Building the Ideal Planning Department

Bio: Jason is a principal planner and urban designer for Arlington County, Virginia. His career has focused on restoring suburban communities into vital pedestrian places through community engagement and high-quality urban design solutions. He held previous planning and urban design positions in Overland Park, KS, Leesburg, VA and West Des Moines, IA. Jason is the current Past Chair of the APA Urban Design & Preservation Division and serves on the APA Emerging Trends and Community Planning Assistance Team task forces.

Education: Bachelor of science in community and regional planning and master's of community and regional planning from the College of Design at Iowa State University

Past Assignments: NATIONAL APA EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS 2013 / Chicago – (accepted) Building the Ideal Planning Department, Fast Funny Passionate I, & Speed Dating for Planners - 2011 / Boston – Planners Guide to Reinventing the Suburbs, The Evolution of Urban Form, Emerging Topics in Retrofitting Suburbia, Reinventing Suburban Corridors, On the Road - 2010 / New Orleans – The Great American Suburb & Urban Design Reclaimed - 2009 / Minneapolis – Urban Design in the 21st Century - 2008 / Las Vegas – Is a Form-based Code Right for Your Community? & Urban Designers as Social Planners - 2007 / Philadelphia – Livable Communities - 2006 / San Antonio – Community Design REGIONAL APA EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS 2006 / Cincinnati (OH, KY & IN) – Architectural Standards STATE APA EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS Virginia 2012 - Is a Form-Based Code Right for Your Community?, Retrofitting Suburban Corridors / Kansas 2010 – What Your Planning Professors Forgot to Teach You / Kansas & Iowa 2009 – Guiding Redevelopment with Form-based Codes / MO/KS 2008 – Form-based Code Mini-Course / Virginia 2008 – Form-based Code Mini-Course Virginia 2006 & 2007 – Form-based Codes & Architectural Standards Michigan 2006 – Design Guidelines & Sustainability National Building Museum 2006 – Sustainable Communities HUD Sustainable Housing Conference 2010 – Transformative Suburban Development

Bio: John Maximuk is the Deputy Director of the Livable Communities Coalition in Atlanta, Georgia. With 50 member organizations, the Livable Communities Coalition brings together a diverse group of citizens, organizations, institutions, and businesses that all share a determination to promote smart growth in the metro Atlanta region. John is responsible for policy development and project management at the Coalition. John’s experience is based in work in the Boston, Washington, and Atlanta regions. With time spent in local government, consulting, and the non-profit sector, John has focused on the role of design in planning. Other interests include smart growth, facilitation, planning management, and public participation. John currently serves on the Board of Citizens for Progressive Transit in Atlanta and served as Chair of the APA’s Urban Design and Preservation Division from 2006 to 2008.

Education: Master of Regional Planning Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1994 B.S. Environmental Geography Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1992

Key Publications: Where Does Design Fit In? Planning Magazine, December 2007 “Density plans carry economic, transit benefits” for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 7, 2007 "Quality of Planning Dictates Quality of Development" for the Patriot Ledger Newspaper, January 19, 2002 “A Closer Look at the New Improved Washington Street" for the Braintree Forum Newspaper, April 25, 2001 “Braintree Town-wide Transportation Plan” for the Braintree Forum Newspaper, May, 2001

Past Assignments: Moderated the APA Conference Session "Urban Design for the 21st Century," April 2009. Co-produced and presented Georgia APA Conference Session "Planning in a Downturn Economy," March 2009. Produced and moderated the 2008 APA Conference Session: “Incorporating Urban Design in Local Planning, April 30, 2008. Co-Presented the Georgia APA Conference Session, “Inventory and Health Impact Analysis of Mixed Use Developments in Metro Atlanta” Georgia Planning Association, September 2007 Ball Ground, Georgia Town Center Charrette Facilitator, July 2007 Roswell, Georgia Town Center Charrette Facilitator, January 2007 Produced and Moderated Georgia APA Conference Session, “Negotiation” Georgia Planning Association, October, 2006 Produced and Moderated the Georgia APA Conference Session, “Role of Urban Design in Local Public Planning” Georgia Planning Association, October 22, 2003

Bio: •1988 to present - Planning Director, City of Champaign, Illinois. Responsible for leading an eleven person, two division department in achieving its mission to engage in responsible and responsive planning to enhance the quality of life in the community by promoting the wellness of existing neighborhoods, protecting property values by encouraging compatible development, and providing for the future growth and stability of the City of Champaign. •1997 to present – Adjunct Lecturer, University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning. •1984 to 88 – City Planner/Assistant Director of Community Development, City of Liberty, Missouri. •1981 to 84 – Associate Planner, Urban Planning Division, City of Iowa City, Iowa. •1979 to 81 – Planner/Program Analyst, Community Development Block Grant Division, City of Iowa City, Iowa.

Education: 1977 - Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, Iowa State University. 1984 - Master of Arts in Public Affairs, University of Iowa.

Past Assignments: APA Illinois Chapter Conference "Does the New Normal Impact the Old Ethics?" APA Illinois Chapter Conference "Building a Sustainable Community" 2012 APA National Planning Conference "Managing Complex Relationships in Planning" 2011 APA National Planning Conference "Reinventing Planning Departments for Economic Survival" Tuesday's at APA "Sustaining Places"