Eric Rothman

Biographie : Eric Rothman is CEO of HR&A Advisors, Inc., an industry‐leading real estate and economic development consulting firm. He is a nationally‐recognized expert in transit‐oriented development and advises municipalities, transit agencies, institutions, private and non‐profit organizations to support transformative economic development, especially around urban transportation centers and public transit infrastructure, including Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, San Jose Diridon Station, Saint Paul Union Depot, and Hoboken Terminal. Prior to joining HR&A, Eric served as Director of Business Planning for Transport for London. Eric also advises cities on issues at the intersection of technology, land‐use and public policy. For two years he partnered with New York City’s Economic Development Corporation to manage BigApps, the nation’s largest civic technology competition. In 2017 he helped to create a policy toolkit for cities to plan for the arrival of driverless cars: www.driverlessfuture.org. Eric serves as Board Chair for the Design Trust for Public Space, as Vice Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Public‐Private Partnership national product council, on the Advisory Board of the ULI‐New York District Council, and as a board member for KaBOOM! He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and a Master’s of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.