Lauren McKim Callaghan is the Senior Director for the Advisory Services Program at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Lauren is responsible for managing all aspects of panel assignments from contracting, initial contact, pre-panel research, recruiting panel members, on-site management, and post-panel report generation and impact analysis. Prior to joining ULI, Lauren managed survey research projects for the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University for a range of clients from community organizations to state agencies. Lauren has also worked in more than 15 communities across the central and eastern United States as a market analyst and planner with RKG Associates, Inc., a real estate and economic planning consulting firm. While at RKG, she provided analysis and reports for a range of projects including economic development strategic plans, multi-neighborhood revitalization efforts and housing studies. Lauren’s professional experience also includes work in commercial property management and teaching. Lauren holds a Master of City & Regional Planning from Rutgers University with an emphasis in housing and real estate. She has an undergraduate degree in history and psychology from the University of Kansas and is a native Midwesterner. Prior to joining ULI, she was an active member of the ULI Washington Young Leaders Group serving on and chairing several committees.

Lucia’s professional experience focuses on the intersection of land use, infrastructure, and government funding to make communities better – fostering a sense of identity and connecting them to neighbors and public places. Her broad experience enables her to engage in a range of urban planning topics – she can assess the impact of urban form on place-making, evaluate the attributes of a site plan; translate technical operations into public policy in the political realm; and motivate diverse professionals to rally around creative urban solutions. She has brought these insights to the public, private and non-profit sectors, as well as to boards, committees, and panels. As an executive in the fourth largest County in Florida, she directed a one-billion-dollar enterprise for community infrastructure; mid-range planning, development entitlements and building permitting; and negotiated complex development agreements using a range of public and private funding tools. In the private sector, she consulted on community and economic development nationally, and in the Chicago area, she focused on redevelopment of small downtowns using Tax Increment Financing. In the non-profit sector, she introduced planning principles in re-emerging democracies in Eastern Europe to create transparent planning environments. Lucia has served as Chair of ULI Tampa Bay and is currently it Governance chair; she served on numerous ULI Advisory Panels and currently serves on its Infrastructure Forum. She is an advisor to the University of South Florida’s planning program. Lucia holds a BS in City and Regional Planning from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

As senior vice president, May Chow oversees ULI programmes and various corporate initiatives in the Asia Pacific. She also supports the local council network to ensure quality and alignment in ULI’s programme of work across the region. May has taken up this new role in July 2020 as ULI continues to grow in the region, which requires a more dedicated resource to deliver deeper engagement with members and stronger impact on communities. May joined ULI - the Urban Land Institute in 2016 as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, in charge of branding, marketing, and communications initiatives in the Asia Pacific. She expanded her role to head membership in 2018 taking an integrated approach to engage, retain, and recruit members. May’s career spans across journalism, media, corporate communications and marketing. The breadth and depth of her experience makes her a strategic leader and a resilient business partner who constantly drives growth and development. Having lived in Asia, Europe and the United States, May thrives in a multi-cultural environment. She embraces people and cultures, with passion to build teams for success.

Phil Kim is a Chair, Board Member, Shareholder and Managing Director Asia Pacific at the Jerde Partnership, Inc. in Los Angeles and Asia, focusing on Jerde’s constantly evolving places that has impacted and rejuvenated Asia cities, with the firm recognized with 160 international design awards. He advises companies and cities on innovation in integrated development, retail, urban revitalization, vertical cities and the value creation of place. Langham Place Hong Kong, Roppongi Hills Tokyo and Quay Quarters Sydney are past and present notable projects representative of a people-based design that draws over one billion visitors to Jerde projects around the world annually in twenty countries. He is a ULI Trustee, Chair of the Hong Kong National Council, Co-Chair of the UrbanPlan education initiative for Hong Kong and Asia, and an Asia Pacific Executive Council member. He is also a Founding Member of the Institute for Sustainable Urbanisation focusing on urban regeneration of emerging cities.