March 13, 2023
The Building Healthy Places Initiative is delighted to announce the 2023 participants in the sixth cohort of the ULI Health Leaders Network. The Health Leaders Network is designed to empower real estate and land use professionals with the skills, knowledge, and networks to improve health and equity outcomes in their professional practice and communities.
Thirty professionals in real estate development, planning, design, engineering, finance, community engagement, and public health from across the globe have been selected to participate in the sixth cohort of the ULI Health Leaders Network.
Cohort 6 Health Leaders are listed below alphabetically by first name. Click on each name to learn more about this year’s participants.
ULI is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and ULI Foundation Governor Randall Lewis for their support of the Health Leaders Network.
| Name | Title | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Groeger | Project Manager | coinel Development GmbH | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Caroline Shannon | Strategist | Gensler | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Catherine Malmberg | Director of Public Infrastructure & Strategic Development | Destination Medical Center (DMC EDA) | Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Daphne Green | Planner III | East Central Florida Regional Planning Council | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Erin K. Peavey | Vice President, Health & Well-being Design Leader | HKS Inc. | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Francesqca Jimenez | Senior Research Strategist | HDR | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Georgia Vitale | Practice Leader, Urban Strategy & Social Outcomes | Grimshaw | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Ian Lundy | Director | MSquared | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Jackie Knight | President | Ackerberg | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Jennifer Wilson | Director of Research & Impact | Shopworks Architecture | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Jess Blanch | Senior Program Director | Enterprise Community Partners | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| John Vick | Director, Office of Primary Prevention | Tennessee Department of Health | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Ka Yan Lai | Postdoctoral Fellow | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Kathleen Gregory | Health Equity & Community Strategist | Kathleen Gregory Consulting LLC | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Kurt Sommer | Executive Director, West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation | LifeBridge Health | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Lourdes Madigasekera-Elliott | Public Health Strategic Lead - Creating Healthy Places | East Sussex County Council | East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Mark Meyer | Principal - Chairman of the Board | TBG Partners | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Meg Kelly | Director, Space to Grow | Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Michael Mousa | Sustainability Consultant | DIALOG | Toronto, Ontario, U.S. |
| Miguel Vazquez | Health Equity Urban and Regional Planner | Riverside University Health System – Public Health | Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Nick Forest | Project Manager | CBRE | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nikki Blackhorse-Poulin | Manager, Health Promotion Programs | Hamilton County Health Department | Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Pam Davison | Planning Director | Town of Fuquay-Varina | Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Samantha Spergel | Director of Real Estate Strategic Initiatives & Engagement | Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Shar-Lee Amori | Project Manager | Research Assistant | Progressus Consulting | Mico University College | Kingston, St. Andrew, Jamaica |
| Steph Leonard | Built Environment Coordinator | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Stephen Parker | Behavioral Health Planner | Stantec | Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Vin Ferrara | Managing Director | Ziegler | Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Wai Chiong Loke | Clinical Director of Programmes, Head of InHealth & Financing Redesign | Ministry of Health Office for Healthcare Transformation | Singapore |
| Zohra Mutabanna | Associate Director - Placemaking Lead, India | Arcadis IBI Group | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |