Former Toronto City Manager Joe Pennachetti to join World Council on City Data and Global Cities Institute at U of T
November 18, 2015 - World Council on City Data (WCCD) President and CEO, and Director of the Global
Cities Institute (GCI), Professor Patricia McCarney, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Joe Pennachetti as WCCD Executive Advisor – Global City Strategy
and as a Global Cities Institute Senior Fellow at the University of
Toronto. Mr. Pennachetti will focus on the growth of the WCCD city
network throughout Ontario, Canada and internationally while working with
colleagues at the University of Toronto in developing data analytics to inform
city dialogues worldwide. November 18, 2015“On behalf of the WCCD and GCI, we are delighted to welcome Mr. Pennachetti to this new role. His years of service to the City of Toronto, most recently as City Manager, mark him as an ideal champion to help expand the WCCD network and inform utilization of the data to build analytic tools at the Global Cities Institute for city leaders worldwide. We look forward to his input, intellect and strategic advice,” said Dr. McCarney. “Alongside Senator Art Eggleton – Chair of the WCCD Global City Leaders Advisory Board, and Richard Sommer - Dean of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto – we would like to congratulate Mr. Pennachetti on this appointment and we look forward to working with him.”
Mr. Pennachetti served for thirteen years as Chief Financial Officer and City Manager at the City of Toronto, Canada’s largest city and sixth largest government. Working through several administrations, he is widely credited with ensuring that Toronto’s service levels and cost efficiencies were enhanced through a progressive performance management program. Mr. Pennachetti has also been one of the driving forces behind the creation of ISO 37120, the first international standard for sustainable cities.
For more information, please contact:
James Patava
416-966-2368
james.patava@globalcities.ca
Established in 2014, the WCCD is operationalising
ISO 37120 across cities globally – the first international standard for
indicators on city services and quality of life. With 100 indicators, around 17
themes supporting city services and quality of life, ISO 37120 data is
accessible through the WCCD Open City Data Portal which allows for cutting-edge
visualisations and comparisons. The World Council on City Data Foundation
Cities include: Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Bogota,
Guadalajara, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Helsinki, London, Rotterdam, Barcelona,
Minna, Johannesburg, Amman, Makkah, Dubai, Haiphong, Makati, Shanghai, and
Melbourne.
The Global Cities Institute (GCI) is housed
within the John H. Daniels Faculty
of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. Focusing on
research to create sustainable, resilient, inclusive and prosperous cities of
tomorrow, the GCI has been integral to the development of ISO 37120 – the first
international standard for sustainable cities. In addition to its work on
developing city indicators for standardized urban metrics, the GCI also engages
in the global smart cities agenda, the emergent field of para-diplomacy, as
well as leveraging its unique and longstanding contacts with the City of
Toronto (and cities throughout the world) as a bridge between academia and
local government. The work of the GCI is supported by its extensive,
international and multi-disciplinary list of Senior Fellows who are leading
scholars in the fields of Architecture, Geography, Political Science, Urban
Design, Engineering, Public Affairs, Urban Finance and Management, Urban Policy
and Economics.
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