Who We Are

The Pavilion is governed by an International Board (IB) , Steering Committee (SC) and CO-Directors. The IB helps to build the Pavilion's global reach through advocacy and identifying innovative and transformative approaches to sustainable urbanization. The SC provides strategic guidance on the Pavilion's programming and structure. Both bodies have an important role to support the Pavilion as a global knowledge exchange hub. The visioning and executing the day-to-day activities are led a Secretariat.

International Board

Hon. Ahmed Hussen Honorary Chair of Pavilion and Minister of International Development of Canada

Romy Bowers Chief Risk Officer, International Monetary Fund

Rafael Tuts Co-Chair Director of Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat, Kenya

Mitchell Cohen President and CEO, The Daniels Corporation, Canada

Reza Pourvaziry Chair, Urban Economy Forum, Canada

Eduardo Moreno Co-Director of WUP

Dyfed Aubrey Co Director of WUP and Chief, UN-Habitat Office for Europe and European Institutions, Brussels

Maria Gabriela Aguilera Minister of Housing, Ecuador

Margareta Cederfelt Member of Parliament, Sweden

Alison Gilliland Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Pudence Rubingisa Mayor of City of Kigali, Rwanda

Berry Vrbanovic Mayor of City of Kitchener, Canada

Tadeo Garcia Zalazar Mayor of City of Godoy Cruz, Argentina

Jamal Itani Mayor of City of Beirut, Lebanon

Yücel Yilmaz Mayor of City of Balikesir, Turkey

Jakub Mazur First Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw, Poland & President of METREX

Steering Committee

Eduardo Moreno Co-Director of WUP

Julie Ward, Former Member of European Parliament

Frank D’hondt, Secretary General, ISOCARP

Reza Pourvaziry Chair, Urban Economy Forum

Dyfed Aubrey, Inter-Regional Advisory & Head of SDG Cities

Douglas Ragan : Programme Management Officer UN-Habitat

Marlene DeGenova, Co-Chair, Regent Park Neighbourhood Association Advocacy Committee

Ibrahim Afrah, Community Leader, Regent Park & Social Development Plan Stakeholders Table