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Emily Zhang

Emily Zhang was an associate at the ULI Center for Sustainability in 2021-2022 and a senior associate with ULI Building Healthy Places from 2022-2024.

Since 2017, the ULI Health Leaders Network has served as a platform for cross-sector professionals looking to grow their leadership skills, make meaningful connections, and drive progress in health and social equity. Welcoming thirty new members to the Network, Cohort 7 joins a global community of practice of over 200 professionals. Spanning 24 cities and 6 different countries, the new cohort represents a diverse range of real estate, land use, design, policy, and public health professionals. To learn more about the individual Cohort 7 members, explore their profiles and biographies here.
ULI Building Healthy Places brought together the sixth cohort of the ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program at the 2023 Spring Meeting for three days of learning, network building, and exchange. Since 2017, the program has matched graduate students with ULI members working at the intersection of health and the built environment to learn about ULI and deepen their understanding of opportunities to advance health outcomes through careers in land use, planning, and real estate.
ULI has announced the participants in the sixth cohort of the ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program, which is supported by ULI Foundation governor Randall Lewis and managed by ULI Building Healthy Places. Since 2017, the Health Mentorship Program has supported professional network building, learning, and exchange between students and ULI member experts working at the intersection of health and the built environment.
The real estate industry’s momentum on climate action only continues to grow as the new year begins, as described in the newly released ULI Global Sustainability Outlook 2023report.
ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program mentees share their reflections and observations on the interconnectedness of health, equity, and the built environment based on their meeting experiences.
On the fifth anniversary of the ULI Health Leaders Network, the Institute is celebrating the program’s first five years of collaboration and impact. As a key contributor to health and social equity outcomes, the real estate industry has both a responsibility and an opportunity to design, invest in, and create communities where everyone can achieve holistic health and well-being. ULI programs for learning and leadership development, like the Health Leaders Network, embody the organization’s mission to achieve transformative impact in communities worldwide.
ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship participants gathered at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting for health and sustainability-related forums and tours, including ULI’s Building Healthy Places Forum.
This year, Earth Day commemorates a theme that resonates with the work of ULI and its global membership: Investing in Our Planet. The theme reflects many evolving factors influencing public and private sector investment decisions pertaining to climate change.
In 2021, the New York City Housing Authority enlisted the help of ULI New York and the Institute’s Urban Resilience Program through a virtual technical assistance panel to assess how to boost climate resilience at one of its residential campuses, Marlboro Houses, in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. Home to more than 4,000 New Yorkers, the site was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, with residents experiencing basement flooding and heat and power outages lasting up to a week.
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