Kevin J. Krizek is professor of environmental design at the University of Colorado Boulder and senior advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment at the U.S. State Department. He analyzes the dynamic characteristics of urban settings—how access to services is provided and the role of government, local or federal. Through his international and domestic work, he has developed informed insights to share remedies across borders that are both aspirational and evidence-based. Krizek’s recent book carefully articulates a reformist urban transport planning agenda for cities grounded in accessibility, sustainability and social justice. Other perspectives and forward leaning remedies for cities have been shared in his TED talk and works such as The End of Traffic and the Future of Transport. At the State Department, as part of the Jefferson Science Fellowship, Krizek advanced global infrastructure initiatives to spur clean energy form, digital security and smart cities. He was a 2013 fellow of the Leopold Leadership Program, served as a visiting professor at Radboud University from 2014 to 2017 and was awarded a 2014 U.S.-Italy Fulbright Scholarship. He earned a PhD in urban design and planning, and a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle. He earned a master’s degree in regional planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree in engineering and communication studies from Northwestern University.