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Project Manager | Associate, Sam Schwartz Engineering.

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B.S.E, University of Pennsylvania, Systems Engineering - Transportation

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Principal, Strategic Community Solutions

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MCRP, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University BS, Environmental Earth Sciences, Stanford University

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Director, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Kent State University

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MA, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1991 BA, English, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 1987

Publications
"Cleveland and Northeast Ohio: Green Infrastructure for a City in Transition," in Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach, Planners Advisory Service Report 571; American Planning Association, 2013 (David C. Rouse and Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa, editors) "A Design-based Approach to Urban Regeneration,” in Cities in Transition, Planners Advisory Service Report 568; American Planning Association, 2012 (Joseph Schilling and Alan Mallach editors) “Planning for the Spaces in Between,” in Defining a Future for America’s Cities Experiencing Severe Population Loss; The American Assembly, 2012 (Alan Mallach, editor) “Animal Zoning,” in Arsenal of Inclusion/Exclusion; to be published in 2013 (Daniel D’Oca et al, editors) Water|Craft, co-editor, Urban Infill Volume 3, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, May 2010 “Ad Hoc Urbanism: Adventures in Temporary Use,” Pop Up City, Urban Infill Volume 2, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, March 2009 “Planning Shrinking Cities,” in Progress in Planning, with Frank Popper, Justin Hollander, and Karina Pallagst, 2009 “Deconstructing Cleveland/Houses for the Haunted,” in SPACES World Artists Program/24/Martin Papcún, 2009 “The Cleveland Land Lab: Experiments for a City in Transition,” Cities Growing Smaller, Urban Infill Volume 1, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, September 2008 “Defending Regional Identity-Strategies for Re-shaping Franchise Architecture,” City Futures: Lesson Drawing for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, June 2005. “Re-claiming the Suburbs: A View from the USA,” Urban Design Quarterly, Spring 2003.

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Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa is a Principal with Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, a national planning and design firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Within a broad spectrum of interests, Ignacio specializes in the revitalization and enhancement of urban areas through open space and landscape interventions. He has led many of the firm’s significant urban projects, including award-winning designs for Santa Monica’s Palisades Park and Beach Boardwalk, the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in Washington, D.C., the Trinity River Corridor Project in Dallas, and the Steel Stacks Plaza in Bethlehem, PA. Through his work Ignacio seeks to fuse sustainable design principles with issues of community identity, often times collaborating closely with scientists as well as noted environmental and public artists. He is a leading practitioner of Landscape Urbanism, an open space approach to urban design based on this fusion.

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Bachelor of Architecture / The University of Miami 1975 Master of Landscape Architecture / The University of Pennsylvania 1979 Loeb Fellowship in Environmental Studies from harvard University

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PAS Report / Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach, co-authored with David C. Rouse/Principal, WRT

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Bob Kost is certified community planner, licensed landscape architect and LEED Accredited Professional with over 30 years of experience assisting communities create meaningful places to live work and play. He is the Director of Planning and Urban Design for Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., an interdisciplinary consulting firm with office throughout the upper Mid-west. He has worked at a range of scales and in a variety of communities from the planning and design of Debuque, Iowa's downtown riverfront to the creation of a new form-based zoning code for the Town of Burns Harbor, Indiana. He is a founding member of New Urbanism Minnesota, and strives to apply smart growth and sustainable design principles to improve community livability. He served as the project manager and lead urban designer for the development of a new zoning framework fro guiding the sustainable redevelopment of the the historic Ford Motor Company manufacturing site in Saint Paul, MN.

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Bachelors of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois. Continuing Education in Charrette Facilitation, Form-Based Zoning, Traffic Calming and CPTED.

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Thomas Low is a registered architect and certified planner. He is the Director of DPZ Charlotte, the Chair of the Civic By Design Center, a LEED Accredited Professional, a Charter Member and Accredtted Professional of the Congress for the New Urbanism, a Member of the American Institute of Architects, and a Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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Master of Architecture in Urbanism, University of Miami, School of Architecture, Miami, FL; Bachelor of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Publications
Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability and Community Design - www.amazon.com; Light Imprint interactive web site - www.lightimprint.org.; Choosing a Stormwater Management Tool? Consider Light Imprint article - http://digital.stormh2o.com/iphone/?i=61938&p=30#_m0; Sustainable and Resilient Communities, chapter on Light Imprint

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Civic By Design: John Nolen's Lessons and the New Urbanism; Mixopoly, an interactive community design tool; The Light Imprinter's Growers and Dwellers Almanac

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Thomas Bassett is a senior program associate in the American Planning Association's Washington, D.C., office, where he works on many projects including the Community Assistance Program and International Outreach. He is part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas team. He has participated in planning projects in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. His published work appears in The South African Geographical Journal and URBAN, as well as a forthcoming article in Latin American Perspectives. He holds an MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University, and an AB in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University.

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Consultant for Latin America and the Caribbean, American Planning Association

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BA, Harvard College Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Urban Planning & Development, Brazil

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(2013) Water, Water Everywhere: Sea-Level Rise and Land Use Planning in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, and Pará. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy working paper. Co-author Thomas Bassett. (2013) Rio de Janeiro Residents Associations and Recent Favela Real Estate Trends. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy working paper. Co-author Arthur Acoca-Pidolle. (2013) The Many Lives of Luz. Next City Forefront. http://nextcity.org/forefront/view/the-many-lives-of-luz (2012) Extreme Makeover. Next City Forefront. http://nextcity.org/forefront/view/extreme-makeover

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Partner, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.; Adjunct Professor, John Marshall Law School

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J.D., University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law B.A., Illinois State University

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Social Media and Local Governments: Navigating the New Public Square (ABA Press, 2013) Development by Agreement: A Tool Kit for Land Developers and Local Governments (ABA Press, 2012) Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, Eighth Edition (LexisNexis, 2011) Bargaining for Development: A Handbook on Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Land Development Conditions, Vested Rights, and the Provision of Public Facilities, (Environmental Law Institute, July 2003). “Six Strategies for Regulating Big Boxes,” The Commissioner (APA, Spring 2010) "Hard Times for Real Estate Developers and the Impact on Municipalities," Illinois Municipal Review (March 2008) “Subdivisions, Subdivision Controls, and Drainage,” IICLE Municipal Law Series Handbook (2012) “From the Traditional to the More Creative: Incentives for Historic Preservation,” Current Trends and Practical Strategies in Land Use Law and Zoning (December 2004). “Annexation Agreements and Development Agreements,” a chapter in the American Bar Association’s book Trends in Land Use Law from A to Z: Adult Uses to Zoning (2001).

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David S. Silverman is a partner with Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C. in Chicago, specializing in local government and land use matters. Prior to his career as an attorney, David was an urban planning and economic development consultant David is a frequent writer and speaker on a wide variety of land use and economic development issues David is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and the honorary society for advancement of land economics, Lambda Alpha International (Ely Chapter). David is co-chair of Ancel Glink’s Zoning and Land Use Group and co-editor of the group’s e-newsletter, In the Zone. David also serves as moderator for the Zoning and Land Use Group’s Twitter site, @AncelGlinkLand (https://twitter.com/#!/AncelGlinkLand).

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J.D. - The John Marshall Law School, Chicago M.U.P. - Wayne State University, Detroit B.A. - Indiana University, Bloomington

Publications
Green Transportation: ‘Roadblocks’ and ‘Avenues’ for Promoting Low-Impact Transportation Choices,” Legal Strategies for Greening Local Government (ABA Press, 2012) Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change (American Planning Association Policy Guide, 2008)

Other Publications
“Illinois’ Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act and Case Study,” Tax Increment Financing (ABA Press, 2012) “Annexation and Annexation Agreements,” IICLE Municipal Law Series Handbook (2012) “Subdivisions, Subdivision Controls, and Drainage,” IICLE Municipal Law Series Handbook (2012) “Annexation, Disconnection, Consolidation and Dissolution of a Park District,” Illinois Park District Law Handbook (Illinois Association of Park Districts, 6th Edition, 2010)

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Tony LaColla is a certified Senior Planner for the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission where he works as the Staff Liaison to the City of Temple Terrace. His duties include comprehensive planning, community planning, and historic preservation in the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace, and Plant City, as well as Unincorporated Hillsborough County. LaColla previously worked as the agency’s Public Participation Manager. Prior to joining The Planning Commission, LaColla worked as a Neighborhood Coordinator for Hillsborough County where he served as the County’s liaison to over 800 neighborhood and homeowner associations. LaColla served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia between 2000-2002 working in eco-tourism infrastructure development and capacity building in rural regions around La Paz. LaColla is the current Vice-Chair of the American Planning Association’s Gays & Lesbians in Planning Division as well as Vice-President of Section Affairs for the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association. Between 2007 and 2009 he chaired the Suncoast Section of the American Planning Association which represents over 750 planners in the Tampa Bay Area. Outside of his professional career, LaColla is very active in his community serving as President of the Historic Ybor Neighborhood and Civic Association, and as a member of the Ybor City Community Development Corporation Board of Directors, currently serving as Chair of its Planning and Infrastructure Committee. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as chairman of the City of Tampa Affordable Housing Advisory Committee which worked to identify and develop affordable housing incentives. While he does not work in the assisted living field, Mr. LaColla is also a Certified Assisted Living Facility Administrator in the state of Florida.

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Master of Science in Planning, Florida State University, 1998-2000. Bachelor of Science in History and International Affairs, Forida State University, 1994-1998

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Serena Worthington is the Director of Community Advocacy and Capacity Building at SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders) where she oversees SAGE’s policy advocacy efforts at the national, state and local levels and enhances the capacity of partner organizations across the country working with LGBT older people. In this role, she oversees the National LGBT Aging Roundtable and SAGENet, our network of 24 affiliates across the country. Serena’s most recent position was as the Senior Director of Public Programs of Chicago’s Center on Halsted, the Midwest’s largest LGBT community center. Prior to this, Serena was the founding director of SAGE Center on Halsted. Before joining Center on Halsted, Serena served as the Life Enrichment Director at Norwood Crossing, a non-profit assisted living and long-term care facility where she founded a comprehensive Expressive Arts program.

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She attended Fairhaven College where she completed an interdisciplinary bachelor’s in art and cross-cultural psychology. Serena received her Masters of Art in Art Therapy from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.

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Britta Larson is the Senior Services Director at Center on Halsted, the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to building and strengthening the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Ms. Larson is responsible for overseeing the older adult programs at Center on Halsted which serves over 500 seniors annually. Additionally, she manages the nation’s first homesharing program designed for LGBTQ older adults. Through a partnership between Center on Halsted and Heartland Alliance, Ms. Larson is assisting in the creation programs and services that will be provided to the residents of the Midwest's first affordable housing development dedicated for LGBTQ seniors, expected to open in 2014.

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Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, Bachelor of Arts, 2002; North Park University, Chicago, IL, Master of Nonprofit Management, 2009

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Luciana Lamardo González is the Assistant to Director for the City of Miami’s Planning Department and was the City’s project manager for the Miami 21 effort. She served a significant role in the development of Miami 21, managing all public outreach, marketing and communications, briefing of political leaders, drafting legislation, participating in the drafting of the Code, and leading the Miami 21 implementation efforts. She continues to take part of daily development operations and review of major plans as well as managing many of the aspects of post-adoption of the Code. Prior to her position in the Planning Department, she was the Marketing Coordinator for the Department of Economic Development at the City of Miami, where her main duties consisted of the development and coordination of marketing, communications, and business strategies to attract, retain, and promote businesses. She participated in the advancement of many high-profile projects such as Midtown Miami, Miami Children’s Museum, and others. The Miami 21 efforts were honored with the 2011 National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice by the APA, 2011 Award of Excellence, Best Practice, Florida Chapter APA, and the 2010 Driehaus Form-Based Code Award.

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Luciana possesses a Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in Exercise and Sports Sciences with a concentration in Sports Management from the University of Florida as well as a Master of Business Administration from Florida International University. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Other Publications
Miami Transformed, by Manny Diaz (name mention); The Rules That Shape Urban Form, Donald Elliot, Matthew Goebel, and Chad Meadows (name mention)