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When The Stars of Sustainable Development Aligned in D.C.

Solutions for Sustainable Communities featured an outstanding lineup of speakers in the housing, transit, environmental, government and planning fields, including some of the top minds in community development today. See our star-studded slate of speakers below and view our agenda page to see presentations and topics from our speakers.

 

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Welcome and Opening Plenary
Monday, September 26, 2011 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Kent Colton
The Colton Housing Group 
Vivian Vasallo
AARP Foundation
Lisa Davis
Ford Foundation 
John Robert Smith
Reconnecting America
Mayor Karl Dean
City of Nashville, Tennessee
and with video remarks from
The Honorable Ray LaHood
U.S. Department of Transportation
 

Federal Policy Plenary and Luncheon
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. 

Julia Stasch
John D. and Catherine 
T. MacArthur Foundation

Stockton Williams
U.S. Department of Energy
 

John Frece
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Beth Osborne
U.S. Department of Transportation


Town Hall Plenary
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

Robert Puentes
The Brookings Institution

County Executive Rushern Baker, III
Prince George's County, Maryland

Supervisor Catherine Hudgins
Fairfax County, Virginia

John Hall
District of Columbia Department 

of Housing and Community Development

Chairman Chris Zimmerman
Arlington County, Virginia 

Mayor William Euille 
City of Alexandria, Virginia

Closing Keynote Address
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. 

The Honorable Shaun Donovan
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

 

David Abromowitz, Goulston & Storrs, P.C.

Russ Adams, Alliance for Metro Stability

Cynthia Adcock, National Housing Conference and
Center for Housing Policy

Geoff Anderson, Smart Growth America

Danielle Arigoni, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Lori Bamberger, Lori Bamberger Consulting

Noreen Beatley, U.S. Green Building Council

Joe Belden, Housing Assistance Council

Kaid Benfield, Natural Resources Defense Council

Scott Bernstein, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust

Melissa Bondi, Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington

Kenneth Bowers, AICP, City of Raleigh, North Carolina

Rob Brawner, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership

Angela Brown, NewCourtland

Nick Brunick, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen

David Burnett, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco

Corey Carlisle, Low Income Investment Fund

Laura Carstens, City of Dubuque, Iowa

Kelly Cartales, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Christopher Coes, LOCUS

Rebecca Cohen, Center for Housing Policy

Rick Cohen, The Nonprofit Quarterly

Madeline Fraser Cook, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Cheryl Cort, Coalition for Smarter Growth

David Cristeal, Arlington County, Virginia, Department of Community Planning

Ketayoun Darvich-Kodjouri, Spitfire Strategies

Victoria Davis, Urban Atlantic Development

Holly Denniston, Corporation for Supportive Housing

David Dixon, FAIA, Goody Clancy

Nick Donohue, Transportation for America

Jim Edmondson, E&G Group

Reid Ewing, University of Utah

Denise Fairchild, Emerald Cities Collaborative

Alisa Fine, U.S. Department of Transportation

Karen FitzGerald, The Meyer Foundation

Janne Flisrand, Minnesota Green Communities

Sasha Forbes, Reconnecting America

Asa Foss, U.S. Green Building Council

Thomas Gentry, UNC-Charlotte/Laboratory for Innovative Housing 

Cheryl Gladstone, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Robert Goldman, Montgomery Housing Partnership

Annie Goode, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Jeremie Greer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Rob Grossinger, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Dan Guilbeault, District of Columbia Department of the Environment

Anita Hairston, PolicyLink

Ethan Handelman, National Housing Conference

Rodney Harrell, Ph.D., AARP Public Policy Institute

Jason Hartke, U.S. Green Building Council 

Mell Henderson, Mid-America Regional Council

Yianice Hernandez, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Rebecca Hix, Habitat for Humanity International

Linda Hollis, Fairfax County, Virginia, Department of Planning and Zoning

Patricia Hu, U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Peter Hughes, Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Mark James, Community Preservation and Development Corporation

Stephanie Jennings, City of Eugene, Oregon

Cassandra Johnson, Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County

Russ Kaney, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Beth Kanter, Spitfire Strategies

Rae Keasler, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

Judith Kende, Low Income Investment Fund

Louis King, Summit Academy OIC

Sarah Kline, Reconnecting America

Chuck Kooshian, Center for Clean Air Policy

Caitlin Kovalkoski, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Michelle Krocker, Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance

Matt Ladd, AICP, Fairfax County, Virginia

John Larson, National Association of Conservation Districts

Wayne Leftwich, City of Greenville, South Carolina, Office of Community Development

Matthew Lister, Jonathan Rose Companies

Kate Little, BeltLine Affordable Housing Advisory Board

Jill Locantore, Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)

Jeff Lovshin, U.S. Green Building Council

Jeffrey Lubell, Center for Housing Policy

Jana Lynott, AARP Public Policy Institute

Patrick Maier, Innovative Housing Institute

Richard Manson, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Barbara McCann, National Complete Streets Coalition

Megan McConville, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Kimberly McKay, BRIDGE Housing

Bradley Mills, Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization

Sophie Mintier, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Aaron Miripol, Urban Land Conservancy

Rebecca Morley, National Center for Healthy Housing

John Morrill, Emerald Cities Collaborative

Todd Nedwick, National Housing Trust

David Palmer, Center for Working Families

Lisa Patt-McDaniel, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Andrea Peet, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Stephanie Pollack, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
at Northeastern University

Jordan Press, Corporation for Supportive Housing

Ilana Preuss, Smart Growth America

Jennifer Raitt, Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Noni Ramos, Enterprise Community Loan Fund

Lori Reed, Habitat for Humanity Evansville

Art Rodgers, D.C. Office of Planning

Kalima Rose, PolicyLink

Rick Rybeck, Just Economics, LLC

Robert Sahadi, Institute for Market Transformation

Emily Salomon, Center for Housing Policy

Marlie Sanderson, Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization

Rachel Scheu, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Andy Schneggenburger, Atlanta Housing Association of
Neighborhood-Based Developers (AHAND)

Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smart Growth

Barry Seymour, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Jeremy Sigmon, U.S. Green Building Council

Robin Snyderman, Metropolitan Planning Council

Monisha Som, Spitfire Strategies

Wilford Sommerkorn, City of Salt Lake City,Utah

Rollin Stanley, AICP, Montgomery County, Maryland, Planning Department

Fred Swan, District of Columbia Department of Human Services, Family Services Adminstration

Bill Taft, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Dianne Taylor, Council of State Community Development Agencies

Jim Thorne, Federal Highway Administration

Adie Tomer, The Brookings Institution

Brett Van Akkeren, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Stephanie D. Vance, Advocacy Associates

Hilari Varnadore, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Justin Walker, Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation

Kevin Walsh, Fair Share Housing Center

Keith Wardrip, Center for Housing Policy

Eric Werling, U.S. Department of Energy

Michael Wiencek, Wiencek + Associates

Bethany Wilcoxon, Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Jay Wilson, Wiencek + Associates

Michelle Winters, NeighborWorks America

Sam Yoon, National Alliance of Community
Economic Development Associations (NACEDA)

Mariia Zimmerman, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development


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