Leadership in a Challenging Planning Environment

Bio: Recently Retired Director of Planning, City of Hernando, Mississippi Orion Planning Group, Partner

Education: MURP, University of Mississippi B.A., Philosophy, University of Mississippi

Key Publications: Planning Fundamentals for Mississippi Elected Officials 2004 Planning and Zoning in Mississippi 2003 Small Town Development in Mississippi; For Elements of Success 2001 National Policy Guide on Manufactured Housing, (Coordinating Editor)APA 2001

Other Publications: Numerous other articles on small town planning

Past Assignments: Frequent speaker at state, regional and national events.

Bio: 2004-present, Planning Director - Pima County Development Services Dept. Tucson, Arizona; 2010-present, Board member, Imagine Greater Tucson regional visioning project 2011-present, Chair, Arizona Association of County Planning Directors, previously Vice-Chair 2011-present, Dean's Advisory Council, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona 2008-present, Board member, Urban Land Institute, Southern Arizona group 2009-present, Vice-Chair, Friends of Planning (non-profit in support of University of Arizona graduate planning program) 2007-2009; 2001, 2003 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Arizona Planning degree program 2007-2010, member Arizona State Parks Board 2006-2009, Governor's Growth Cabinet 2001-2008, Co-Chair, Governor's Growing Smarter Oversight Council; 2003-2004 Principal Planner,(part time) URS Corp, Phoenix; 2000-2004 Planning Consultant, sole practitioner, Tucson; 2001-2004 City of Tucson Planning Commissioner; 1996-2000 Director - Arizona Preserve Initiative - Arizona State Land Dept. Phoenix; 1993-1996 Planning Director, Tucson Airport Authority; 1988-1993 Tucson Office Manager - Arizona State Land Dept.; 1984-1988 Principal Planner / Zoning Administrator, Pima County Planning Dept, Tucson

Education: MS Urban Planning, University of Arizona; BS Public Administration, University of Arizona

Key Publications: "Arizona Voters Reject Growth Limits, Open Space", with John Ditullio AICP, Planning Magazine, January 2001; "Growing Smarter Plus Provisions", with Corey Cox AICP, Arizona Planning, 2001; "Growth Management Comes to Arizona", with John DiTullio, AICP, Planning Magazine, February 1999

Past Assignments: National APA Conferences: 2011, 2007, 2003 (2), 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1989; Arizona Planning Association: 2012, 2010, 2006, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1989, 1985, 1983; Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute: 2006, others; Western Planner: 1993, 1991; Southwest Regional Planning Conference: 1991; State Bar Association/Arizona Planning Association Land Use Law Update: 2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996; Neighborhoods Arizona / Sustainable Growth: 2003; Various others

Bio: Mary Kay Peck is prinicipal of MKPeck Associates, a firm that specializes in planning and management services. Mary Kay brings 30 years of local government experience at the city, county and regional level to her practice. Mary Kay has 25 years experience as a planner and has served as a city manager and assistant city manager. She supervised one of the top rated development services center in the country and led an organization wide-sustainability effort that resulted in $1.6 million annual savings. From 1996 to 2005, she served as Henderson (NV) Director of Community Development. She joined the city in February 1995 as Zoning Administrator. During her tenure with Henderson, its population increased from 116,482 in 1995 to over 265,000. Mary Kay previously served as Planning Director for Gallatin County (Bozeman), Montana for 12 years. Prior to that, she was employed as Executive Director of the Dundee (Ill.) Area Intermunicipal Planning Committee in the Chicago suburbs. While President of the American Planning Association, Peck laid the foundation for the organization's first communication plan and led its first membership growth strategy, resulting in a 23% increase. She previously served as an APA Board Member and Chair of the Chapter Presidents Council.

Education: Mary Kay has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a bachelor’s degree in Urban Affairs from the University of Evansville, Indiana.

Past Assignments: Coordinator of and participant in Planning Directors training for APA TX chapter. Sessions included Innovative Sustainablity Efforts, Leadership Skills, The Role of the Planning Director, The Politics of Planning, How to Stretch Your Budget, Developing Big Picture Strategies, and A Culture of Continuous Improvement. Galveston, TX. Working Together--An International Perspective on Building a Development Services Center, Planning Summer School, Exeter, England. Chindia - Planning for the Next 500 Million--Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, Denver, CO. Trends - Entitlement Round-Up: Buzz Words, Hot Topics and Today's Trendiest Trends--ULI Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability--UNLV, Las Vegas, NV Sprawl: A Compact History--Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, Denver, CO

Bio: Mr. Siegel has 35 years of experience as an award-winning professional planner and manager for public and private sector planning and public works agencies, working on public and private sector projects locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. He provides innovative, collaborative, and outcomes-based planning and communications expertise on land use, transportation, visioning and strategic planning, community development, and infrastructure projects. He has led or participated in the creation of countless community plans, downtown and town center plans, comprehensive land use plans, and long-range planning and policy studies, each being given its own unique approach. Mr. Siegel is a skilled facilitator, enabling individual stakeholders, interest groups community groups, stakeholders, and decision makers to identify and agree upon community and project visions, guiding principles, plan implementation strategies, and approval criteria. He is committed to the building of quality communities, the application of smart growth and sustainable development principles, and enabling community interests to develop and carry out a collaboratively envisioned future. Mr. Siegel is active in the community and in his profession, and is in demand as a facilitator and problem-solver for complex planning issues nationwide. He recently completed his service to the national Board of Directors for the American Planning Association as Board member and President.

Education: Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, BA, Political Science & Urban Studies; The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, MCRP, City & Regional Planning

Key Publications: "Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change" for the Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program, 2010

Other Publications: Awards: Elected as Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP), 2008; National Planning Award for Excellence in Planning, Best Practice Category, American Planning Association ("Cool Planning" Handbook), 2012; Special Achievement in Planning, Oregon Chapter American Planning Association ("Cool Planning" Handbook), 2010; Distinguished Leadership Award by a Professional Planner (Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association), 2009; Leadership in Conservation Award, Trust for Public Land and the National Association of Counties (Regional Open Space and Natural Resource Management Plan, Washoe County, Nevada), 2009; Best Project, Arizona Chapter, American Planning Association (Florence Downtown Revitalization Plan, Florence, Arizona), 2009; Good Governance Award, League of Oregon Cities (Tigard Downtown Plan, Tigard, Oregon), 2005;

Past Assignments: Frequent speaking invitations to conferences held by the American Planning Association and professional organizations of related professions.