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Remarkable Women
in Transport 2021

                    Female Change-Makers
                    Transforming Mobility
                    Edition 2021 (3rd Edition)
                    Launched on International
                    Women‘s Day March 8th 2021

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Remarkable Women
in Transport 2021

Female Change-Makers
Transforming Mobility
The series’ third round
TUMI and Women Mobilize Women are delighted to publish the third annual edition of             Annabel Bradbury           4
Remarkable Women in Transport! We are especially grateful to the Remarkable Women in           Bianca Macêdo              4
our network and the TUMI Partners for supporting us in identifying women who’ve made           Carolyn Whitzman           5
extraordinary contributions to transport.                                                      Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry    6
                                                                                               Engr. Abimbola Akinajo     7
Historically, urban and transport planners have failed to take gender aspects into             Dr. Jana Kühl              7
consideration. A diverse workforce including various perspectives is essential to develop      Dr. Jaqueline M. Klopp     8
and implement gender-responsive mobility systems. While this publication is by no means        Isabel Granada-Garcés      8
all-encompassing of the thousands of women in transport who make great contributions           Julia Nebrija              9
everyday, we hope that these selected few inspire you in 2021. Just browse and get inspired!   Marta Serrano             10
                                                                                               Monica Saraiva Panik      11
www.transformative-mobility.org                                                                Natalie Draisin           12
                                                                                               Patricia Martínez Barba   12
                                                                                               Patricia Nzolantima       13
                                                                                               Rana Kortam               13
                                                                                               Rebecca Karbaumer         14
                                                                                               Seçil Öznur Yakan         14
                                                                                               Sonya Byers               15
                                                                                               Vidhya Mohankumar         16
                                                                                               Xianyuan Zhu              17

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                                                              Remarkable Women
                          Women make up less
                         than 20% of the global
                          transport workforce.
                                                              in Transport 2021
                             (ILOSTAT, 2019)                  The inclusion of women in the transportation sector is an economic imperative that’s
                                                              critical to the sector’s growth and long-term sustainability. However, due to a systemic lack
                                                              of awareness and exposure to career pathways, women continue to be underrepresented
                                                              in transportation occupations. For decades, decision-making and transport-planning was
                                                              done almost exclusively by men. Due to lack of data collection and personal experiences, the
The Transformative                                            able-bodied male perspective struggled to take into account the challenges that women,
Urban Mobility Initiative                                     children or vulnerable citizens face in their daily mobility. For example, women typically
(TUMI) supports women in the                                  travel shorter distances during off-peak hours. Trip-chaining and mobility of care shape
transport sector. With Women                                  women’s mobility, which is often restricted due to the risk of sexual harassment and other
Mobilize Women, TUMI specifically                             forms of violence both on the street and on public transport.
addresses the need to involve and empower
female change-makers in the transport sector                  Yet, women make up more than half of the global population, and society simply wouldn’t
to progress mobility systems and to cater to                  function without them. In 2020, as the world stood still and transportation came to a halt,
women’s needs. Women Mobilize Women serves as a               women kept moving, acting as a driving force behind many of the structural changes cities
network and information hub which strongly influences         are seeing in mobility today. Let’s keep this momentum going so we can reach our goals
the international debate on the role and potential of women   of sustainable mobility systems, safe cities and equitable societies. These goals are not
in the mobility sector.                                       achievable without the essential women in the transport sector, whose perspectives will
                                                              help make mobility equitable and inclusive. Only by including women in decision-making
                                                              can the transport industry best utilize their invaluable experiences and perspectives.
    www.womenmobilize.org
    @TUMInitiative                                            We are honored to illuminate the work of these outstanding female experts who have
    Women Mobilize Women                                      contributed to sustainable mobility solutions – By women.
    Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
                                                              For everyone!
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Annabel Bradbury                                                                                              Bianca Macêdo
UK Director at Cardno Emerging Markets                                                                        Urban Mobility Independent Consultant
Annabel Bradbury has worked in a transport       She managed the Transport Services                           Bianca Macêdo is a Transportation
research capacity for the whole of her 22-       portfolio of the program in 12 countries in                  Engineer with several years of experience
year career. She provides advisory support       Sub-Saharan Africa and five countries in                     in sustainable mobility planning and
on rural transport services, Sustainable         South Asia, and designed and managed                         implementation. While working at the
Livelihood Approaches, social inclusion and      a portfolio of rural transport projects,                     Municipality of Fortaleza, she led relevant
stakeholder consultation. She completed          including the flagship ‘Rural Access                         projects that raised the city’s mobility
a part-time PhD on the contribution of           Index’ project and the ReCAP program.                        policies into international recognition, such
Sustainable Livelihood Approaches to             Annabel is a widely published and cited                      as the free bike share system’s expansion
the effectiveness of transport planning in       expert and has presented and chaired at                      to the suburbs, the program against sexual
developing countries. Her Thesis emphasized      international conferences in Africa and Asia,                harassment in public transport, the Re-cycle
the use of transport in social trip making and   including the UNESCAP Expert Meeting                         project of electric tricycles for recyclable
the importance of accessibility and mobility     on transport connectivity in Bangkok; and                    waste pickers, the cycling infrastructure
for maintenance of social networks. Annabel      she represented the ReCAP programme on                       expansion and the specific bike share
is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution         the Sustainable Mobility for all (SuM4All)                   systems for children and for integration with
of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)            Steering Committee. Annabel is co-author                     public transport. She also has experience in
in recognition of her contribution to the        of a paper on Raising the Profile of the Rural               sustainable urban mobility plans, gender
profession.                                      Access Index as an SDG Indicator, which was                  and transport studies in Brazil and Guyana
                                                 awarded the World Road Association UK                        and advocacy for women and bicycles. As
Annabel is a Company Director, responsible       prize for Sustainable Development in 2019;                   an independent consultant, she has worked
for UK operations at Cardno Emerging             and was lead author of the editorial prepared                in sustainable mobility projects with a focus
Markets and was the Deputy Team Leader           for the themed issue of the Institution of                   on air quality, health, gender and inclusion
(2017-2020) for the UK Aid programme -           Civil Engineer‘s (ICE) Transport journal on                  of vulnerable groups.
Research for Community Access Partnership        Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Transport
(ReCAP).                                         (2020).                                                           @BiancaMacdo6
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Adjunct Professor in the Department of
Geography, Environment and Geomatics
at the University of Ottawa and
Honorary Professor in Urban Planning
at the University of Melbourne

Carolyn has worked for over 30 years in           Her books include Building Inclusive Cities:
government, the university sector and as          Women’s Safety and the Right to the City
a consultant focused on enabling the right        (lead editor, Routledge, 2013) and The
to the city. Her research interests include:      Handbook of Gender, Violence Prevention
housing policy to support adequate homes          and Community Safety (Earthscan, 2007).
for all; planning for liveable and equitable      She recently contributed two chapters to
cities in a national and international context;   Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities:
interventions to increase independent             International Evidence and Prevention (eds.
mobility for children; and the development        Vania Ceccato and Anastasis Loukaitou-
of participatory planning tools with women,       Sideris, Routledge, 2020).
children, and people with disabilities.
Carolyn has an international reputation for           @CWhitzman
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                                                               President of the World Maritime
     World Maritime University
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     WMU was established by the International Maritime         Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is the first           She has assisted many countries around
     Organization 38 years ago. The last five years has also   female president of the World Maritime             the world in developing and implementing
     seen a significant increase in the number of women        University (WMU) and has spearheaded               national legislation in order to effectively
     graduates. There has also been a huge growth and          its growth. Prior to joining WMU, she              give life to the Maritime Labour Convention
     diversity in its Faculty and Staff composition. The       served in a number of capacities at the            and to ensure the safety of seafarers.
     establishment in 2018 of the WMU-Sasakawa Global          International Labour Organization (ILO),
     Ocean Institute within the university to address global   including Director of the International            Dr. Doumbia-Henry has done remarkable
     ocean issues has been an important milestone. It is       Labour Standards Department, Director              work combatting HIV and AIDS within
     already a leading research institution. The Vision of     of the Sectoral Activities Department and          the Transport Sector, especially among
     WMU is to inspire leadership and innovation for a         Senior Legal Officer in the Office of the Legal    seafarers who are particularly vulnerable to
     sustainable maritime and oceans future.                   Adviser. During her 30-year-long period of         the effects of the pandemic, as well as other
                                                               service at the ILO, she led the drafting of over   diseases.
                                                               60 ILO Conventions and Recommendations
                                                               advocating for seafarers’ rights. Moreover,        Cleopatra has been and continues to be an
                                                               she created the Maritime Labour Academy.           ardent advocate of seafarers’ rights.

                                                               Cleopatra studied international law and
                                                               worked among others with the Iran-US
                                                               Claims Tribunal in The Hague.

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Engr. Abimbola Akinajo                                                              Dr. Jana Kühl
Managing Director, LAMATA                                                           Professor for Bicycle Traffic
                                                                                    Management,
Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, a chartered civil engineer, is the Managing                 Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Director at the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
(LAMATA). She has over 30 years’ experience in the design and                       Since 1 November 2020, Dr. Jana Kühl is        Her contributions in teaching and research
delivery of major transport and infrastructure projects in the United               Germany’s first professor of Bicycle Traffic   motivate her to inspire future transport planners
Kingdom and Nigeria. In the UK where Abimbola worked for over                       Management.                                    to really integrate cycling planning and find
two decades, she gained extensive knowledge in the delivery of high-                                                               solutions for more sustainable mobility.
profile rail infrastructure projects. Among others, she was involved                She studied geography at the Christian-
in projects such as major London Rail bridge replacement projects,                  Albrechts-University of Kiel and moved         Most recently, Jana participated in an
the Connect Project (implementation of updated communications                       to the Institute for Regional and Urban        acceptance study in the Cultural Geography
systems on the London Underground System) and the East London                       Development Research Dortmund after            Working Group at the University of Kiel
Line project handover.                                                              earning her diploma. There she worked on a     on the testing of demand-responsive,
                                                                                    project that examined, among other things,     autonomous buses as public transport in
In Lagos, Nigeria, she delivered the 14-kilometre Oshodi to Abule                   how everyday mobility and the choice of        rural areas. For her planned post-doctoral
Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, commenced the construction                     place of residence interact. During her        project, the scientist is looking at what effect
of the first phase of the 37-kilometre Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red                  doctoral studies at the Technical University   infrastructural measures in cycling - such as
Line project, completed the first TUMI-funded Lagos Sidewalk Pilot                  of Dortmund, she was a research assistant      cycle lanes - can have on the motivation to
Project and is working to deliver the Red and Blue Rail line projects               in the Department of Regional Planning and     switch to cycling in everyday mobility.
in the third and fourth quarter 2022 respectively.                                  Planning Theory and taught empirical social
                                                                                    research in cooperation with the department    In her private life, Jana has also geared
Engr. Akinajo is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE),             of transport planning. Her research focuses    her mobility toward cycling and owns five
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and                    on sustainable mobility, urban green spaces    bicycles, one for each everyday situation, in
Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE).                                                 and social ways of thinking and acting.        order to always be mobile without using a car.

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Dr. Jaqueline M. Klopp                                                                                               Isabel Granada-Garcés
Co-Director Center for Sustainable                                                                                   Senior Sector Specialist, Inter American Development Bank
Urban Development, Earth Institute,
Columbia University                                                                                                  Isabel is a Senior Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Development
                                                                                                                     Bank (IDB) where she leads the preparation of multisector programs
Dr. Jacqueline Klopp co-directs the Center for      She is also a core member of the Clean Air                       promoting inclusive interventions in the Latin American and
Sustainable Urban Development at the Earth          Toolbox for Cities, an interdisciplinary network                 Caribbean region. Passionate about development and convinced
Institute. She is an action-oriented research       centered at Columbia University that aims to                     of the power of collectivity and equality, Isabel has worked in
scholar who focuses on pathways to safe, low-       support cities primarily in Africa and Asia with                 the transport sector for more 10 years where she has designed,
emission and equitable transport, and land-         emissions, source and health impact data to                      executed, and overseen transport infrastructure projects. She has
use. Jacqueline has been spearheading efforts       address air pollution and climate change.                        led initiatives like the IDB Transport Gender LAB, a network of Latin
to leverage new mapping to strengthen                                                                                American cities committed to mainstreaming gender equality.
advocacy for improved public transportation         Dr. Klopp received her B.A. from Harvard                         Isabel has promoted multiple case studies and analyses of mobility
and reduced air pollution. She is a founding        University in Physics and her Ph.D. in Political                 patterns in several cities in the LAC region. Isabel has also developed
member of the award winning DigitalMatatus          Science from McGill University. At Columbia                      cutting edge technology solutions with a focus on improving access
consortium which produced the first open            University she serves on the Environmental                       opportunities for the most vulnerable populations.
transit data and public transit map for Nairobi’s   Justice and Climate Just Cities network and
quasi-formal minibus transit system. She also       on the Sustainable Columbia faculty advisory                     Throughout her career,Isabel has dedicated her passion for
helped found “Digital Cairo”, a consortium led      committee on transportation, which aims                          collective work and innovation to make gender equality in transport
by Transport4Cairo to create open transport         to radically reduce the university’s transport                   and infrastructure both a common denominator and a familiar
data. With the French Development Agency,           emissions and support public and nonmoto-                        narrative. Isabel has a track record as a civil servant, working at
the Inter-American Development Bank and             rized transport in Northern Manhattan. She                       the National Department of Planning in Colombia and as an IDB
the World Resource Institute, she continues to      also teaches in the Sustainable Development                      transport consultant for Transmilenio. She also worked in private
support new collaborative platforms on open         undergraduate program at Columbia University.                    the companies ARUP and IBM. Isabel is a proud Civil Engineer from
transit data for Africa: DigitalTransport4Africa                                                                     Los Andes University in Colombia, MSc. In Transport Economics
DATUM.                                                   @jmklopp1                                                   and Business Management from Imperial College London.
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                             streetscapes to support more livable            before serving as the Assistant General
                             communities. Her dedication to inclusive        Manager of Operations for the Metropolitan
                             mobility grew from her own experiences          Manila Development Authority, Program
                             walking, cycling and using public               Manager in the Office of the Secretary for
                             transportation in cities where she’s lived,     the Philippines Department of Budget and
                             including Washington DC, New York City and      Management, and most recently, as Chief
                             Manila.                                         Operating Officer of the Philippine Japan
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                             Julia and her Agile City Partners co-founders
                             are currently working with NewCities and        Julia is an active participant in the citizen-led
                             CoMotion to build the newly launched Global     mobility movement in the Philippines, serving
                             Partnership for Informal Transportation.        as a member of the Move as One Coalition
                             The initiative will bring visibility to the     Philippines. She previously served as a Board
                             important role informal transportation plays    Member of the Inclusive Mobility Network
                             in cities in the Global South.                  Philippines. Julia also speaks regularly as a
                                                                             resource person on placemaking and inclusive
                                                                             mobility. Her articles have been featured
                                                                             in Design Anthology, CNN Style, Domus,
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CEO of EMT València
Co-founder of Women in Motion España

Marta Serrano is a Civil Engineer specializing   transport planning. In 2015 she was the first   1,700 people. As CEO, she works to strengthen
in and deeply committed to transport and         woman hired as Director of Communication        the role of EMT València as a sustainable,
urban design. She has always been dedicated      and Consulting at the Municipal Transport       accessible, and more energy-efficient public
to incorporating a gendered perspective and      Company of Madrid. She was a member of          transport service to combat climate change
female talent to the engineering and transport   the Equality Committee, promoting the new       and promote a safe and friendly city. She
sector. In 2018, this led her to cofound Women   Equality Plan of the company. In addition,      is also committed to promoting gender-
Women in Motion, an organization aimed at        she led projects such as the implementation     sensitive policies and actions in the field of
promoting gender equity in the transport and     of a selection and promotion process without    transport and mobility planning to address
mobility industry. In 2020, she also cofounded   gender bias, the use of inclusive language,     some of the remaining gender gaps and to
Women in Motion Spain, the local chapter         policies for work-life balance, and the         move towards an inclusive transport system.
of the global network. Nowadays she is the       prevention of gender-based harassment. In
CEO of EMT València and has become the           2020 she was appointed Head of Operations            @Marta_Serrano
first woman in this role in the history of the   at EMT Fuenlabrada.
Municipal Transport Company of València.
                                                 Since December 2020, Marta has served as
Marta studied Engineering at the University      the CEO of EMT València, which provides
of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and RWTH           public transport services to the city of
Aachen (Germany). Since 2005 she has             València and some towns of the metropolitan

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                                                                                Director of Institutional Relations,
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                                                                                Monica Saraiva Panik is a Brazilian citizen     In 2000, she contributed articles to the UN
                                                                                who has spent many years living in              Sustainable Development “The Air is Global”
     Women in Green Hydrogen is a network that aims to increase the             Germany. She graduated in Social                and to the book “Ônibus Brasilieiro a
     visibility of women in the green hydrogen sector. Our goal is to connect   Communications at Fundação Armando              Hidrogênio” in 2009. In 2018, she co-
     professionals from all around the world and to shape a more diverse        Álvares Penteado, and earned a Master’s         organized the 22nd World Hydrogen Energy
     and inclusive discourse in the green hydrogen world.                       Degree in Marketing Administration at           Conference (WHEC) in Rio de Janeiro. In
                                                                                Fundação Getúlio Vargas. For 18 years, she      2020, she contributed to the AHK/GIZ
     We created an international expert database featuring more than 300        worked for the automotive industry in Brazil    Hydrogen Sectormapping Brazil study and is
     green hydrogen experts and executives, including CEOs, co-founders,        and 16 years as project manager of the          the Director of Institutional Relations of the
     vice presidents, political decision makers and professors. We organize     UNDP/GEF‚ Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses for          Brazilian Hydrogen Association and Curator
     regular networking events, peer learning formats and use social            Urban Transport in Brazil. She is the winner    of the Energy Transformation Hydrogen
     networks to foster knowledge exchange and to create professional           of the DaimlerChrysler Umweltpreis 2001         Core at the BW Expo Summit Digital.
     opportunities.                                                             with the “Clean Air Initiatives in Developing
                                                                                Countries”. Monica has worked on several
     www.wigh.network                                                           projects and programs, and among others
                                                                                contributed to: “World Bank Clean Air
                                                                                Initiative in Latin American Cities”, “UNDP
                                                                                Introduction of Fuel Cell Technology in
                                                                                Emerging Megacities” and “EU Controlling
                                                                                Urban Mobility Europe/Latin America”
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Director, North American Office and                                                                          Chief of Staff for Territorial Strategic
United Nations Representative for                                                                            Management at Jalisco Government, Mexico
the FIA Foundation
                                                                                                             Patricia Martínez Barba is Chief of Staff for Territorial Strategic
Natalie Draisin manages FIA Foundation’s       about preventing COVID-19 and road traffic                    Management at Jalisco Government, which includes the Ministry of
grants in North America to achieve safe        injuries on the journey to school. She enabled                Transport, Environment, Water and Infrastructure.
and sustainable mobility worldwide.            the creation of the Johns Hopkins University
Dedicated to ensuring safe and sustainable     New Mobility Initiative. Her publications                     One of her biggest achievements is the implementation of a
mobility as a policy priority, Natalie leads   include a UNICEF and Save the Children                        Social Transport Rate for Women. In the past she used to be
the FIA Foundation’s activities across the     report about solutions to road traffic injuries               Congresswoman. The former congresswoman is now a bicycle
Americas and advances evidence-based           among children in Latin America, and the                      activist, founder of Women in Motion and a member of the Global
solutions focused on equity around the         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s                  Advisory Board.
world. She ensured inclusion of road safety    Traffic Conflict Technique Toolkit.
in UN Sustainable Development Goals,                                                                         Patricia is a graduate in Information Science and Technology from
and lobbied US Congress to encourage the       Natalie has a first-hand view of cyclist safety,              the University of the Atemajac Valley. In her professional career,
World Bank to implement minimum safety         having cycled across the US to fundraise for                  she has been Coordinator of Integral City Management in the
standards on roads.                            cancer prevention. She has an MPH, MBA                        Guadalajara City Council and founding member of the GDL en BICI
                                               and BA from the Johns Hopkins University,                     A.C. association, a citizen‘s collective that seeks to ensure that cities
Striving to place safe and healthy journeys    where the Bloomberg School of Public                          guarantee the right to the city to their inhabitants through safe,
for youth at the center of the political       Health recognized her as an Outstanding                       inclusive and efficient urban mobility.
agenda, she founded Vision Zero for Youth      Recent Graduate.
with the National Center for Safe Routes to
School and scaled it globally. Utilizing the
pandemic as an opportunity to make streets
safer for all, she authored UNICEF guidance
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Founder and Chairwoman of Bizzoly                                                       Head of Global Regulatory Policy and former
Holdings and Founder of Ubizcabs                                                        Head of Women’s Safety Policy for Uber

Patricia Nzolantima is a pure Africa product with over 17 years of                      Rana Kortam is the Head of Global Regulatory     Rana leads the charge to push the boundaries
experience in entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment. As a                            Policy for Uber. She leads the company’s         on several policy issues including gender and
serial entrepreneur, Patricia is a leader in market disruption initiatives              efforts to modernize transport regulations       transport, regulatory liberalization, transport
on the African continent. She founded the first women’s economic                        and shape the future of legislative frameworks   equity, modern tax schemes and economic
empowerment hub in Kinshasa, an accelerator program for women                           for the gig economy by working with policy       enablement.
entrepreneurs to scale up their business, and the Bizzoly Transportation                teams around the world, as well as various
and logistics that operates under Ubizcabs, the first female-driven taxi                government bodies, think tanks and NGO’s.        As the world takes ambitious steps to tackle
company in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Furthermore, she found-                    She previously led global women’s safety         climate change and support a green recovery
ed “Ubizdelivery”, the first women-only logistics and delivery service.                 policy, most notably working on Uber’s safety    that embraces new forms of mobility, every
                                                                                        report released in 2019.                         player in transport must take notice and do
In March 2020, Patricia launched the first female drivers academy to                                                                     more. As a company that powers movement,
empower women in transport and logistics. In 2018, in partnership with                  A born and raised Egyptian, she previously led   Rana´s work is essential to Uber’s global goal
UBA Group, she launched the first women visa prepaid card in the DRC,                   public policy for Uber in Egypt, working with    to ensure everyone can move freely and
with the “Working Ladies brand’’ to finance women entrepreneurs’                        the government to enact one of the most          safely, whether physically, economically or
projects through her women economic empowerment hub. Patricia                           forward-looking ridesharing regulations in       socially. To do that, everyone must come
has attended numerous summits, programmes, and she has received                         the region. A techie at heart, Rana graduated    together to fight the racism that persists
various awards for her work and commitment. Patricia holds a master’s                   Summa Cum Laude from the American                across societies around the globe and be
degree in law from the protestant University of Congo (DRC) and a                       University in Cairo with a Bachelor’s degree     a champion for equity. Rana believes in a
master’s degree in Business English and Marketing Management from                       in Electronics Engineering. Straddling the       future where mobility is truly a catalyst and
the Cape Studies Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. Furthermore,                     worlds of tech and policy, and harboring a       never a hindrance for all communities and
she completed an MBA at the Harvard University’s Business School.                       serious passion for policy reform,               individuals, and what they aspire to achieve.

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Sustainable Mobility Project                                                                                    Co-Founder of Women on Bicycle Initiative Turkey
Coordinator for the City of Bremen
                                                                                                                Seçil Öznur Yakan co-founded the Women on Bicycle Initiative in
Rebecca Karbaumer is an urbanite who’s          Low-tech solutions such as walking, cycling                     Turkey. She is convinced of the positive effects of cycling for people´s
passionate about creating sustainable,          and collective transport best help meet                         lives and cities´ environments.
liveable and socially equitable cities. As a    citizens’ daily mobility needs while using
sustainable mobility project coordinator for    resources – including space – effectively,                      Secil has seen firsthand how unsafe road conditions and car-oriented
the City of Bremen’s Ministry for Climate       efficiently and fairly.                                         thinking can create dangerous situations for cyclists. As someone
Protection, the Environment, Mobility,                                                                          who commutes and travels around Istanbul by bike, she refused to
Urban and Housing Development (DE), she         Rebecca is always keen to share her                             accept the poor cycling conditions and lack of care by other road
is responsible for implementing Bremen’s        expertise with other cities who are working                     users. Her aim is to make cyclists more visible and make people
Car-Sharing strategies and coordinating         on establishing shared mobility governance                      aware of the rights of cyclists in traffic. Her guiding principle is: If
various European transport projects on          strategies. She is a co-author of Shared                        children, seniors and the disabled can walk/cycle safely in a city,
shared mobility and mobility management.        Mobility Rocks: A Planner’s Guide to the                        then we can truly call it a city. She thinks cities should be designed
                                                Shared Mobility Galaxy (coming soon in                          for and with pedestrians and cyclists. People will be encouraged to
She studied Environmental Science and           2021!).                                                         cycle more only if these conditions are met.
Environmental Psychology at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City (2006) in the United                                                                    Secil also founded the first bicycle shop in Turkey specializing in
States and earned her Master of Arts in                                                                         touring bicycles and equipment.
Urban and Regional Development at the
University of Bremen in 2012. She is a                                                                               @velespito
strong proponent of the approach that, in
order to build a sustainable future, mobility
planning strategies must focus on moving
people and goods rather than vehicles.
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                                                           CEO of Women in Transport

     Women in Transport
                                                           Sonya Byers is Chief Executive of Women in      energy and facilities group, a multi-brand
                                                           Transport. She has been a member of Women       recruitment agency, a transport survey
     Women in Transport is a not-for-profit professional
                                                           in Transport since 2008, and is currently a     startup, a Top 20 accountancy firm and a
     membership network that empowers women
                                                           board member. Initially she acted as Events     global engineering group.
     working in transport to maximise their potential.
                                                           Chair then Vice President as a volunteer
     The industry wide network is open and inclusive,
                                                           before being appointed to her current role      Besides this, Sonya is also the founder and
     representing more than 160 different organisations
                                                           in January 2019. As chief executive, she is     director at Shadowcat Consulting providing
     and over 300 different roles across transport (8%
                                                           responsible for the strategic direction of      marketing, management and business
     men). It supports the professional development
                                                           Women in Transport, overseeing operations       development consultancy.
     of women working in transport through
                                                           and partnerships, finance and marketing and
     networking, mentoring and raising awareness
                                                           co-chairing the Women in Transport: Bus             @veerasamy_sonya
     of the opportunities in the sector. Women in
                                                           group. Moreover, representation is one of her
     Transport also act as secretariat for the All Party
                                                           key tasks. She co-designed and manages the
     Parliamentary Group for women in transport which
                                                           Advance mentoring programme for Women
     aims to increase the representation of women in
                                                           in Transport.
     the transport workforce across the UK.
                                                           Sonya has worked in the transport program
                                                           for 20 years. She started her career as
                                                           a transport survey enumerator before
                                                           becoming a transport planner. She has since
                                                           worked in management roles in a diversity
                                                           and inclusion consultancy firm, a global
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Founder & Principal at Urban Design
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Vidhya Mohankumar is an architect and urban        plans and urban design studies for existing        faculty at various universities in India for the
designer with over 15 years of work experience     developments in various cities around the world.   past 12 years.
in India, Ireland and the United States. Her
work is focused on creating cities that are        In 2011, Vidhya founded Urban Design               Vidhya received a master’s degree with
people-oriented and centered around transit        Collective (UDC), a collaborative platform         distinction in urban design from the University
as part of a sustainable development agenda        for architects, urban designers and planners       of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a bachelors
that she is passionate about. Her approach         to create livable cities through participatory     degree in architecture from the National
is driven by research that is grounded and         planning. Various methods employed in              Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India.
intersectional as a way to understand the          this agenda include urban mapping and
everyday urbanism of cities.                       research, education and capacity building,
                                                   participatory workshops, public and socially
With clientele ranging from state                  engaged art, publications and public events
governments, urban local bodies, county/           programming to name a few.
town councils, private sector entities and
NGOs, her urban design projects exhibit a          In 2019, she was appointed as a technical
wide variety with master plans for cities,         expert on ‘Public Open Spaces’ by the
towns, station areas, harbor areas and their       National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to
environs as well as redevelopment plans            mentor Smart City Projects in Hubli-Dharwad
for town centers, city public spaces and           and Agartala under the CITIIS Challenge.
brownfield sites. She has also been involved
in several strategic planning projects, regional   In addition, Vidhya has been advocating sus-

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                            global non-profit organization that works         systems. Xianyuan is the lead consultant
                            worldwide to design and implement high            for the industry standard of Bus Rapid
                            quality transport systems and policy              Transit System Planning & Design Guide
                            solutions that make cities more prosperous,       and Evaluation Metrics for BRT System
                            sustainable and equitable. She regularly          Operation which were released by the China
                            works as an independent expert and                Ministry of Transport. In 2019, Xianyuan was
                            consultant for the Asian Development Bank,        selected to attend the International Visitor
                            the World Bank and UN-Habitat.                    Leadership Program to learn and share the
                                                                              sustainable urban planning and healthy
                            Since 2009, she has been managing                 communities in US.
                            sustainable and equitable transport projects
                            in China, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos,            Xianyuan has a master’s degree in
                            Indonesia, Pakistan, Mongolia and Kenya,          transportation engineering and a bachelor’s
                            mainly promoting public transit, walking and      degree in civil engineering from the
                            cycling, traffic reduction and a child-friendly   University of Shandong, China.
                            city. Xianyuan and ITDP team organized a
                            regular site visit program for more than 500
                            delegations in China and around the world
                            to promote the sustainable urban transport.

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                                                   ownership and ability to help themselves.           share knowledge and drive meaningful,             offices in Buenos Aires, La Paz, Brasília, Bogotá,
                                                   When Germany provides a developing                  measurable and sustainable action on climate      Quito, Madrid, Mexico D.F, Panama City, Asun-
                                                   country with a low-interest loan, when              change. The C40 Cities Climate Leadership         cion, Lima, Montevideo and Port of Spain.
                                                   German experts advise the government of             Group connects 94 of the world’s greatest
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed          a partner country on behalf of the Federal          cities, representing over 700 million people      www.caf.com/en
to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient    Ministry for Economic Cooperation and               and one quarter of the global economy.
and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while        Development (BMZ) or when private                   Created and led by cities, C40 is focused on
supporting its efforts to eradicate extreme        German organizations carry out projects             tackling climate change and driving urban
poverty. It assists its members and partners by    in developing countries, these are all              action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions
providing loans, technical assistance, grants      approaches involving direct development             and climate risks, while increasing the health,   Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
and equity investments to promote social           cooperation between Germany and its part-           wellbeing and economic opportunities of           Zusammenarbeit          provides       services
and economic development. Established in           ners. Besides engaging in such bilateral            urban citizens.                                   worldwide in the field of international
1966, it is owned by 68 members - 49 from the      development cooperation activities, Germa-                                                            cooperation for sustainable development.
region. In 2017, ADB operations totaled $32.2      ny is also involved in activities for the benefit   www.c40.org                                       GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a
billion, including $11.9 billion in cofinancing.   of the developing countries at the inter                                                              wide variety of areas, including economic
                                                   national level – for example, through the                                                             development and employment, energy and
www.adb.org                                        EU‘s development policy and by supporting                                                             the environment, and peace and security. The
                                                   international organizations such as the United                                                        diverse expertise of the federal enterprise is in
                                                   Nations.                                                                                              demand around the globe, with the German
                                                                                                       Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is a          Government, European Union institutions,
                                                   www.bmz.de/en                                       development bank created in 1970, owned           the United Nations and governments of other
                                                                                                       by 19 countries - 17 of Latin America and         countries all benefiting from these services.
The Federal Ministry for Economic                                                                      the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal- as             The German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is                                                                   well as 13 private banks in the region. It        Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is
committed to freedom and security for all                                                              promotes a sustainable development model          the main commissioning party, but GIZ also
and a life without poverty, fear or                                                                    through credit operations, non-reimbursable       works with the private sector, fostering
environmental destruction. The guiding                                                                 resources, and support in the technical and       successful interaction between development
principles of Germany‘s development                C40 is a network of the world’s megacities          financial structuring of projects in the public   policy and foreign trade.
cooperation is to protect human rights and         committed to addressing climate change.             and private sectors of Latin America. With
foster the developing countries‘ sense of          C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively,     headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, CAF has       www.giz.de/en
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                                                  development around the world. Through                                                                  and other human settlements, with adequate
                                                  their transport projects, policy advocacy and                                                          housing, infrastructure, and universal access to
                                                  research publications, they work to reduce                                                             employment and basic services such as water,
Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)      carbon emissions, enhance social inclusion,       The SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable,               energy and sanitation. To achieve these goals,
is a global network of more than 1,750 local      and improve the quality of life for people in     Low Carbon Transport enables collaborative           derived from the Habitat Agenda of 1996, UN-
and regional governments committed to             cities.                                           knowledge and action for sustainable, low carbon     Habitat has set itself a medium-term strategy
sustainable urban development. Active in                                                            transport and brings the voice of the movement       approach for each successive six-year period.
100+ countries, they influence sustainability     www.itdp.org                                      intointernationalclimatechangeandsustainability
policy and drive local action for low emission,                                                     processes. It engages a vibrant international,       www.unhabitat.org
nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular                                                     multi-stakeholder ecosystem of over 90 entities
development. Their members and team of                                                              as well as a large community of world-class
experts work together through peer exchange,                                                        experts and change-makers. By going there
partnerships and capacity building to create                                                        where others do not or cannot go individually,
systemic change for urban sustainability.         As a promotional bank, KfW Group supports         our inclusive, multi-stakeholder Partnership is      WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities helps
                                                  change and encourages forward-looking ideas –     leveraged to set ambitious global agendas and        create accessible, equitable, healthy and
www.iclei.org                                     in Germany, Europe and throughout the world.      catalyse new thinking and solutions for the urgent   resilient urban areas for people, businesses
                                                  On behalf of the Federal Government, KfW          transformation of transport and mobility systems.    and the environment to thrive. Together with
                                                  Development Bank administers Germany’s                                                                 partners, it enables more connected, compact
                                                  official Financial Cooperation in more than 100   www.slocat.net                                       and coordinated cities. The Center expands the
                                                  developing and transition countries in Africa,                                                         transport and urban development expertise of
                                                  Asia, South and Central America, the Middle                                                            the EMBARQ network to catalyze innovative
The Institute for Transportation and              East and the Caucasus. Its priority areas                                                              solutions in other sectors, including water,
Development Policy (ITDP) works around the        of activity include poverty reduction and                                                              buildings, land use and energy. It combines the
world to design and implement high quality        economic development, good governance,            UN-Habitat is the United Nations program             research excellence of WRI with 15 years of on-
transport systems and policy solutions            education and health care and protection          working towards a better urban future. Its           the-ground impact through a network of more
that make cities more livable, equitable          of the climate and the environment. In this       mission is to promote socially and                   than 250 experts working from Brazil, China,
and sustainable. ITDP is a global nonprofit       way the bank helps the Federal Government         environmentally sustainable human settle-            Ethiopia, India, Mexico and Turkey to make cities
at the forefront of innovation, providing         achieve its developmental goals.                  ments, development and the achievement of            around the world better places to live.
technical expertise to accelerate the                                                               adequate shelter for all. UN-Habitat envisions
growth of sustainable transport and urban         www.kfw.de                                        well-planned, well-governed, and efficient cities    www.wrirosscities.org
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Bonn and Eschborn                          To our jury of the Remarkable Women in
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