Making NYC Climate Ready

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So for our first speaker we are very privileged to have the incredible Rachel Loab the Chief Operating Officer for the New York City Economic Development 00:04 Corporation. Rachel oversees indirect strategic priorities for Real Estate, asset management and planning process. Prior to joining the 00:13 NYCEDC, she was a senior executive member of the worldwide group a New York real estate  , private real estate 00:22 development company, and she's also served as senior director of development for Avalon Bay in Boston for GLC development and she began her career 00:32

in Vietnam, where she worked on the development of Sonic on the South and 8080 Newtown community so very much on the brick-and-mortar side of the business. 00:41 Rachel was named as one of business power woman of New York real estate and Crain's 40 under 40. She also received the spirit of the city 00:50 award from Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Rachel is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in history as well as from MIT. Where 01:00 she earned a master's in City Planning. She lives now in Brooklyn with a husband and sons and she today she will be talking about how the 01:10

New York City Economic Development Corporation and the City of New York are working together to make the city climate ready. So without further Ado, can we all welcome 01:18 Rachel to talk to us? And just one more thing there is going to be questions time. 01:27 So have your questions ready. Thank you. Kinda hope to have a medtech here, because I have a broken foot 01:37 but and I apologize that I'm not going to be able to stay too long. Because I'm going to see the doctor to check if I in fact have a healing foot. 01:44

But anyway on that note, good morning everyone. It is truly a pleasure to be here and I'm so honored that you asked me to keynote and kick-off 01:54