Donna Rubinoff PhD is an expert in sustainable urbanism with over 35 years’ experience advising public and private sector clients in Africa, US and Europe. She has consulted for donors such as the World Bank, DFID, UNHabitat, Investment Climate Facility, GTZ, and Global Green Growth Institute in Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Lesotho and Rwanda since 2006. She was Senior Advisor to the City of Kigali for four years, developed the Lesotho Urban Agenda Support Program, supported the World Bank Kenya Municipal Program and Nairobi Metropolitan, and advised on the Malawi National Urban Policy. With OZ Architecture and Tetra Tech, she planned Kenya’s Konza Technocity and managed the award-winning Kigali Conceptual Master Plan and Kigali Sub Area Plans. Previously, Dr. Rubinoff taught for ten years at the University of Colorado-Boulder in Geography, Environmental Studies, and Women’s Studies. She is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, an NSF Fellow, and won the first Gilbert F. White Award in geography.