Who We Are

The Pavilion is governed by an International Board (IB) and Steering Committee (SC). The IB helps to build the Pavilion's global reach through advocacy and identifying innovative and transformative approaches to sustainable urbanisation. 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 Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Canada

Romy Bowers Co-Chair President of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada

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

Dyfed Aubrey Inter-Regional Advisor & Head of SDG Cities Initiative, UN-Habitat

Maria Gabriela Aguilera Minister of Housing, Ecuador

Margareta Cederfelt Member of Parliament, Sweden

Jonathan Malagón President of Asobancaria & Former Minister of Housing, Colombia

Pascal Smet Secretary of State on Urbanism, Brussels Capital Region

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

Mary Rowe President and CEO, Canadian Urban Institute

Megan Meaney Executive Director of ICLEI Canada Office

Dan Huang Canadian Representative of Global Planners Network & President of Canadian Institute of Planners

N. Kamakdo CEO of City Union Bank Limited, India

Steering Committee

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

Debbie Stewart, Vice President of Innovation and Partnerships, CMHC

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

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

Secretariat

Eduardo Moreno Co-Director

Dyfed Aubrey, Co-Director

Alex Venuto, Deputy Director (Acting)

Ilda Cordeiro Senior Program Manager

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