Matteo Vanella is an accomplished urban and transportation planner, holding a Master's degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also possesses a Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning & Management from the same institution, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Over the course of his career, Vanella has served as an Assistant to the Mayor for the City of Chicago, a Logistics Consultant for COGIMEX, a Transportation Planner for the City of Evanston, and an Urban Planner for the Buenos Aires City Government. Currently, he works as an Emergency Management Consultant for Hagerty Consulting.