How does the bike define the public image and streetscape of Brooklyn? In this conversation, panelists will discuss the impact of the bike on personal mobility, creative work(forces) and the Brooklyn brand. Does the bike enable a special Brooklyn tech/creative breed? Is there a role for what Senator Schumer has called the "nerd bus" to catalyze the creative/tech sector in Brooklyn? The discussion will range from creating cultural change, to activism, economic development and the role of government in defining Brooklyn as a pre-eminent place to create the next big thing.
Jeff Maki helps public and private organizations deliver better services to customers. He is especially interested in cross-sector partnerships, capacity building and design-minded thinking. Past clients include MTA/New York City Transit, NASA's Ames Research Center, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and others. Jeff's creative practice—a conversation with his professional practice—interrogates the city and technology, critically examining the structures in which we live and work.
Andrew Shea is a graphic designer, writer, and educator. As the founding partner at MANY, a multidisciplinary graphic design studio, Shea creates identities, web sites, and printed matter. His book, Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2012. Shea has also written about design for Core77, AIGA, Design Observer, Entrepreneurial Magazine, Designer's Review of Books, and GOOD. He teaches community-focused design at Parsons The New School for Design and Pratt Institute. Read more on Andrew's projects at MANY and Designing for Social Change.
Connie Chung is a Senior Analyst at HR&A Advisors, an industry-leading real estate and economic development consulting firm. Connie’s work focuses on emerging commercial corridors, public space management, and economic development. A trained city planner, Connie has worked with public-sector clients in developing placemaking programming for public space. Connie holds a Masters in City Planning with a Certificate of Urban Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in French from the University of Pennsylvania. Connie loves living in Brooklyn near Prospect Park.
Dani Simons is passionate about sustainable transportation. She plan events, advertising campaigns and communications strategies that encourage more walking, cycling and transit. She spent three and half years as the Director of Strategic Communications for the New York City Department of Transportation. There she managed projects ranging from the Agency’s online communications to advertising and marketing campaigns that were seen by millions of New Yorkers. She also organized special events and awards, and started the Summer Streets program, where we closed over 7 miles of city streets to auto traffic and opened them up to tens of thousands of people to walk, bike and play. She currently serves as the Director of Marketing for NYC Bike Share, the Operators of Citi Bike. She has a Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and the Environment. She is a Brooklynite and a daily bike commuter.
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