Shaping the New Metropolis

Bio: Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd is the President and CEO of MASCO, the area planner and service provider for the 23 institutions in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. MASCO offers its members land development and transportation planning, parking options, shuttle services and office space, group purchasing programs, telecommunications and child care. Previously, Ms. Swartz-Lloyd was Senior Advisor to the President of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She was also Principal in the BRF&G Consulting Group, advising clients in real estate, strategic planning and economic development. She had been President of Beacon Management Company and Executive Director of the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston. Ms. Swartz-Lloyd is currently on the Board of Directors of Lau Technologies and NAIOP, a founding member of Northeastern’s Center for Urban and Regional Policy, a founding member and the first president of the Massachusetts Women’s Forum, an overseer of the Boston Architectural College, a member of the Urban Land Institute’s infrastructure product council, an Honorary Board member of Dimock Community Health Center, and an Honorary Life Member of the International Economic Development Council. She has published and spoken internationally on topics ranging from transportation access, city planning and economic development to women in business and anchor institutions.

Education: Ms. Swartz-Lloyd holds a BA in government from Smith College and a Master of City Planning from Yale University.

Bio: Georgia is currently the Executive Director of the Oakland Business Improvement District. She was the past Interim Executive Director and Director of Economic Development for the Northside leadership Conference. Trained in Architecture, she worked in a professional design capacity at various architecture firms in Pittsburgh. Georgia has taught studio design courses at the University of Pittsburgh and she has taught continuing education courses focused on the planning and development of the City of Pittsburgh thru the Allegheny Intermediate Unit at the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.

Education: Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature and in Architectural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Past Assignments: Georgia has presented at a variety of conferences and forums including: Designing Cities Conference hosted by the National Association of City Transportation Officials; Anchor Districts Forum hosted by University Circle Inc; Legs to Stand On: 1st International Cross‐Diseases Conference on Lower Limb Care in the Developing World Forum, held in Accra, Ghana and hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Rotary International; The University of Pittsburgh: A Model of Community Engagement, hosted by the University Senate of the University of Pittsburgh; and Language of Architecture and Urbanism paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Bio: President, Campus Partners For Community Urban Redevelopment

Education: The Ohio State University, BSBA 1981 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MBA 1985

Bio: Chris Ronayne is President of University Circle Incorporatd, a non-profit community service corporation serving the University Circle anchor district in Cleveland Ohio. University Circle is comprised of over 40 non-profit education, medical, arts, and cultural institutions and is Ohio's fastest growing employment district. Ronayne is also the former Cleveland Planning Director and Chief Development Officer.

Education: MS in Urban Planning Design and Development, Cleveland State University BS in Business Administration, Miami University

Key Publications: Shaping the New Metropolis - Anchor Districts and the Corporations Serving Them