Neal Parikh is a Senior Policy Advisor with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, which is responsible for implementing New York City’s long-term sustainability plan (“PlaNYC”) and supporting other sustainability efforts in the City. In this capacity, Neal leads the office’s transportation and federal infrastructure initiatives, including development of a financing program to convert the city’s for-hire “black cars” to hybrid vehicles and exploration of new revenue streams for the city’s mass transit system. As part of the City’s efforts to help building owners reduce their energy usage, Neal has focused on addressing the financing challenges associated with energy efficiency improvements. Mr. Parikh also serves as a board member for Building America’s Future, a bipartisan coalition of elected officials that Mayor Bloomberg founded with Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Rendell to bring about a new era of U.S. investment in infrastructure.

Before joining the Bloomberg Administration, Mr. Parikh was an Associate Director of Infrastructure at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government corporation that seeks to reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic growth. He has also worked on transportation finance and reform as a Congressional staffer and analyzed social welfare policies as a research analyst at the Urban Institute.

Neal holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University and a Master’s in Public Policy and Urban Planning from Harvard University.