Biography: Dayne Walling has twenty-five years of professional experience as a public executive, policy analyst, and nonprofit administrator.  He is a mid-career doctoral candidate in geography at the University of Minnesota. Dayne’s research interests include urban redevelopment, politics of scale, infrastructure, regional equity and sustainability, particularly in Midwestern cities. Dayne is currently the Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs for Insight Health Systems, a Michigan-based healthcare and community development network including Insight Chicago, a nonprofit safety net hospital in Bronzeville formerly known as Mercy. He previously served two terms as the mayor of his hometown of Flint, MI. Under his leadership, the City of Flint adopted the Imagine Flint comprehensive master plan and developed collaborative initiatives in public safety, infrastructure, development, sustainability, and volunteerism to address the deep challenges in a deindustrialized city and with the water crisis. Dayne was a Rhodes and Truman scholar from Michigan State University, an Aspen Rodel fellow, and an AmeriCorps alum. He previously taught classes and offered talks at numerous colleges and universities including Central Michigan University, University of Michigan, and Vanderbilt. Dayne’s recent scholarship was published in Journal of the American Planning Association; Territory, Politics, Governance; Urban Planning; and Urban Research & Practice.