Our Team

Leadership Team

The institute is supported by a rotating presidency held by current city officials. There are different presidencies for the mobility and digitalisation streams.

Kimberly LaGrue

President, North America,
Chief Information Officer,
New Orleans

Theo Blackwell MBE

President, Europe,
Chief Digital Officer, London

Lola Ortiz

President, Europe (Mobility),
Director General of
Planning & Infrastructure, Madrid

Sharon Kershbaum

President, North America (Mobility)
Director, District Department of Transportation

Bob Bennett

Chair

Richard Forster

CEO

Willem Fast

Chief Commercial Officer

Rikesh Shah

Director of Mobility, former Head of Commercial Innovation at Transport for London

Cities Today Institute Staff

The Cities Today Institute has offices in London, Valencia and Rio de Janeiro. For any questions or enquiries, please complete the contact form below.

Lauren Ingraham

Programme Manager

Karlijn Verhoef

Network & Programme Coordinator

Oliver Hendry

Manager, Airports & Infrastructure

Mak Mengal

Senior Partnerships Manager

Ania Poprawka

Partnerships Manager

Kathryn Eisler

Events Assistant

Folkert Leffring

Marketing Manager

Manuel Manrique

Research Coordinator

Cities Today Staff

Cities Today was launched in 2010 as the first global magazine to contain analysis, comment and best practices on sustainable urban development, connecting local governments with public and private sector solutions.

The publication has become one of the leading knowledge platforms for city leaders for mobility, IoT, safety and security, resilience and resource efficiency.

Jonathan Andrews

Editor