Welcome to the 2017 LOCUS Leadership Summit: P3 is for Partnerships, Placemaking, and Policy. This year, LOCUS is joining forces with Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council as well as the Federal Transit Administration’s National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development Technical Assistance Initiative to come together for a dynamic conversation. By bringing together developers, investors, local leaders, and transit-oriented development staff from across the country we have a unique opportunity to discuss how the public and private sectors can work together to create vibrant and equitable walkable communities.

The Leadership Summit is designed to give you a unique opportunity to connect with the many people who are making walkable real estate development happen and learn from top experts in the field. Our agenda is packed with presentations and breakout sessions exploring creative financing tools, best practices, effective state and local policy, and more. We are also honored to welcome Clyde Holland, CEO of Holland Partners as our 2017 keynote speaker.

During the Summit LOCUS will also present our annual Leadership Awards, recognizing real estate developers and investors who have displayed leadership and commitment to LOCUS’ mission. We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2017 LOCUS Leadership Awards: Stanford Carr, Founder of Stanford Carr Development, will be recognized with our Developer of the Year award; North American Properties – Atlanta will be recognized with our Company of the Year award; and Buwa Binitie of Dantes Partners will be recognized with the Richard Baron Award for Affordable Housing. In addition, Larry Bijou of Bijou Properties will be recognized with an Honorable Mention.

We are very grateful to the Federal Transit Administration, HRS Communities, the Barr Foundation, and our LOCUS Steering Committee for their generous support and sponsorship of the summit.

We are pleased you could join us in Washington for what promises to be an engaging and exciting event.

Sincerely,

Jair Lynch, Christopher Coes President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Vice President for Real Estate Policy and and President, LOCUS External Affairs, Smart Growth America and Director, LOCUS

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Full agenda

Monday, June 13, 2016

5:00 pm LOCUS Steering Committee meeting. Smart Growth America, 1152 15th St. NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC

5:00 pm TOD Peer Network welcome and TOD walking tour Hyatt Place Arlington, 2401 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA

TOD Peer Network members are invited to join an informal walking tour of a suburban neighborhood transformation with Metrorail stations in the heart of the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor of Northern Virginia, nationally-acclaimed as a model for suburban transformation through TOD. The tour will conclude in restaurant-rich the Clarendon area, and suggestions for dinner will be provided.

6:30 pm LOCUS Steering Committee and special guests dinner (tickets required) Tabard Inn, 1739 N Street NW, Washington, DC

Monday, April 24, 2017

7:30 am Registration opens The National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045

8:00 am Networking and deal-making breakfast (Ballroom)

9:00 am Welcome (Ballroom)

Speakers: • Christopher Coes, Vice President for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America, and Director, LOCUS • Jair Lynch, President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, and President, LOCUS • Geoffrey Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America • Mayor Madeline Rogero of Knoxville, TN and Chair, Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council

9:30 am Opening plenary: P3 is for Partnerships, Placemaking, And Policy (Ballroom) What can P3s do for equity, affordability, and small business retention? How can P3s assist communities facing displacement from redevelopment? What are federal agencies doing to support this work, and what can Americans expect in future programs?

Speakers: • Paul Morris, President & CEO, Atlanta Beltline

• Robert Tuccillo, Associate Administrator for Budget & Policy, Federal Transit Administration • Moderated by Dennis Allen, Founder and Partner, Urban One

10:15 am From Distressed to Promising: Addressing Today’s Challenges to Neighborhood-level Economic Development and Placemaking (Ballroom) How can local leaders and real estate developers integrate public input and private capital to address challenges in urban and suburban neighborhoods?

Speakers: • Shannon Morgan, Senior Vice President, HRS Communities • Deon Gordon, Director of Business Growth, REV Birmingham • Moderated by Carol Naughton, President, Purpose Built Communities

11:15 am Breakout Sessions

Track 1: Smart Growth America's Local Leaders Council (East Room) The Local Leaders Council is a national, nonpartisan network of elected and high- level appointed decision-makers in local government who are passionate about using smart growth to build great communities. Join this session to learn and ask your questions about federal policy that may impact your community. Open to all registrants.

Moderated by Sarah Absetz, Program Manager, Smart Growth America

Track 2: TOD Peer Network (West Room) The National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development Technical Assistance Initiative, a project of the Federal Transit Administration administered by Smart Growth America, provides state and local leaders with new ideas, resources, and capacity for building transit-oriented development. Join this session to meet fellow members of the Peer Network and hear what the TOD Technical Assistance Initiative has planned for the coming year. Restricted to TOD Peer Network members only.

Moderated by Geri Rosenberg, Program Associate, Smart Growth America

Track 3: LOCUS Real Estate Professionals Roundtable (Ballroom) Designed for real estate industry professionals to discuss upcoming federal legislation, policy, and organizational initiatives. Open to all registrants.

Moderated by Jair Lynch, President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, and President, LOCUS as well as Christopher Coes, Vice President for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America, and Director, LOCUS

12:00 pm Networking lunch (Ballroom)

12:20 pm Project presentations (Ballroom) How do real life projects intersect with the concepts of partnerships, policy and placemaking? Where can our audience of developers, investors, local leaders, and TOD planners provide input or posit solutions? What makes them particularly reflective of regional community?

§ Project Presentation 1: Lee Goldstein, Project Manager, Government of the District of Columbia, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

§ Project Presentation 2: Larry Hopper AICP, Principal Planner/Planning Manager, EMBARK, Oklahoma City, OK

§ Project Presentation: Sue Schwartz FAICP, Planning Department Director, City of Greensboro, NC

TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3 Partnerships Placemaking Policy

First Amendment Lounge East Room West Room

1:15 pm Transforming Are you the next Five local policy communities now: The “Amazing Place”? The changes to attract role of federal policy on New Recipe for economic and local catalytic Economic Development equitable development development success Mayor Jacob Day, Speakers: Salisbury, MD; and John Hempelmann, Speakers: Hon. Christopher Founding Partner & Richard Baron, Co-Founder Zimmerman, Chairman, Cairncross & and Chairman, McCormack Vice President for Hempelmann; Baron Salazar; Economic Development, Daniel Schned, Federal Catherine Sloss Jones, Smart Growth America Transit Administration President and CEO, Sloss Office of Budget & Real Estate; Policy; Moderated by Chris Moderated by Paul Leinberger, Chair, Center for Bernard, Vice President, Real Estate and Urban Enterprise Advisors at Analysis, George Enterprise Community Washington University Partners, Inc.

2:15 pm Beyond P3s: How to The new walkable From policy to make a project viable suburbs: Transformation Implementation: the when public/private to amenity rich do’s and don’ts to partnership is not enough neighborhoods achieve affordable Speakers: Speakers: TOD Salin Geevarghese, Director Don Monti, Founder and Speakers: of the Mixed-Income CEO, Renaissance ● Melinda Pollack, Vice

Innovation and Action Downtowns; President, Enterprise Network, Center for the Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, Community Partners; Study of Social Policy; Burnsville, MN; Mike Kingsella, Executive Bob Stevens, President, Moderated by Brandon Director, Oregon Stevens & Associates; Craig Palanker, Founder, 3BL LOCUS; Moderated by Miskovich, Director and Strategies Justin John, Program Practicing Attorney at Analyst, Office of Budget Downs Rachlin Martin and Policy, Federal Transit Administration LLP, and a principal for M&S Development Moderated by Calvin Gladney, MOSAIC Urban Properties

3:00 pm Closing Plenary (Ballroom)

Presentation 1: Getting the most out of transportation funding: Perspectives for local leaders on working with state governments from a developer/local leader/state transportation commissioner

Introduction by Beth Osborne, Senior Policy Advisor, Smart Growth America

Speaker: John Schroer, Commissioner of Transportation, State of Tennessee

Presentation 2: Solving the National Housing Crisis

Introduction by Christopher Coes, Director, LOCUS and V.P. for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America’

Speaker: Clyde Holland, CEO and Chairman, Holland Partner Group

4:25 pm Adjourn

5:00 pm Cocktail reception and awards ceremony (Holman Lounge)

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

MORNING PROGRAM 1 LOCUS Federal Real Estate Policy Forum

8:30 am Capitol Hill networking breakfast Russell Senate Office Building, Kennedy Caucus Room (SR-325)

9:00 am Welcome

9:05 am Real Estate Industry Leader Roundtable An in-depth conversation among real estate industry leaders regarding the opportunities and impediments in federal policy based upon the experiences of local government and private sector. Speakers: • Doug Bibby, President, National Multifamily Housing Council • Marion McFadden, Vice President of Public Policy, Enterprise • Jair Lynch, President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners and President, LOCUS • Moderated by Geoff Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America

9:35 am From Budget to Tax Reform: What Does it Mean for Real Estate Development With major infrastructure and tax proposals being debated on Capitol Hill, this session will feature two panels of key Congressional staff representing House and Senate authorizing, appropriations, and tax committees. Each panel will discuss different perspectives of the legislative process as it affects walkable real estate development, and take your questions.

Panel #1: Tax Reform and Housing • Kara Getz, Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee • Artie Mandel, Policy Advisor to Senator Maria Cantwell

Panel #2: Transportation and Infrastructure • Beth Osborne, Policy Advisor, Transportation for America • Devon Barnhart, Senate Commerce Committee

10:30 am Closing remarks Speakers: • Jair Lynch, President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, and President, LOCUS • Christopher Coes, Vice President for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America and Director, LOCUS

11:30 am White House visit (Steering Committee and invited guests)

MORNING PROGRAM 2 TOD Peer Network field study This portion of the agenda is reserved for members of the National Public Transportation/Transit- Oriented Development Technical Assistance Initiative Peer Network

7:45 am Convene in hotel lobby Hyatt Place Arlington, 2401 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA

8:00 am TOD field study and walking tour of Shirlington, VA See a highway-adjacent former suburban strip and “big-box” shopping center, now transformed as a compact, mixed-use district anchored by a bus transit center. Arlington's Shirlington Village includes residents, offices, theater, restaurants, hotel, civic and public facilities all within about 26 acres, with bus, bike, and pedestrian connections to nearby neighborhoods and Metro stations.

11:30 am Lunch options at Union Station

AFTERNOON PROGRAM Open to all registrants

1:00 – 4:00 pm TOD Walking Tours

H Street NE The H Street Corridor showcases major regeneration in a streetcar corridor. In just the last few years H Street has become of the most energized corridors in the city, straddling a modern streetcar line connecting to Washington's Union Station. Though the streetcar has been running for just one year, the corridor began attracting new businesses in anticipation for several years prior to operation and continues to grow today.

Mt. Vernon DC Washington DC’s Mt. Vernon Triangle neighborhood is a major downtown revitalization near the core of the regional Metro system. Mt. Vernon Triangle is not just a central business district area anchored by the DC Convention Center, but also a place that more than 5,000 residents already call “home” and 16,000 people live within 0.5 miles. Though it is chock full of brand new luxury apartments and condos, it also incorporates options for senior and affordable housing.

About the Summit hosts

LOCUS LOCUS, Latin for “place,” is a national coalition of real estate developers and investors who advocate for sustainable, walkable development in America’s metropolitan areas.

As experts in the field with a unique understanding of America’s real estate challenges and needs, LOCUS members’ are a key voice in the debate over federal real estate policy. With more than 300 members with projects in 48 states, LOCUS members are working to create better opportunities for economically and environmentally sustainable development across the country.

Matching policy with market demand Policy and regulation have a major impact on the type, and location, of development, yet current policies no longer meet the needs of today’s real estate market. National surveys of both consumers and developers show that what many real estate investors see first-hand isn’t just a passing aberration: In the past decade especially, there has been a strong shift in demand for walkable, transit-accessible neighborhoods. That demand will likely continue to rise as the Millennial generation claims a greater percentage of the country’s overall workforce, and as Baby Boomers look to move to smaller homes in more walkable places.

Real estate, which represents over 35 percent of the country’s financial wealth, played a major role the last economic crisis and can play an equal if not greater role in building prosperity for the future. We must ensure that federal investments promote reflect this. Making sure that government policies and regulations account for market realities is the first part of that.

Advocate for smart growth development As real estate developers and investors, LOCUS members bring decades worth of hands-on experience and expertise to discussions about how America can create more jobs, increase property values, and provide sustainable economic growth. LOCUS serves as a crucial voice in guiding federal and state policy at the intersection of common business sense and environmental and social responsibility.

Local Leaders Council Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council is a nonpartisan group of municipal officials who share a passion for building great towns, cities, and communities.

Representing diverse communities of all sizes from across the United States, members of Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council are using smart growth strategies to help their hometowns compete and grow in today’s economy, generate better return on taxpayer investment, provide transportation and housing choices for their residents, and create vibrant places where people want to live, work, and play.

The Local Leaders Council shares and promotes effective policies and programs with fellow elected officials across the country. The Council supports those who are implementing smart growth strategies and advises Smart Growth America about how state and federal decisions affect local communities.

TOD Technical Assistance Initiative The National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Assistance Initiative is a project of the Federal Transit Administration administered by Smart Growth America that provides on-the-ground and online technical assistance to advance equitable TOD, improve access to employment, and build new economic opportunities for local communities.

The Initiative is designed to help elected leaders, transit agencies, real estate developers, and community members build more TOD projects across the country through on-site technical assistance, a Peer Network, and digital resources.

As part of that work, the Initiative launched TODresources.org, a digital hub for information and resources related to transit-oriented development.

The Initiative has also awarded two rounds of free technical assistance workshops. The first round was awarded in April 2016 to Stamford, CT; Honolulu, HI; Moline, IL; Louisville, KY; Kansas City, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; San Antonio, TX; Richmond, VA; and Lynnwood, WA. In December 2016, the second round was awarded to Birmingham, AL; Omaha, NE; Albuquerque, NM; Charlotte, NC; and Tacoma, WA.

Representatives from those technical assistance engagements are invited to join the TOD Peer Network, a group of planning, transportation, and public officials from across the country who are working on TOD projects. The Peer Network launched in July 2016, and we are proud to welcome members of the Network to the LOCUS Leadership Summit this year.

13 LOCUS staff

Jair Lynch President, LOCUS [email protected] | 202-207-3355

In addition to serving as President of LOCUS, Jair Lynch is the President and CEO of Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners. Lynch assumes primary responsibility for firm management and project coordination, and is committed to developing a quality product and superior service. That commitment has produced distinctive urban mixed-use projects for investors and a distinguished list of public, private and non-profit clients.

Lynch has more than 20 years of experience in public and private real estate as an investor and advisor, including projects in the Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Since founding the firm in 1998, he has completed more than 60 projects totaling 3.5 million square feet of development in DC, with an additional 1.6 million square feet in his development pipeline. These include urban infill residential, commercial, retail and institutional projects involving new construction, renovation, historic preservation and mixed-use development programs, and the first LEED Gold and Silver certified public buildings in DC. He is a driving force for urban regeneration, working in walkable urban places to empower people, develop place and create prosperity.

Lynch received a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering, and Bachelors of Arts in Urban Design from Stanford University, and attended Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

Christopher Coes Director, LOCUS V.P. for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America [email protected] | 202-207-3355 ext. 136

Christopher Coes is the Vice President for Real Estate Policy and External Affairs, Smart Growth America, and the Director of LOCUS.

In this role he has lead LOCUS and Smart Growth America's national and regional efforts on a range of issues including securing over $20 billion in transit-oriented development and local infrastructure financing in the recent federal transportation legislation, FAST Act. Under Christopher’s leadership, LOCUS has grown to become a national leader tackling some of the toughest challenges facing the smart growth real estate industry today, including the Attainable Housing and Social Equity Initiative which assists local communities to develop place-based, market driven strategies aimed at encouraging economic growth while ensuring

accessibility and social equity in great walkable urban places. Prior to joining LOCUS, Christopher served as a consultant for government affairs and campaigns at M+R Strategic Services. As a consultant, Christopher worked with various clients including Transportation for America – a broad, diverse and unprecedented coalition advocating for a national vision for a 21st century transportation system. For nearly three years, Christopher served as Transportation for America’s Senior Campaign Advisor and Deputy Director. In addition to his work on transportation and real estate issues, Christopher brings over seven years of experience in government relations, political advocacy and electoral campaigns. Christopher currently serves as an active member of Urban Land Institute and serves as Treasurer and Board of Directors Director od African American Real Estate Professional of DC.

Christopher received a BA/MA in Government and Politics from St. John’s University, specializing in Public Administration and International Relations.

Monica Parikh Deputy Director, LOCUS [email protected] | 202-207-3355 ext.156

Monica Parikh is the Deputy Director at LOCUS. Parikh is responsible for expanding the LOCUS’ network of real estate developers, investors, and advocates, and serves as a national policy strategist to help bring together leaders in the responsible real estate industry.

Prior to joining LOCUS, Monica served as a principal and consultant for real estate advisors to institutional investors, Parikh has created investment strategies, negotiated advisory agreements, designed risk management standards, supervised securities registration and compliance. She has led industry benchmarking, accounting and valuation, performance measurement and reporting initiatives. Parikh was also the executive director of an innovative global health non-profit in telemedicine, securing global health grants, presenting at prestigious global health technology conferences, and implementing administrative protocols in rural health clinics in Uganda.

Kira Hibbert Program Associate, LOCUS [email protected] | 202-207-3355 ext.156

Kira Hibbert is the Program Associate at LOCUS. Kira is responsible for conducting research and analysis projects, developing LOCUS’ policy positions, and coordinating the work of our member coalitions. She also provides support to the many Smart Growth America programs including the National Brownfields Coalition.

Prior to joining LOCUS, Kira was a Research Assistant at the Penn Institute for Urban Research where she worked on several grant-funded projects that focused on demonstrating technical and market solutions to boost energy efficiency for small and medium sized buildings nationwide.

Kira holds a Masters in City Planning from University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Science in Economics from Stetson University.

Cornelius Fletcher Communications Intern, LOCUS [email protected] | 202-207-3355 ext. 187

Cornelius Fletcher a Communications & Research Fellow with LOCUS. He joined the organization in 2016 and is responsible for the daily communications between LOCUS Developers and its partners. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Norfolk State University and a MPP from Howard University.

Summit speakers

Sarah Absetz Program Manager, Local Leaders Council, Smart Growth America

Sarah Absetz is the Program Manager for the Local Leaders Council, a nonpartisan group of municipal officials who share a passion for building great towns, cities, and communities. Sarah joined Smart Growth America as a fellow in April 2012. She holds a BS in Natural Resource Management and an MA in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware.

Dennis Allen Founder and Partner, Urban One

Dennis Alles is a founder and partner in Urban One, a boutique Los Angeles based firm that specializes in the management of complex urban development projects for public and private clients. Dennis is responsible for strategic oversight, operations, and development management efforts for the firm. His focus is on sourcing and providing value for complicated urban development and infrastructure projects by bringing his vast skill set and connections to each challenge. He is passionate about building out the urban form of cities across the US and creating more lasting, walkable environments.

Dennis has also held leadership positions for development companies Holland Partner Group, Zidell Yards, and The Kor Group. He has over 15 years of real estate finance and development experience and has managed the financing, entitlement, and construction of over 1,000,000 square feet of residential, retail, and office development, with values in excess of $500,000,000. He was also the founder and Executive Director of Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc., a non-profit formed to build a modern day streetcar system in Downtown Los Angeles.

Dennis is a graduate of the University of Southern California¹s Marshall School of Business. He is a national leader in the advocacy of compact, walkable development and is the current Vice-Chair of the Urban Land Institute's Northwest district council and a steering committee member for LOCUS / Smart Growth America. Dennis also sits on the Boards of Los Angeles Streetcar Inc, Portland Streetcar Inc, and Southwest Charter School.

Geoffrey Anderson President and CEO, Smart Growth America

Geoffrey Anderson is the President and CEO of Smart Growth America. Named by Partners for Livable Communities as “One of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Sustainable Community Planning and Development,” Geoff came to his current position after eight years heading the Smart Growth Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Geoff helped to found the smart growth movement as one of the authors of the foundational 10 smart growth principles. With an extensive list of publications, Geoff has served as an expert witness in front of the U.S. Congress, has been interviewed and cited by the New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Fox News, NPR, and numerous other outlets and publications. As a regular conference speaker, Geoff has provided assistance to numerous communities across the country including in-depth work in Cheyenne, WY; Prince George’s County, MD; and the flagship smart growth project Atlantic Station in Atlanta, GA. Geoff received his Master’s Degree from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment with a concentration in Resource Economics and Policy.

Richard Baron Co-Founder and Chairman, McCormack Baron Salazar

Richard D. Baron is co-founder and chairman of McCormack Baron Salazar, a leading urban real-estate development company focusing on revitalizing neighborhoods throughout the United States. The firm, founded in 1973, redevelops blighted areas and areas of concentrated poverty into economically-integrated communities. The firm has been closely involved in the formation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood Programs and, under those programs, has revitalized over 30 former public housing sites into thriving, economically-integrated, safe communities. The firm has also received allocations of New Markets Tax Credits, which have been used for economic development, provision of social services, healthy food initiatives, educational investments and job creation in revitalizing communities.

In addition to his leadership of McCormack Baron Salazar, Mr. Baron was the co-founder and co-chairman of the Vashon Education Compact, a partnership of the St. Louis Public Schools and major corporations, and he is the founder and developer of The Center of Creative Arts (COCA), in University City, Missouri. In 2003, he established the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania.

In October 2004, Richard Baron received The Urban Land Institute J.C.

Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. The Nichols Prize was established by the Nichols family in 2000 to recognize individuals whose career has demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards of responsible community and real estate development.

Mr. Baron is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of California-Berkeley, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. He has been awarded honorary degrees from Oberlin College and St. Louis University and received the Medal of Achievement Award from the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Design.

Paul Bernard Vice President, Enterprise Advisors, Enterprise Community Partners

Paul serves as vice president of Enterprise Advisors at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. He joined Enterprise in April 2015 and leads the organization’s national advisory platform.

Prior to joining Enterprise, Paul held a number of senior roles in government and the private sector, including senior vice president at Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) where he led the company’s Investment Advisory practice. He was also a principal and division head at MunieMae (NYSE: MMA), managing growth and operations for approximately $1 billion in institutional capital. In past years, Paul held senior positions at the city of Detroit, where he was appointed by Mayor Dennis Archer as the director of Planning and Development and a member of the Economic Development Cabinet, and at Public Financial Management (PFM), where he was a senior managing consultant for federal, state and local municipalities and public authorities on traditional and alternative financing initiatives.

Paul holds a master's in public policy from Harvard University, and an MBA and bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

Doug Bibby President, National Multifamily Housing Council

Douglas M. Bibby is President of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), a national organization of more than 1,100 member firms involved in the multifamily housing industry. Under his leadership NMHC represents the industry on Capitol Hill and before the regulatory agencies, promotes research and the exchange of information, and advocates for rental housing across a broad spectrum of issues. Prior to joining NMHC, Bibby spent 16 years as a senior officer of Fannie Mae,

where he served on the company’s Management Committee throughout his tenure. He was part of the top management team that is credited with the remarkable turnaround at Fannie Mae in the book Good to Great.

Bibby began his career with the worldwide communications firm J. Walter Thompson where he served a variety of clients both domestically and internationally over his 12-year career with the company. At the time of his departure from J. Walter Thompson, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the firm’s Washington, D.C. operations. Bibby has been active in the non-profit community of Washington, D.C. for the past 30 years.

Bibby graduated from Denison University with a B.A. degree and was honored with the university’s Alumni Citation Award in 2004. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mayor Jacob Day Mayor of Salisbury, MD

Jacob R. Day, Assoc. AIA is Mayor of the City of Salisbury, after serving a term as President of the City Council. He was first elected at the age of 30 with 72% of the vote and unanimously elected President on a platform of placemaking, positivity and restoring pride to the City. Jake has spent his career revitalizing downtowns and making them more vibrant, livable places. He has worked for the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, most recently as the Director of the Center for Towns. The Center for Towns is a program utilizing design, planning and implementation assistance to establish vibrant, sustainable small cities and towns on the Eastern Shore. Jake has worked for Partners for Livable Communities, Becker Morgan Group and Design Collective helping to redesign and revitalize communities. Jake earned a Master of Science in Nature, Society & Environmental Policy from Oxford University where he graduated with distinction for his dissertation. He also earned a Master of Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Maryland.

Salin Geevarghesec Director, Mixed-Income Innovation and Action Network

Salin Geevarghese is the founding Director of the Mixed-Income Innovation and Action Network. The Network works to improve, accelerate and better track the progress of the national effort to create equitable mixed-income communities. Geevarghese is based a the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) in Washington, DC

where he will also serve as a Senior Advisor on issues related to housing and community development as a platform for building thriving communities. The network will improve, accelerate, and track the progress of the national effort to create equitable mixed-income communities.

Geevarghese most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of International and Philanthropic Innovation at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Calvin Gladney Managing Partner, Mosaic Urban Partners

Calvin Gladney is the Managing Partner of Mosaic, a public-private partnership strategist, real estate developer, and trusted advisor to organizations seeking to sustainably transform urban communities. Over the past three years, he served as a development advisor to projects with projected development costs of over $1B and totaling more than 5M square feet of planned development. He currently serves as a development advisor to Oakland, California's Mayor and economic development team on urban revitalization issues facing the city. He has worked on urban redevelopment and Transit-Oriented Development projects in emerging neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD; the District of Columbia; Prince George's County, MD; Oakland, CA and San Francisco, CA.

Calvin is also an accomplished public speaker on urban redevelopment, public private partnerships and entrepreneurship, and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Masters in Real Estate Program where he co-teaches a class on real estate entrepreneurship.

Calvin graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, received his B.S. from Cornell University and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He is a member of Urban Land Institute's national Public/Private Partnership Council (Blue Flight) and a member of the Executive Committee of ULI's Washington, D.C. District Council.

Lee Goldstein Project Manager, DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development

Lee Goldstein works as a Project Manager with the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED). Mr. Goldstein oversees a portfolio of real estate projects, including implementation of the New Communities Initiative, a District government program with a goal of redeveloping four DC public housing

communities comprised of 1500 units into over 5,000 units within mixed-income communities while preserving public housing, increasing other affordable housing, and providing human capital services and community amenities to improve quality of life for residents.

Prior to joining DMPED, Mr. Goldstein served in the D.C. Mayor’s Capital City Fellows Program, a premier leadership, policy, and management program providing rotational assignments within the District Government. Mr. Goldstein worked at the DC Office of Planning, where he helped an interagency team launch Sustainable DC, the Mayor’s comprehensive plan to make Washington, DC the greenest, healthiest, and most livable city in the nation. Mr. Goldstein transitioned on to work at the DC Department of Housing and Community Development, where he managed implementation of a $3 million federal planning grant designed to create economic development opportunities for residents and businesses in Congress Heights, Anacostia, and St. Elizabeths East.

As a Project Manager, Mr. Goldstein negotiates land disposition agreements, underwrites “gap financing” loans, works to garner community input on design and development programs, and interfaces with a myriad of stakeholders to steward projects through City Council and Zoning Commission approvals. Mr. Goldstein is a graduate of The George Washington University (BA’09/MPA’10). Mr. Goldstein also holds a Housing Development Finance Certification from the National Development Council, serves on the Program Committee for HAND (Housing Association of Non-profit Developers), and is a member of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development’s Loan Committee.

Deon Gordon Director of Business Growth, REV Birmingham

Deon Gordon serves as the Director of Business Growth for REV Birmingham, an economic development agency dedicated to place- based revitalization and small business growth. Prior to joining REV in March 2015, his career path spanned over a decade to include various launches and involvements in online entrepreneurial ventures; the web/software startup, Chronicle Studio; and its related tech consultancy.

In February 2017, Gordon led the launch of REVeal Kitchen in The Pizitz Food Hall, a restaurant incubator designed to offer low-cost, proof-of- concept opportunities for aspiring restaurateurs. He proudly serves on the boards of the Railroad Park Foundation, Birmingham Artwalk, Growing Kings, the Commercial Development Authority of the City of Birmingham, and is also a member of the American Heart Association’s

Communications and Marketing Coordinating Committee. Gordon is the recipient of the 2017 A.G. Gaston Award for Outstanding Community Service and, in the same year, was recognized during the 17th Annual Salute to Outstanding African-Americans by the Birmingham NAACP. Deon is an avid fan of House of Cards, Outkast, and people who use the Oxford comma.

John Hempelmann Founding Partner, Cairncross & Hempelmann

John Hempelmann is one of the founding partners of Cairncross & Hempelmann, a full service Seattle law firm. He is the Chair of the ULI national Transit Oriented Development Council. John has over 40 years of experience and is recognized as one of the premier land use, natural resources and real estate development attorneys in the state of Washington. He has worked extensively to help form the legislation that governs Washington’s land use law. John focuses on helping clients develop and build walkable urban communities connected to high capacity transit. He is on the Nation Steering Committee of LOCUS, a national coalition of real estate developers and investors who advocate for sustainable, equitable, walkable urban places.

Mr. Hempelmann has been involved in many innovative projects, including landmark commercial, mixed-use, hotel, residential and institutional urban developments; major open space, conservation and TDR transactions in Washington and Maine and development of Suncadia (Washington’s first master planned resort). John is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Land Use & Zoning and Real Estate Litigation.

Clyde Holland Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Holland Partner Group

Clyde Holland is responsible for the strategic direction of Holland Partner Group, which actively in develops, redevelops, constructs acquires, and manages multifamily communities in some of the Western United States’ most sought after investment markets. In the aggregate, Holland Partner Group’s projects total over 25,000 units of housing and $7.5 billion (USD) in transaction value. Prior to establishing the Holland Partner Group, Clyde served as the West Coast Group Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Residential (TCR).

Within the multifamily industry, Clyde has taken a significant lead in the development of new multifamily product concepts focused on high- density, urban in-fill opportunities located to leverage public transportation. He has been recognized by the industry for excellence in

urban planning and design, and his work has received numerous awards from the Urban Land Institute, the National Multi-Housing Council and Multi-Family Executive.

Larry Hopper Planning Manager, EMBARK

Larry Hopper is a certified planner (33+ years) experienced in economic revitalization, urban planning, transportation planning, and both bus and rail planning. The Planning Manager for EMBARK in Oklahoma City since 1999, he managed the streetcar-related Alternatives Analysis (AA) and the 2013 TIGER II planning grant and more. He is still involved in the streetcar project, and Larry was also the lead planner on the region's 2030 "Fixed Guideway Transit Plan" that recommended commuter rail, BRT, downtown streetcar, a transit hub, and more.

In terms of land use, he has been involved in local TOD planning and many aspects of the siting and land planning for EMBARK’s Downtown Transit Center. Previous to his work in transit, he was the staff lead planner on projects such as Bricktown warehouse district revitalization on the east side of the Downtown, managed the Citywide trails Plan, exterior design review in commercial districts, and more. He played a key role in helping establish TIF in the Oklahoma statutes and assisted in adoption of OKC’s first TIF district. He has written many zoning code amendments and reviewed many planned unit developments. Active in local ULI activities and various nonprofits, he also serves on the Board of Visitors of the planning school of the alma mater where he earned his Planning Master's degree: the University of Oklahoma

Braggadocio trivia? Youngest one in Oklahoma to have become an AICP, earned back at age 26.

Justin John Program Analyst, Office of Budget and Policy, Federal Transit Administration

Justin John is a Program Analyst in the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Office of Budget and Policy. He provides oversight for FTA’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Assistance Initiative, a project that began in 2015 to assist local communities regarding TOD activities around transit stations and along transit corridors. In addition, Justin conducts research on TOD around bus rapid transit systems. When not working on TOD, he assists in implementation activities regarding the FAST Act and MAP-21.

Prior to FTA, Justin worked in the U.S. Transportation Secretary’s office

where he assisted on pedestrian and bicycle initiatives and research and a non-governmental organization where he provided research on global bus rapid transit systems as well as poverty reduction and economic development.

Justin is a graduate of Temple University and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Catherine Sloss Jones President and CEO, Sloss Real Estate Company

Catherine Sloss Jones serves as president and CEO of Sloss Real Estate Company, Inc., a, multi-disciplined real estate development and management firm founded by her grandfather in 1920. Under her leadership, the company focuses on urban development and revitalization of the city center and on renewal of the community. Cathy and her company have been committed to redeveloping historic buildings, constructing new buildings that honor their surroundings, and providing planning services to others throughout the region. Significant projects have included, the purchase and renovation of the abandoned Dr. Pepper syrup plant, Cathy turned a once blighted area into a vibrant mixed-use district widely recognized as the premiere design center in Birmingham. Her company also acted as co-developer of Park Place, Birmingham’s first HOPE VI project, expanding the project from the original six city blocks of 60’s era dense public housing into a twelve block mixed use, mixed income community.

An active member of the Urban Land Institute, Cathy has served on the Inner City Council and as a faculty member of the Daniel Rose Fellowship working with mayors across the United States. She currently chairs the Alabama Urban Land Institute chapter. She is on the steering committee for LOCUS, a national organization advocating for sustainable, walkable urban development in America’s metropolitan areas. She created and manages The Market at Pepper Place, a nationally recognized public market, and has been on the Farmers’ Market Advisory Board of the Ford Foundation.

In 2007 and 2008, Cathy pursued graduate studies at Harvard University, first as a Loeb Fellow and then as a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Design. In addition to honing her expertise in sound design principles and green buildings, she used her time at Harvard to study innovative models for mixed-income and mixed-use neighborhoods. Since returning to Birmingham, she has applied that knowledge to her interest in developing locally-based food sources, the revitalization of urban centers and the overall health of the community.

She has received numerous awards including, Birmingham Businesswoman of the Year, 2002 (Birmingham Business Journal), Women Who Make A Difference Award, 2013 (Birmingham News/AL.Com), ULI Atlanta Award for Excellence for her work at Pepper Place and Executives of Influence, 2015 (Birmingham Business Journal)

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz Mayor of Burnsville, MN

Elizabeth B. Kautz is was elected Mayor of Burnsville, MN, in 1994 and is currently serving her 22nd year as mayor.

She recently served as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and now serves as a Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee and Trustee. She is the Chairperson for the Council of Regents at St. Mary’s University and serves on the Board of Directors for Greater MSP, the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, and the Local Government Advisory Committee to the EPA Administrator. She is also the co- founder of the Regional Council of Mayors and represents Burnsville on numerous local, regional, state, and national boards.

Mayor Kautz received her Master’s Degree in Counseling and Psychology from the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago, IL and was awarded an undergraduate degree in theology with a psychology focus from the St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN. Mayor Kautz was one of the first women to serve as a Professional Minister within the Catholic Church as Pastoral Minister.

Mike Kingsella Executive Director, Oregon LOCUS

Mike Kingsella is the Executive Director of Oregon LOCUS, the first state chapter of Smart Growth America’s coalition of responsible developers and investors. Oregon LOCUS supports state and local policy that enables and promotes the development of dense, walkable neighborhoods that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.

Outside of Mike’s role with Oregon LOCUS, he serves as Development Manager with Holland Partner Group, a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment organization focused on developing mixed-use communities in core urban infill and transit-oriented locations. Current assets under management and development represent $7.5 billion across 25,000 apartment homes located throughout the Western United States. At Holland, Mike is responsible for managing entitlement processes and negotiating public private partnerships on large-scale,

mixed-use, mixed-income, urban-infill and transit-oriented development projects. In addition, he leads the team’s efforts on developing middle- income residential properties. Mike is a published author and speaker on commercial real estate finance and investment, and has more than 12 years of experience in commercial real estate investment, capital markets, and asset management. He has a Bachelor of Science in Community Development and Real Estate Development, cum laude, from the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University in Portland, OR. He is a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), sits on the Transit Oriented Development Product Council, and is an active member of LOCUS, a program of Smart Growth America, NAIOP, and the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Christopher Leinberger Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar & Research Professor; and Chair, Center for Real Estate & Urban Analysis, George Washington University

Christopher B. Leinberger, former President of LOCUS, is a land use strategist, teacher, developer, researcher and author, balancing business realities with social and environmental concerns. Mr. Leinberger is the Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar and Research

Professor and Chair of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at the George Washington University School of Business. He is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program in Washington DC, and a founding partner of Arcadia Land Company, a New Urbanism and transit-oriented development firm based in Philadelphia.

His most recent book is The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream. He is the author of Strategic Planning for Real Estate Companies and has contributed chapters to 12 other books. Leinberger was voted one of the "Top 100 Urban Thinkers" in a 2009 poll conducted by Planetizen, the international urban planning website. He was the 2010 William H. Whyte Urbanism Award winner by Partners for Livable Communities. Leinberger is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Harvard Business School and lives in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.

Marion McFadden Vice President of Public Policy, Enterprise

Marion Mollegen McFadden serves as vice president of public policy at Enterprise. Previously, she served as deputy assistant secretary for Grant Programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Housing (HUD). At HUD, she oversaw affordable housing and community development programs, including the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships program, the Housing Trust Fund, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and CDBG Disaster Recovery funds, including the recent National Disaster Resilience Competition grants. In this role she formed and facilitated multiple public-private partnerships, including with the Rockefeller Foundation to support communities planning for disaster resilience, with the Silicon Valley-based company GitHub to bring tech education and resources to residents of public housing, and with the nonprofit organization KaBOOM! to create a design competition to retrofit cities and other built spaces to accommodate play for better health of residents.

Marion holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from Howard University School of Law (2000) and a B.A. from Northwestern University (1994).

Craig Miskovich Director and Practicing Attorney, Downs Rachlin Martin LLP, and Principal for M&S Development

Craig Miskovich, Esq. is a director and practicing attorney at Downs Rachlin Martin LLP, and a principal for M&S Development. As a principal for M&S, Craig focuses on the redevelopment of historic downtown properties and has an in-depth understanding of New Markets Tax Credit financing marketplace. He is a founding member of the Brooks House Development Group, which redeveloped the Brooks House, an 80,000 sq. ft. building in downtown Brattleboro, VT. Additionally, Craig has closed various NMTC deals ranging from Greek yogurt facilities in Arizona to paper manufacturing plants in the Northeast Kingdom.

M&S Development has presented at numerous conferences including the Vermont Development Conference, CNU New England Summit, and for various economic & regional development organizations.

Don Monti CEO, Renaissance Downtowns

Donald Monti, CEO of Renaissance Downtowns, has over 40 years of diverse experience covering all aspects of the real estate spectrum having played a major role in the development, construction and management of 80+ development projects. Renaissance has become the branded leader in the holistic and comprehensive development of suburban downtowns with a focus on mixed-use and transit oriented development. The Company is Master Developer in numerous projects throughout the Northeast, with a total development value in excess of $10 Billion along with along with a pipeline of 10,000 plus residential units. The Company was recently designated as Master Developer for the Nassau Coliseum Hub redevelopment site, which represents Nassau County’s largest tract of redevelopable land.

Mr. Monti has been quoted in numerous nationally respected media sources as an expert in downtown revitalization and been a keynote speaker / panelist at numerous national conferences, including the CNU Annual Congress, Railvolution, American Planning Association, California Downtown Association, Wharton Real Estate Summit at the NYSE, Private Equity Real Estate Annual Forum, and Vision Long Island amongst others. Mr. Monti is a member of the ULI, the APA and the CNU, along with several other leading organizations in the real estate industry. He has also been heavily involved in community affairs, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Don Monti Memorial Foundation and being honored as Man of the Year by the American Red Cross.

Shannon Morgan Senior Vice President HRS Communities and Home Renewal Systems

A housing expert and experienced leader, Shannon has a diverse real estate background specializing in residential real estate, rehabilitation, land acquisition, and development. With a focus on projects that promote sustainability, urban revitalization and a sense of place, Shannon’s work includes developing master-planned communities, traditional developments, production homebuilding, and high scale mixed-use developments.

In 2006, Shannon joined Crosswinds Communities and with her mentor Bernie Glieberman assisted in the launch of Home Renewal Systems, a legacy company owned by Glieberman’s daughter Tracy Katzen created to address the emerging specialized needs of distressed communities during the foreclosure crisis. Working with 18 Michigan and Ohio communities, the team created compliance support systems for

partners to implement HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program, providing support to communities to acquire, demolish, restore, build, and sell homes with a customized menu of services gaining national recognition for this work.

A third generation realtor, Shannon’s expertise includes detailed knowledge of the complex financing options needed to execute large- scale development projects. This includes state and federal finance tools such as HOME, CDBG, Historic Rehab, Urban Renewal and Revitalization, FHA 236 Scattered Site, Brownfield, LIHTC, and other tax credit programs. She has worked on award winning projects within urban areas and communities in numerous states throughout the country.

Shannon is a board member of the Michigan Community Development Association, a member of the Women’s Leadership Committee of the Urban Land Institute, a graduate of the Larson Center for Leadership in Detroit 2013, graduate of the George Washington University Place Based Strategic Planning and Walkable Urban Development program, a member of the national Policy committee for LOCU/Smart Growth America, as well as the local coordinator for LOCUS as they develop a Michigan chapter. Shannon is a strong advocate for walkable urbanism and transit-oriented development.

Paul Morris President and CEO, Atlanta BeltLine

Paul Morris is President & CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., where he leads Atlanta’s most comprehensive revitalization effort, one of the largest redevelopment initiatives in the United States. This $4.8 billion program is providing parks, trails and transit linking mixed use development and affordable housing to achieve sustainable revitalization of 45 in-town neighborhoods. Paul’s career has spanned 25 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries, including, prior to the Atlanta Beltline, serving as Deputy Secretary for North Carolina’s Department of Transportation where he led transit, rail, and bike/pedestrian networks, complete streets, transit oriented development, public-private partnerships, and the State’s sustainability blueprint. Carol Naughton President, Purpose Built Communities

Carol Naughton has been a leader in comprehensive community revitalization for more than 20 years and was a founding staff member of Purpose Built Communities. In her role as President, she is responsible for leading the consulting teams that support revitalizations in 16 cities, as well as the teams currently vetting opportunities in 35 additional cities, including several in metro Atlanta. She ensures that clients are

focusing their time and resources on the highest impact activities in their respective neighborhoods and serves as the primary public spokesperson for Purpose Built Communities at conferences and events around the country. The work she has led has been recognized as uniquely successful by many, including Warren Buffett, Ben Bernanke, the White House Office of Neighborhood Revitalization, the Urban Land Institute, Mutual of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, the Education Trust, the Low Income Investment Fund, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank and the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Education.

Carol serves on the Board of Directors of the Low Income Investment Fund, the Board of Advisors of the Build Healthy Places Network, the national steering committee of LOCUS, and is an alumnus of the 2016 class of Leadership Atlanta. She is a graduate of the Emory University School of Law and was Executive Editor of the Emory Law Journal, and graduated cum laude with an AB in Political Science from Colgate University.

Beth Osborne Director, Transportation for America Technical Assistance

Beth is the Director of Transportation for America’s Technical Assistance. She was previously at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. At USDOT, Beth managed the TIGER

Discretionary Grant program, the Secretary’s livability initiative, the development of the Administration’s surface transportation authorization proposal, and the implementation of MAP-21. Before joining USDOT, Beth worked for Sen. Tom Carper (DE) as an advisor for transportation, trade and labor policy, as the policy director for Smart Growth America, and as legislative director for environmental policy at the Southern Governors’ Association. She began her career in Washington, DC in the House of Representatives working as a legislative assistant for Rep. Ron Klink (PA-04) and as legislative director for Rep. Brian Baird (WA-03).

Brandon Palanker Vice President of Marketing & Public Affairs, Renaissance Downtowns

Brandon A. Palanker is a renowned thought leader on the subjects of downtown revitalization, mixed-use development and public engagement strategies. Brandon was a key member in the launch of Renaissance Downtowns, the northeast’s branded leader in the redevelopment of urban-suburban transit oriented downtowns, including his role as co-creator of the company’s Unified Development Approach™ and innovative Crowdsourced Placemaking program.

During his tenure at Renaissance Downtowns, Brandon led new business development efforts in addition to public affairs and community engagement. Brandon was instrumental in garnering community support and municipal entitlements for over $10 billion of mixed-use development, representing over 10,000 residential units and nearly 20 million square feet of development potential. These successes occurred in some of the nation’s highest barrier to entry and NIMBY markets, demonstrating the potential for comprehensive public engagement based upon the ideals of social, environmental and economic responsibility (the Triple Bottom Line).

In 2015, Brandon formed 3BL Strategies to further his mission of catalyzing Triple Bottom Line revitalization for communities and regions across the country. 3BL integrates local placemaking and land use with regional infrastructure, transportation and public policy. This cross-silo approach supports the implementation of local and regional placemaking and development strategies that improve quality of life through improved quality of place, spurring job creation and sustainable economic development.

In January, 2017, Brandon moved to Dallas, TX to join forces with Scott Polikov as a member of the Gateway Planning team. He and Scott are teaming up to form a new real estate development entity, GP Development, to leverage Brandon’s experience as a Master Developer of walkable urban-suburban downtowns with Gateway’s proven ability to unleash economic and social value through integrating urban design, town planning, infrastructure and public-private financing strategies.

Brandon has long been an active member of LOCUS Responsible Developers, working with their Steering Committee on policy positions and recommendations. A Graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, CA, Brandon has strived to combine social responsibility with business success as demonstrated by his designation as Small Business Person of the Year by the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce during his time as President of Networked Now, LLC.

Melinda Pollack Vice President, Transit-Oriented Development & Market Leader Enterprise Community Partners

Melinda Pollack is vice president of transit-oriented development and Denver market leader at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. She oversees Enterprise’s national initiatives dedicated to transit-oriented development (TOD) and Enterprise’s programmatic work in the Denver region.

Melinda joined Enterprise in 2007 to focus on TOD financing solutions and policy efforts for the Denver region. Through this effort, she guided

the creation of the Denver Regional TOD Fund, which has grown to be a $24 million tool for preservation and land acquisition for affordable housing. She founded and serves on the steering committee of Mile High Connects, a collaboration of more than 20 philanthropies and nonprofits dedicated to ensuring that all people benefit from the Denver region’s transportation expansion, with an agenda focused on transportation, housing, jobs, education and health.

In addition, Melinda leads Enterprise’s work in state and local policy and the Denver Social Impact Bond (SIB), one of the first city-level SIBs in the United States to address chronic homelessness. She supports Enterprise’s equitable TOD initiatives in our markets including Seattle, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta. She also works with Enterprise’s technical assistance team, supporting federal contracts including DOT’s Ladders to Opportunity and HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative.

Prior to joining Enterprise, Melinda was vice president for strategic initiatives at Mercy Housing, providing consulting services related to affordable housing for health care systems and religious communities and leading Mercy’s affordable housing preservation activities. Melinda holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and human services from The George Washington University and a master's in public administration from the University of Colorado.

Mayor Madeline Rogero Mayor of the City of Knoxville, TN

Madeline Rogero was elected the 68th mayor of the City of Knoxville on November 8, 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office. Mayor Rogero is dedicated to promoting a vibrant local economy, strong neighborhoods, a high quality of life, a thriving downtown and a greener Knoxville. She believes Knoxville's strength comes from the diversity of its people and the beauty of its natural resources.

During the past 35 years, Mayor Rogero has served Knoxville as a community development director, county commissioner, non-profit executive, urban and regional planner, community volunteer, and neighborhood champion. Prior to joining the City of Knoxville, Mayor Rogero was a consultant to Capital One Financial Corporation's Community Affairs office and to America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth, founded by General Colin Powell. She was executive director of Knoxville's Promise - The Alliance for Youth, Dolly Parton's Dollywood Foundation, The University of Tennessee Community Partnership Center, and the Coal Employment Project.

Mayor Rogero has a B.A. in Political Science from Furman University in

Greenville, South Carolina, and a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Tennessee.

Geri Rosenberg Program Associate, Smart Growth America

Geri Rosenberg is a Program Associate on the Policy Development & Implementation team at Smart Growth America. Geri joined Smart Growth America in 2016 and currently works on engagement with coalition members, the Local Leaders Council, the TOD Peer Network, and USDA Rural Development. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies and Psychology.

Daniel Schned Policy Analyst, Office of Budget and Policy, Federal Transit Administration

Daniel Schned is a Policy Analyst in the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Office of Budget and Policy. In this role, he analyzes, develops, and implements existing and proposed policies, regulations, and guidance. His work specializes on the FTA’s policies, programs, and initiatives related to real estate and value capture financing strategies, including transit-oriented development and joint development. Before coming to work for the FTA, Mr. Schned was a Senior Transportation Planner at Regional Plan Association, an urban planning and policy think tank in New York. He earned a master's degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers University and bachelor’s degree in geography from Macalester College. Mr. Schned hails from Minneapolis, MN and currently lives in Washington, DC.

John Schroer Commissioner of Transportation, State of Tennessee

John Schroer was appointed Commissioner of Transportation by Governor Bill Haslam in January 2011. He is the 29th commissioner of the state agency that oversees a statewide transportation system including highways, rail, airports, waterways, and transit. During his tenure, Schroer has made safety a priority, creating new programs and initiatives like Quick Clearance, Protect the Queue, and the nation’s first Traffic Incident Management Training Facility.

A former school board member, Commissioner Schroer has continued his commitment to education by implementing Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Reconnect for employees who want to continue their education. The Commissioner says his proudest

accomplishment to date has been supporting 173 TDOT employees who went back to school to get their GEDs.

Under Commissioner Schroer, TDOT has remained debt-free and he has saved taxpayers more than $457 million dollars by reexamining and reducing the scope of projects from wants to needs. With current funding challenges, he is focused on the difficult and expensive task of preserving and extending the life of our existing transportation infrastructure. He serves as Vice President of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, (AASHTO), an organization composed of peers from all DOTs across the nation, and is Chairman of the Fast Act Implementation and Reauthorization Steering Committee, the Strategic Management Committee and the Transportation Policy Forum.

Schroer received a bachelor’s degree in business from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Franklin with his wife, Marianne, and they have three children and one grandson.

Sue Schwartz Director, Planning, City of Greensboro, NC

Sue Schwartz, has been a professional planner for more than 30 years. Most of her career has been working with neighborhoods to facilitate reinvestment in their communities. She has won numerous awards for her redevelopment efforts. She was the Project Manager for Southside, an infill Traditional Neighborhood Development of the edge of Greensboro’s downtown which received multiple national awards and recognitions including: The Sierra Club in 2005 in its “Building Better: A Guide to America’s Best New Development Projects” report; US EPA the 2004 Smart Growth Award for Built Projects, and American Planning Association’s Outstanding Planning Award for Implementation in 2003.

She was also instrumental in focusing attention on East Market Street in Greensboro, which was once the hub of the African-American business district in the city that had been the subject of urban renewal in the 1950’s and 60’s. These efforts included bring a team of volunteer planners to the corridor for 5 days of workshops and meetings with the community. As a result the East Market Street Development Corporation was created, at $12.5 million streetscape and traffic management project was implemented and $2.5 million in redevelopment funds were committee to the area to leverage private investment.

In 2011 Schwartz was named Planning Director for the City of Greensboro, NC where she oversees a staff of 30+. She has a B.S. in Geography and Urban Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and a

Master of Arts from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Bob Stevens Principal, M&S Development President and Founder, Stevens & Associates

Bob Stevens, P.E., CNU, LEED AP is a professional engineer, a principal for M&S Development and the president and founder of Stevens & Associates with over 25 years of experience leading teams in a variety of projects and disciplines. As a principal for M&S, Bob directs professionals to organize and guide business leaders, institutions, and communities to redevelop and revitalize main streets & downtowns. His knowledge of New Markets Tax Credits, Federal Historic Tax Credits, grants, equity, and debt enable him to identify project needs and develop sound solutions.

Robert Tuccillo Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy Federal Transit Administration

Robert J. Tuccillo was named Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy on May 6, 2003. He joined FTA in June 2002, as Deputy Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy. Mr. Tuccillo oversees a team responsible for policy development, strategic and program planning, program evaluation, budgeting, and accounting. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer for FTA. Mr. Tuccillo has served in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in a series of increasingly responsible positions. As senior program examiner in OMB's Environment Branch since 1993, he was responsible for analysis and development of budget, legislative, regulatory and management policy for a broad range of high-priority environmental programs of the Environmental Protection Agency. More recently, he helped formulate the Administration’s policies on climate change. He previously served in similar OMB posts relating to the Departments of Interior and Education. Prior to his assignments at OMB, Mr. Tuccillo as an analyst at the U.S. Department of Education dealing with student aid programs.

Christopher Zimmerman Vice President for Economic Development, and Director of the Governors’ Institute on Community Design, Smart Growth America

Christopher Zimmerman is Smart Growth America’s Vice President for Economic Development, and Director of the Governors’ Institute on Community Design. Much of his work focuses on the economic and fiscal impact of development policies on localities and regions. Prior to joining Smart Growth America, for two decades Chris was heavily involved in planning, development, and transportation policy in Arlington County, VA and the greater Washington, DC region. This included work as a neighborhood and civic leader, as a planning commissioner, 18 years as a member of the Arlington County Board, and 13 years on the Board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as well as other regional transportation agencies. Prior to his service as an elected official, Mr. Zimmerman was Chief Economist at the National Conference of State Legislatures. He holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Economics from The American University.

2016 LOCUS Leadership Award recipients

Since 2012, LOCUS Developers: Responsible Developers and Investors has presented our National Leadership Award to developers or investors who demonstrate exemplary commitment to furthering LOCUS’s mission of public leadership and advocacy in support of smart growth development. This year, we are proud to announce the winners of LOCUS’ Leadership Awards.

Developer of the Year Stanford Carr, Stanford Carr Development

Stanford Carr is president of Stanford Carr Development, LLC where he oversees an extensive portfolio of projects ranging from master-planned communities to resort-style living to affordable housing. As a local and Western national recognized leader in business, Stanford is known for building communities on a foundation of family living, the spirit of the islands and respect for the land. With decades of accomplishments in architectural design and community development, Stanford’s vision consistently captures the possibilities and opportunities that exist in designing projects and developing land.

Born and raised on Maui, Stanford understands the responsibility he has as a leading developer to build Stanford Carr, President of thoughtful homes that work collaboratively with the Stanford Carr Development, communities and needs of those individuals living in them. LOCUS Developer of the Year Stanford Carr Development is responsible for some of the most recognizable residential communities in Hawai’i, including The Hawai’i Kai Peninsula, Iwalani, Kekuilani on Oahu, Kulalani at Mauna Lani, Waikoloa Colony Villas, Kahakai Estates and The Fairways at Mauna Lani on the Big Island, and the master planned community of Kehalani and Wailea Fairway Villas on Maui. Most recently he completed Halekauwila Place, a 204 unit affordable rental project located in Ka’ako.

In the 25 years since he founded his eponymous development company, Stanford’s projects have earned numerous local & western national awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Golden Nugget Awards, the American Institute of Architecture, Pacific Coast Builders Conference and numerous Builder Industry Hawaii awards among others.

Company of the Year North American Properties – Atlanta

North American Properties – Atlanta believes that it all comes down to connections: people to each other; cities to their souls; partners to opportunities; and individuals to North American Properties – Atlanta, experiences that move them. They believe that by fulfilling LOCUS Company of the Year people’s desire for connectedness, they are creating

happier places and experiences that in turn become more successful environments, more vibrant communities and ultimately, a better world.

Since 1954, North American Properties has balanced a well-capitalized approach and a keen focus on successful execution with a willingness to question conventional wisdom, reimagining and expanding the way they look at the experiences they provide for the communities we serve. Whether developing multifamily, mixed-use, office, student housing or retail environments, we are driven to deliver more valuable, meaningful real estate that transforms, inspires, delights, and succeeds by connecting us all with what matters most. North American Properties’ approach to development is visionary, fearless and industry leading.

North American Properties embraces their entrepreneurial spirit and challenge the status quo. They create solutions before there’s a problem and find ideas before there are opportunities. North American Properties is an advocate of the urban lifestyle and believe that incorporating principles of smart growth and sustainability, walkability, health and wellness not only drives value for real estate, but also for the greater community.

Richard Baron Affordable Housing Award Buwa Binitie, Dantes Partners

Each year the Richard Baron Award is given to an outstanding developer working to build attainable housing and ensure equitable outcomes. This year, we are proud to present the 2017 LOCUS Richard Baron Affordable Housing Award to multiple winners.

Dantes Partners is a boutique real estate advisory practice based in Washington, DC. For more than a decade, Dantes Partners has been committed to developing and Buwa Binitie, Managing Principal, Dantes Partners financing “luxury affordable housing” for individuals and LOCUS Richard Baron Award families who may be working but unable to find housing on the regular market that they can afford. The firm’s overall operating assumption is that creating more opportunities for working people to reside in housing they can afford makes for stronger cities and communities.

Most of Dantes Partner’s portfolio is in the District of Columbia and based in neighborhoods that are along transit-oriented corridors, and nearly every project is a public-private partnership that involves numerous development partners and public agency partners. It is this aspect that aligns Dantes Partners’ work with the mission of LOCUS, which emphasizes collaboration with all of the players involved in urban development in order to make better communities possible.

Dantes Partners strives to create urban housing opportunities in desirable, transit oriented neighborhoods for people who may normally be priced out of a booming market like that in Washington, DC. In a city where market rents for a one-bedroom apartment start at $1,800/mo, Dantes Partners is able to creatively leverage multiple sources of financing and combine that with high quality design to create urban housing that is both beautiful and affordable. This area of focus

for the firm has enabled moderate-income professionals and families, along with low-income seniors, to have quality housing options in the District and in neighborhoods that boast amenities such as restaurants, coffee shops, and retail. Through its focus on creating luxury affordable housing, Dantes Partners is helping to create truly inclusive communities in which anyone, regardless of background or means, can have an opportunity to live in a vibrant neighborhood and benefit from the economic vitality happening in a city like DC.

To date, Dantes Partners has brought more than 1,200 units to market and secured more than $380M in financing for affordable and mixed income housing communities throughout the District. Developments like Girard Street in Brookland along the Rhode Island Avenue Corridor and the Hodge on 7th in Shaw have allowed seniors to find affordable housing in dynamic urban neighborhoods, while other developments such as Justice Park in Columbia Heights and Metropolitan Overlook in Eckington have given young professionals and families an opportunity to enjoy the amenities of these vibrant commercial corridors while also benefiting from affordable rents and easy access to public transportation.

Honorable Mention for Developer of the Year Larry Bijou, Bijou Properties

Bijou Properties is New Jersey’s premier green residential developer and has an outstanding portfolio of buildings offering a complete sustainable way-of-life within dense urban environments. Extremely sensitive to placemaking, community and the environment, Bijou Properties has a history of providing public parks and establishing resilient, smart-growth, transit-oriented buildings in Hoboken, NJ. In 2000, Larry Bijou developed his first building. His buildings needed to be three things: sustainable, refined and committed to the community. Larry always dreamed of Larry Bijou, Bijou Properties developing buildings for people and today, under his leadership, Honorable Mention for Bijou Properties is re-imaging and evolving Hoboken’s cityscape. Developer of the Year

LOCUS Steering Committee members

Dennis Allen Richard Baron Gary Block Managing Director, Co-Founder and Chairman, Partner and Managing Holland Partner Group McCormack Baron Salazar Director, The Meridian Group

Don Briggs Janelle Chan Don Briggs Senior Vice President – Real Estate Manager, Senior Vice President – Development, Federal Massachusetts Bay Development, Federal Realty Investment Trust Transportation Authority Realty Investment Trust

Robert Davis Bernie Glieberman David Grannis Co-Founder, Seaside and President, HRS President, PointC Partner, Arcadia Land Communities Company

John Hempelmann Catherine Sloss Jones Pres Kabacoff Founding Partner, President and CEO, Sloss President, HRI Properties Cairncross & Hempelmann Real Estate

Jim Ketai Michael Lander Eric Larson Managing Partner, Bedrock Founder and President, President, Larson Realty Real Estate Services Lander Group Group

Rod Lawrence Brian Leary Stephen Leeper Partner, The JBG President, Commercial and President and CEO, Companies Mixed Use, Crescent Cincinnati Center City Communities Development Corporation (3CDC)

Christopher Leinberger Ed Lipkin Jair Lynch President, LOCUS and President and CEO, President and CEO, Jair Founding Partner, Arcadia EBL&S Development Lynch Real Estate Partners Land Company

Donald Monti Paul Morris Carol Naughton Founder and CEO, President and CEO, Senior Vice President, Renaissance Downtowns Atlanta Beltline, Inc. Purpose Built Communities .

Albert Ratner Jonathan Rose Co-Chairman Emeritus, President, Jonathan Rose Forest City Enterprises Companies

Thank you to our sponsors

2017 SUMMIT SPONSOR

HRS Communities

HRS Communities (HRSC) is a full-service Michigan based real estate development company with groundbreaking projects that have helped redefine the built environment. With a focus on housing options for today’s lifestyles and walkable community living, HRS specializes in understanding the complexities of urban living and the adaptive reuse of properties. HRS is an expert in research, marketing, planning, construction, renovation, development, and residential housing.

HRS will continue to develop a wide variety of home products that provide modern amenities in communities that offer new options for young professionals, families, and active seniors. This includes adaptive reuse and historic preservation of existing buildings for multi-family living as well as exciting new in-fill building in established walkable communities. Learn more at www.hrscommunities.com.

PRESENTED WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM

The Barr Foundation

Founded in 1997, the Barr Foundation is an endowed, private foundation with a mission to invest in human, natural, and cultural potential, serving as thoughtful stewards and catalysts. From its home in Boston, Barr supports regional efforts, with targeted national engagement, in three program areas: Arts & Culture, Climate, and Education. The Foundation is also concluding a Global program in 2015. Learn more at www.barrfoundation.org.

PARTNER

Local Leaders Council

Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council is a nonpartisan group of municipal officials who share a passion for building great towns, cities, and communities. The Local Leaders Council shares and promotes effective policies and programs with fellow elected officials across the country. The Council supports those who are implementing smart growth strategies and advises Smart Growth America about how state and federal decisions affect local communities. Learn more at smartgrowthamerica.org.

LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors is Smart Growth America’s national coalition of real estate developers and investors who advocate for sustainable, walkable development in America’s metropolitan areas.

Smart Growth America is the only national organization dedicated to researching, advocating for and leading coalitions to bring better development to more communities nationwide. From providing more sidewalks to ensuring more homes are built near public transportation or that productive farms remain a part of our communities, smart growth helps make sure people across the nation can live in great neighborhoods.

For additional information visit www.locusdevelopers.org.

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