We are excited to announce that Carol Coletta will be our featured speaker.  Carol is a nationally recognized urbanist and Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University. A lifelong champion of transformative public spaces, she has led high-impact civic initiatives across the country, including serving as CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, where she spearheaded the creation of the award-winning Tom Lee Park.

She also directed the Kresge Foundation’s Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative and held leadership roles with the Knight Foundation, ArtPlace, CEOs for Cities, and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. A recipient of the 2025 Urban Land Institute ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development and twice named a top urbanist by Planetizen, Carol is widely respected for helping create more inclusive, vibrant, and equitable cities through innovative public-private partnerships.