Shin-pei Tsay’s experience converges at the intersection in design, policy, and governance to transform the built environment. She was recently the Director of Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability at Uber where she led a team focused on creating a sustainable, inclusive, and multi-modal urban future. Prior to joining Uber, she founded Make Public, a social impact analysis firm that specializes in the public realm and was executive director of Gehl Institute, a non-profit that advocated for public life and public spaces. Shin-pei has also served as deputy executive director of TransitCenter, a national foundation focused on improving urban transportation, and director of the Cities and Transportation Program under the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Shin-pei was a commissioner for the NYC Public Design Commission and taught urban design at Columbia University and Parsons School of Design. She is currently Vice-Chair of the San Francisco board for SPUR and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council for Cities. Her newest role is Director for the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics in the City of Boston. She holds a BA from Cornell University and a MSc from London School of Economics.