Benita Hussain

Benita Hussain was the recent director of the 10 Minute Walk, a national campaign led by the Trust for Public Land aimed at expanding parks and green spaces across 300 U.S. cities, and which was named as a 2020 Fast Company World Changing Idea under her leadership. Previously, Benita was an environmental policy advisor to Mayor Mike Bloomberg, for whom she helped shape his global agenda on urban climate action, and to late-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, for whom she created the award-winning climate campaign Greenovate Boston. A former lawyer at Morrison & Foerster, she holds degrees from Cornell University and Fordham University School of Law. She and her writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Hill, CityLab, Fast Company, and many others.