Invited Speakers

(* = confirmed)

Frank Alexander, Professor of Law, Emory Law School*
Dana Beach, Executive Director, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League*
Frank Benest, City Manager, City of Palo Alto, CA*
Kaid Benfield, Natural Resources Defense Council
Michael Beyard, Senior Resident Fellow for Retail Development, Urban Land Institute
Steven Bingler, President, Concordia, Inc.*
Brian Bochner, Senior Research Associate, Texas Transportation Institute*
Joe Brooks, Capacity Building and Civic Engagement, PolicyLink*
Robert Bullard, MD, Director, Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University*
Dan Burden, Founder, Walkable Communities, Inc.*
John A. Calhoun, President, National Crime Prevention Council*
Jim Capraro, Executive Director, Greater Southwest Development Corporation
Don Chen, Executive Director, Smart Growth America*
Judy Corbett, Executive Director, Local Government Commission*
Collette Creppell, Executive Director, City Planning Commission of New Orleans*
Michael Cummings, Washington State Dept. of Transportation*
Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention*
Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center*
Michelle Desiderio, Senior Product Developer, New Product Development & Technology, Fannie Mae Corporation*
Hank Dittmar, President and CEO, Great American Station Foundation*
Victor Dover, AICP, Principal, Dover Kohl and Partners*
Colleen Doyle, Director, Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Cancer Society*
Andres Duany, Principal, Duany Plater-Zerberk & Company*
Joe Duckworth, Partner, Arcadia Land Company*
Carlton Dufrechou, Executive Director, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation*
Jim Emery, MPH, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
Mark Fenton, Host of America's Walking, Connecticut Public Television*
Deputy Mayor David Fey, City of Minneapolis, MN
Professor Howard Frumkin, M.D., Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health*
Priscillia Geigis, Director, Massachusetts Community Preservation Initiative, winner of EPA's National Award for Smart Growth
Achievement for Community Outreach and Education*
Tom Gibson, Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, U.S. EPA*
Bob Glandon, Ph.D., Director, Planning and Special Services, Ingham County Health Department, MI*
Tom Gleason, Vice President, Public Relations for City of Stapleton, Inc.*
Reuben Greenberg, Police Chief, City of Charleston, SC*
Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Policy, Transportation and Community Development, Center for Neighborhood Technology*
Jim Harvey, Director of Planning, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission*
Charles McGhee Hassrick, Associate, Conservation Design Forum*
Alan Hoffman, Principal, THE MISSION GROUP*
Marla Hollander, Director, Leadership for Active Living, San Diego State University*
Len Hopper, FASLA, Director, Landscape Architecture Division, New York City Housing Authority*
John Horsely, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials*
Deborah Howe, Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
Tim Jackson, President, American Planning Association, Louisiana Chapter*
Rick James, Police Officer, City of Norfolk, VA*
Nicholas Javaras, Shelter Bay Retail Group*
Annetta Jenkins, Senior Program Director, Palm Beach County LISC
Stephanie Jennings, Program Manager, National Housing and Community Development, Fannie Mae Foundation*
Mark Johnson, Deputy Associate Under-Secretary, Office or Maritime and Land, Transportation Security Administration*
Mayor William Johnson Jr., City of Rochester, NY*
Leah Kalinosky, Regions and Smart Growth Project Coordinator, National Neighborhood Coalition*
Patricia Rincon-Kallman, Assistant Director, Planning & Development Dept., City of Houston, TX*
Fred Kent, President, Project for Public Spaces, Inc.*
Mary Kihl, Director, Herberger Center, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University*
Rich Killingsworth, MPH, Director, Active Living by Design Program Office, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill*
Andrew Kochera, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy Institute, AARP*
Kate Kraft, Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation*
Mark Kroeker, Chief, Portland Police Bureau, OR*
Bill Lennertz, Founder, National Charrette Institute*
Bruce Leonard, Vice President, Urban Investment Advisors LLC*
Don Leslie, Associate Dean, The Pennsylvania State University; Past President, ASLA*
Robert Liberty, Former Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Oregon*
Art Lomenick, Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company*
Councilmember Rafael Lopez, City of Watsonville, CA*
Chris Luz, Vice President, HNTB Corp.*
Kathleen Madden, Vice President, Project for Public Spaces, Inc.*
Alan Mallach, National Housing Institute*
Elissa Margolin, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists*
Frank Martin, President, Hidden Springs Community LLC*
Penny McCook, Senior Planner, Planning and Development Department, City of Fort Worth, TX*
Kathy McCormick, Senior Planner, Thurston Regional Planning Council*
Mayor Patrick McCrory, City of Charlotte, NC*
Councilmember Jake McKenzie, City of Rohnert Park, CA*
Paul Morris, President, American Society of Landscape Architects*
Jim Muldavin, Executive Director, California Center for Civic Participation and Youth Development*
Mary Nelson, CEO, New Bethel Life*
Edith M. Netter, Esq., Edith M. Netter and Associates*
Jo Patton, Director of Regional Affordable Housing, Business and Professional People in the Public Interest*
Michael Pawlukiewicz, Director, Environment & Policy Education, The Urban Land Institute*
Melinda Perrin, Executive Director, Conservation Research Institute
Mayor Bev Perry, City of Brea, CA*
Chuck Perry, Partner, Perry Rose LLC*
Rosalind Peychaud, Representative, Louisiana State Legislature; Director, Neighborhood Development Foundation*
Councillor Gordon Price, City of Vancouver, BC*
Governor-Elect Mitt Romney, State of Massachusetts
Karen Roof, Program Manager, National Association of County and City Health Officials*
Paul Rosenstein, National Representative, AFL-CIO
Richard Schieber, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention*
Joseph Schilling, Director of Community and Economic Development, ICMA*
Thomas Schmid, Ph.D., Senior Evaluation Specialist, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention*
Mark Schoeberl, Vice-President, State Advocacy and Health Initiatives, Department of Advocacy, American Heart Association*
Jill Schwartz, Marketing Director, American Farmland Trust*
Julie Seward, Director of State Policy, Local Initiatives Support Coalition*
Michael Sims, Principle Transportation Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments*
Ron Sims, Executive, King County, WA
Mary S. Smith, Walker Parking Consultants*
Robin Snyderman, Housing Director, Metropolitan Planning Council*
Lee Sobel, CB Richard Ellis, Inc.*
Ben Starrett, Executive Director, Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities*
Debra Stein, President, GCA Strategies, Inc.*
V. A. Stephens, Associate Director for Energy and Transportation, Council on Environmental Quality
Pat Stoner, Program Director, Local Government Commission*
Audrey Straight, Public Policy Researcher, American Association of Retired Persons*
Peter Swift, Swift and Associates*
Councilmember Oliver Thomas, City of New Orleans, LA
Terri Turner, Citizens Planning and Housing Association*
Maria Vegega, Chief, Safety Counter Measures Division, Office of Traffic and Injury Control Programs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration*
Mayor Keith Villere, City of Covington, LA*
Ken Weldon, Police Chief, City of El Monte, CA*
Felicia Young, Community Programs Team Leader, Office of the Human Environment, Federal Highway Administration*
Al Zelinka, AICP, RBF Consulting's Urban Design Studio*
Paul Zykofsky, Director, Transportation and Land Use Programs, Local Government Commission*