Our Leadership

PATRON OF WORLD CITIES CULTURE FORUM:
Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

FOUNDER & CHAIR OF WORLD CITIES CULTURE FORUM:
Justine Simons OBE, London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture & the Creative Industries
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
- Lynne Halfpenny
- Jeff Jacobs (Chair)
- Kevin Austin
INTERNATIONAL REPORT STEERING GROUP
- Chair: John Newbigin OBE, London – World Cities Culture Forum Associate
- Jo Beall, London – Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow, London School of Economics
- Tita Larasati, Jakarta – Indonesian Creative Cities Network
- Bronwyn Mauldin, Los Angeles – Director of Research and Evaluation, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
- Ojoma Ochai, Lagos – Creative Economy Practice
- Bruno Truzzi, São Paulo – Senior Data Analyst, Itaú Foundation
LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE JURY
- Chair: Kate D. Levin – Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Erin Harkey – CEO, Americans for the Arts
- Skinder Hundal – World Cities Culture Forum Associate
- Lonwabo Mavuso – Co-Founder and Executive Director, Andani.Africa
- Luz Medina – Former Director, International Relations, Bogotá City Hall
- Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto – Co-Founder and General Director, Institute for Cultural Commons & World Cities Culture Forum Alumni
CITY DATA GROUP
- David Andersson – Bloomberg Associates
- Jennifer Benoit-Bryan – SMU DataArts
- Jasmine Engleton – SMU DataArts
- Daniel Fonner – SMU DataArts
- Sungeun Kim – Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
- Allie Lester – World Cities Culture Forum
- Bronwyn Mauldin – Los Angeles County Department for Arts and Culture
- Molemo Moiloa – Andani.Africa
- Elena Raevskikh – Abu Dhabi Department for Culture and Tourism
- Odile Soulard – L’Institut Paris Region
- Montserrat Tort Bardolet – Institut de Cultura de Barcelona