Valerie Giammarco is the Director Transport Planning, Central City at Transport for NSW. She is an urban designer and architect who is actively championing place-making, liveability and loveability in Sydney’s melting pot of middle ring suburbs. She values innovation and collaboration particularly when it comes to making cities and embracing change.

During her career she has had a variety of roles within the public and private sectors of the built environment industry. She has won many awards including a recent commendation at the National Planning Institute of Australia awards for “Best Planning Ideas - Small Project” for Urban Interventions in Bondi Junction.