Our Team

Story Bellows
Partner
New York, NY

Alexander Kapur
Partner
Los Angeles, CA

Karina Ricks
Partner
Pittsburgh, PA

Sahar Shirazi
Partner
Oakland, CA

Camron Bridgford
Senior Principal
Denver, CO

Evan Corey Costagliola
Senior Principal
Utrecht, NL

Kyle Ragan
Principal
Denver, CO

Erin Clark
Senior Associate
Pittsburgh, PA

Monique Ho
Senior Associate
Los Angeles, CA

Karla Aurea Peralta Paredes
Senior Associate
Miami, FL

Chelsea Lawson
Director of Analytics
Los Angeles, CA

Victoria Fanibi
Associate
Washington, DC

Sarah Saltz
Senior Associate
Brooklyn, NY

Chrissy Anecito
Associate
Los Angeles, LA

Nicole Davessar
Associate
Columbus, OH

Ryan Parzick
Associate
Austin, TX

Carolina de Urquijo Isoard
Associate
New York, NY

Featured Affiliates

Adam Cohen - Affiliate Organization: UC Berkeley Location: Bakersfield, CA Expertise: Shared mobility

Adam Cohen
Organization: UC Berkeley
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Expertise: Shared mobility

Ian Conyers
Organization: Bright Ventures
Location: New York, NY
Expertise: Public policy, urban planning

Anthony Costa
Organization: Self-employed consultant
Location: Washington, DC
Expertise: Urban planning; physical/organizational infrastructure

Uyen Dang
Organization: DDEC
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Expertise: Transportation engineering

Jaime Duyck
Organization: EV Equity
Location: Portland, OR
Expertise: Transport electrification

Marcia Hale
Organization: Hale Strategies
Location: Washington, DC
Expertise: Federal and state relations

Nico Larco 
Organization
: Urbanism Next, Larco/Knudson
Location: Portland, OR
Expertise: New mobility and sustainable urban design

Sarah Kaufman
Organization
: New York University
Location: New York, NY
Expertise: Transportation policy

Neil Kleiman
Organization
: New York University
Location: New York, NY
Expertise: Transportation policy

Scott Kubly
Organization: Cabana
Location: Seattle, WA
Expertise: Mobility services, innovative financing

Greg Lindsay
Organization
: NewCities
Location: Montreal, QC
Expertise: Media, thought leadership

Rani Narula-Woods
Organization: Excellence in Innovation
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Expertise: Transit innovation; Transit Operations

Lioness
Location
: New York, NY
Expertise: Public relations

Nick Meltzer
Organization
: OCWCOG
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Expertise: Transportation Policy, Public Engagement, Transit Technology, Small Cities

Andy Navarro
Organization
: Andy Navarro Consulting
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Expertise: Government relations

Alex Roy 
Organization
: Johnson & Roy,Autonocast podcast, The Drive & the Human Driving Association. Location: NYC, Miami, Scottsdale, AZ.
ExpertiseUniversal Basic Mobility

Lucan Pipkin
Organization
: Compass Consulting
Location: Washington, DC
Expertise: Organizational development

Doogie Roux
Organization
: Micromobility Consulting
Location: Houston, TX
Expertise: Micromobility operations

David Rowe
Organization
: Self-employed consultant
Location: Kansas City, MO
Expertise: Smart cities, program management

Gabriel Scheer
Organization
: Elemental Excelerator
Location: Seattle, WA
Expertise: Micromobility policy and financing

Scott Shepard
Organization: Cities First Advisors & Drover AI
Location: Portugal
Expertise: Urban planning; Mobility innovation; Startup & VC Advisory

Aarti Tandon
Organization
: Smart City Expo USA
Location: Atlanta, GA
Expertise: Smart cities

John Tolva - Co-Founder
Organization
: Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
Location: Denver, CO
Expertise: Technology, smart cities

Pierre Vigilance
Organization
: HealthUp
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Expertise: Public health

Susan Shaheen
Organization
: UC Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, CA
Expertise: Shared mobility

Gemma Schepers
Organization: City of Amsterdam Innovation Office
Location: Amsterdam, NL
Expertise: Mobility data; Smart mobility; Municipal innovation development and piloting

Arnis Kakulis
Organization: ZiniVidi Consulting/Rail Baltica
Location: Den Haag, NL & Riga, LV
Expertise: Transport infrastructure, mobility planning, urban design, real estate

Alumni

While Cityfi has grown as a company, we have not lost our roots as a collective. We value the personality and perspective of each member of our team. We have been shaped by the incredible alumni who have contributed to our evolution. A few notable alumni, and where they are now:

  • Ashley Z. Hand (Cityfi Co-Founder), Director of Strategic Communications, Kansas City

  • John Tolva (Cityfi Co-Founder), Chairman, Board of Directors, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

  • Gabe Klein (Cityfi Co-Founder), Executive Director of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

  • Andy Berke (Former Partner), Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA

  • Kate Garman Burns (Former Senior Associate), Executive Director, MetroLab Network

  • Ahmed Darrat (Former Senior Principal), General Manager, Parking and Curbside, INRIX