Featured Speakers
Angie Schmitt, founder of 3MPH

Angie Schmitt

Founder of 3MPH, Author, and Urban Planner

Angie Schmitt is a Cleveland-based writer and urban planner. She is the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, which was published in 2020 by Island Press and named one of the top
urban planning books of 2020. She is the founder of 3MPH Planning and Consulting, which works with leading change makers around the country advancing safer policies and infrastructure. Her writing has appeared in Slate, Vox, The New York Times, CNN Business and other publications. She is a mother of two and hasn’t owned her own car in nearly a decade.

Mark Falzone 2023

Mark Falzone

President, Scenic America

Mark Falzone was selected President of Scenic America in April 2017. Since his arrival, Scenic America has increased its investment in lobbying, research, communications, and additional tools to further its mission. The organization has also received several awards under Falzone’s leadership. Before he arrived at Scenic America, Mark served as Deputy Director of the National Immigration Forum and was a five-term elected member of the House of Representatives in Massachusetts. He was appointed to the Route 66 Centennial Commission by President Joe Biden in 2022. Falzone holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.