Dr. Linda Stamato is Co-Director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and a member of the graduate faculty at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. A graduate of Rutgers and New York University, she has served as a consultant to the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and as Chairman of the Board of Governors at Rutgers University. She is a mediator and facilitator and has been involved in a number of cases involving large scale public policy issues as well as disputes involving a few parties at high management levels in several institutions. She has facilitated and mediated cases involving education policy as well as a variety of land use issues, notably violations of clean air and clean water acts, location of affordable housing and other site-specific matters. She has trained labor and management representatives in public and private sector institutions and agencies and prepared agency and public representatives for complex negotiations. Dr. Stamato teaches negotiation and conflict resolution at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. She has lived in Morristown since 1981. Discussion moderator.

Paul Miller. A Morristown native, Mr. Miller has had extensive involvement in environmental and sustainability initiatives. These have included grassroots efforts, business-driven models and entrepreneurial efforts, and those fostered through town government. Most recently, Mr. Miller was tapped as the first Coordinator for the new Office of Sustainability, created by Morristown’s Mayor, Tim Dougherty. Prior to that, he directed sustainability programs at the Morristown Partnership, an association of merchants and other businesses in town. Discussion topic: Getting and Keeping Sustainable Jersey Certification

Ms. Margaret Waldock, JD directs the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation’s Environmental grants and identifies opportunities for the foundation to support innovative and creative approaches to advance sustainability and environmental protection in the Garden State. Prior to joining Dodge in 2011, Margaret was Executive Director of the Hunterdon Land Trust for eight years, where she oversaw an expansion in net assets, staff, members and donors and helped preserve over 5,000 acres of land. As a gardener, she is constantly reminded of the life lessons of gardening: to celebrate the blessings of bounty and accept loss. She has never met an old bicycle she doesn’t like and has amassed a collection of 1970’s era cruisers. Margaret received a combined Juris Doctor and Masters of Study in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School in 1992. Discussion topic: A Funder’s Perspective

Phil Abramson, JD is a Project Manager with Jonathan Rose Companies, which was retained by Morristown in 2010 to lead the Town’s Planning Division. As part of their work in Morristown, Jonathan Rose Companies wrote the LEED-ND-based Speedwell Redevelopment Plan, the Town’s first Master Plan Housing Element, and will soon be kicking off “Morristown Moving Forward” a Unified Master Plan based on New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Mobility & Community Form methodology. The Planning Division, under the leadership of Jonathan Rose Companies, is currently managing two other TOD redevelopment projects that will likely begin construction in late 2012 or early 2013. Mr. Abramson is an advocate of an open, public planning process that provides redevelopers the predictability required to make informed business decisions while keeping community members informed, giving a voice to their concerns and creative concepts. Transparency is also central to effective public-private partnerships which must allocate the value created by redevelopment projects between developers and municipalities. Mr. Abramson is a 2006 MCRP graduate from the Bloustein School and a 2011 JD graduate of Rutgers School of Law in Newark. Discussion topic: Best Practices for Successful & Sustainable Redevelopment

Dan McGuire, AICP is the Director of Housing at Homeless Solutions, Inc. in Morristown, NJ. Homeless Solutions is an award-winning developer of green, affordable rental housing, focusing on the great Morris County area. Mr. McGuire has focused on housing development during his last 12 years at multidisciplinary nonprofit agencies in Morristown and Newark. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at a large environmental/engineering firm headquartered in NJ. He received his MCRP from the Bloustein School in 1998. Discussion topic: Building Green

Marvin Reed is the former mayor of the Borough of Princeton, having served in that position for more than 13 years. He was first elected to the Princeton Borough Council in 1984, 1987, and 1990. He was the Council President in November, 1990 when he was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the passing of former Mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund and was then elected to the post three times, in 1991, 1995, and 1999. Retired from his own public relations business, Princeton Media Associates, Reed has long been active in state government and political affairs. As communications director for the N.J. Education Association, he was not only involved for many years with New Jersey school and college development but with taxation and municipal reform issues as well. He was recently named by Senate President Richard Cody as his appointment to the newly created Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation Commission which the Legislature created this Spring to encourage shared services and mergers among New Jersey’s 566 municipalities. Reed is currently a co-chair of the New Jersey Chapter of the national Congress for The New Urbanism. Discussion topic: Downtown Princeton: From Vision to Vitality

Dean Marchetto is the founding principal of Dean Marchetto Architects established in 1981 in Hoboken, New Jersey. This award winning firm specializes in designing buildings and urban planning projects which seek to revitalize older downtown areas. The firm’s architectural style has provided the new face for Hoboken’s incredible revitalization from the days of decay and decline to its success as New Jersey’s hottest come back City. The secret to success relies on building upon the architectural history of the original city. New buildings must find a way to co-exist with the important architectural heritage of the surrounding area in ways that seek to redefine a new urban style. While most of the firms work can be considered modern, traditional architectural features such as brick masonry facades, the cornice, vertical punched opening windows, bay windows, rhythm, scale and proportion are all reinterpreted into a new downtown architecture which often incorporates retail at street level and embedded parking. This seamlessly pulls a city’s history into the present and builds upon the success of the past. Governed by the principles of New Urbanism and Smart Growth all of the projects include aspects of “Green Design” to help insure that our cities become more sustainable. Joined in 2000 by partners Michael Higgins and Bruce Stieve the firm is committed to a continuation of a tradition for the revitalization of downtown areas as the work has now spread to Jersey City, Asbury Park, Bayonne, and now Newark. Discussion topic: Hoboken Infill Planning / NoHO Jersey City

Robert Cotter has held the position of planning director for Jersey City for 25 years (and 10 mayors). Under his direction, Jersey City has adopted more than 80 redevelopment plans, including the National Planning Award winning plan for Martin Luther King Drive, and the New Jersey Chapter of APA award winning plans for Liberty Harbor, Bayfront and Jersey City Mobility 2050. During his decades with the city, Jersey City has risen from the grit of its industrial and maritime past to become the 12th largest downtown in America. In his private practice, his most recent effort is the APA-NJ award winning Livingston Town Center redevelopment project. Bob is past chairman of the Redevelopment Committee of APA-NJ, a graduate of Leadership New Jersey, and a past president of the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy. Discussion topic: Jersey City’s Bayfront and Journal Square

Anton C. Nelessen has been teaching Urban Design and professional practice first at Harvard and currently at Rutgers for the past 39 years. He has emerged as one of the nations most respected urban visionaries. He has more than 40 years of professional experience as a professor, author and practitioner in the fields visioning, planning and urban design. He is one of the signers of the Charter for the Congress for the New Urbanism. Tony was a early pioneer in community planning and urban design through public participation using his trademarked Visual Preference Survey and Vision Translation Workshop. He has been a consultant to a diverse group of clients nationally and internationally, including for developers, architecture and landscape architecture firms, environmental groups, national and local transit agencies, municipalities and counties. He has consulted for state and national governments including significant body of research and visioning and urban design in Holland. Tony has received awards and recognition by the American Institute of Architecture in Florida, three Achievement in Planning Awards by the New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials, one Smart Growth Award from New Jersey Future, Distinguished Leadership in Planning Award by the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association, the President’s Award for Distinguished Leadership in Planning for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, three NJAPA Chapter awards for Outstanding Achievement as well as Educator of the Year by the NJ Chapter of the Urban Land Institute. The Robbinsville Town Center of which he was the original town planner and for which he wrote the first form based code in New Jersey won the Congress for the New Urbanism coveted Charter Award. Eight other cities for which he has been the prime consultant have won distinguished planning awards. Discussion topic: Jersey City’s Bayfront and Journal Square and Discussion moderator

Jim Constantine, PP is an Adjunct Professor at the Bloustein School and a Principal of Planning for Looney Ricks Kiss, an architectural and urban planning firm. His 30 years of experience in urban design, master planning, community relations, visioning and historic preservation, spans across more than 25 states and Canada. He has worked with developers, builders, and government agencies on master planned communities, downtown revitalization, mixed-use town and village centers, high-density infill, redevelopment of suburban highway corridors and Transit-Oriented Development.

Dr. Wolfram Hoefer is an assistant professor of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. His research and teaching focus is the cultural interpretation of brownfields as potential elements of the public realm and how that interpretation effects planning and design solutions for adaptive re-use of brownfields. Prior to beginning his teaching career, he was engaged in private practice for many years with Peter Latz & Partners in Germany. Many years of project experience has given Dr. Hoefer great perspective on community design processes.

Dr. Clint Andrews is a Professor in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, and was previously Director of the Urban Planning program. His expertise is in the substance and processes of energy and environmental planning and policy. He was educated at Brown and MIT as an engineer and planner. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a LEED Accredited Professional, and a licensed Professional Engineer. Previous experience includes working in the private sector on energy issues, helping to launch an energy policy project at MIT, and helping to found a science policy program at Princeton. Andrews currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning, and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Society for Industrial Ecology, and a winner of the IEEE's 3rd Millenium Medal. His books include Industrial Ecology and Global Change, Regulating Regional Power Systems, and Humble Analysis: The Practice of Joint Fact Finding.

Jennifer Senick is the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University. She is an experienced urban planner and was trained in Political Science, Economics and Public Policy from Bowdoin College (BA), the University of California, Los Angeles (MA) and the Rand Corporation. Ms. Senick is a frequent speaker and has produced numerous articles and papers on sustainable development and green building, specializing in Building Life Cycle Analysis, Building Performance Evaluation and Occupancy Survey research. She serves as an Advisor to the New Jersey Chapter of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), on the editorial board member of Brownfield News, a co-chair for the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Sustainable Planning Design and Behavior Network, and is a steering committee member of the Database for Analyzing Sustainable High Performance Buildings (DASH) initiative of the Green Building Alliance. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Current Trends in Green Building"

MaryAnn Sorensen Allacci is a Research Project Coordinator for the Rutgers Center for Green building. She received her PhD in Environmental Psychology from the Graduate School & University Center at The City University of New York and specializes in human-environment relationships and sustainability and environmental risk factors for asthma emergency for which she is published. Her current focus is on post-occupancy evaluations that address sustainability from the perspective of social well-being, environmental impact, and economic performance. She teaches Environmental Psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has collaborated on a library-based web resource on sustainable design, and at the New York School of Interior Design, where she is the Faculty Liaison for Community Service Collaboration. Additionally, she serves as the Board president of Projects for Environmental Health, Knowledge, & Action, Inc., a non-profit organization with a focus on emphasizing improving environmental health in human built environments. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "South Bronx Affordable Green Building Case Study: Green Performance"

Gediminas “Gedi” Mainelis, PhD., is Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University. Dr. Mainelis’ research has focused on various aspects of health-related aerosols, including development of novel bioaerosol collectors; analysis of factors affecting bioaerosol sampling, analysis and control; and integration of bioaerosol sampling with modern microbiological analysis techniques. In the past few years, Dr. Mainelis has expanded his research into nanoparticle exposure assessment, airborne delivery of anti-cancer drugs, indoor air quality in green buildings and use of robotic surrogates for exposure assessment. Dr. Mainelis is a recipient of CDC/NIOSH Career Award, Twinning Fellowship from the National Academy of Sciences, and Research Excellence Award from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences of Rutgers University. He is currently serving as Chair of the Health-related Aerosols Working Group of the American Association for Aerosol Research. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio DISCUSSION TOPIC: "South Bronx Affordable Green Building Case Study: Indoor Air Quality"

Richard Wener is Professor of Environmental Psychology at Polytechnic Institute of NYU in Brooklyn, New York. He received his doctorate in environmental psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research and teaching foci include the interaction of people and their physical settings and the impact of environmental design on behavior. He is especially well known for his post occupancy evaluations of green buildings, prisons, and public transit systems. Dr. Wener was recently a Fulbright scholar in Vienna, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Rutgers Center for Green Building. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Occupant Behavior in Green & Healthy Buildings"

Dr. Amelia Greiner is an Assistant Professor in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Her expertise is in the role health considerations play in land use decision making processes and how food risk, particularly seafood, is communicated in the news media. She has helped lead initiatives to evaluate the role health plays in zoning decision making in Baltimore, fostered collaborations among Departments of Health, Law and Planning for local land use decisions, co-founded a volunteer organization to raise the profile of the ways in which a zoning rewrite may impact health, and served as a public health liaison for an ecological restoration firm aiding them in water quality and environmental justice issues. She currently serves as the co-chair of the Education, Arts & Community Technical Advisory Committee for the STAR Community Index, a national framework and performance-management system that will allow local governments to measure and rate their sustainability performance. After studying English and Biology at Gustavus Adolphus College, she pursued an MS in Communication at Cornell University and completed her doctorate in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Discussion topic: Zoning for a Healthy Baltimore: Implications of the TransForm Baltimore HIA and discussion moderator

Dr. Caroline Fichtenberg is the Director of the Center for Public Health Policy at the American Public Health Association (APHA) and an Associate in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As Director of the Policy Center she leads a team that analyzes and translates public health policy issues to help inform public health practitioners and public health policy at all levels of government. Current areas of focus for the Center include health reform, health in all policies, climate change, health equity, and obesity. Prior to joining APHA in January 2011, she served as Health Policy Advisor for Senator Harkin in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where she analyzed and developed legislation on a variety of public health issues and helped monitor the implementation of the prevention elements of the Affordable Care Act. Prior to working on the hill, Dr. Fichtenberg served for two and a half years as the Director of the Office of Epidemiology and Planning for the Baltimore City Health Department and as Assistant Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health. She has worked and published on a wide range of public health issues including health disparities, sexually transmitted infections, tobacco control, chronic diseases, youth violence, and health impact assessment. She holds a doctorate in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, an M.S. in biology from Yale University, and an A.B. in molecular biology from Princeton University. Discussion topic: Health in all Policies: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations for Improved Health

Dr. Rachel Thornton is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a board certified pediatrician and public health researcher. Her research addresses racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care with an emphasis on childhood obesity. She is passionate about using public health research to inform policy-making. Her recent projects include serving as project director of a health impact assessment of Baltimore City’s comprehensive zoning code rewrite and conducting qualitative research examining parenting strategies and neighborhood influences on children’s diet and physical activity behaviors. From 2010-2011, Dr. Thornton spent worked full time at the Department of Housing and Urban Development on a variety of issues at the intersection of health, housing, and community development policy. Since returning to her faculty position in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, she continues to serve as a Health Policy Advisor to senior staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. After receiving her B. A. from New York University, Rachel received an M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed residency training in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics. Discussion topic: Establishing a Common Policy Foundation for Planning and Public Health Professional

Joseph Schilling, JD is the Assistant Director of the Metropolitan Institute, at Virginia Tech and leads their Sustainable Communities Initiative that investigates innovative ways of creating eco-sustainable neighborhoods and regions through better design, planning, and collaboration (www.mi.vt.edu). His research explores the design, implementation and transfer of innovative policies and programs through case studies, peer exchanges, and policy charrettes, covering diverse topics such as smart growth, active living, vacant property reclamation, sustainability, shrinking cities, and zoning code reform. As a founding member of the National Vacant Properties Campaign (www.vacantproperties.org), Professor Schilling facilitates strategic problem solving among federal, state and local officials, neighborhood groups, the housing industry, and community development practitioners to reclaim vacant properties and rebuild cities. Schilling led the Campaign’s assessment studies in Cleveland (2004), Dayton (2004), Buffalo (2006), Toledo (2008) and Youngstown/Mahoning County (2009). He is currently working with nonprofits in Philadelphia and Kansas City on vacant property strategies and also the code enforcement programs for New Orleans and Detroit. In the 2008 autumn edition of the Journal of the American Planning Association, Schilling and his co-author (and former UAP Graduate Assistant) Jonathan Logan set forth a new planning model for reconfiguring cities confronting the challenges of urban shrinkage (Greening the Rust Belt). He is currently part of a research team from Johns Hopkins University to design the nation’s first Health Impact Assessment of a local zoning code. Schilling chaired the April 2008 RWJF Active Living Research (ALR) Research Conference--Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions and in 2007 he completed two Active Living Research policy case studies on state and local land use planning strategies that promote the development of more physically active and healthy communities. Discussion topic: Planning and Public Health Collaborations—Lessons in Translation

Jennifer Cleary is a Senior Project Manager at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. With the center since 2000, Cleary’s current work is focused on understanding the green economy and how the education and training system is responding to the emergence of green jobs. Her previous work has involved documenting the changing skill and credentialing needs of employers in a variety of industries, as well as program evaluation research and technical assistance projects aimed at creating industry-focused talent networks, stackable credential systems, and other initiatives at the state, regional, and local levels. Cleary has over 10 years of experience in public policy research and 10 years of experience managing nonprofit and social service programs. Cleary earned her master’s degree from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the same school. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Preparing Workforce for Green Jobs: Recent Lessons" and DISCUSSION MODERATOR

Bob Grimmie is Director of the Center for Occupational Employment Information (COEI at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJLWD). The COEI is responsible for several key aspects of the state’s workforce investment strategy, including the coordination of the Talent Network initiative and partnering with various state agencies to facilitate the approval of post-secondary training schools operating in New Jersey. COEI also manages three technical resources that enable prospective students, from school age up through adult learner, to make informed decisions about their education. These resources are: the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), the online Consumer Report Card (CRC), and the New Jersey Career Assistance Navigator (NJCAN) website. Prior to joining the NJLWD in 2011, Bob spent 13 years in Human Resources with New Jersey-based corporations in the Financial Sector where he contributed in all areas of the human resource function with emphasis on recruiting and staffing, organizational development, as well as training and development. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "NJ’s Talent Networks"

Christina Herzog joined the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development in June 2009 as a Project Research Assistant, and is now a Project Director. Christina spent the past six years in the private sector, managing recruiting and placement teams, as well as networking and collaborating with human resource departments of numerous well-known national and international companies to develop and implement effective recruitment, placement, and retention strategies. Prior to her tenure in the private sector, she was an instructor for American Government and Public Policy courses for Washington State University’s Department of Political Science, as well as the Internship Coordinator for the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from Portland State University, and has completed all but her dissertation for a Ph.D. in Political Science from Washington State University. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "NJ

Dr. William Mabe, Director of Research and Evaluation at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, is responsible for managing and conducting multi-year and multi-site program evaluations that involve the collection and analysis of original qualitative and quantitative data as well as the analysis of unit record administrative data. Over the past eight years, Mabe has conducted independent formative and summative evaluations of twenty different workforce development and education programs, including K-12 and higher education initiatives and occupational training programs targeting low-income job seekers. He has used community college student unit record data to calculate the labor market outcomes of community college programs in New Jersey. He has also used student record data from New Jersey community colleges to conduct quasi-experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of various community college initiatives, including those designed to help students retain in college. Mabe earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University. His research interests include program evaluation, statistical methodology, and political economy. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Evaluation of Workforce Preparedness Programs"

The Congressional Quarterly has called David Rusk’s Cities without Suburbs “the Bible of the regionalism movement.” “A must read for all practicing local government officials, elected or appointed,” said the Government Finance Review of Rusk’s Inside Game/Outside Game. Rusk combines strong analytical skills with practical political experience. He is a former federal Labor Department official, New Mexico legislator, and mayor of Albuquerque, the USA’s 32nd largest city. Now a consultant on urban policy, Rusk has worked in over 120 US communities. Abroad, Rusk has lectured on urban problems in Canada, England, Germany, South Africa, and The Netherlands. He is president of the Metropolitan Area Research Corporation and national strategic partner of the Building One America movement. In July 2011, Rusk was a major presenter at the White House Forum on First Suburbs, Sustainability, Inclusion, and Economic Growth organized by Building One America. As a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC, he is preparing a fourth edition of Cities without Suburbs (forthcoming in winter 2012-13).Since 1991, he and his wife, the former Delcia Bence of Buenos Aires, Argentina, have lived in Washington, DC.

Jon A. Carnegie, AICP/PP, is executive director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and an adjunct member of the faculty at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. Mr. Carnegie has more than 18 years of experience in the fields of land use and transportation planning and policy at the municipal, county and regional level. He has been or currently serves as the principal investigator for a variety of research and planning projects involving a range of transportation policy topics. His experience includes managing research projects involving transit-oriented development; the relationship between land use and transportation; long-range vision planning; transportation capital finance; transportation equity; driver's licensing; workforce transportation options for low-income individuals and persons with disabilities; senior mobility; as well as transport security, emergency management and evacuation planning. In addition, in 2007, Mr. Carnegie was the lead instructor for six deliveries of the National Transit Institute's (NTI) Land Use and Transportation course around the United States. He also recently led the development of new NTI course on transit-oriented and joint development for the Federal Transit Administration. Discussion topic: Transportation and Climate Initiative: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States and discussion moderator.

Zenobia L. Fields is the Manager of Mobility Programs and Planning Analysis with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). Ms. Fields has been instrumental as the MPO’s project manager in the development of their VizTools product -- a set of web-based tools to help residents of northern New Jersey better understand the factors that influence transportation and quality of life in our region. The tools employ innovative approaches to visualization – putting data into visual form – including using maps, charts, images, video and interactive technology. One of the tools’ functions is allow users to assess current conditions from multiple perspectives using a variety of indicators to describe the livability of an area. Ms. Fields has a Bachelor’s of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning with concentration in Community Development from Virginia Tech. She has over ten years of diverse experience including capacity-building, asset planning, performance planning, urban design, transportation related design, data sharing, policy analysis and general community development. She has held positions with non-profits, government agencies, and private sector companies—including project work at the local, regional, state and federal level. Discussion topic: Using NJTPA ViZtools to Assess Livability

Jeffrey Raven is an architect and urbanist with over 20 years of US and international expertise in sustainable design, planning and policy and Principal of RAVEN A+U - Sustainable Architecture + Urban Design. His project work includes smart growth planning in Montclair and Middletown New Jersey, resilient urban design in India and Vietnam, Masdar carbon-neutral development in Abu Dhabi, green terminal design at Newark Liberty Airport, and adaptive re-use of the built environment. He is a technical advisor for the development of a sustainable framework for cities throughout the U.S. called the STAR Community Index and the Clinton Climate Positive Program for international developments. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia University and has been an instructor for The New York Times Knowledge Network. Mr. Raven lectures extensively, including The World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNEP, Cornell, NJIT and Cambridge University. He wrote “Cooling the Public Realm: Climate-Resilient Urban Design”, Resilient Cities (Springer 2011) and is currently contributing to the US National Climate Assessment, with focus on urban design and the built environment. Discussion topic: Sustainable Urban Design Performance Indicators

Dr. James W. Hughes is the Dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, having been appointed to that position in 1995. He has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In addition, since 1988 he has also been the Director of the Rutgers Regional Report which, during its 23-year tenure, has produced 35 major economic/demographic/housing studies on New Jersey and the New York region. In 2009, the name was changed to Advance & Rutgers Report, a new partnership forged with Advance Realty. Dr. Hughes is a nationally-recognized academic expert on demographics, housing, and regional economics, and was a contributing editor to American Demographics from 1982 to 1996. He is author or co-author of 33 books and monographs and more than 150 articles, generally focusing on housing, demographics and economic development patterns. Among these are The Atlantic City Gamble (published by the Harvard University Press), The Dynamics of America’s Housing, America’s New Market Geography, and America’s Demographic Tapestry: Baseline for the New Millennium (published by the Rutgers University Press). His articles have appeared in such journals as Scientific American, The Public Interest, Housing Policy Debate, Land Economics, Economic Development Quarterly, American Demographics and Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He has provided extensive budgetary and economic testimony before many New Jersey State Legislative committees, and has provided numerous policy briefings both in Washington and Trenton on demographics, housing and the economy.

Joseph J. Seneca is University Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He has taught at all levels of instruction throughout his career at Rutgers and has received numerous awards for exemplary teaching and public service. He was selected as 2002 Educator of the Year by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey. Between 1991 and 2003 he served as University Vice President for Academic Affairs. In this capacity he was the university’s chief academic officer. He directly supervised the deans of the eleven degree-granting schools on the New Brunswick Campus, the University Libraries, and several research centers. He was, for many years, the Chairman of the New Jersey Council of Economic Advisers.

Dr. Gerry Scharfenberger is the Director of State of New Jersey’s Office for Planning Advocacy (OPA). In that role, he oversees the operation of the OPA and develops and recommends policies and priorities designed to implement State planning policies, programs and practices. As Director of the OPA, Dr. Scharfenberger has spoken at numerous events sponsored by such respected planning organizations as the NJ Planning Officials, County Planning Association and Sustainable Raritan River conferences. He holds a master's degree from Hunter College and received his doctorate in 2005 from the CUNY Graduate Center with a dual focus on historical archaeology and cultural landscape studies. He currently is a member of the adjunct faculty of Monmouth University in West Long Branch. Gerry has been serving on the Middletown Township Committee since 2005. He is currently a member of the Middletown Township Committee where he has served as Mayor in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and Deputy Mayor in 2009 and 2006. Gerry has been a member of the Landmarks Commission since 1996, and currently serves on the Middletown Township Open Space Committee and the Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. He also serves on the Monmouth County Greenhouse Gas Reduction Committee. He served as the Township Committee's liaison to the Bayshore Dredge Committee in 2006, on the Zoning Board of Adjustment in 2003 and 2004 and on Governor-elect Chris Christie's transition team. He is also a member of the League of Municipalities legislative committee. Gerry has lived in Middletown for more than 17 years with his wife and their two children. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "State Strategic Plan"

Robert Bzik, AICP/PP is Director of Planning for Somerset County, where he directs the current and long range planning operations of the County Planning Board, including transportation, land development review, housing and demographics, natural resource and utility planning and intergovernmental coordination. In addition, he manages the professional staff assigned to the Office of Economic Development, County Agriculture Development Board, Cultural & Heritage Commission, Solid Waste and Energy Council, which helps maintain the attractiveness and competitiveness of the county as a prime living and business location. He is a licensed Professional Planner and member of the American Institute of Certified Planners with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics and City Planning from Seton Hall and Rutgers Universities. He has the distinction of being chosen recipient of the Johnson and Johnson Companies Harvard University fellowship to the JFK School of Government for Senior Executives and Planner of the Year by the New Jersey County Planners Association. He has served as past president of the New Jersey County Planners Association and New Jersey County Transportation Association and served on numerous statewide advisory committees, including the State Aviation Council, Scenic Byways Committee, and NJ Transit Rail Station Design Committee among others. He represents Somerset County on the Somerset County Business Partnership, North Jersey transportation Planning Authority and is a Board Member with the Municipal Land Center @ The College of New Jersey. Under his leadership, the County Planning Board has received numerous Planning awards from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, New Jersey Future, New Jersey Planning Officials, Downtown NJ and the National Association of Counties for a variety of smart growth plans and programs that serve as a model for all counties. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Somerset County’s Strategic Plan and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)"

Kayla Malsbury is an Assistant Planner for PlanSmart NJ and currently pursuing her Masters of City and Regional Planning at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Her work at PlanSmart NJ involves research and mapping analysis concerning a wide range of issues, including transportation, housing, social equity and economic development. She also supports the organization with membership recruitment and fund-raising efforts, as well as coordinating events such as conferences and award dinners related to planning in New Jersey. Kayla graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science degree in Community and Regional Planning from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. While there, she served as Vice President of the Student Planners Association and served on the Boone Planning Commission. She also received the North Carolina Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Outstanding Student category and was NCAPA’s 2011 Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Winner. During the completion of her degree, she worked as a planning intern at PlanSmart NJ. With particular skills in GIS software, her work often involved mapping and spatial analysis. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Industry Cluster and Infrastructure Needs Mapping"

Lizzie Browder is currently pursuing a Master’s in City and Regional Planning degree at Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and serving as a Payne Scholar at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce. Lizzie’s interests include urban economics, waterfront development and environmental management. Before moving to New Jersey, Lizzie attended DePaul University in Chicago, where she obtained a BA in International Studies and a BA in Geography, with concentrations in International Urban Development and Geotechnology. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "Industry Cluster and Infrastructure Needs Mapping"

Thomas Collins, Jr, J.D, P.P. is recognized statewide in land use, environmental and municipal law and is a licensed Professional Planner. Mr. Collins' devotes a substantial portion of his practice to land use, environmental, and real estate matters, "Mt. Laurel" cases, the New Jersey Highlands Act, and municipal law. Mr. Collins has extensive experience reviewing Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessments, "Form-Based Codes" and is experienced with all types of zoning and land use ordinances. He has extensive experience with State Plan, Highlands Regional Master Plan, COAH matters, NJDEP Wastewater Management Plan, and Sewer Services Area issues. He has brought his experience in land use and environmental law matters to licensed telecommunications companies and residential and non-residential developers. His planning background provides an added dimension to his legal expertise in land use law. Mr. Collins has been the Chairman of the Land Use Section of the New Jersey Bar Association and a Trustee of the Section. He is a member of the Institute of Municipal Attorneys and published an article, "The Revised Chapter 199 Individual Subsurface Disposal Regulation - The State's Largest Land Use Regulator Strikes Again" for their Municipal Law Review in December 1989. He also co-authored Chapter 42 "Municipal Land Use Law" of New Jersey Practice, West Publishing Co., 1995. Mr. Collins is a Member of the Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations and has lectured extensively on land use, municipal, and environmental law matters. A New Jersey Native, Mr. Collins received his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross, Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University Graduate School, and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School. DISCUSSION TOPIC: "The Law and State Planning"

Lucy I. Vandenberg, PP/AICP, is the Executive Director of PlanSmart. She has a broad background in land use planning, community development, housing, and urban revitalization. Lucy Vandenberg most recently served as Planning and Redevelopment Aide for Mayor Dana L. Redd in the City of Camden where she worked to create new energy-efficiency programs for the City and develop an abandoned properties strategy. Previous to this, Ms. Vandenberg was the Executive Director of the NJ Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) from 2003 until 2010, where she supervised a staff of 25. Ms. Vandenberg reviewed and approved municipal affordable housing plans and local land use ordinances for over 300 municipalities participating with COAH, the state agency established by the NJ Fair Housing Act of 1985 to implement the Mt. Laurel Supreme Court affordable housing decisions. Earlier in her career, she served as the Senior Policy Advisor for housing and urban revitalization in Governor James E. McGreevey’s administration. From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Vandenberg worked in the non-profit sector, serving as the Associate Director of the Housing and Community Development Network of NJ, a statewide association of affordable housing and community development organizations working to build communities. She is a licensed professional planner and has a master’s degree from Rutgers University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. Ms. Vandenberg is a member of the Board of Directors of Preservation New Jersey and was recently appointed by County Executive Brian M. Hughes to serve as a member of the Mercer County Open Space Preservation Board. DISCUSSION MODERATOR