Visualizing Change

Bio: Georgia Sheridan has worked for the public and private sector as a planner in the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Sheridan recently joined the City of West Hollywood's Long Range and Mobility Planning Division where she is managing the City's Pedestrian & Bicycle Mobility Plan Update. Previous to working for West Hollywood, Ms. Sheridan managed planning and urban design projects at Torti Gallas. There her work focused on the linkages between urban design and economic development when crafting Downtown Master Plans, TOD Studies, and Design Guidelines for cities and transit authorities. Ms. Sheridan teaches "Visual Communication for Planners" at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and is a frequent speaker at planning and design conferences. She has written articles for Planetizen and Next American City, and co-created of The City R+D Project, a collaboration with GOOD to create innovative, informal think tanks around the country to develop creative solutions for the 21st Century City.

Education: B.A. Political Science, Emory University • Graduated Magna Cum Laude • Goodrich C. White Scholar M.A. Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles • Department of Urban Planning Fellowship • CAUPD Fellow

Key Publications: Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Rethinking the Streetscape: What's Next?” <http://www.planetizen.com/node/50519#comments>. Planetizen, July 2011. Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Checklists to Rethink the Streetspace.” <http://www.planetizen.com/node/41672>. Planetizen, November 2009. Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Rethinking the Street Space: Toolkits and Street Design Manuals.” <http://www.planetizen.com/node/39815>. Planetizen, August 2009. Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Rethinking the Street Space: Evolving Life in the Streets.” <http://www.planetizen.com/node/40066>. Planetizen, August 2009. Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Rethinking the Street Space: Why Street Design Matters.” <http://www.planetizen.com/node/39815>. Planetizen, July 2009. Hawkes, Amber and Sheridan, Georgia. “Freeloaders, Beware: L.A. Now Has Subway Turnstiles.” <http://americancity.org/daily/entry/1773/>. Next American City, August 2009.

Past Assignments: • "Visual Communication for Planners" UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, January 2011 - current • "Visual Communication for Planners" California APA Conference, Rancho Mirage, October 2012. • "Mixed Use: Perceptions and Realities" ULI/San Deigo, September 2011. • "Why Mixed Use Isn't Always the Answer" APA National Conference, Boston, April 2011. • "Drive By Urban Design: The LA Strip Mall" APA National Planning Conference, New Orleans, April 2010. "Why Mixed-Use Isn't Always the Answer" Mobius/AIA Dwell on Design Conference, Los Angeles, June 2010. • “Envisioning and Implementing the Next LA.” LA 2.0 Think Tank, GOOD Magazine, December 2009. • “The Space in Between: Redefining Street Design.” AIA Mobius/Dwell on Design Conference, June 2009. • “Planners Working in Design.” Guest Lecturer, UCLA Department of Urban Planning, Spring 2009. • “Design Literate: An Emerging Generation of Design-Oriented Planners.” California American Planning Association Conference, Fall 2008. • “3-D City Building Workshop.” FARMLAB, March 2008.

Bio: Mr. Payton is a Principal at Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. where he created and directs the 20-person West Coast office in Los Angeles. Before arriving in California, he co-directed Torti Gallas’s Urban Design efforts in their Silver Spring, Maryland office. Often called upon to work on politically sensitive sites, including multi-ethnic or racially diverse neighborhoods, Mr. Payton has led over 50 community design charrettes and participated in over 100. In every case, the effort is to engage the community with an understanding of both the reality of the present and possibilities for the future. Mr. Payton’s urban design efforts have been honored nationally with AIA Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design in 2002 and 2003, an AIA Housing Committee Award in 2004, and several Charter Awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism including one in 2012 for Wyvernwood a 70 acre redevelopment in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. His plan for the revitalization of Coast Highway in Oceanside, CA won a State of California APA award. Mr. Payton is currently working on TOD planning for the Westside Extension of the Purple Line along Wilshire Blvd in L.A., and a new Downtown plan for Santa Monica to enhance its walkablility and to accommodate a new light rail station. While at Torti Gallas he has been a Knight Fellow in Community Building at the University of Miami. Prior to joining the firm he served as a faculty member at The Catholic University of America, The University of Virginia, Rice University and Washington University in St. Louis

Education: Master of Architecture, Syracuse University Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University

Key Publications: "Designing New Transit Systems using a Transect-Based Model" in Proceedings of the ICE-Urban Design and Panning, September 28, 2012 with Amber Hawkes "Negotiating the Challenges of Transit-Oriented Development" in Land Development, a publication of NAHB, Summer, 2010 "Seeking Urban Parking Solutions," in Places, April, 2006 with Brian O'Looney

Other Publications: "The Metropolis versus the City" chapter in forthcoming anthology entitled Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents (Andres Duany and Emily Talen, editors) expected April 2013 "The Machine in the Garden City: Patrick Geddes Plan for Tel Aviv," in Planning Perspectives, Volume 10, Issue 4, 1995

Past Assignments: Mr. Payton is a frequent speaker at the Congress for the New Urbanism, the American Institute of Architects, the National Association of Home Builders and the American Planning Association, and the Urban Land Institute, among others.