Designing Better Cities: Justin Bibb, Chief Strategy Officer, Urbanova

by CWRU Entrepreneurship

Lecture/Speaker Format: Virtual Student Life Topic: Entrepreneurship and Inno...

Tue, Jul 21, 2020

1 PM – 2 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Join us on July 21 at 1:00 pm via Zoom as part of the Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneurship Alumni Series for a Roundtable Discussion with Justin Bibb (MGT '18, LAW '18), Chief Strategy Officer, Urbanova. He will discuss his career journey from obtaining his JD and MBA from CWRU to working at Urbanova. Other topics will include entrepreneurship's ability to cross between the public, private, and social sectors and how COVID-19 impacts efforts to improve urban infrastructure and living. 

A Cleveland native, Bibb became the Chief Strategy Officer at Urbanova, a public-private partnership for smarter, healthier cities, in May 2020. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Corporate Strategy at KeyBank and Senior Consultant and Head of Global Cities Practice at Gallup, an analytics and advisory company. Bibb also serves on the boards of Destination Cleveland, Teach for America Greater Cleveland, LAND Studio, Inc., and the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

This conversation will be facilitated by Case Western Reserve University student Darrell Butler (CWR '20), who is pursuing his BA in History.

To join the Zoom Webinar follow this link  https://cwru.zoom.us/j/99051950321?pwd=cmRGMTJjU1I1UVNIRGs4WC9iMVhHUT09

We will also be broadcasting this roundtable and future roundtables to Facebook Live on CWRU Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship's Facebook page on July 21 at 1 pm.

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Justin Bibb

Chief Strategy Officer

Urbanova - Smart City Living Laboratory

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbibb/

Justin Bibb can’t help but bring people together. Business and government. Technologists and activists. Emerging and established. It comes naturally because he’s navigated all these worlds himself. 

Now the Chief Strategy Officer at a public-private partnership for smart cities (Urbanova), this Cleveland native has also held posts in finance (Vice President of Corporate Strategy at KeyBank), strategy consulting (Head of Global Cities at Gallup) and local politics (Special Assistant at Cuyahoga County). In every role, Justin brought more people into the fold to break through the status quo. To find solutions for a bank in a highly competitive industry, he opened executives up to unexpected strategic partnerships. To advance criminal justice reform efforts, he brought together policy makers and civic tech leaders. It doesn’t stop there. To spur new governing ideas, Justin brought young minds and experienced leaders into the same room by way of a fellowship program. What he’s learned is: The more minds, the more success. This collaboration-driven approach disrupts the notion of where power lies and it’s no accident. It’s one way to shape his hometown into a more equitable, more prosperous place for everyone who calls it home. 

Justin received his J.D. and M.B.A from Case Western Reserve University and his B.A. in Urban Studies from American University. He also holds a General Course degree with an emphasis in Social Policy and Economics from the London School of Economics. Justin brings his education, expertise and innovation to the boards of public benefit corporations (Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority), nonprofits (Destination Cleveland; Teach for America) and equitable placemaking organizations (Land Studio Inc). 

Follow his real-time insights on Twitter @JustinMBibb and on Medium. (justinbibb.com)


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