Ryan Gravel

RYAN GRAVEL is the founding principal of Sixpitch and creator of the Atlanta Beltline, the reinvention of a 22-mile circle of railroads that began as the subject of his master's thesis. Today, Gravel is a designer, planner, writer, husband, and father. He is increasingly called to speak to an international audience on topics as wide ranging as brownfield remediation, transportation, public health, affordable housing, and urban regeneration. Through keen observation of the relationship between infrastructure and our way of life, he makes a compelling case about how we can shape the future of cities.