Jeremy Newsum is chief executive and a trustee of the Grosvenor Estate, responsible for international strategy and development of the business….
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Paul Schell was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1937, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. He attended Wartburg College and graduated from the University of Iowa and Columbia Law School. He practiced law in New York City and Seattle, Washington, where he moved with his wife, Pam, in 1967….
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Witold Rybczynski, of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh, raised in London, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal, where he also taught; he is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania….
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Mansfield is the chairman of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). The Institute (www.uli.org) is a nonprofit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide….
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Plater-Zyberk is a founding partner of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) with her husband, Andrés Duany. The firm has designed over 100 traditional communities built to convey a small town atmosphere and easy pedestrian access….
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Judith Rodin became the president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2005. From 1994-2004, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and was a faculty member at Yale for 22 years before coming to the University of Pennsylvania. …
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Deborah Ratner Salzberg is president of Forest City Washington, Inc., and a director of Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Forest City is the chief private investor in The Yards development, planned for D.C.’s Anacostia waterfront. …
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Neil Peirce is a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and chairman of The Citistates Group, America’s only journalist team focused first and foremost on metropolitan regions….
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James M. DeFrancia is President of Lowe Enterprises Community Development, which provides development management and advisory services on planned communities throughout the U.S. and abroad. DeFrancia is engaged in residential, commercial and resort development….
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David M. Schwarz is President and CEO of David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc. He founded the firm in Washington, DC in 1976. In addition to his executive duties, Mr. Schwarz’s primary responsibility is as Principal in Charge of Design. He leads, orchestrates and reviews the design process of all the firm’s projects….
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