9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference February 4 - 6, 2010 – Seattle, WA

Don Chen Don Chen is the former founder and outgoing executive director of Smart Growth America, departing in February 2008 to take a position with the Ford Foundation Throughout his car

9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth:

Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference

February 4 - 6, 2010 – Seattle, WASPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Please note: the LGC has made every attempt to collect a brief biography from each speaker participating

in the conference However, as of January 28 th , there are still a few bios missing from this document.

Adrianna Abariotes

Joining LISC in 1999, Ms Abariotes, Executive Director, Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation (TC LISC), leads one of its most creative and robust local offices, focused on shifting toward more collaborative approaches, growing diverse leadership, and strengthening regional community development capacity With nearly 20 years of experience, she holds a B.A from Macalester College and M.A from University of Minnesota

Norman Abbot

Norman Abbot has been with the Puget Sound Regional Council for 17 years He

manages a team responsible for the Council’s Growth Management Program and also serves as the agency’s Environment Officer Norman has worked as both a city planner and a regional planner Prior to the Council, he was Community Development Director inFort Wayne, Indiana and the City Planning Director in Portland Oregon Norman has a

BS in Geography, a Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning, and a Doctorate in Urban Design and Planning

Seema Agnani

Seema Agnani, Executive Director, was one of the initial founders of Chhaya CDC - a community-based organization in Queens, New York, working primarily with new immigrants She has over 15 years of experience in housing, community development and immigrant rights advocacy in the nonprofit and public sectors

Julie Early-Alberts

Julie Early-Alberts is Program Manager of the Health Assessment and Consultation Services, Oregon Office of Environmental Public Health She oversees Oregon's Health Impact Assessment Program as well as other programs making connections between environment and health

Erin Aleman

Erin Aleman, senior planner with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, has

been leading CMAP’s public engagement activities for the GO TO 2040 plan Erin is a

graduate of the University of Michigan and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University

Bob Allen

Bob Allen is the director of the Transportation and Housing Program at

Urban, a regional environmental justice organization that works in partnership with income communities and communities of color to advance social, economic, and

low-environmental justice in the Bay Area region and beyond Mr Allen received both his

BA in Political Science and History as well as his MPA from Rutgers University

Geoff Appel

Geoff Appel, AICP, LEED AP is a Certified Planner and LEED® Accredited

Professional with the planning and engineering firm Reid Middleton in Everett,

Washington Mr Appel specializes in sustainable site planning, master planning,

infrastructure planning, and land use and in-water permitting for public and private sectorclients

Danielle Arigoni

Danielle Arigoni, AICP, is a Senior Policy Analyst in EPA’s Smart Growth office Her work there focuses on the affordability and environmental benefits of more compact, green housing and redevelopment Ms Arigoni represents EPA on the Affordability subgroup of the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities, and is the principal author of “Affordable Housing and Smart Growth: Making the Connection” and co-author of “Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation” and

“Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities.”

Alan Arthur

Alan Arthur has served as the president/CEO of Aeon since 1988 Alan oversees the organization’s 1,705 units of affordable homes in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and brings nearly 40 years of experience in housing and real estate development, including construction, project development, lending, code enforcement and city planning He earned a BA in political science from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas Alan teaches affordable housing development, financing and organizational governance issues

to a variety of organizations, and serves on numerous local housing boards and task forces.

Katherine Baer

Katherine Baer is Senior Director of American River’s Clean Water Program, where she leads federal clean water policy work on reducing sewage and storm water and increasinggreen infrastructure Before joining American Rivers she worked as a policy analyst for the legal think tank the Center for Progressive Reform and as Director of Headwaters Conservation for the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper in Georgia Katherine has an M.S

in Conservation Ecology from the University of Georgia, her JD from the University of Maryland, and a BA in Environmental Studies from Stanford University

John Bailey

John Bailey is the policy director for 1000 Friends of Minnesota where his focus is state and metropolitan policy reform that supports smart growth He has worked at the federal, state and local level on a variety of smart growth initiatives in the Midwest and on the coasts

Sonali S Balajee

Sonali Sangeeta Balajee is the Program Manager for the Health Equity Initiative in the Multnomah County Health Department The Health Equity Initiative’s mission is to eliminate the root causes of social injustices leading to racial and ethnic health inequities.Sonali moved to Portland in 1999, from Bloomington, Indiana, where she earned a graduate degree in Education and Reform from Indiana University She also obtained a

BA in Business from the same college She has been working in areas of social justice, community engagement of diverse populations, and policy development in Portland since2000

M Scott Ball

Scott Ball is a Senior Project Manager with Duany Plater-Zyberk Architects and Town Planners (DPZ) Mr Ball has managed several major post-storm redevelopment efforts along the gulf coast for DPZ Mr Ball has been actively engaged in the promotion of the independent living and health of aging citizens, and has authored the “Aging In Place Tool Kit” and “Lifelong Communities: A Regional Guide to Growth and Longevity” for

The Atlanta Regional Commission, as well as co-authored the “Land-use and Public Health Toolkit” for the National Association of Local Boards of Health Mr Ball

received a BA from Bowdoin College and M Arch from Yale University

Kalila Barnett

Kalila Barnett became ACE’s Executive Director in February 2009 She was previously aSenior Organizer at Community Labor United and served on ACE’s Board of Directors for 5 years She is a Roxbury native and lifelong resident of Boston Kalila graduated from Bates College in 2001 with a degree in American Studies and Spanish She has also worked at Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation and Madison Park Development Corporation, organizing around community development issues and

affordable housing in the Roxbury and Jamaica Plain area Kalila was also the field director for a local city council campaign in 2005

Laura Barrett

Ms Barrett has been a community organizer for more than 20 years She is currently the National Policy Director for the Gamaliel Foundation and the Transportation Equity Network (TEN) She has helped groups to win millions in public transportation funding and helped groups to negotiate community benefits agreements and positive workforce development policies on the state, local and federal level She holds a Master's in Social Work from Washington University

Charlie Bartsch

Charlie Bartsch has nearly 30 years experience in economic and community

development Currently he is Senior Fellow for Community Development at ICF

International, and serves as ICF’s Brownfield expert He is a nationally recognized authority of emerging public-private and state and federal Brownfield financing and process initiatives Prior to joining ICF in 2006, he was Director of Brownfield Studies

at the Northeast-Midwest Institute, based in Washington, D.C

Patricia Beard

Patricia Beard is Redevelopment Manager for the City of National City, California, a SanDiego suburb “She has 20 years of experience in community development, the most recent 10 years being focused on leveraging resources for Brownfield projects “Pat” is agraduate of Michigan State University

Lisa Bellefond, Director of Federal Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy, oversees the Conservancy’s federal government affairs and public grants fundraising program in Washington Her duties include lobbying at the federal level and she brings over ten years of expertise in collaborating with nonprofits, state and federal agency partners to protect and restore habitats for endangered species recovery

Rob Bennett

Rob is the executive director of the Portland Sustainability Institute, a new organization

to accelerate the adoption of smart and transformational sustainability practices in the Portland region Prior to founding PoSI, Rob was the residential and cities policy

manager for the Clinton Climate Initiative and worked for the cities of Portland and Vancouver, BC for 8 years leading sustainable development program and policy

development

Autumn Bernstein

Autumn is responsible for overseeing ClimatePlan's activities and managing its day operations She is the author of several publications including, most recently,

day-to-Dangerous Development: Wildfire and Sprawl in the Sierra Nevada Autumn graduated

from UC Davis with a B.S in Conservation Biology She is a fourth-generation

Californian and recently moved to Sacramento

Tim Bevan

Tim Bevan, P.E., is the Principal Technologist and Project Manager for CH2M HILL’s Transportation Business Group in Bellevue, Washington He has 30 years of experience

in transportation planning and design He is a national expert in application of

sustainability to transportation infrastructure projects, including defining sustainability options for urban streets projects

Lyle Bicknell

Lyle Bicknell is a senior urban designer with the City of Seattle's Department of Planningand Development His specific areas of expertise include street and open space design, and creating successful, walkable communities Before joining the City of Seattle Lyle worked in the private sector as an architect and urban designer Lyle currently heads Seattle’s neighborhood and station area planning team He received his architecture degree from the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Dave Biggs

Dave Biggs has been a pioneer in the use of computer tools to engage stakeholders in discussions about sustainable futures He is a co-developer of MetroQuest, a Sim-City-type software that has been applied to cities on four continents Dave is an internationallyrecognized facilitator and author on sustainability and the role of scenario tools in

inspiring positive change

Douglas Bisson

Mr Bisson serves as HDR’s Community Planning Manager and has expertise in urbandesign and redevelopment He is an expert in bringing together key city leaders, businessowners, and residents to stimulate economic development and neighborhoodrevitalization through the use of environmentally friendly, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-usedevelopment practices He was the Project Manager for several notable initiatives withinthe region, including the Downtown Omaha Master Plan, Aksarben Village, DestinationMidtown, the North Downtown Redevelopment Plan, and the Omaha StreetcarFeasibility Study In addition, Doug serves on numerous community-based boards

Sam Black

Sam Black has contributed to many aspects of smart growth, including air quality,

evaluation of development and parkland proposals, transit issues, and visioning His work as an attorney includes counseling on some of these topics, on urban and rural redevelopment and finance, and on the governance of nonprofit organizations He divides his time between Washington, DC and Maine

Congressman Earl Blumenauer

A lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) has devoted his entire career to public service In 1978, Earl Blumenauer was elected to the Multnomah County Commission, where he served for eight years before being elected to the Portland City Council in 1986 There, his 10-year tenure as the Commissioner of Public Works demonstrated his leadership on the innovative accomplishments in

transportation, planning, environmental programs and public participation that have helped Portland earn an international reputation as one of America’s most livable cities.In

1996 he was elected to the US House of Representatives

Ed Bogucz

Ed Bogucz is Executive Director of SyracuseCoE, a collaborative organization that creates innovations in three areas: clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources More than 200 companies, organizations and institutions areengaged in SyracuseCoE activities, including research, development, demonstration, commercialization, education, and outreach Ed came to Central New York in 1985 as a faculty member at Syracuse University From 1995 to 2003, he served as SU’s dean of engineering and computer science He is a member of the boards of directors of the Near Westside Initiative, the Erie Canal Museum, and Herley Industries

Blaine Bonham

J Blaine Bonham Jr., Executive Vice President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

founded its urban greening program Philadelphia Green (PG) in 1974 PG is in the

forefront of urban greening nationally serving as a model to other cities In 2003,

Bonham helped PG create the Green City Strategy, a vacant land management program

that converted millions of square feet of derelict land to green space

Marcelo Bonta

Marcelo Bonta is the founder of the Environmental Professionals of Color and the Center for Diversity & the Environment, where he works with leaders and environmental

institutions to strategically diversify their operations Marcelo serves on the

Portland/Multnomah Sustainable Development Commission, Orion Grassroots Network Advisory Board, the Land Trust Alliance Diversity Task Force, and the Diverse Partners for Environmental Progress National Council

Tim Brennan

Tim Brennan joined the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) in 1973 and since

1980 has served as the agency's Executive Director The PVPC, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, is one of the Commonwealth's 13 designated, public Regional Planning Agencies and is responsible for the second largest planning region in Massachusetts Mr Brennan holds a BA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Master of Regional Planning degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst

John L Breuninger

John L Breuninger is an enrolled member of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

He has served as the Area Manager in the Planning and Statistics Department since 1998

He received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and his Masters of Public Health Degree in Policy, Planning and

Regulation from the University of California, Berkeley

Teresa Brice

Teresa Brice is an Arizona native and recognized community activist with over 25 years

of experience in the non-profit community development sector Since 2006 she has led the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Phoenix office, where she emphasizes Smart Growth principles in promoting the development of Sustainable Communities

As Chief of Staff at Reconnecting America (RA), Allison Brooks helps guide the

strategic direction, core initiatives and partnerships Prior to RA, Allison served over six years as a Program Officer at the East Bay Community Foundation Allison holds a Masters in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University

Camille Manning-Broome

As Director of Planning at Center for Planning Excellence, Camille Manning-Broome oversees statewide planning efforts that provide grant funding, technical assistance, and model tools to communities who wish to create and implement community-driven plans incorporating smart growth principles She has been involved in statewide recovery planning since the 2005 hurricanes

Ralph Buehler

Ralph Buehler is an Assistant Professor in Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech His research seeks to disentangle how international differences in travel behavior are shaped by policies, land use, and socioeconomic factors The goal is to determine what countries can learn from each other to achieve more sustainable transportation systems

Nir Buras

Nir Buras Ph, AIA, ICA &CA, NCARB is a modern leader in universally admired

classical & traditional planning, Buras scientifically established its benefits in increased profit, well-being and 100-year sustainability Founder of the Washington Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and chairs McMillan II, Buras offers his clients the opportunity to do good while doing well

of the National Academy of Sciences, New Partners for Smart Growth, the Association ofPedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, the League of American Bicyclists, and the 2,500 communities he has visited along the way.

Kim Burnett

Kim Burnett is a Director at the Surdna Foundation, leading the Foundation’s national work to build strong local economies– connecting residents to good jobs, affordable housing, and accessible transportation options She has focused on urban policy for more than a decade and is considered an expert on revitalization strategies for older industrial cities

Pat Callahan

Pat Callahan is founder and CEO of Urban Renaissance Group, a Seattle-based service commercial real estate company He is a 15-year veteran of Equity Office, a Chicago-based national owner and operator of commercial real estate There, Callahan served as a senior vice president from 2000-2006, overseeing a large region that included Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, and Denver Pat is a former chair of ULI Seattle and the Downtown Seattle Association and now leads the Quality Growth Alliance

full-Pilar Lorenzana-Campo

Pilar Lorenzana-Campo, an urban planner with Public Health Law & Policy, works on policies, regulations, and standards that support public health Pilar researches cutting-edge planning tools and strategies, provides training to various stakeholders, and builds relationships among non-traditional partners with an eye towards environmental changes that make healthy choices possible

Robert Cannon

Bob Cannon was born and raised in Ketchikan Alaska He graduated from the University

of Alaska, Fairbanks with a B.S Degree in Natural Resource Management He has worked for the University of Alaska, State of Alaska DNR and the State of Washington DNR He has worked with the Federal Forest Legacy Program since 2000

Jeremy Cantor, MPH

Jeremy joined Prevention Institute in July 2006 His work focuses on supporting theorganization's projects in health disparities, community health, land-use and health, andhealth care reform; writing and editing materials; coordinating coalitions andpartnerships; and consulting with government and community agencies Jeremy holds aB.A in psychology from Haverford College and a Masters in Public Health in Health andSocial Behavior from the University of California, Berkeley

Majora Carter

From 2001 to 2008 Ms Carter was Executive Director of the non-profit she founded: Sustainable South Bronx – where she pioneered green-collar job training and placement systems in one of the most environmentally and economically challenged parts of the US.This MacArthur “genius” is now president of her own economic consulting firm, a co-host on Sundance Channel’s The Green, and host of a new special public radio series called, The Promised Land

James F Charlier

James F Charlier, AICP, is a transportation planner His firm, Charlier Associates, Inc., provides consulting services to public and private clients throughout North America with

an emphasis on the western states Charlier is an expert in “smart mobility” and

sustainable transportation systems, and teaches Sustainable Urbanism at the University ofColorado

Don Chen

Don Chen is the former founder and outgoing executive director of Smart Growth

America, departing in February 2008 to take a position with the Ford Foundation

Throughout his career, Don has published numerous writings on land use, transportation, social equity and environmental policy, including "The Science of Smart Growth," whichappeared in the December 2000 issue of Scientific American, and co-authoring Once There Were Greenfields, an authoritative review of the economic, environmental and social costs of sprawl a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Yale University and

a Master's Degree from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Erin Christensen

With 10 years of experience in urban design and mixed-income planning across the country, Erin serves communities responding to changing environments, resources, and economies She promotes resilient, healthy, and equitable neighborhoods by enhancing the link between individuals and their environment

Carole Christopher

Carole Christopher is an environmental and social activist with strong interests in

sustainable food and transportation systems in her home city of Vancouver, BC She is

on the Vancouver Food Policy Council and is a board member of the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation

Sally Clark

Sally Clark joined the Seattle City Council in 2006 She is chair of the Council’s

Committee on the Built Environment Sally started her career as a print journalist Her work experience includes Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods, the Metropolitan KingCounty Council, Northwest Association for Housing Affordability, and Lifelong AIDS Alliance

Scott Clark

Scott Clark is a project manager for the Local Government Commission His work focuses on improving public health by increasing opportunities for active living through sustainable transportation and land use planning His projects involve working with a diverse mix of stakeholders – elected officials, planning and transportation staff,

developers, public health professionals, and concerned community members and

advocates

Charlotte Claybrooke

Charlotte Claybrooke is the Safe Routes to School Coordinator for the Washington State Department of Transportation She has been with that agency since 2004 Before that time she worked for the Washington State Department of Health She has a Masters of Science Degree from the University of Colorado

Joyce Coffee

Joyce Coffee, LEED AP, is Director of Project Development, Policy and Research, for Chicago’s Department of Environment She is leading Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) efforts to decrease citywide greenhouse gas emissions 25% below 1990 levels by

2020, including creating the Plan’s continuous improvement and adaptation strategies She manages the City’s green leadership team, facilitating implementation of more than

400 climate-related initiatives for the Mayor’s Office Ms Coffee completed her Masters Degree in Urban Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she focused oninnovations in municipal service delivery She holds undergraduate degrees in Biology, Environmental Studies and Asian Studies from Tufts University She also attended the University of Hanoi, Vietnam under a Henry Luce Fund scholarship

Larry Cohen

Larry Cohen is founder and Executive Director of Prevention Institute, a nonprofit national center dedicated to improving community health and equity through effective primary prevention: systematic, comprehensive strategies to build resilience and prevent illness and injury before they occur With an emphasis on health equity, Larry leads public health efforts on injury and violence prevention, mental health, traffic safety, and chronic disease prevention

Nevin Cohen

Nevin Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at The New School His teaching and research focuses on urban food policy and planning to support urban food production He holds a Ph.D in Planning from Rutgers University and a Masters in City Planning from Berkeley

Stuart Cohen

Stuart Cohen is co-founder and Executive Director of TransForm, a powerful and

effective voice for world-class transit and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond Stuart helped conceive and launch the Great Communities Collaborative He is also the co-founder and chair of ClimatePlan, a statewide network promoting smart land use and transportation as critical components of California's climate strategy

Dow Constantine

Dow Constantine was sworn in as King County Executive on November 24, 2009 He hasserved King County for seven years, most recently as chair of the County Council and has held elected office in Washington State for 13 years A Seattle native, Dow graduatedfrom West Seattle High School and the University of Washington He received

University of Washington post-graduate degrees in law (1989) and urban planning (1992) As King County Executive Dow is working to make King County government more efficient and performance-based – giving citizens maximum value for each tax dollar Dow is a member of both the Sound Transit and RTID (Regional Transportation Investment District) boards of directors

Satya Rhodes-Conway is a senior associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, where she works on high-road policy She has researched and written extensively about energy efficiency and renewable energy at the state and local level, focusing on implementation and equity issues Satya also serves on Madison’s City Council

Nate Cormier

Nate Cormier is Senior Landscape Architect at SvR Nate has led the integrated design ofover 30 urban green infrastructure projects, drawing inspiration from the allied

disciplines of civil engineering and applied ecological design A noted author and

speaker, Nate is currently working on an online green infrastructure certificate program

Joseph Cortright

Joe Cortright is President and principal economist with Impresa, a Portland consulting firm specializing in regional economic analysis, innovation and industry clusters Joe is senior policy advisor for CEOs for Cities, a national organization of urban leaders, and is

a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution He is also the chief economic analyst for the Oregon Business Plan Joe is a graduate of Lewis and Clark College and holds a Master’s degree in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley

Stephen Coyle

Stephen Coyle, AIA, LEED AP is a national leader in sustainable design and planning, is founder and principal of Town-Green (www.town-green.com), and co-founder of the National Charrette Institute (NCI), a non-profit organization that trains professionals in the art and practice of facilitating collaborative planning (www.charretteinstitute.org) Hehas designed resilient, compact, and walkable projects throughout the country, lectured widely on sustainable development, and published numerous articles on progressive planning He is currently writing ‘The Resilient Community Guidebook’ for Wiley & Sons Publishers, and is the primary contributing author of the Charrette handbook

Matthew Dalbey

Matthew Dalbey is a senior policy analyst with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s Development, Community, and Environment Division Dalbey speaks, writes about, and provides technical assistance on rural development issues Currently he is preparing a document that outlines the rural version of smart-growth development

strategies He also works on strengthening partnerships with universities, particularly in curricula, technical assistance to communities, and college and university development practices He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary (bachelor’s degree), the University of Virginia (master’s degree in city planning), and Columbia University (doctoral degree)

Karl Dalla Rosa

Karl Dalla Rosa is currently the Forest Stewardship Program Manager for the USDA Forest Service She attended Yale University from 1990-1992

Andrew L Dannenberg

Andrew L Dannenberg, MD, MPH, is a Medical Officer in the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta He oversees CDC's activities related to the health aspects of community design and the use

of health impact assessment as a tool to inform decision makers outside of public health about the health impacts of proposed projects and policies

Frank Darrah

Frank Darrah has lived in Cedar Falls for 35 years where he's been a special education teacher and school administrator He is beginning his second 4-year term on the Cedar Falls City Council Prior to being elected, he served for 10 years on the Cedar Falls Park and Recreation Commission and 15 years on the Planning and Zoning Commission

Flozell Daniels, Jr

Flozell Daniels is the President & CEO at Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation He attended Tulane University, A.B Freeman School of Business, and University of New Orleans

Lynn Davis

Lynn Davis is a project manager with the Activate America® Healthier

Communities Initiative; ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmental change) This CDC-funded project seeks to empower communities to

develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that can help prevent or manage health-risk factors for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and arthritis Lynn earned her Master’s of Education degree from the University

of Texas and her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in media studies from the University of Houston – Clear Lake

Tim Davis, the Montana Smart Growth Coalition's Director, has been instrumental in the development and passage of many of the growth policies, most of the land use and planning legislation, and a wide variety of the cutting edge land use regulations adopted throughout Montana since 1999

Benjamin de la Peña is Associate Director for Urban Development at The Rockefeller Foundation Benjamin has extensive expertise in urban planning, change management, leadership development communications and innovation technologies Benjamin has a Master's in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a B.A in Communications (Journalism) from the University of the Philippines He currently lives

in Brooklyn with his wife and his two children

Ryan Dicks

Ryan Dicks is the Sustainability Manager for Pierce County Ryan has worked for the King County Executive’s office, Cascade Land Conservancy, U.S Senator Maria

Cantwell and recently ran his own environmental consulting firm Today Ryan is

focused on bringing sustainable solutions to Pierce County Government

Drew Digby

Drew Digby is a regional analyst for the State of Minnesota He has a B.A in religious studies from the University of California and a M.A in history from the University of Chicago He chairs Fit City Duluth’s Active Living Committee and co-chairs Duluth’s Complete Streets Task Force

Darin Dinsmore

Darin Dinsmore is an innovative and award-winning urban planner and landscape

architect He has spearheaded efforts to create the first bi-state regional sustainability framework with local climate action plans, and master planned two pilot LEED-ND pilot projects He offers over 20 years of experience in helping communities to increase their livability and prosperity, reduce their ecological footprint and improve human and ecological health

Shaun Donovan

Shaun Donovan is the 15th U.S Secretary for Housing and Urban Development

Secretary Donovan previously served as Commissioner of the New York City

Department of Housing Preservation and Development During the Clinton

administration he was HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Prior

to his first service at HUD, he worked at the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC)

in New York City Secretary Donovan holds a B.A and masters degrees in Public

Administration and Architecture from Harvard

Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC), the trade association for 70 non-profit community-based developers

Pat Dugan

Pat Dugan has over 38 years of experience in community development and finance in local government in Washington, Oregon and California; serving as Finance Director of three cities, chief finance officer in two county organizations, and Planning Director in two regional planning agencies and in two suburban cities

Gene Duvernoy

Gene Duvernoy is President of the Cascade Land Conservancy Under his leadership, theConservancy has risen to national prominence developing bold and innovative

conservation strategies He serves on a variety of boards including the Seattle Chamber

of Commerce, the Marine Conservation Biology Institute and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition In 2008, he was named the first Nonprofit CEO of the Year by CEO Magazine

Chad Edison

Mr Edison has more than 12 years of experience in financial analysis, modeling and planning related to intercity rail and urban transportation He frequently leads financial analysis of Amtrak’s passenger routes and supports strategic business decisions, and is actively involved in high-speed rail and light rail projects

Ronald J English

Mr English has over 30 years of experience representing public agencies and private parties His practice focuses on contract law, particularly construction matters, real property, and environmental matters He is currently president of Washington Council ofSchool Attorneys and past Chair of the Construction Section of Washington State Bar Association

Randy Engstrom

Randy Engstrom has been a passionate advocate and organizer for arts and community development for over 10 years He is currently the Interim Director of the King County Food and Fitness Initiative He also currently co-chairs the Seattle Arts Commission, andchairs the Commission’s the Facilities and Economic Development Committee

Mark J Eppli

Mark J Eppli is Professor of Finance and Robert B Bell, Sr., Chair in Real Estate at Marquette University where he teaches courses in real estate development, real estate finance, and financial management to graduate and undergraduate students Professor Eppli is widely published in a range of commercial real estate topics and is coauthor of

Real Estate Development: Principles and Process and Valuing the New Urbanism, both

published by the Urban Land Institute

Tanyalee Erwin

Tanyalee Erwin is Research Associate Faculty at WSU Puyallup Her focus is on creatingand building programs for urban sustainable communities A member of the leadership team for the City of Puyallup/WSU Stormwater LID project, she also heads the creation

of wetlands educational and salmon restoration projects at the campus

Todd Fagen

Todd Fagen is a Vice President at Sam Schwartz Engineering (SSE) Todd Fagen is a transportation planner specializing in private sector land use development and public sector community planning Mr Fagen has worked nationally in a variety of urban and suburban contexts SSE is a nationally-known transportation company based in New York City

Abe Farkas

Abe Farkas is the development services director with ECONorthwest Farkas has nearly three decades of experience in structuring successful public-private partnerships that haveimproved urban neighborhoods, business districts, and university environments Several mixed-use, public-private partnerships projects, which Farkas helped structure, have beentransit-oriented developments, achieved LEED certification for sustainability, and were recipients of regional or national awards

Eric Feldman

Eric Feldman, AICP, is an Associate at Rhodeside & Harwell, where his work focuses onland use planning and urban design, neighborhood revitalization, transit-oriented

development, and environmental impact analysis He joined the firm in 2004 after

working on national efforts to promote smart growth and healthy communities Eric holds

a Master in City Planning degree from MIT

Pamela Fendt

Economic Justice Program Coordinator

Pamela Fendt was a founding member of Milwaukee’s Good Jobs and Livable

Neighborhoods Coalition GJLN is a community, faith, and labor coalition created in

2003 to organize for responsible economic development policies GJLN members stagedtwo successful campaigns: the Park East Redevelopment Compact (PERC) and the Milwaukee Opportunities for Restoring Employment (MORE) ordinance Pam has received a number of awards for her work in the community, including the 2004 Scott Greer Award for Postgraduate Contribution to Urban Affairs by the UW Milwaukee Urban Studies Program, and the MATC Apprenticeship Program Distinguished Service Award in 2009.

Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey Ferrell is a founding member of the Form-Based Codes Institute and has spoken

on the subject in numerous forums, including national conferences such as the American Planning Association, the Congress for the New Urbanism, EPA Growing Smart, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as well as locally for the Washington Regional Network, and the EPA Smart Growth Speaker series in Washington, D.C

Deeohn Ferris

Deeohn Ferris is President of the Sustainable Community Development Group, Inc a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to metropolitan sustainability, environmental health, smart growth and regional equity Ferris is an attorney whose interdisciplinary career spans government, industry and public interest She directed compliance and enforcementactivities at U.S EPA; served as counsel to the American Insurance Association; and wasthe first senior African American environmental policy director at the National Wildlife Federation She led the national campaign that resulted in the 1994 Presidential ExecutiveOrder on Environmental Justice and the EPA National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Adrian Scott Fine

As Director of the Center for State and Local Policy for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Adrian Scott Fine directs the organization’s outreach, advocacy, research and overall response on key policy issues affecting historic preservation The National Trust provides the leadership to assist and proactively address key policy issues and develop innovative solutions to assist local and statewide preservation efforts

Karen Firehock

Karen Firehock is Director of the Green Infrastructure Center She lectures at the

University of Virginia and was a Senior Associate at UVA’s Institute for Environmental Negotiation Previously, she was the Director of the Save Our Streams program at the Izaak Walton League of America She has a Master of Planning from UVA

John joined CLC as Stewardship VP in September 2006 Prior to CLC he worked for TheNature Conservancy in conservation planning and stewardship John has also worked for North Cascades National Park as a wildlife biologist, and a field biologist in the Channel Islands of California In addition to his conservation experience and education, including

a graduate degree from University of Vermont’s Field Naturalist Program, John has an MBA in marketing and has enjoyed experiences in advertising and internet media He also loves to camp in the wilderness, wander the mountains and paddle the sea

Naomi Friedman

Naomi brings considerable experience in environmental and urban policy and planning tothe National Association of Regional Councils – which represents multi-jurisdictional planning organizations Naomi served as the Assistant Executive Director of the

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where she co-launched a regional climate change initiative and sustainability effort At the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, she started one of the nation’s first programs to link urban planning with energy and climate change

Nadine Fogarty

Nadine Fogarty is a Principal at Strategic Economics, an urban economics consulting firm based in Berkeley, California She has over ten years of consulting experience, and specializes in implementation strategies to support transit-oriented development (TOD)

She is the primary author of Capturing the Value of Transit, a 2008 report prepared for

the Federal Transit Administration

Radhika K Fox

Radhika K Fox, Federal Policy Director, coordinates the organization’s federal

legislative agenda She works with Congress, the Administration, key federal agencies, and partner organizations to ensure the voices of low-income people and communities of color are central to policy debates in Washington, DC Fox previously worked on

promoting equitable affordable housing strategies and bringing shared prosperity to the nation’s older industrial cities Fox has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and masters’ degree in city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a HUD Community Development Fellow

Andy Frazier

Andy Fraizer is the Executive Director of the Indiana Association for Community

Economic Development (IACED) IACED is dedicated to serving those who build strongIndiana communities Mr Fraizer leads IACED’s public policy work on state and federal issues working with policy consultants, local and state officials, members of the General Assembly, and other partners Before joining IACED, Fraizer was director of community development for the city of Indianapolis His focus was working with local government agencies and community partners to enhance local quality of life and promote a holistic approach to community development

Lawrence D Frank

Lawrence D Frank, Ph.D., AICP, CIP, ASLA is the Bombardier Chairholder in

Sustainable Transportation at the University of British Columbia and a Senior resident Fellow of the Brookings Institution He specializes in the interaction between land use, travel behavior, air quality, and health

Non-John W Frece

John W Frece is director of the Smart Growth Program at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency The program provides direct policy assistance to states, technical assistance to local governments, conducts research on smart growth policies and

strategies, and oversees both the national Smart Growth Achievement Awards and the annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference

Steven Frisch

Steven Frisch is the President of the Sierra Business Council, an 800 –member regional business organization dedicated to the advancement and implementation of sustainable business practices, smart community design, landscape level conservation and

collaborative leadership in the Sierra Nevada

David D Fukuzawa

David D Fukuzawa, M.Div, MSA is Program Director for The Kresge Foundation, an independent, private grant making organization David directs the Health Program area, which seeks to reduce or eliminate health disparities through addressing inequities in the social and physical environments of vulnerable populations and improving access to quality health care

Gen Fujioka

Gen Fujioka joined the National CAPACD team in September 2008, where he served as the interim California Advocacy Coordinator of the California Coalition of National CAPACD He worked to develop our community-based strategy with local members andnational staff to address the deepening foreclosure crisis and to serve disadvantaged communities He later transitioned as the Senior Policy Analyst providing key insight into federal policies impacting economic and community development A veteran attorney and community activist, Gen brings with him over twenty-five years of

experience representing minority and low income communities with an emphasis on federal, state, and local housing and civil rights issues

William Fulton

William Fulton, DC&E Principal, specializes in urban planning, metropolitan growth trends, economic development, TDR and policy projects with a focus on government and land conservation He is a best-selling author, Ventura's Deputy Mayor, and a Senior Scholar at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of SouthernCalifornia."

Brooke Furio

Brooke Furio is an Analyst with U.S EPA Region 5’s Superfund Division/Land

Revitalization He is developing an urban agenda forMidwest local units of government

on the overlapping polices of climate change, energy, transportation, infrastructure, real estate, water infrastructure, code enforcement, brownfields, superfund, and

otherprograms that impact sustainable development

Ronald S Gaines

Ronald S Gaines, Director of Developmental Services for the City of Cedar Falls, Iowa,

is a graduate of Iowa State University where he earned a B.S Degree in CivilEngineering As Director he oversees the Engineering, Building, Planning and Zoning,and Community Services Divisions and plays a vital role in the growth and development

of the community

Tim Gallagher

Timothy Gallagher is the superintendent of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department Gallagher formerly directed Los Angeles County’s Department of Park and Recreation, overseeing a parks system with regional and neighborhood parks, 19 golf courses, arts and entertainment facilities, and community centers Gallagher has led parks and

recreation departments in California for the city of Yreka, San Luis Obispo County, the city of Stockton and Los Angeles County Before that he was a sports editor for the Pioneer Press, and a naturalist for California State Parks and the National Parks Service

Nathan S Gaspard

Nathan S Gaspard, AICP serves as director of planning for Moore Planning Group, LLC

Mr Gaspard has thirty years of experience facilitating and coordinating research and tasking multiple federal, state and local agencies and groups Nathan graduated from Louisiana State University in Landscape Architecture and is an AICP Certified Planner

Richard Gelb

Richard Gelb is the performance management lead for King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks He helps guide resource allocation and tracks outcomes across a range of program areas including parks, wastewater, solid waste, flood

protection, resource conservation, and climate response

Steve Gelb

Steve Gelb, Sustainable Works, Executive Director has over 20 years of Strategic

Planning and Business Development leadership with growth-oriented, industry-leading companies Steve worked to develop the Sustainable Works community-based energy

efficiency retrofit model and led a successful effort to secure ARRA grants for start-up and financing programs He now oversees all strategy, planning and management of Sustainable Works, which provides energy retrofits to residential and small commercial buildings He also develops agreements with utilities, municipalities and community programs.

Robert Gilman

Dr Robert Gilman, former astrophysicist, founder/editor of the award-winning

sustainability journal In Context, and currently Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Langley,

has been doing research, writing, education, and consulting on developing sustainable communities since the early 1980s

Marjory Givens

Marjory Givens is a Fellow with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute,placed in the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Department of Health Services for her fellowship Marjory has graduate training in environmental epidemiology from Emory University and biomedical sciences from the University of California, San Diego

Angela Glover-Blackwell

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, works to ensure that

questions of equity receive the highest priority in addressing major policy issues that affect low-income communities and communities of color across the nation

Doris Goldstein

Attorney Doris Goldstein has been closely involved with every aspect of the development

of Seaside, Florida for more than 20 years Through her ongoing experience with Seaside and many other new urban communities, she has worked to define the legal issues and best practices for sustainable mixed-use development

James Goldstene

James Goldstene is the Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board The

Board has 11 members appointed by the Governor and is responsible for California’s clean air programs and the implementation of AB 32, The Global Warming Solutions Act

of 2006 James oversees the development and implementation of regulations and policies adopted by the Board, manages the more than 1300 staff of the Board, and represents the ARB before the Legislature and in a wide variety of state, regional, national and

international forums

Sue Goodwin

Sue Goodwin, Recreation Director for the city of Seattle since July 2008, has been working in the Recreation field for over 20 years As Recreation Director in Seattle, Sue has made it her focus to bring Green Living and Healthy Choices to the citizens She has been a pioneer in introducing the Healthy Parks Healthy You program, which has taught youth to make choices with their lifestyles, eating habits, and environment that will benefit themselves, their families and their community

Dan Gorin

Dan Gorin is a Policy Analyst with the Federal Reserve Board He is co-principal

investigator of the Federal Reserve System’s NSP Research project This effort led to interviews and/or surveys with more than 60 NSP grant coordinators regarding planning activity, housing development capacity, and program performance

explores how state and local governments implement innovative strategies for

overcoming regulatory barriers to affordable housing Currently, Regina is investigating community

Ellen Greenberg

Ellen Greenberg, AICP is an urban planning consultant working at the complex

intersection of land use, transportation, and urban design for public, private and profit clients She holds Masters’ degrees from UC Berkeley in Transportation

non-Engineering and City Planning In 2007-2008 she is Visiting Practitioner at the UC Davis Sustainable Transportation Center

Scott Greenberg

Scott Greenberg, AICP is Community Development Director for the City of Burien, Washington Since 1999, he has overseen Burien’s transformation from a 1950’s first-tier suburb to an emerging transit-friendly mixed-use center Scott is also President of the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association

Adrienne Greve

Adrienne Greve is an Assistant Professor in the City and Regional Planning Department

at Cal Poly Currently, she is working with cities, counties, and the State of California onlocal climate mitigation and adaptation strategies

Darren Greve

Darren Greve is Manager of King County’s Transfer of Development Rights Program In just the last two years he has expanded the market in development rights in new and innovative ways to achieve over 50,000 acres of land protection Darren holds an M.A inEnvironmental Economics & Policy (2005) from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara and a B.S in Chemistry from the Colorado College (1997)

William Grimes

Mr Grimes has 20 years of project management experience in both public and private sectors Before founding Studio Cascade, he directed the planning division of a large Southern California planning and engineering firm, specializing in the management of interdisciplinary policy development and physical planning projects In the course of his experience, he has delivered over 400 public presentations to technical committees, design review boards, planning commissions, chambers of commerce, public service organizations, city councils, county commissioners and boards of directors Mr Grimes is

a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning and has won several awards for his achievements

Debra Guenther

Deb Guenther is a principal and landscape architect at Mithun Her work seeks to link thefunctions of nature with the urban environment She works to integrate the function and beauty of natural systems into habitable places, showcasing her innate perception of the relationship between people and their surroundings Deb is nationally recognized for her practice in sustainable landscape architecture and currently serves as an American

Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) representative on the steering committee for theSustainable Sites Initiative, a national site rating tool, linking ecosystem services with social and economic value

Abby Hall

Abby Hall is a policy analyst with EPA's Development, Community and Environment Division After working in EPA's Office of Water on the intersection between land use and water quality, Abby now continues to work on green infrastructure, along with forging partnerships with state, regional and federal partners to better assist local

communities hoping to implement smart growth approaches

Laura Hall

Laura Hall is a founding principal of Hall Alminana, Director of the Smart Growth School, and co-author of one of the first SmartCodes in the U.S in Petaluma, California Her San Francisco firm provides SmartCode planning and design services for

neighborhoods, cities and regions as they transition to pedestrian-based plans and codes

Karla Hampton

Karla Hampton is an attorney with the National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN), focusing on policies that increase advocates, policymakers, and communities’ capacity to provide healthy eating and active living opportunities for children She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Law.

in 1997 and oversees offices in five states and DC

Alan Hart

Alan Hart, ASLA is the Director of Community Development for the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi Mr Hart manages the Codes and Enforcement Division, Permits and

Inspection Division, Planning and Zoning Division, and Economic Development

Division Alan graduated Cum Laude from Mississippi State in Landscape Architecture

Lafe Haugen

Lafe Haugen is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe He is the Executive Director for the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority located in Lame Deer, Montana He has been working in Indian Housing for the last 18 years and has been the Executive Director for the last 5 years

George S Hawkins

George S Hawkins is General Manager of the DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA), which operates the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plant Prior

to joining DC WASA, George served for 2-1/2 years as the director of the District

Department of the Environment DDOE performs city, county and state environmental functions for the nation's capital

Bridget Hennessey

Bridget Hennessey currently runs the Advocacy Associates's California office She joinedthe firm in February 2006 and brings with her a broad array of experience in social welfare policy, community development policy and legislative strategy At Advocacy Associates, Bridget works directly with clients to plan, strategize and implement their

legislative agendas Bridget Hennessey holds an M.P.P., with a concentration in Welfare Policy, from the George Washington University and a B.A from Fairfield University.

Clark Henry

Clark Henry holds a B.A in Community Development and a Master of Urban and

Regional Planning degree He manages the City of Portland Brownfield Program

working toward mutual gains of environmental and community health, economic

development, housing, and green space Favorite projects include those that are

community driven and owned

Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernandez, Director of the Jonathan Rose Companies Planning Practice, has over

20 years of experience as a real estate developer and planner Mr Hernandez’s work spans the regional, city, town and neighborhood scales, and includes smart growth and infill projects, transit-oriented development, neighborhood revitalization programs, redevelopment and land use plans, economic analysis, and waterfront and open space plans He teaches at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Pratt Institute, and is a frequent critic for urban design courses at major universities around the country Mr Hernandez completed his studies in architecture at the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and is a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Yianice Hernandez

As Senior Program Director of Green Communities, Yianice Hernandez manages

Enterprise's evaluation efforts to assess the costs and benefits of green affordable

housing She previously worked for one of the largest supportive housing development organizations in NYC Yianice has a master's degree in nonprofit administration from theUniversity of Notre Dame

David Hiller

David Hiller joined Cascade Bicycle Club in 2003 Since his arrival, the Club has grown into the largest non-motorized policy, advocacy and education organization in North America Leading numerous successful projects and campaigns, Mr Hiller established Cascade as a regional force David was nominated for a Political Genius award by The Stranger newspaper in 2007

Alex Hinds

Alex Hinds directs Sonoma State University's Center for Sustainable Communities The Center works with experienced volunteers, and Environmental Studies and Planning faculty and students - assisting local governments in the development of sustainable community strategies Previously, Alex directed community development agencies in California for 24 years, was a founding members of Green Cities, California, and a Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador

Curtis Hinman

Curtis Hinman is Professor with WSU Extension He is author of the “Low Impact Development Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound” and Co-Director of the City

of Puyallup/WSU Stormwater LID project He is researching, designing and monitoring LID strategies, serving on advisory committees that develop regional stormwater

management policy

Kimberley Hodgson

Kimberley Hodgson is the Manager of the Planning & Community Health Research Center at the American Planning Association, where she works closely with a network of planning, health, and food policy researchers and organizations in the development of healthy, sustainable communities She has a background in sustainability planning, publichealth nutrition and food policy She is also a Registered Dietitian

Jemae Hoffman

Jemae Hoffman is the Lead for Sustainable Transportation and Climate Change in the Seattle Department of Transportation She prioritizes transportation investments to reduce reliance on the auto and encourages sustainable materials and construction

practices Previously, Ms Hoffman was Seattle’s Mobility Manager, working on issues such as pricing and transit reliability

Charlie Howard is the Transportation Planning Director for the Puget Sound Regional Council, a position that he has held since February 2005 Charlie has been involved in state and regional transportation issues for the past 28 years, including an active role in developing and implementing the state’s growth management act

John Houseal

John Houseal, AICP, is the Principal for Houseal Lavigne Associates (HLA) John is a dynamic, nationally-recognized leader whose firm, Houseal-Lavigne Associates has achieved significant recognition for innovations in planning and community outreach

Houseal Lavigne Associates is a professional consulting firm specializing in all aspects ofcommunity planning, economic development, and urban design HLA’s commitment is

to improve the relationship between people and their environment through creative, visionary, and viable planning, design, and development solutions John has directed several complex assignments in several states and is a featured speaker at local, state, andnational conferences relating to planning, transportation, and the environment

Deb Hubsmith is the director of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) National Partnership,

a growing coalition of more than 400 diverse organizations She has worked on SRTS program implementation and legislative development for more than 10 years, and was instrumental in securing the $612 million in federal SRTS funds

Peter Huffman

Peter Huffman has been the manager of Tacoma’s Planning Division for nearly nine years Peter has held a leadership role in numerous planning projects including the update

to the City zoning code, the development of the City’s critical area ordinance,

development of a new downtown plan and most recently a complete overhaul of the City’s mixed use center zoning regulations

multi-Statewide Multi-Modal and Public Space Design Guidelines

Congressman Jay Inslee

A Puget Sound native, US Representative Jay Inslee has represented the 1st CongressionalDistrict since 1999, where he has worked to protect the environment of Washington state and address the problem of global warming He fought to restore protections for roadless areas in national forests and led a successful campaign in the House to keep limits on oil-tanker traffic in Puget Sound Since 2005, Inslee has used his seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to promote his vision for a clean energy future, the New Apollo Energy Act, and advance other legislation that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions In 2007, he was appointed to the House Select Committee on Energy

Independence and Global Warming

Mary Jane Jagodzinski

Mary is the Community Housing Works project leader for SOLARA, nationally

recognized sustainable multifamily development and 2008 ULI Award of Excellence; Headed national developer’s commercial real estate group; VP of national

engineering/environmental firm; Senior executive/legislative posts State of California She holds an M.B.A Harvard Business School; B.A CSU, Sacramento Member: California Energy Commission’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (NSHP); USGBC; ULI; and, Build It Green (BIG) Certified Green Building Professional

Steven N Jensen

Steven N Jensen, RLA, AICP the Omaha City Planning Director from June of 2005 untilhis retirement in August of 2009, was responsible for overseeing the City’s long-range planning, zoning and subdivision administration, annexation, capital improvement programming, housing and community development activities, economic development, code enforcement, permitting and inspection activities He is now a Planning and Urban Design Consultant He received a BS in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State

University

Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson directs HEAL New Hampshire, a statewide initiative to create healthy eating and active living environments for all residents Mr Johnson is employed by the Foundation for Healthy Communities and has spent 22 years creating health promotion environments in municipal, worksite, and health care settings

Julia Lave Johnston

Julia Lave Johnston is a Deputy Director for Planning Policy in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) She focuses on land use policy and is currently involved

in the state's Blueprint Planning Program, climate change activities, and updating OPR's General Plan Guidelines Julia is the acting coordinator of the Strategic Growth Council

Julia is the Section Director of the Sacramento Valley Section, California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) and serves on the California State APA Board.

Paul Joice

Paul Joice works in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research He is a former Presidential Management Fellow, and assisted with planning and implementing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Current responsibilities include managing HUD datasets and overseeing evaluations of HUD programs

Badili Jones

Badili Jones joined the MWC staff in 2008, as Leadership and Development Coordinator and is currently the Policy and Alliance Associate He oversees leadership development and training programs at all levels within the organization He also works on developing policy and coalition building for the Workers Center Born in Orange, New Jersey, he hasworked within the labor, gay rights and black liberation movements throughout his life Within the labor movement he worked as an organizer with UNITE and more recently as

a service specialist and administrative hearing officer for the Georgia Department of Labor He is a founding member of In the Life Atlanta, the largest Black LGBTQ pride celebration in the United States

Stephanie J Jones

Stephanie J Jones is Executive Director of the National Urban League Policy Institute

and Editor-in-Chief of The State of Black America and Opportunity Journal magazine

She was Chief Counsel to Senator John Edwards, Chief of Staff to Rep Stephanie TubbsJones, and Secretary’s Regional Representative in the U.S Department of Education

Ms Jones was a law professor at Northern Kentucky University and practiced law inCincinnati, Ohio Ms Jones earned her B.A from Smith College and her J.D from theUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law

Meredith Judy

Meredith Judy, AICP, LEED-AP is a planner with 8 years of experience promoting livable communities through integration of urban and suburban land uses with

appropriate public transit services, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and auto

accommodations Ms Judy’s work emphasizes transit-oriented development, pedestrian scale design, parking and transit integration, and growth management policy

Ken Katahira

Ken Katahira, Development Director with InterIm Community Development Association,has been involved with low income housing development and community development work for over 30 years, including the last 21 years with InterIm CDA, seven as ExecutiveDirector, where he has been responsible for InterIm’s real estate development projects, and has been involved with housing and community development public policy advocacyand neighborhood planning

Gadi Kaufmann

Gadi Kaufmann is a Managing Director and CEO of RCLCO (Robert Charles Lesser & Co.), a premier end-to-end solution provider in the real estate sector around the world Hespecializes in economic consulting for real estate projects and portfolios; in corporate strategy planning and management consulting at the enterprise level; in transactional and negotiation services; and in financing and capital formation strategy formulation and implementation

Supervisor Paul Kelley

Supervisor Kelley is the Chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2009 and Board liaison to General Administrative Services His current term started on January 1, 2007 Mr Kelleybegan his professional career as an operations manager in a small chemical company He spent a year working for Robert Young Vineyards (Alexander Valley) in the office as well as in the vineyard Utilizing his degree in computer science, Mr Kelley became a computer programmer and systems installer He worked for several software firms, including Standard Structures (where he brought a new computer system online) and KLH Consulting (a small computer company based in Santa Rosa) Supervisor Kelley was born and raised in Sonoma County He grew up just west of Santa Rosa on Olivet Road He attended local schools, graduating from Piner High and Santa Rosa Junior College Paul graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in computer science and a minor in history

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Roger Kim

Roger Kim is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network

(APEN) APEN organizes and builds the leadership of Asian immigrant and refugee communities to achieve environmental and social justice APEN has developed powerfulcommunity organizing projects in the Laotian refugee community in Richmond and the Chinese immigrant community in Oakland, CA

Peter J Kindel

Peter J Kindel, AIA ASLA, is the Director of Urban Design at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP (AS+GG) Mr Kindel is an Chicago-based architect committed to the practice of sustainable urbanism Recently, the AS+GG developed the

groundbreaking Chicago Decarbonization Plan to reduce CO2 emissions in the Chicago Loop

Dave Koch

Terracon’s Brownfields Sector Leader providing Brownfields and redevelopment

expertise throughout 110+ offices 31 years environmental experience includes being an early Brownfields pioneer and practitioner A former Renewable Energy Sector Leader,

Dave combines sustainable practices with Brownfields restoration in finding balanced business and economic development decisions by “consulting beyond the chemistry” Lynn Kohn

Lynn Kohn is a Project Manager for the Community Development Block Grant Program for the State of Washington, and a specialist in Capital Facilities Planning She has over

25 years experience in planning

Grey Kolevzon

Grey Kolevzon is a co-founder and co-director of Cycles of Change, a non-profit whose mission and activities are to build healthy and sustainable communities in East Bay urbanneighborhoods Since 1998, Cycles’ no-cost programs have inspired and enabled over 15,000 youth and adults to use bikes as primary transportation, grow organic food, and help create green businesses

Natalia Komar

Ms Komar is a project manager and analyst with CTG working on green building and sustainable design projects ranging in scale from the individual buildings to whole communities Ms Komar quantifies greenhouse gas emissions and develop innovative emissions reduction strategies and mitigation measures for communities and complex land use projects

Janice Kong

Janice Kong worked as the Chinese Planning Outreach Liasion during the 2009

neighborhood Plan Update process in three neighborhoods of Southeast Seattle In close partnership with the Seattle Neighborhood Group,, subcontractor, and City departments, Janice conducted outreach, facilitated language & culture based workshops, and providedtranslation and transportation services to the historically underrepresented Chinese communities

Doris W Koo

Doris W Koo, a nationally respected leader with nearly 30 years of experience in

affordable housing and community development, is president and chief executive officer

of Enterprise Community Partners Koo also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of

Directors of Enterprise Community Loan Fund and as a member of the Board of Trustees

of Enterprise Community Partners and the Board of Directors of Enterprise Community Investment

Chuck Kooshian

Chuck Kooshian, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst at the Center for Clean Air Policy

has more than twenty years experience in transportation and land use planning for

regional and local government At CCAP he evaluates national, state and local

transportation policy alternatives and their effects on GHG emissions, governmental planning processes and institutional coordination issues Mr Kooshian works with state, regional and local governments and NGOs to assess the impacts of potential climate policy proposals on practitioners and the public

William Kreager

William Kreager, MIRM, FAIA, LEED, a principal at Mithun, has led the firm’s urban housing and planning teams to national prominence in the housing industry Focusing on the integration of sustainable site planning and building design, his market-oriented work runs the spectrum from small, contextual infill development to large master-planned and resort communities His passion for affordable and workforce housing is reflected in the successful completion of communities for housing authorities, non-profit and for-profit developers across the nation

Matt Kuharic

Matt Kuharic is the program manager of climate change response initiatives in King County, Washington’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks His work focuses on greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration projects as well as efforts tohelp County government and citizens prepare for the inevitable impacts of climate

change

Renee Kuhlman

Renee Kuhlman directs the Helping Johnny Walk to School: Sustaining Communities through Smart Policy project, a program of the Center for State and Local Policy at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Through a cooperative agreement with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, the program provides grants, technical assistance, and educational materials to encourage community-centered schools

Diane Kushlan

Diane Kushlan, AICP is the sole proprietor of Planning and Management Services In

addition to her planning practice, Diane is an adjunct professor at Boise State Universityand serves as the Coordinator for the Idaho District Council of the Urban Land Institute(ULI)

Dave Laclergue

Trained as a landscape architect, Dave has worked for the Seattle Department of Planningand Development since 2007 as a planner and urban designer Dave works on green

infrastructure, with a focus on landscaping standards (including the Seattle Green Factor),open space, storm water management, and shoreline restoration.

Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood became the 16th Secretary of Transportation on January 23, 2009 Before becoming Secretary of Transportation, LaHood served for 14 years in the U.S House of Representatives from the 18th District of Illinois (from 1995-2009) Prior to his election

to the House, he served as Chief of Staff to U.S Congressman Robert Michel, whom he succeeded in representing the 18th District, and as District Administrative Assistant to Congressman Thomas Railsback He also served in the Illinois State Legislature Before his career in government, Secretary LaHood was a junior high school teacher, having received his degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois He was also director of the Rock Island County Youth Services Bureau and Chief planner for the Bi-States Metropolitan Planning

Jason Lally

Jason Lally is Director of Planning Technology at PlaceMatters, a Denver-based profit PlaceMatters’ mission is to apply innovative decision-making tools and methods tothe creation and maintenance of sustainable and vibrant communities Jason adapts, develops and implements emerging tools to engage more people in planning processes to reach desirable outcomes

non-Teressa Lange

Teressa A Lange began with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe in 2002 as the Tribal Accountant She moved to the Housing Authority as the Accountant and Associate Director and has been the Executive Director for the last two and one half years

Carol Landsman

Carol Landsman, AICP, Principal, Landsman Transportation Planning, has more than 25 years' experience She focuses on working with small cities and rural areas to develop multi-modal transportation plans, integrate transportation and land use and stenghten communities Before becoming a consultant she was the long range planner in Tigard, Oregon and Burlington, Vermont and a transportation planner for the Burlington VT area MPO

Stephane Larocque

Mr Larocque is the lead developer for HDR’s Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) process, which emphasizes environmental and social benefits such as reduced emissions and improved health and safety He has more than a decade of experience in applied finance and economics in both the private and public sectors, complemented with an MBA‐Finance As HDR’s SROI Practice Group Leader, Stephane has successfully managed teams performing SROI studies for clients throughout North America including for example: the US Army, John’s Hopkins University, BSNF and UP Railroads, the City

of Boston and the State of California

Christopher B Leinberger