Ana Gelabert-Sanchez, AICP is the principal and owner of Gelabert-Sanchez & Associates. He recently completed a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and worked as a Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the fall of 2011….Continue Reading
Greg Fischer was born in Louisville on January 14, 1958. He is an entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist and was elected Louisville’s 50th Mayor on November 2, 2010….Continue Reading
Chris Riley has been serving on the Austin City Council since 2009 and was reelected to his second term in 2011. He also serves on the boards of Capital Metro and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)….Continue Reading
Gaurav Srivastava is an urban designer at AECOM in Los Angeles. His work, focusing on urban cores for both private and public sector clients, is driven by twin passions. First: to reduce the footprint of human habitation through compact and sensitive urban redevelopment in the city center. And second: to continuously reinforce the importance of the pedestrian experience as the defining experience of cities….Continue Reading
Steven J. Bonafonte is Chair of the Hartford Redevelopment Agency and a partner in the law firm of Pullman & Comley, LLC. His practice includes providing general legal counsel services to corporate and government entities, privacy, information security, ethics and compliance, and anti-fraud and corporate internal investigations.
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Terry E. Mitchell is President of Momark Development L.L.C. based in Austin, Texas. As the principal of Momark he is heavily involved in the planning and development of various residential and mixed-use real estate developments involving approximately 6,500 residential units and related mixed-uses. Projects include The Austonian (development consultant and marketing manager), Plum Creek, Chestnut Commons, Edgewick, Gabardine, Macmora Cottages and The Sanctuary Lofts….Continue Reading
Architect and urban designer Frank Fuller has spent his professional career acquiring and sharing the knowledge that have made him one of America’s leading urban design practitioners. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Fuller teaches in the Master of Urban Design program at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts many panels and charrettes in the United States, and has won numerous awards for planning, urban design and architecture. Fuller has written articles about urban design and urban redevelopment, including for Urban Land, and is chair of the Urban Design Committee for the American Institute of Architects, California Council….Continue Reading
Marilyn Strickland is the 39th Mayor of Tacoma and the first woman of color elected to the position. Born in Seoul, Korea, Strickland is a product of Tacoma Public Schools, a graduate of the University of Washington and earned an MBA from Clark-Atlanta University….Continue Reading
Thomas E. Deller has been director of the city of Providence’s Department of Planning and Development since March 2003….Continue Reading
Christopher W. Kurz is currently President and CEO of Linden Associates, Inc., a regional real estate services and mortgage banking company engaged in the financing, acquisition, development and management of commercial property. The firm also consults for corporations on real estate matters. Previously, he was a Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of McGill Development Company, which grew into the fourth largest commercial real estate development company in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Kurz served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder of Columbia Bancorp and The Columbia Bank that is a $500 million, publicly traded bank holding company. As a Principal at Alex Brown Real Estate Group, Inc. he acquired investments for pension fund clients. Other companies with which Kurz has been involved include J.G. Smithy Company, Maryland National Corporation, and the Rouse Company….Continue Reading