
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.
Click on a speaker's name to read a short biography.
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Welcome and Opening Plenary |
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| 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 |
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Federal Policy Plenary and Luncheon |
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Julia Stasch |
Stockton Williams John Frece |
Beth Osborne |
| Town Hall Plenary Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
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Robert Puentes County Executive Rushern Baker, III |
Supervisor Catherine Hudgins John Hall |
Chairman Chris Zimmerman Mayor William Euille |
| Closing Keynote Address Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. |
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The Honorable Shaun Donovan |
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David Abromowitz, Goulston & Storrs, P.C. Russ Adams, Alliance for Metro Stability Cynthia Adcock, National Housing Conference and 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 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 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 Mariia Zimmerman, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development |
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