Team: Roman Adrian Cybriwsky

Creator and writer, Makarenko Sisters.

A senior and distinguished professor of Geography, Urban Studies and Asian
Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; recognized expert on
urban life and urban development worldwide; author of many book and articles
about world cities; frequent professional speaker at international conferences on
urban planning and the challenges confronting global cities in the 21st century

His books include five about Tokyo alone, most recently Tokyo: The Shogun’s
City at the 21st Century (1998, Wiley), the reference volume Historical Dictionary
of Tokyo (2010, Scarecrow Press), and a new book entitledRoppongi Crossing: The
Demise of a Storied Tokyo Nightclub District and the Reshaping of a Global
City that is now in production at the University of Georgia Press

United States citizen; he lived in Tokyo for more than 10 years and knows the
city well; he has also lived in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Singapore, Phnom Penh
(Cambodia), and Kyiv (Ukraine); for six years he drove a cab at night in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, of all places, where he saw everything there is to see of
the underbelly of urban life

Gifted public speaker and avid candid photographer with a great eye and a fast
click, known for awesome PowerPoint presentations; prize-winning poet about Newt
Gingrich

Always ready for the next trip, the next book, the photo opportunities.