Faela Sufa

Before her current role at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Faela Sufa served as the Director of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Southeast Asia, where she provided technical assistance on implementing sustainable urban mobility in approximately ten countries and over 15 cities. Her primary focus was on promoting public transport innovations, including financing mechanisms, electrification of transportation modes, non-motorized transportation, transportation demand management, and public transport policies.

Anshuman Varma

Mr. Anshuman Varma is currently the Deputy Head of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM), a regional institution of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Beijing. In this role, he oversees the implementation of a wide range of programs for sustainable agricultural mechanization in the Asia-Pacific region and leads the development of new programs and projects. He arrived in Beijing in December 2016.

Shirley Rodrigues

Shirley Rodrigues was appointed as London's Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy in October 2016. Previously, she oversaw a global climate change grants portfolio at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), developing their cities and climate strategy. In other senior environmental roles, she devised and delivered a range of environmental policies and programs in London, nationally, and internationally. 

Yidan Chu

Yidan Chu is a Researcher and co-coordinator of the Cities cluster at the ICCT. Her current research focuses on EV markets, policies, and technologies. Ms. Chu holds a Master of Environmental Policy from Duke University and a B.S. in Environmental Science from Hangzhou Dianzi University (China). Before joining the ICCT, she conducted research projects on EV charging policies (China and the U.S.) and battery technologies.

Hanna Boogaard

Hanna Boogaard has more than 20 years of experience in air pollution epidemiology. She is a Consultant Principal Scientist at the Health Effects Institute (HEI) in Boston, MA, an independent research organization with balanced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the motor vehicle industry. She received a PhD in 2012 in air pollution epidemiology from Utrecht University, Netherlands. She studied the health effects of traffic‐related air pollution and the effectiveness of traffic policy measures.