Final Plenary: Gameshow - What are the Winning Equitable Mobility Policies

As Acting Director of the Center for Regional Change, Bernadette Austin works to build bridges across disciplines and support research that is community-engaged, policy-oriented, and equity-focused. She managed the formation of the Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Group, an advisory body dedicated to providing feedback on research conducted by the Climate Smart Transportation and Communities Consortium (C-STACC) funded by the Strategic Growth Council and led by the UC Davis Institute for Transportation Studies. Bernadette is co-lead of the Sacramento Area Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network and a Commissioner for the West Sacramento Planning Commission. She is an active member of the California Planning Roundtable, American Planning Association, Urban Land Institute, and Lambda Alpha International. She holds a Master of Science in Community Development from UC Davis and a Bachelor of Science in Community Health from St. Mary’s College of California. 

Robbie Diamond is the Founder, President and CEO of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE). In 2006, he came together with Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO of FedEx Corporation, and General P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.), 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps, to form SAFE’s Energy Security Leadership Council, and is also the President and CEO of the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale. 

Diamond helped found and is Chairman of the Board of Rhombus Energy Solutions, a company that provides intelligent power conversion solutions, and in addition, Diamond helped found and sits on the Board of HCT-Sun, a rooftop solar company that focuses on commercial and industrial rooftop development and operations in Mumbai, India.  

Diamond earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Peace and Conflict Studies and Political Science, as well as a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School.