> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Global Urban Development - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/global-urban-development/ - Published: 1999-01-02T17:12:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-08-26T23:51:20.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **Global Urban Development (GUD)**, formerly the **Prague Institute for Global Urban Development**,[\[1\]](#fn1) is an American non-profit organization based in Delaware. ## History GUD was conceived on September 11, 2001, and was officially incorporated in Washington, D.C. on December 3, 2001 as the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development.[\[1:1\]](#fn1) In October 2005, the organization changed its name to Global Urban Development. ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Marc Weiss | Chairman and CEO[\[2\]](#fn2) | [Ethical Markets Media](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Ethical-Markets-Media) | | Nicky Gavron | Vice Chairman,[\[3\]](#fn3) Director[\[4\]](#fn4) | Greater London Authority | | Peter Hall | Vice Chairman[\[5\]](#fn5) | Bartlett School of Planning | | Emiel Wedelin | Vice Chairman | URBACT | | James Nixon | President[\[3:1\]](#fn3) | Climate Prosperity Strategies, Sustainable Economic Development Network, Sustainable Systems[\[6\]](#fn6) | | Lin Hawkins | Secretary-Treasurer | \- | | Nancy Sedmak-Weiss | Secretary-Treasurer and Chief Legal Officer;[\[1:2\]](#fn1) President (former)[\[5:1\]](#fn5) | Climate Prosperity Strategies,[\[7\]](#fn7) Metropolitan Economic Strategy | | Rosa Alegria | Director[\[8\]](#fn8) | Millennium Project | | Claire Blanchard | Director[\[9\]](#fn9) | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | | Lawrence Bloom | Director[\[10\]](#fn10) | Pathway Alliance, Be Earth Foundation, Be Energy[\[11\]](#fn11) | | Rachel Fleishman | Director | Climate Change Business Forum, BASF | | Banning Garrett | Director[\[9:1\]](#fn9) | Singularity University, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils | | Hazel Henderson | Director[\[3:2\]](#fn3) | [Ethical Markets Media](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Ethical-Markets-Media) | | Julie Childers Henry | Director | Green Business Leadership Council | | Bianca Jagger | Director | World Future Council | | C.S. Kiang | Director[\[3:3\]](#fn3) | Sustainable Development Technology Foundation | | Thomas Kingsley | Director | Urban Institute | | Vivian Lin | Director[\[12\]](#fn12) | La Trobe University, [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization) (WHO) | | Michael Lindfield | Director | Asian Development Bank | | Tony Manwaring | Director | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | | [David E. Martin](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/David-Martin) | Board member[\[13\]](#fn13) | [M•CAM International](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/M-CAM-International), Mosaic Technologies, [Arlington Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Arlington-Institute) | | Patricia McCarney | Director | Global City Indicators Facility (GCIF), Munk Center for International Studies, Global Cities Institute, World Council on City Data | | Jiang Mingjun | Director | International Ecological Safety Collaborative Organization (IESCO) | | Shelley Poticha | Director[\[6:1\]](#fn6) | [Natural Resources Defense Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Natural-Resources-Defense-Council) (NRDC) | | Jonas Rabinovitch | Director | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | | Tom Roper | Director | Climate Institute | | Nola-Kate Seymoar | Director | International Center for Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Cities International, Vancouver City Planning Commission | | Asad Shah | Director | National University of Science and Technology, Global Think Tank Network | | Mark Willis | Director | JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation, New York University (NYU) | | Nicholas You | Director | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation | | Belinda Yuen | Director | [World Bank](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Bank) | | Robert Zdenek | Director | Public Health Institute | | Molly O'Meara Sheehan | Advisor[\[14\]](#fn14) | Worldwatch Institute | ### Partners GUD has been partnered with:[\[15\]](#fn15)[\[1:3\]](#fn1) - 350.org - American Chambers of Commerce Abroad - American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) - American Planning Association (APA) - Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation - Ashoka - Asian Development Bank - [Atlantic Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Atlantic-Council) - Bartlett Development Planning Unit - Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme (BLP) - Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) - Brookings Institution - Building and Social Housing Foundation - [C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/C40-Cities) - Carbon War Room - Cities Alliance - Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) - Citistates Group - City of Curitiba - City of Denver - Clean Economy Solutions (CES) - [Climate Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Climate-Group) - Climate Prosperity Alliance - Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) - Coalition for Sustainable Urbanisation - Community Productivity Project (CPP) - Development Gateway - Earth Policy Institute - EMBARQ - Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) - Envisioning Sustainable Futures - [Ethical Markets Media](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Ethical-Markets-Media) - European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) - Georgetown Global Education Initiative (GGEI) - Global City Indicators Facility - Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) - Global Housing Indicators (CHI) - Global Innovation Commons[\[16\]](#fn16) - Global Labor Institute - GLOBE Forum - Grameen Trust - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment - Grassroots Women's International Academy (GWIA) - Green World City - Habitat for Humanity - Hampton Roads Partnership (HRP) - Huairou Commission - ICLEA - Local Governments for Sustainability - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) - Inter-American Development Bank - International Chamber of Commerce - International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) - International Downtown Association - International Economic Development Council (IEDC) - International Housing Coalition (IHC) - International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) - [M•CAM International](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/M-CAM-International) - Mayors Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) - Metropolis - Microcredit Summit Campaign - Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) - MIT Sloan School of Management - Mother Centers International Network for Empowerment (MINE) - National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) - National Governors Association (NGA) - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Participatory Budgeting Project - Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) - Sarasota County Government - ShoreBank International (SBI) - Sister Cities International - Slum Dwellers International (SDI) - [State of the World Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/State-of-the-World-Forum)[\[15:1\]](#fn15) - Sustainable Cities International - Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership (SDKP) - Sustainable Economic Development Network - Tällberg Foundation - Tomorrow's Company - United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) - [United Nations](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-Nations) (UN) - United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) - [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State) (DOS) - United Way - Urban Age Institute - Urban Land Institute - Urbanization Knowledge Partnership - Washington International Renewable Energy Conference - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - [World Bank](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Bank) - [World Business Academy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Business-Academy) - World Business Council for Sustainable Development - [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum) (WEF) - World Future Council (WFC) - World Social Forum - World Urban Forum - Young Foundation ### Funding GUD has received funding from:[\[1:4\]](#fn1) - Environmental Defense Fund - [European Commission](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/European-Commission) - Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) - Rockefeller Brothers Fund - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - United States Department of Energy (DOE) ## External links - [Website](https://www.globalurban.org/) --- 1. Weiss, M. A. (2013, May 21). *GUD’s 10th Anniversary Update, 2001-2011.* Global Urban Development. [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) [↩︎](#fnref1:2) [↩︎](#fnref1:3) [↩︎](#fnref1:4) 2. *Research Advisory Board.* Ethical Markets Media. Retrieved May 5, 2010, from [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved January 3, 2010, from [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2) [↩︎](#fnref3:3) 4. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved March 19, 2009, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved February 22, 2006, from [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1) 6. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved August 14, 2015, from [↩︎](#fnref6) [↩︎](#fnref6:1) 7. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved May 13, 2008, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved August 22, 2013, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved October 22, 2019, from [↩︎](#fnref9) [↩︎](#fnref9:1) 10. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved April 3, 2016, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Board of Directors.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved March 9, 2007, from [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. *Dr. David E. Martin.* M•CAM International. Retrieved October 5, 2014, from [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *Advisory Board.* Global Urban Development. Retrieved December 12, 2005, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. *Washington, D.C. State of the World Forum Sponsors and Partners.* State of the World Forum. Retrieved January 5, 2010, from [↩︎](#fnref15) [↩︎](#fnref15:1) 16. *Home*. Global Innovation Commons. Retrieved February 7, 2012, from [↩︎](#fnref16)