str

William Lyons, President and Founder of Fort Hill Companies, serves as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on land use, transportation, and real estate matters. Bill has provided transportation planning and engineering services to a wide array of public and private sector clients across the United States and globally. He has served in a professional capacity with the Massachusetts Highway