WHEN AND WHERE
DATE: Thursday, October 23, 2025
TIME: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST
SITE TOUR MEETING POINT: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront, Long Island City, NY (View Site Map)
PANEL DISCUSSION: Hunter’s Point Library, 47-40 Center Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11109
With generous sponsorship from SILC and the Waterfront Alliance, we’re pleased to offer this event free of charge to all attendees.
Please note that space is limited and on a first come first serve basis.
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
SILC (Sustainability Investment Leadership Council) is partnering with the Waterfront Alliance for an exclusive convening on October 23, 2025, at Hunter’s Point — NYC’s flagship WEDG-certified waterfront.
This cross-sector event will bring together leaders from finance, insurance, architecture, law, government, and more to explore how resilient design, equity-driven planning, and innovative financing are shaping sustainable, investable waterfronts.
Highlights include a guided tour of the WEDG-certified site — focused on resilience, ecology, and access — and a high-level panel on how design standards can drive investment, reduce risk, and deliver lasting returns.
SCHEDULE
- SITE TOUR 5:00 – 6:00 PM: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront, Long Island City, NY – A one mile tour of NYC’s flagship WEDG-Certified waterfront project (View Map of Site)
- Nearest Subway: 7 Train – Vernon Blvd / Jackson Ave
- Site Tour Meeting Spot: 50th Ave & Center Blvd
- PANEL DISCUSSION 6:00 – 6:50 PM: Hunter’s Point Library, 47-40 Center Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11109
- NETWORKING 6:50 – 7:30 PM: Meet with panelists and attendees from across sectors to share ideas (food and non-alcoholic beverages will be served)
PANELISTS
CO-MODERATOR
Mohita Sinha,
Education Co-Chair, Sustainability Investment Leadership Council (SILC)
Mohita Sinha serves as the Co-Chair of SILC’s Education Committee. With extensive experience leading complex finance and risk regulatory reporting transformations at global financial institutions, Mohita helps organizations evolve from voluntary action to regulatory compliance to true value creation. Her current focus is on climate risk integration, guiding companies to understand, operationalize, and embed risk considerations into business strategy while meeting compliance requirements.
She is the Board Chair of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, a nonprofit advancing circular economy and urban sustainability through composting, recycling, stewardship, and food justice programs.
Mohita holds climate risk certifications from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) in Sustainability and Climate Risk, the CSRD Institute, and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). She earned an MBA in Business Economics and a BBA in Finance and Economics.
CO-MODERATOR
Jessica Moon,
Education Co-Chair, Sustainability Investment Leadership Council (SILC)
Jessica Moon is a strategic sustainability leader and educator who bridges finance, design, and policy to advance actionable strategies for resilience and systems change. As Education Co-Chair of the Sustainability Investment Leadership Council (SILC), she designs and moderates cross-sector dialogues that bring together leaders from finance, law, infrastructure, and corporate sustainability to explore how standards and innovation can unlock long-term value.
She founded Scholastic Inc.’s first ESG and Sustainability function and combines legal acumen with systems thinking to help organizations integrate sustainability into core strategy. Jessica is a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, WEDG Professional, and TRUE Advisor.
Joseph Sutkowi,
Chief Waterfront Design Officer
Waterfront Alliance
Joseph Sutkowi, WEDG, is the Chief Waterfront Design Officer at the Waterfront Alliance. Joseph leads the WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) program and oversees Waterfront Alliance’s resilience planning project in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. He brings significant experience in ports, offshore wind, climate resilience planning, economic development policy, and infrastructure. Previously, Joseph was a senior consultant at Karp Strategies, a New York City-based urban planning and economic development consulting firm where he led projects in infrastructure, real estate development, and sustainability. In previous roles, Joseph worked with Living Cities on equitable procurement, a New York City Council member on transportation, the American Red Cross in disaster response operations, and the University of Michigan in foundation relations.
Chi Chi Truong,
Arup
With over 16 years of experience in land development, Chi Chi is a leader in civil engineering and resilient infrastructure design, known for his holistic, progressive approaches. He combines technical excellence with a deep commitment to sustainability, climate adaptation, and social justice. His expertise spans all aspects of site development with a passion for stormwater management and coastal resiliency. Chi Chi’s designs aim to safeguard communities, particularly disadvantaged communities, against future environmental challenges.
Chi Chi has led multidisciplinary teams through every phase of the project lifecycle, from due diligence and master planning through full engineering design and construction. His collaborative leadership style and ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks have earned him the trust of clients across the public and private sectors.
His portfolio includes high-impact, transformative projects such as the Rue Vendome Pedestrian Plaza (Miami Beach, FL), West Avenue Neighborhood Resiliency Redevelopment (Miami Beach, FL), the NYCHA Red Hook Sandy Recovery Project (Brooklyn, NY), and NYCDEP Green Infrastructure – Housing (Brooklyn, NY) where he turns climate risks and challenges into lasting community solutions.
Bonnie A. Harken,
Nautilus International Development Consulting
Bonnie Harken leads the consulting services of Nautilus International Development Consulting. She is at the forefront of developing urban strategies for climate change challenges around the world and specializes in combining profitable development with high quality urban design and long-term sustainable planning.
Eugene Karl Montoya A.,
Howden Re
Eugene Montoya is the Founder and Principal of Sandmont Natural Capital, a specialist consultancy in climate finance and climate investing formed in 2023 to work with public