Team

Alexandre Fontenelle-Weber

Executive Director | Lawyer | PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of São Paulo. Master in Public International Law from the Law School of USP

Fernando Mello Franco

Associate Director | Architect and urban planner | Professor at Mackenzie University and senior consultant in public policies and projects focused on the territory. Former Municipal Secretary of Urban Development of São Paulo

Gabriela de Matos

Associate Director | Architect and urban planner | Founder of the Arquitetas Negras project. Master's student in Humanities, Rights and Other Legitimacies at FFLCH USP. Curator of the Brazilian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Giselle Mendonca Abreu

Associate Director | Architect and urban planner | PhD candidate in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. Master in Urban and Regional Planning from FAU-USP

Fernando Tulio Saves Rocha Franco

Lecturer and researcher in the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), he holds a PhD in urban and regional planning from FAU-USP, a master's degree in public policy from FGV, and a specialization in early childhood from Harvard. He was president of the IAB São Paulo (2017-19 and 2020-22), an award-winning administration from APCA, and responsible for the São Paulo Architecture Biennials (2017, 2019, and 2021). He was a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley (USA), LabCidade/FAU-USP, and Metrópole Fluvial/FAU-USP. He was a special advisor to the Secretariat of Urban Development of the São Paulo City Hall (2013-16) and president of the Board of Trustees of FAU-USP (2009-11).

Mariana Church Gouveia Birth

Associate Director | Lawyer | Master's and PhD in State Law from USP Coordinating partner at the law firm Manesco, Ramires, Perez, Azevedo Marques and professor at FGV LAW. Former vice president of the Urban Law Commission of the OAB-SP and current member of the Third Sector Law Commission.

Weber Sutti

Married since 2001 and father of three girls, he was born in Guarulhos, where, after technical high school, he fulfilled his dream of graduating as an Urban Architect from the University of São Paulo. He worked for over a decade in federal and municipal public administration, completing his postgraduate degree in public management. His last government position was Deputy Secretary of Government at the São Paulo City Hall from 2014 to 2016. Since 2017, he has worked at the Lemann Foundation, where he has led various departments, currently serving as VP of Institutional Relations. He loves spending time with friends and family, cooking, and watching "old" movies. He deeply believes that we can be more just as a society. He also believes that any transformation is only effective if it is collective.

Leticia Stevanato Rodrigues

Specialist in Climate Policy in Urban Contexts | Environmental Manager at EACH-USP, Master's and PhD candidate in Environmental Sciences at IEE-USP, visiting PhD student at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) and specialist in Latin American and Caribbean studies at CLACSO

Mayara Viana dos Santos

Mayara Viana, from Pará, has a degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's in Governance, Development and Public Policy from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, where she completed her studies as a Chevening Scholar.

Jade Borges Brandão

Communications Intern at ZeroCem. She is currently pursuing a degree in Journalism from UFBA/UFRB. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from PUC Minas Gerais. She has worked on urban projects and coordinated audiovisual productions and social media. Today, she combines her experience in urban planning with communications, developing content that connects journalism, audiovisual media, and social causes.