Byron Stigge
Director

As a global thought leader for urban infrastructure planning, sustainability, and resilience, Byron has a passion for understanding technical aspects of how cities function and the impact infrastructure can have on everyday lives. He studies and practices innovative methods of delivering energy and climate change planning, water and wastewater management, transportation planning, and solid waste management through an integrated design process. As Founding Director, Byron created Level Infrastructure to serve as a unique consulting firm that provides highly specialized technical and planning advice for development projects with grand aspirations to address climate change, resilience, economic justice, and environmental protection in cities around the world. Based out of Level’s New York City headquarters, Byron sits on the Board of Directors for the Forum and Institute for Urban Design. He also travels frequently as a lecturer, panelist, and jurist for design competitions around the world. Byron holds an M.Des degree in Environmental Planning from Harvard Graduate School of Design, an MS in Building Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BS in Civil Engineering and Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.