Kim DeLaney currently serves as the Strategic Development Coordinator for the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, which spans the four-county region from Palm Beach County to Indian River County. She is responsible for improving linkages between land use and transportation, transit-oriented development, redevelopment, school planning, and providing assistance to local governments, elected officials, agencies, and business and citizens’ groups. Dr. DeLaney is a regional resource for transit-oriented development, public/private partnerships, context-sensitive transportation planning, and intergovernmental relationships. A graduate of the University of Florida and Florida Atlantic University, Dr. DeLaney’s prior work includes the City of Stuart, where she was the City Planner for a decade, managing the City’s redevelopment program for its historic downtown and securing more than $14 million in grant funds for environmental restoration, greenways, and downtown redevelopment. She was also a facilitator for FAU’s Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems.

Anthea Gianniotes has over 18 years of experience in traditional town planning. Since 2004, she has worked exclusively for the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC), providing urban design, form-based code development, and smart-growth comprehensive planning assistance to local governments within a four-county region of Florida. Ms. Gianniotes has the benefit of both private and public sector experience and has participated in more than 40 charrettes. She has the unique experience of having worked for DPZ, then later at the City of West Palm Beach administering the Downtown Master Plan, a plan and form-based code authored by DPZ and considered instrumental in the renaissance of the downtown area. She was a key member of the TCRPC team awarded the 2006 Award of Excellence from the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association and the 2007 Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award for the Towns, Villages, and Countryside project in St. Lucie County. Ms. Gianniotes is a graduate of the University of Miami’s School of Architecture and is a founding member and Chair of the Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism.