Waterfront Conference 2024

Doug Parsons is the director of America Adapts Media and host of "America Adapts – The Climate Change Podcast." Doug first started in the adaptation field in Queensland, Australia, focusing on the impacts of climate change on the agriculture sector. Upon returning to the United... Read More →

Joseph Sutkowi, WEDG, is the Chief Waterfront Design Officer at the Waterfront Alliance. Joseph leads the WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) program and oversees Waterfront Alliance’s resilience planning project in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. He brings significant experience... Read More →

Timothy O'Brien is the senior vice president of Hornblower Group’s ferries and transportation division, where he leads public-private partnership management and implementation for NYC Ferry and eight other domestic ferry operations across the U.S. Tim also leads the contract management... Read More →

For four decades, environmentalist and human rights activist Dianne Dillon-Ridgley has been a leader in sustainability and conservation. Appointed by three U.S. Presidents, she has served on twenty-three U.S. delegations at the UN and other global meetings. From 1997 to 2014, she... Read More →