Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee is an international team of individual urban and governance experts collaborating together and advising the Executive Committee on the development of the GPM, providing detailed substance for the GPM program and the Annual Summit. The Advisory Committee members ensure global representation and specific expertise relevant to the work of the GPM.

Ian Klaus
Founding Director Garnegie California, USA
Chair Advisory Committee
Professor Eric Corijn
Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Director of Research and Policy

Sigmar Gabriel
Former Vice-Chancellor Germany
Former minister of Foreign Affairs

Jozias van Aartsen
Former minister of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture
Former mayor of The Hague
Former acting mayor of Amsterdam

Michael Nutter
Former mayor of Philadelphia

Ulli Sierau
Former mayor of Dortmund
Advisor to UN-Habitat

Mauricio Rodas
Former mayor of Quito
WEF

Amanda Eichel
Former ED Global Covenant of Mayors

Seth Schultz
CEO Resilience Rising

Debra Greenspan
Managing Director Energy & Sustainability team, Finsbury and Glover

Hazem Galal
Global Leader for Cities & Local Government, PwC Middle East

Charles Landry
Urban Specialist Creative City

Tom Cochran
CEO and Executive director US Conference of Mayors

Elizabeth Johnston
Executive Director EFUS

Henk Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands

Lord Wei of Shoreditch
Member of House of Lords, United Kingdom

Eileen Haring Woods
Haring Woods Studio

Leah Barber
Patron Advisory Committee