Frank Wefering, Env Sp Email & Phone Number

Babylon, New York

First Director of Sustainability of Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) – a New York-based firm with 1,800 employees that has been providing engineering, planning, design, and construction services to clients and communities for more than 50 years. Planning by identifying and implementing innovative solutions in GPI’s sustainability focus areas: infrastructure, energy-efficient building systems, smart cities, healthy and livable communities, sustainable transportation and road safety, climate change adaptation, and resilience, as well as water management.

Greater New York City Area

Advisor to cities worldwide on implementing innovative and effective solutions in the areas of urban mobility planning, accessibility, transportation, health, and urban resilience. Coordinator of research on urban policies and state-of-the-art measures in sustainable transportation.Consultant offering services in strategic planning, proposal development, project management, capacity building and training, good practice studies, national and international knowledge transfer, as well as evaluation and performance measurement.

Consulted the international MobiliseYourCity consortium on the conceptualization of their sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP) initiative; coordinated and elaborated the underlying terms of references for the worldwide calls to a) municipalities to develop SUMPs and b) national governments to develop National Urban Mobility Programmes/Policies (NUMP).

Greater New York City Area

Coordinator and Editor of the Report 'Mobilizing Sustainable Transport for Development' by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport. Sustainable Transport Advisor to the staff of the UN-DESA Division for Sustainable Development.

Greater New York City Area

- Strategy Consultant of city governments on urban mobility and transportation planning- Advisor to city governments worldwide on sustainable transportation policies and innovations- Developer of the European assessment scheme for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans- Evaluator of Vienna's new transportation strategy 2025 “together on the move” - Advisor to cities and urban stakeholder organizations on planning process optimizations- Lead Coordinator of international project proposals- Researcher on urban policies and innovations, and state-of-the-art in performance measurement

Cologne, Germany

Project development and management: Team building for more than 50 multi-disciplinary project proposals to international and national funding organizations. Negotiation of over 30 international projects and service contracts securing co-funding of €50+ million and coordination of more than 25 international research and implementation teams. Leader of European-Russian project on integrated river basin management awarded top-3 international cooperation project honors by the European Commission. Integrated planning: Lead Author of the ‘Guidelines on Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan’ serving as the European reference document. Organization and thematic coordination of the 1st European Conference on SUMP in Poland (2014) gathering 140 participants from 24 countries. Planning assignments in sustainable transportation and integrated coastal zone management contributing to the formulation of European Commission and national strategies and recommendations. Evaluation and policy analysis: Development of impact and process evaluation concepts, tools and indicators used Europe-wide for project and measure evaluations. Leader of over 20 evaluation teams in the EU, Russia and Sri Lanka resulting in evaluation reports for practitioners and policy recommendations for decision-makers. Advisor of Brazilian national and state governments in the implementation of the 2012 Brazilian Urban Mobility Law. Training and staff development / event moderation / public speaking: Development of training concepts and organization of training seminars and train-the-trainer events for urban mobility and environmental professionals in more than 30 European countries, Sri Lanka, and Brazil. Moderation of over 10 workshops and training seminars annually on integrated transportation planning, evaluation, and project management. Company representation at conferences, expert meetings and in the media. Supervision and mentoring of Junior Consultants and Trainees.

Raleigh, Nc, Usa

Evaluation of resource management and environmental projects focusing on economic efficiency and environmental impact assessments. Development of sustainability indicators used in environmental restoration projects in North Carolina. Creation and management of website on the socio-economic assessments of the department's projects.

Raleigh, Nc, Usa

Research of sustainability indicators and publication of research results in academic papers. Presentation of indicator work to multi-disciplinary research teams and at international conferences.

Master Of Economics

Dipl.-Volkswirt