Alexander Shermansong
Alexander Shermansong is passionate about the future of cities. As founder of Civic Consulting USA, he has designed innovation programs for mayors, created civic partnerships for companies, managed mayor and governor transitions, and fostered equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems. Notable projects include: designing an international prize competition and smart cities accelerator for NYC, helping San Francisco expand a program to embed startups into city agencies, establishing an innovation program with Baltimore, plus data and transformation projects in housing, public safety, transportation, healthcare, workforce, and infrastructure. Civic Consulting was named a strategic partner for economically distressed cities by the White House. Shermansong was elected Garbage Commissioner for a special district in 2018. He serves on the faculty of NYU.