Eric Rothman is President of HR&A Advisors, Inc., an industry-leading real estate and economic development consulting firm. He is a nationally recognized expert in transit-oriented development and advises municipalities, transit agencies, institutions, and private and non-profit organizations to support transformative economic development, especially around urban transportation centers and public transit infrastructure, including Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, San Jose Diridon Station, Saint Paul Union Depot, and Hoboken Terminal. Prior to joining HR&A, Eric served as Director of Business Planning for Transport for London.
Eric also advises cities on issues at the intersection of technology, land-use and public policy. He has partnered with New York City’s Economic Development Corporation to manage BigApps, the nation’s largest civic technology competition. In 2017, he helped create a policy toolkit for cities to plan for driverless cars: www.driverlessfuture.org.
Eric serves as Board Chair for the Design Trust for Public Space, as Vice Chair of ULI’s Public-Private Partnership national product council, on the Advisory Board of the ULI-New York District Council, and as a board member of KaBOOM! He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.