Molly Turner
at THNK School of Creative Leadership
Lecturer at Haas School of Business
Schools
- Haas School of Business
- THNK School of Creative Leadership
Links
Biography
THNK School of Creative Leadership
Director of Public Policy at Air bnb
My experience and deep interests:
I am based in: San Francisco
Leading Airbnb’s public policy team, I am liaising with cities all over the world regarding the policy implications in dealing with the new sharing economy. In my THNK session, we discussed the main barriers and opportunities I am facing in my work. How is the sharing economy disrupting established practices and players? We also shed light on the industries that are being disrupted, of which some arguably unfairly, by Airbnb’s emergence.
Haas School of Business
Education
MUP, Urban Planning, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
BA, Art History, Italian Literature, Dartmouth College
Positions Held
2016 – present, Urban Innovation Advisor
2014 – 2016, Global Head of Civic Partnerships, Airbnb
2011 – 2014, Director of Public Policy, Airbnb
2011, Neighborhood Development Researcher, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development
2010 – 2011, Sustainable Development Researcher, UNESCO World Heritage Center
2010, Sustainable Tourism Development Consultant, Solimar International
2006 – 2009, Regional Trip Manager and Leader, Backroads
2005 – 2006, Urban Planning Associate, Dyett and Bhatia
External Service and Assignments
2013 – present, Board of Directors, SPUR
2013 – present, Board of Directors, Tumml
2016 – Working Group on Innovation and Regulation, Aspen Institute Center for Urban Innovation
2015 – 2017, Board of Directors, Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Current Research and Interests
- Urban Innovation - Tech Policy - Early-Stage Startups - Economic Development
- Tourism Policy
Selected Papers and Publications
- “Letter from San Francisco: On Being an Urban Planner in the Tech World”, NextCity.org, July 26, 2013 - “In Review: Crowdsourcing the Built Environment”, Harvard Journal of Real Estate, 2015 - “The Impact of Home Sharing on Cities”, Cities Today, October 2015 - “Revealing the Level of Tension Between Cultural Heritage and Development in World Heritage Cities”, with Ana Pereira Roders and Marc Patry, 6th International Seminar on Urban Conservation: Measuring Heritage Conservation Performance, 29-31 March 2011, Recife, Brazil / Ed. Scientific Committee. – S.l. : s.n., 2011 - “The Sustainability of Management Practices in the Old City of Salamanca”, with Ana Pereira Roders and Angela Pons, Facilities, Vol. 29 Iss: 7/8, pp.326 – 338; Emerald Publishing, 2011
Teaching
- Tech & the City: How to Get Urban Innovation Right
Videos
The Shared City: Molly Turner at TEDxSoMa
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