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.
Ambassador Ivo Daalder
President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chair Advisory Committee
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
Professor Eric Corijn
Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
GPM Co-Director of Research and Policy
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
Ian Klaus
Senior Fellow Chicago Forum on Global AffairsGPM Co-Director of Research and Policy