Closing Plenary Lunch – Climate Action: Working Together for Equitable, Resilient Communities

Welcome: Carolyn Flowers, Partner, InfraStrategies / Vice President, Mpact Board of Directors

Plenary Discussion: Climate Action

All the best practices, plans, and processes discussed throughout this Mpact Transit + Community conference contribute to achieving climate action goals – local, regional, national, and global. To achieve these goals requires a multi-scale, coordinated approach that centers equity and integrates climate action into community and economic development, infrastructure investments and land use regulations. The closing plenary dives into the details of this approach: where it’s working well; how local, regional, state, and federal agencies are taking action; and what we can expect and do next.

Mariia Zimmerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of the Secretary, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC

Laurie Schoeman, Senior Policy Advisor for Housing and Urban Policy, Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Washington, DC (Invited)

Ariella Maron, Executive Director, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Philadelphia, PA

Closing: Mpact Transit + Community 2025!