Ryan is the author of "City of Yes," a Substack covering urban policy, politics, history, and culture from a progress-forward, solutions-oriented, and abundance-minded perspective. He is also an advocate for land use reform in Austin, Texas, where he sits on the Zoning & Platting Commission and the board of AURA, a grassroots urbanist organization. Before embarking on full-time writing and advocacy, Ryan spent a decade building and managing Montessori schools, culminating in San Francisco's Mission Montessori, which he helped found and where he served as CFO. He previously worked on Wall Street as an equity research analyst. He holds an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business and a BA from Boston University.
