Growing Cities Season 1 Introduction with Viviana Addo

During this episode, Viviana describes her motivations and inspirations leading up to the founding of the Growing Cities Podcast, relaunching her branded consultancy and how her experiences at the NYU's Schack School of Real Estate has prepared her for a career in real estate asset management. She compares her experiences as a consultant for Lemor Development Group to working for Cushman and Wakefield. She overviews her podcast episodes with guests about how to grow a city.

Season 1 Guest List (in order of appearance)

• Nadya Rangel (Secretaria Distrital of Habitat Bogotá-Colombia),

• Claus Skaaning (CEO of DigiShares)

• Pedro Ortiz (UN & World Bank Senior Consultant on Metropolitan Management),

• Phap Vu (Architect for Hawaii Construction & Development Consulting) (HCDC),

• Frank Braconi (Former Chief Economist, NYC Controller’s Office)

• Stuart Brodsky( Director of the Center for the Sustainable Built Environment at NYU Schack ),

• James-Robert Sellinger (Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer, Board Director at The Natural Resilience Foundation)

• Carlos Patiño Millan (Associate professor School of Social Communication of the Universidad del Valle)

• Constanza Garcia (Real Estate Attorney)

• Julian Espinosa (Counselor and Head of Urban Development Commission-Bogota)

• Diego Piedrahita (Architect & Creative Director)