Martha Welborne
Martha Lampkin Welborne is a senior advisor to HRA Advisors, a leading economic development, real estate advisory and pubic policy consulting firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Dallas, and Raleigh. She is also the project director of Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies, LLC, which is spearheading the development of an aerial gondola system to connect Los Angeles Union Station with Dodger Stadium. An architect and city planner, Welborne has previously been the chief planning officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the managing director of the Grand Avenue Committee, a public-private partnership focused on revitalizing the civic and cultural districts of downtown Los Angeles. Her work focusses on bringing large, complex, transformative projects to life in urban areas. She is a graduate of Notre Dame and MIT and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.