Katherine Aguilar Perez co-founded Estolano LeSar Perez Advisors LLC. She served most recently as the Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council (ULI LA) prior to co-founding ELP Advisors LLC. With her diverse background in private real estate development, transportation policy and urban planning, she has emerged as one of the most articulate and credible advocates promoting the responsible use of land and transportation. Before heading up ULI LA, Ms. Perez was the Vice President of Development for Forest City Development where she focused on transit-oriented development and mixed-use projects in emerging markets. Prior to joining Forest City, Ms. Perez was the co-founder and Executive Director of the Transportation and Land Use Collaborative (TLUC) of Southern California, a nationally recognized non-profit that promotes greater civic involvement in planning and development. Previously, she worked for Pasadena Mayor William Bogaard as the Deputy to the Mayor where she worked on transportation, planning and Latino constituent issues. In August 2009, Ms. Perez was appointed to the California Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission by Secretary of Business, Transportation & Housing Dale Bonner. The Commission assists the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and regional transportation agencies in developing public-private financing agreements for high-priority infrastructure projects throughout the state. Ms. Perez serves on the Advisory Board of the US High Speed Rail Association, the only organization in the United States focused entirely on advancing a state of the art national high speed rail network across the country. She also is a member of the Advisory Board of the USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate. Ms. Perez is an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Planning and Development. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA School of Policy and is honored to be recognized as a 2009-2010 Senior Fellow of the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Ms. Perez received her Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Transportation from UCLA and her Bachelors Degree in Political Science from California State University Northridge.

Michael Woo brings a unique background in public service, community involvement, and urban planning to his role as Dean of the College of Environmental Design. He was the first trained urban planner and the first Asian American elected to serve on the Los Angeles City Council. Representing a diverse constituency of 235,000 people in Hollywood and surrounding neighborhoods, Dean Woo spearheaded the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan, which laid the groundwork for Hollywood's current revitalization; played a key role in choosing the route and station locations of the Metro Red Line subway; and made decisions on numerous development proposals and neighborhood controversies. He gave up his Council seat after eight years to become one of 24 candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1993, ultimately receiving 46 percent of the citywide vote and a second-place finish in the citywide run-off election. In 2005, Dean Woo was appointed to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. He chairs the national board of directors of Smart Growth America, the national coalition advocating compact development patterns and sustainable transportation choices; the governing board of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center; and the board of directors of Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles (SEE-LA), the nonprofit organization which runs the Hollywood Farmers Market, the largest certified farmers market in the City of Los Angeles, which he helped to establish 19 years ago when he was a Councilman. Reflecting his growing interest in the relationship between climate change and environmental design, Woo's recent special assignments include an appointment from the California Air Resources Board to the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC), and an invitation from the Urban Land Institute to co-chair a study panel on the economic impacts of Senate Bill 375. A native of Los Angeles, Woo received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and earned his Master of City Planning degree from UC Berkeley. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Before becoming Dean of ENV, Woo taught the undergraduate introduction to urban planning and development at USC for seven years and led a seminar at UCLA on urbanization in China.

Jean Armbruster, MA, is the Director of the PLACE Program (Policies from Livable, Active Communities and Environments) at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The program's mission is to foster policy change that supports the development of safe, healthy, active environments for all Los Angeles County residents. PLACE makes grants and provides technical assistance to cities and communities to promote the development of policies such as bicycle and pedestrian master plans, complete streets, and safe routes to schools plans. Ms. Armbruster received her undergraduate degree from Colorado College and her Master of Arts from California State University, Long Beach. She loves hiking and walking her dog in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Brian Taylor's research centers on transportation policy and planning - most of it conducted in close collaboration with his students. His work explores how society pays for transportation systems and how these systems in turn serve the needs of people who - because of low income, disability, location, or age - have lower levels of mobility. Topically, his research examines travel behavior, transportation finance, and politics & planning. His research on travel behavior has examined (1) the effect of travel experience on cognitive mapping, (2) how travel patterns vary by race/ethnicity, sex, age, and income, (3) the social, economic, and spatial factors explaining public transit use, (4) the role of walking, waiting, and transferring on travel choices, (5) the potential of bus rapid transit to cost-effectively increase transit use, and (6) alternative ways to evaluate the effects of traffic congestion on people and firms. A principal focus of his research is the politics of transportation finance, including (1) the history of freeway planning and finance, (2) emerging trends in pricing road use, (3) the equity of alternative forms of finance, (4) linking of subsidies to public transit performance, and (5) measuring equity in public transit finance. Related work has also examined the effect of political drivers on planning outcomes; such has how concerns over civil rights law, traffic congestion, terrorism, and climate change affect transportation policy and planning.

Councilmember Pam O’Connor focuses her efforts on creating policies and partnerships that create and enhance community livability, transportation and environmental sustainability. Ms. O'Connor's special interests are transportation and environmental sustainability. Ms. O’Connor is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Metro (Metropolitan Transportation Authority). Metro is the transportation agency that plans, coordinates, designs, builds and operates transit in one of the country's largest, most populous counties. She has served on the Board since 2001 representing the Westside and South Bay cities whose combined population approaches one million. Metro provides a bus fleet of 2000 coaches and operates 60 miles of rail service. Ms. O’Connor also represents the City of Santa Monica on the Exposition Light Rail Construction Authority Board, which is dedicated to construction of Light Rail to Santa Monica. Ms. O’Connor works on policy issues with the League of California Cities, the National League of Cities, and the American Public Transportation Association. She serves as a member of the Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the area's metropolitan planning organization, representing the Westside Cities, and is Chair of their Regional Comprehensive Plan Task Force. She is a member of the Local Government Commission Board of Directors and works with cities throughout the world on environmental sustainability and climate protection as an active member of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability. Ms. O’Connor has been honored by the American Planning Association’s Los Angeles Chapter with the 2005 Distinguished Leadership Award—Elected Official and the California Preservation Foundation named her the Milton Marks Legislator of the Year in 1999. As a professional planning consultant, Ms. O'Connor specializes in historic preservation and has worked on significant historic building projects throughout Southern California including: the Los Angeles City Hall Seismic Rehabilitation; UCLA's Powell Library, Royce and Kerckhoff Halls; USC's Doheny Library, Mudd Hall of Philosophy, and Bovard Hall; and California State University's Channel Islands Campus. She served as Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Northridge Earthquake recovery partnership program, as a planner for the City of Pasadena, and as a research associate for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Mayor Pro Tempore O'Connor holds Masters degrees in Planning and in Technology Management from Eastern Michigan University and a B.S. in Communications from Southern Illinois University. As an enthusiastic urban explorer, she is a regular user of Santa Monica’s award-winning Big Blue Bus and a strong advocate for public transit. Ms. O’Connor has served on the Santa Monica City Council since 1994.

Dr. Suja Lowenthal was elected to represent the Second District in a special election held on June 6th, 2006. She ran unopposed and was re-elected to a four-year term in June 2008 and was elected Vice Mayor by her Council colleagues in 2010. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UCLA, a Master's in Business Administration from California State University, Los Angeles and a Doctorate in Policy, Planning and Development from USC. In 2001, Suja was elected to the Board of Education in the Long Beach Unified School District and helped it earn recognition as the best urban school district in the nation by the Broad Foundation. She served as an alternate to the California Coastal Commission and currently represents Long Beach on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a consortium of 26 cities and water districts responsible for providing high quality and reliable drinking water to nearly 18 million in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. Suja also serves on the board of Heal the Bay and as an alternate on the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission Governing Board. Suja’s professional background includes her work for the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office as the Coordinator of its Domestic Violence Unit. She also has over 10 years of experience in the water industry serving policy roles in the Central Basin Municipal Water District, West Basin Municipal Water District and Water Replenishment District of Southern California. In 2007, she joined the Geological Sciences faculty as an Adjunct Professor at California State University, Long Beach, teaching an upper-division class on California’s water supply, water-pricing and best practices for water management and currently teaches a class on Public Policy. Suja has combined her experience in the community and on the school board with her education in business and planning to address issues such as parking, public safety, air & water quality and commercial development through sustainable, long-term policies. She has provided the political will and leadership to advance the City’s award-winning bicycle-friendly agenda, its progressive strategies in animal care services and green policies involving plastic bags, recycling, stormwater runoff and alternative forms of energy.

Daryl Grigsby is the Public Works Director, and his duties include water production and distribution, wastewater collection, solid waste collection, street and alley maintenance, park maintenance, storm water management, traffic management, fleet and facilities, and capital project delivery. Prior to his work in Pomona, he served as the Public Works Director for the City of Kirkland, Washington; Water and Land Resources Division Manager for King County, Director of Seattle Transportation Department, Director of Water Pollution Control for King County, and Deputy Director for San Diego Water Utilities Operations Division. He has over twenty-two years in public works management and thirty years in local government service. In 2009 he was selected as Top Ten Public Works Professional by American Public Works Association (APWA). Daryl is currently serving on the APWA Board as Director At-Large for Environmental Management. Over the last several years he has been a member of various national and local APWA committees, including the Chapter Advocacy Task Force, the Washington Chapter Board of Directors, the Government Affairs Committee, and Membership Committee. In 2008 he received the Washington Chapter’s Roy Morse Award for ‘outstanding professional and technical accomplishments in the field of public works.’ In addition, Daryl is an author and currently involved in mentoring elementary and Jr. High students in Pomona. Daryl resides in Pomona and proudly leads the Public Works Team that strives to make a better community through excellent public assets and service.

Jeff Vincent, PhD, is Co-Founder Deputy Director of the Center for Cities & Schools at the University of California-Berkeley. CC&S takes an interdisciplinary approach to creating equitable, healthy, and sustainable cities and public schools for all. Focused on the intersection of land use planning, public education, and community development, Jeff's policy research has included school siting and design, housing policy, regional planning for schools, state school construction policies, joint use of schools, youth engagement in redevelopment, and transit-oriented development aimed at families. Jeff holds a PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of California-Berkeley.

As vice president and Los Angeles impact market leader for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Jeff Schaffer oversees Enterprise's programming and investment in affordable housing for the vital Los Angeles market. Activities include technical assistance and training, policy work supporting affordable housing and community development and a campaign to bring $700 million to support affordable development in the city of Los Angeles. Under Mr. Schaffer's leadership, Enterprise, in partnership with the city of Los Angeles, launched the $103 million New Generation Fund, providing predevelopment and acquisition lending for affordable housing development. <br /> <br /> Mr. Schaffer joined Enterprise as southern California director in 2007, with more than 20 years experience in domestic and international community development. He previously served as assistant vice president for grant programs at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Los Angeles, where he managed a $60 million portfolio including national grant-making to address the needs of homeless people with mental illness, and potable water projects in Africa and Mexico. In addition, Mr. Schaffer is a former associate director at both Beyond Shelter and Shelter Partnership in Los Angeles. He previously worked in corporate public relations, as a congressional field representative, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia.<br /> <br /> Mr. Schaffer earned an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California, where he is a clinical assistant professor at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development. He also serves on the board of the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing, Restore Neighborhoods Los Angeles, and the professional advisory committee of the TK Foundation.

David Fields, AICP, Principal-In-Charge of Nelson\Nygaard's New York office, has more than 16 years of transportation planning experience as both a consultant and public sector employee. David's recent experience covers TOD typology, site accessibility, transit feasibility, TDM, parking management and strategies, transit route restructuring, and transit financing. David's projects have included TOD plans bus and rail stations in Arlington, VA, Schenectady, NY, Dallas, TX, and Jinan, China, as well as authoring TOD Guidelines for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. David also specializes in public outreach and participation, having led and participated in charrettes and workshops on topics ranging from parking policy in Belo Horizonte, Brazil to comprehensive transportation planning in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. David is the Chair of the American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division and recently authored the Station Area Chapter of Sustainable Transportation Planning.

Lisa Bates is an Assistant Professor in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. Professor Bates' interests lie in the connection between housing and neighborhoods, with a focus on the opportunities of low-income residents and people of color. Her research has examined urban neighborhood revitalization planning and its effects on the housing market, mortgage borrowing decisions by low-income and minority homeowners, and the recovery of the housing market in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Professor Bates teaches Theory and Philosophy of Community Development (USP 301), in which students learn the core principles of community development; and Urban Housing Policy (USP 567), which reviews current policy and considers the problem of affordable housing through frameworks of economics, politics, and ethics. She holds a BA in Political Science in George Washington University and a Ph.D. from the Dept of City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Mr. Payton is a Principal at Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. where he created and directs the firm's West Coast office in Los Angeles. Before arriving in California, he co-directed Torti Gallas's Urban Design efforts in their Silver Spring, Maryland office. Often called upon to work on politically sensitive sites, including multi-ethnic or racially diverse neighborhoods, Mr. Payton has led over 50 community design charrettes and participated in over 100. In every case, the effort is to engage the community with an understanding of both the reality of the present and possibilities for the future. Mr. Payton's urban design efforts have been honored nationally with AIA Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design in 2002 and 2003, an AIA Housing Committee Award in 2004, and several Charter Awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism including two in 2004 one in 2006, and one in 2012. Included in these award winning efforts are Transit Oriented Developments (TODs) along Washington DC's Metro rail lines and in Los Angeles His master plan for the New Wyvernwood, in Boyle Heights, L.A. which includes 15% affordable housign component along served by 8 distinct bust routes received a 2012 CNU Charter Award at the scale of the neighborhood. Mr. Payton is currently working on TOD planning for the Westside Extension of the Purple Line along Wilshire Blvd in L.A.,and his office has just completed Phase 1 of a 90-unit mixed-use affordable housing structure above the MacArthur Park Metro station in Los Angeles. Mr. Payton is a frequent speaker at the Congress for the New Urbanism, the American Institute of Architects, the National Association of Home Builders, Rail-Volution and the American Planning Association, among others.

Ms. Monterrosa is the Director of the Policy and Planning Unit (the Unit) of the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD). She supervises a team of professionals that advise, through qualitative and quantitative analysis, the LAHD's executive management on a wide range of housing-related policies, legislation, rules and regulations promulgated at the local, state and federal levels of government. The LAHD is the principal housing agency of the City of Los Angeles, charged with the development of citywide housing policy and supporting safe and livable neighborhoods through the promotion and development of decent, affordable housing. Ms. Monterrosa plays an instrumental role in the implementation of the City's NSP I ($33 million), II ($100 million) and III ($9.8 million). Ms. Monterrosa and her staff provide a quantitative foundation for identifying and tracking priority areas for the City's NSP program. With data analysis and the creation of maps, the Unit is a proven team player in the City's plan to help stabilize its hardest-hit neighborhoods. Among other accomplishments, Ms. Monterrosa leads a unit that helped secured the City's first MacArthur Foundation grant; a significant grant awarded to enhance the affordable housing preservation program. Additionally, the Unit assisted in the management and completion of the City's comprehensive Rent Study; and is currently leading the ongoing nexus fee study to help establish a local permanent source of fund for the City's Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Most recently, under her leadership the Unit has embarked on policy and data analysis of transit-oriented development and sustainability issues. This includes the mapping, analysis, and development of policies and tools to help protect rent stabilized and affordable housing units located within a half a mile of existing and proposed new transit stations in the City through Measure R. Ms. Monterrosa's experience includes leadership positions at the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Abigail Thorne-Lyman is Director of the Center for TOD at Reconnecting America, working with partner organizations to develop applied national research tools and improve regional connections between public transit and development. She is currently supporting Reconnecting America's role in LA THRIVES, a coalition of non-profits and funders advocating for equitable TOD in Los Angeles, and collaborates with a range of local public agencies on supportive policies, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning Department, LACMTA and SCAG. She was previously a Principal at Strategic Economics, where she managed economic analyses for transit agencies and local governments.

Jason Jordan is director of the Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE). He oversees CFTE's work on transportation ballot initiatives, transit policy, and communications. CFTE is a research and technical assistance center dedicated to transportation campaigns and finance. Jason is a partner at Advocacy Associates where he directs the firm's transportation and community development practice working with associations, including the American Planning Association and Smart Growth America. Jordan worked for U.S. Senator Max Cleland and with the Council for Urban Economic Development and the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. He has broad political campaign experience having staffed congressional and statewide campaigns.

Nicholas Turner joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007. As a Managing Director, Mr. Turner provides leadership and strategic direction for select Foundation initiatives, currently leading the Foundation’s work on Transportation reform in the Unites States and New Orleans redevelopment initiative. Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Mr. Turner was vice president and chief program officer at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City, where he collaborated with leaders in government and civil society to develop innovative and affordable programs to address the most intractable challenges facing justice systems in the United States. Mr. Turner received a bachelor’s degree from Yale College and a JD degree from Yale Law School.

Jeffrey F. Boothe is an equity partner with Holland & Knight and is the Transportation Team leader. He is the Vice Chair of Reconnecting America. He chairs the New Starts Working Group, a coalition of transit properties, cities and private sector companies that seek to affect Federal policy in support of federal funding for the construction of fixed guideway projects. He serves as Executive Director of the Community Streetcar Coalition, a coalition of cities, transit authorities and private sector firms established to affect federal legislative and regulatory policy. He is a member of the American Public Transportation Association Business Member Board of Governors.

Diana Williams is a Washington, DC-based program director for the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. She works with staff at key federal agencies, such as the EPA, DOT and HUD, to maximize coordination with the goals of TFN's members. Working with national, regional and local grant-makers, Diana promotes transportation and land use reforms that range from the very broad -- for example, shaping the federal transportation bill -- to the very local -- for example, promoting Transit-Oriented Development in place-based settings such as the Twin Cities, Baltimore and San Francisco. Prior to joining the Funders' Network, Diana worked as a grantmaker at the James Irvine Foundation, where she oversaw development of a new land use program. Diana also served as executive director for the nonprofit Urban Ecology, which offered pro-bono community design services to low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Diana started her professional career as a journalist for local and regional newspapers in Maryland and California. She is a graduate of Hamilton College and the Kennedy School of Government and lives on Capitol Hill with her husband and three children.

GB Arrington is the Principal Practice Leader for PB PlaceMaking. In his role he is responsible for providing strategic direction and leading PB’s global transit-oriented development (TOD) practice. He is internationally recognized as a leader in TOD and for his skills in linking transit and land use to create livable communities of lasting value. Mr. Arrington specializes in policy, research, planning and design services that assist public and private sector clients in solving politically and technically complex land use and transportation challenges. His work has taken him across the United States, to China, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and the Caribbean. During his career he has directed the preparation of over 125 TOD plans. Mr. Arrington’s career has been defined by a commitment to continuous innovation to reinvent how cities grow while enhancing their quality of life. Before joining PB, he charted a new, award-winning direction for Portland Oregon’s transit agency. His innovative planning and community involvement strategies changed the face of transit and land use in the Portland region and received awards from the White House and the Federal Transit Administration. Mr. Arrington is one of the founders of both PB PlaceMaking and the Rail~Volution conference, he is an active New Urbanist.

Jonny Rotheram is a transport consultant from Steer Davies Gleave’s Denver office. Over the past 2 years, he has been developing new ways of cycle auditing using GPS technology and has developed numerous cycling strategies. He has also co-authored a paper published in the International Journal of Transport Policy relating to GPS cycle research. Jonny is currently the data manager for Bikeability National Cycle Training and has recently spoken at an international conference on sustainable travel in Santiago, Chile, Velo-city in Vancouver, Canada and the Transport Practitioners Meeting in Liverpool, UK.

Charlie Gandy is a nationally recognized expert in community design, trail planning and design, and bicycle and pedestrian advocacy. He is a popular consultant, speaker and lecturer on the leading edge of both the active living and livability conversations. As the Mobility Coordinator for Long Beach California’s Bike Long Beach program Gandy played a lead role in the award winning “sharrow” experiment, the 3rd and Broadway national “protected bike lane” pilot program, and originated the concept of and collaborated on the nation’s first Bicycle Friendly Business Districts. Delighted to be a part of the remarkable culture shift embracing both bicycling and walking and its significant rewards, Gandy currently serves on the board of the California Bicycle Coalition, and in 2011 was chosen as Host Chair for the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in Long Beach in September of 2012. Gandy founded and served as the first Executive Director of the Texas Bicycle Coalition (now Bike Texas) from 1990 to 1994. Moving into national advocacy, Gandy was Director of Advocacy Programs for the Bicycle Federation of America from 1994 to 1998. At the Bicycle Federation he organized and launched citizen based advocacy groups for walking and cycling in thirty states and metropolitan areas, and coached and trained advocates in all fifty states. Gandy developed and launched the “Walkable Community Workshops,” which have traveled to more than 1,200 communities nationwide. He is also a certified Safe Routes to School Instructor. Since beginning his private consulting practice Livable Communities Inc. in 1998, Gandy has been in demand with government agencies, community organizations, design firms, and the media across the U.S. for his expertise in livability leadership and design solutions. Just a few of his clients include the Federal Highway Administration, New York City Metropolitan Transportation Council, Alta Transportation Consultants, AARP and the National Center for Bicycling and Walking. He has recently been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Grist.org, Atlantic Cities and the O.C. Weekly. Gandy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 with a B.A. Degree in Political Science. In his early twenties served in the Texas House of Representatives as one of the youngest members ever elected. He has traveled extensively around the world, enjoys trail running, cycling, and his quest to climb all of the “14’ers” throughout Colorado and California. He now lives in Long Beach California

Andrea White-Kjoss is president and chief executive officer of Mobis Transportation/Bikestation, which designs and operates technology-networked and interoperable multi-modal transportation options. Mobis/Bikestation creates mobility hubs in a variety of cities, interfacing bike parking facilities with a variety of transportation options such as FlexCar, City CarShare, transit smart cards, universities and bike share systems.

Eleven years of city planning and real estate development experience in city government, institutional master planning, and academic sectors. Congenial leader with broad multi-disciplinary and team-building skills, committed to collaborative excellence and innovation in the effective and efficient delivery of the highest quality services to the communities, firms and institutions he serves. Currently serving in the capacity of Senior Project Manager at the City of Los Angeles Planning Department, leading multi-disciplinary and inter-Department teams of planners and consultants to develop the urban design, regulatory and environmental mitigation framework and related community benefits agreement for the largest university campus expansion project (five million square feet) in recent history in Los Angeles. Specialties: regulatory and community engagement strategies; project management and integration of pre-development and masterplanning work of architects, engineers, environmental planners, and urban planners and designers; effective presentation and translation of technical information across a broad range of stakeholders; government relations; excellent writing and presentation skills; bilingual (English / Spanish) translation of technical documents, and real-time bilingual interpretation; analytical, qualitative and quantitative skills / fast learner.

Lisa Padilla, AIA, LEED AP is Principal at Cityworks Design, a Los Angeles practice devoted to “urban design, transit integration & community vision”. She has focused on community-based projects, grounded in principles of good transit-oriented development. Recent design work for L.A. Metro includes the Exposition Light Rail Transit Corridor, South Bay Green Line Extension, and Eastside Access Project. She developed transit-oriented design criteria for Long Beach, Santa Monica and the Transbay Neighborhood in San Francisco. She served as a juror for the AIA Honor Awards for Regional & Urban Design, and a Peer Reviewer for GSA’s Design Excellence Program.

Ted Bardacke, AICP, LEED AP, LEED Faculty, is Senior Associate in the Green Urbanism Program at Global Green USA and Adjunct Professor in Urban Environmental Design and Planning at UCLA. He is also Visiting Fellow at Mexico City's Centro de Transporte Sustentable. Ted works to unite green building professionals with smart growth activists and designers of walkable, transit-oriented communities. He was founding chair of the United States Green Building Council's Location and Planning Technical Advisory Group, which writes LEED standards in the areas of neighborhood revitalization, brownfield clean-up, alternative transportation strategies, and walkable street design. Ted served for four years on the LEED for Neighborhood Development Core Committee.

Steven Cornell is an architectural preservationist with a dual master's degree in architecture and architectural history from the University of Virginia. He manages all aspects of the firm's projects having a historic focus, from historic preservation and adaptive reuse to historic infill and new construction. As project manager for the Sugar House Greenway, an adaptive use of an existing site, he has led CRSA's planning and design team enhancing Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) Sugar House Streetcar. He has presented at numerous local and national conferences on issues of preservation.

Al Raine is AECOM's North American TOD Director and senior strategist on numerous transportation and development projects. In addition to Assembly Square, his AECOM experience includes TOD strategies in Atlanta, Chicago, San Juan, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and other transit systems, and the redevelopment of Denver Union Station and St. Paul Union Depot. Previously, he was a principal consultant in the development of Providence Place, the super-regional commercial center in downtown Providence. He served as Executive Director of Massport, where he oversaw the planning of the South Boston Waterfront TOD district, and chief planning and development officer for the state of Massachusetts.

Ian is an Associate with international transportation planning consultants Steer Davie Gleave, based in Vancouver BC. With over 12 years experience, Ian has worked in both Europe and North America and has managed many large, multi-disciplinary transportation projects, with a focus on urban transit and urban mobility. Ian leads Steer Davies Gleaves Canadian operations from the Vancouver office and is currently working with clients in Vancouver, Calgary and Greater Toronto.