Petra (Stieninger) Hurtado, Ph.D. is the Chief Foresight and Knowledge Officer at the American Planning Association, leading APA's foresight program and knowledge portfolio, including research, publications, educational content, and career services. She has a Ph.D. in urban planning from the Vienna University of Technology. Her areas of expertise and research include strategic foresight, futures literacy, urban futures and emerging technologies, urban sustainability, and environmental psychology. Before joining APA, Petra worked as an advisor, planner, and educator in the global sustainability arena. As an adjunct professor, Petra has taught courses on planning with foresight at the University of Maryland and on urban sustainability and environmental psychology at the Vienna University of Technology. She has presented as a keynote speaker at numerous conferences across the globe and guest lectured at Harvard GSD, Virginia Tech, among other universities.

Ievgeniia Dulko is currently a foresight manager at the American Planning Association, where she focuses on developing the annual Trend Report for Planners and on applying strategic foresight in the planning profession. Zhenia holds a master’s degree in city/urban community and regional planning from the University of Illinois Chicago and a BA and MA in political science from Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University.

Senna Catenacci is a graduate of the University of Michigan with degrees in Environment and Political Science, and currently works at the American Planning Association. She conducts research for APA's grant-funded projects and Foresight initiative, primarily in helping with the development of the annual Trend Report.