This event is available to watch on-demand.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: ON24 virtual event

Are you an infrastructure policymaker, investor, developer, owner or operator? Do the expectations and aspirations of your end-users and the community at large interest you? Then don’t miss this lively discussion of the steps that need to be taken, today, to underpin the delivery of sustainable, accessible and equitable infrastructure, tomorrow.
 
Hosted by GHD Future Communities Lead – Canada, Tina Marano and expertly moderated by global advisor and urbanist Professor Greg Clark, our panel delved into the inherently social purpose of infrastructure and its important role as an enabler of intergenerational equity. The benefit of drawing on diverse voices in striking the right balance of community wants and needs will be central to the conversation.

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Host

Moderator

Tina Marano

Future Communities Lead – Canada

GHD

Tina brings over 25 years’ experience as a business development, marketing, and communications professional working in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She has been involved in GHD’s Future Communities initiative since June 2021, collaborating in and supporting the development of new solutions that help GHD’s clients achieve their strategic ambitions and community aspirations. Tina oversees a key client portfolio in Canada comprised of municipal and transportation clients and supports GHD Canada in business planning and strategic initiatives.

Prof. Greg Clark

Global Urbanist, Innovator & Author

Prof. Clark is a global urbanist who has worked with 400 cities and is author of 10 books on cities and urbanisation. Greg is a Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is former chair of the OECD LEED Forum of Cities and Regions (1996-2016) and former Global Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has advised the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the HSBC Group on cities, sustainability and financial innovation. Greg also serves as Chair of the UK Connected Places Catapult and the UK Cities Commission for Climate Investment (3Ci). He is a board member of Transport for London and chairs its Land & Property Committee which oversees its development company, Places for London.

Greg’s global insight into city development, along with his wealth of cross-cultural knowledge, will enrich this dynamic panel discussion.

Our panel

Marsha Anderson Bomar

Commissioner Emeritus and Former Deputy Commissioner, Engineering, Department of Transportation

City of Atlanta

Marsha founded Street Smarts Planning and Engineering in 1990 and Data Smarts in 1993. She has served in high-impact roles at MARTA and the Atlanta Department of Transportation. Marsha is an international Past President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and has received numerous awards, including the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce Athena Award for outstanding businesswoman.

Marsha is a Fellow of the ASCE and is currently serving as the Society Treasurer and Co-Chair of the 2024 International Conference on Transportation and Development. Last year, Marsha was named Woman of the Year by WTS International and was just elected 2025 ASCE President Elect.

Mark Ciavarro

Deputy Chief Capital Officer, Rapid Transit

Metrolinx

Mark joined Metrolinx in its infancy in late 2007 and has served in a number of leadership roles with accountabilities across the lifecycle of major capital projects, including Project Development and Business Case Development, Program Management, Pre-Construction Services, Sponsorship and Project Delivery. In his current role, Mark is responsible for the delivery of six major transit expansion projects worth more than $40B, across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Diniece Mendes

Director, Office of Freight Mobility

New York City Department of Transportation

Diniece is the Director of Freight Mobility at the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and manages most of the city’s transport infrastructure. She has been working for NYC DOT since 2014 and has led projects such as ‘Delivering New York’, as well as Delivering Green strategic plans, foundational to the City’s freight strategy and the Adams’ Administration’s Climate Strategic Plan (PlanNYC). Diniece’s team works to enhance urban freight transportation safety, efficiency and sustainability. In the past year, she has advanced efforts such as the micro hubs pilot, pedal-assist cargo bike regulations and the Locker NYC pilot. Diniece also leads freight decarbonisation, is developing an electrification strategy for medium-to-heavy-duty vehicles and promotes NYC’s Blue Highways initiative to leverage waterborne transport.

Diniece also serves at the society level on the American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation and Development Institute Board of Governors and is passionate about educating, elevating and empowering changemakers in STEM fields.

Dominga Quiroga Salazar

Marketing Leader

Territoria Group

Dominga is a Business Administrator and Manager from Universidad de Chile. Since April 2020, she has been the Marketing Leader of Territoria, a company that develops varied types of urban projects, recognised as the most sustainable real estate company in Latin America. Territoria is seeking to create spaces in cities that have a positive impact on people, with pillars such as sustainability, clean transportation and an important focus on innovation.

Dominga has led the positioning of Territoria and its key projects in recent years, such as Campus Santander, Campus Santa Lucía and the Mercado Urbano Tobalaba (MUT) – the first urban market in Chile. In relation to MUT, Dominga has been involved in the project’s commercial, gastronomic, office market and strategic plans, to position the project and building as a must-see destination in Santiago, Chile.