Rafael Gomez is an associate professor of employment relations at the University of Toronto, Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the co-founder of ThinkTankToronto Inc.,.
Andre Isakov is the manager of Park Planning & Design with the City of Coquitlam, British Columbia. He is actively involved in his community and has served on numerous municipal and provincial committees and boards.
Matt Semansky is an award-winning journalist based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His work has appeared in publications such as This Magazine, the National Post, the Halifax Chronicle Herald, and The Coast and Marketing. He has reported on issues of urban revitalization and is interested in how BIAs function as a tool of economic and social transformation within cities.