Speakers

Gautami Palanki is Senior Vice President, ESG Strategy for Howard Hughes, responsible for advancing the organization’s commitment to responsible development and operations and setting the strategy across the company’s national portfolio of large-scale master planned communities (MPCs) and mixed-use properties. Gautami joined Howard Hughes in 2021, bringing over fifteen years of global experience at the intersection of real estate, sustainability, and technology, in both private and non-profit organizations. Gautami has keynoted talks and led workshops to audiences in more than 20 countries and volunteers as a subject matter expert with industry think tanks. A Licensed Architect and LEED Fellow, Gautami holds a B. Arch from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India and M.S. in Sustainable Design from Carnegie Mellon University.