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David Edmund Dowall DAVID EDMUND DOWALL July 2009 Work: Department of City and Regional Planning 228 Wurster Hall #1850 University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-1850 (510) 642-2223 (510) 643-9576 FAX e-mail: [email protected] Research Areas: Strategic Planning Infrastructure economics Urban economic development and planning Financial feasibility analysis Project evaluation Education: B.S University of Maryland, College Park, 1971 (Economics) M.U.R.P University of Colorado, Denver, 1974 (Regional Planning) Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1975 (Urban and Regional Economics) Teaching, Research, and Professional Practice: 1976-present Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley 1989-present; Chair of the Ph.D. Program in City and Regional Planning (1998-2000); Department Chair 1991-2; Associate Professor, 1982-89; and Assistant Professor 1976-82. Responsible for teaching graduate-level courses on urban land economics, infrastructure planning and policy, and international urban development policies. 2004-2008 Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD), University of California at Berkeley. Managed operations of unit promoted collaborative, interdisciplinary research and professional work, coordinated community partnerships, supported graduate education, recruited visiting scholars and organized and hosted conferences and seminars. 2002-2003 Visiting Scholar, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, Ca. Conduced policy research on infrastructure planning, finance and development. 1990-1991 Visiting Scholar, Urban Division, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Prepared policy papers on urban land management and participated in international missions to countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. Spring 1988 Hines Visiting Associate Professor of Real Estate. Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Taught real estate finance and development course and studio, and advised faculty on real estate curriculum matters. 1987, 1998, Land Reform Training Institute, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Visiting Professor, 2000 taught courses on urban land economics and infrastructure. 1985-89 Associate Director and Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development. Managed operations of unit promoted collaborative, interdisciplinary research and professional work, coordinated community partnerships, supported graduate education, recruited visiting scholars and organized and hosted conferences and seminars. 1976-present Researcher, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California at Berkeley. Principal Investigator for projects related to local economic development, local and regional growth management, urban development and land economics, environmental regulation, and housing policy. 1975-76 Assistant Professor, Urban Studies Programme, York University, Toronto, Canada. Taught courses on urban economics, planning theory, and economic development. 1975-76 Research Associate, Institute of Environmental Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Conducted an economic analysis of the Toronto Core Area Plan. 1974-75 Assistant Advanced Planner and Staff Economist, Jefferson County, Colorado, Planning Department. Developed a plan for the mountain area of the county and reviewed rezoning applications. 1972-75 Research Associate, John Dempsey & Associates, Denver, Colorado. Conducted market research, developed plans and housing studies. 2 University Service (Academic Senate and Administrative Committees) 2009 External Reviewer, MIT 2008-9 Member, UCOP Global Health School Initiative Planning Committee 2008-9 External Examiner, University of Pretoria, South Africa 2008- Advisor, Infrastructure Center of Excellence, University of Auckland 2007-8 Chair MCP Admissions Committee 2007-8 Co-Chair, GMS infrastructure faculty search committee 2007 External Reviewer, UCLA 2006-7 Chair DCRP Adjunct Faculty Ad hoc Committee 2005-8 Member of Executive Committee, Global Metropolitan Studies Initiative 2005 UC Education Abroad Program Hong Kong Review Committee member. 2004- Chair UCB-Chulalongkorn University Program 2004-5 Chair, Search Committee for DCRP position in international development 2004-5 DCRP PhD Committee Member 2004-6 Academic Senate Committee on Rules and Elections 2004 Chair, Search Committee for CED External Relations Officer 2004 Outside Reviewer, promotion to full processor 2004 Member UC Berkeley Ad Hoc promotion to tenure case 2004 Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning MCP Admissions Committee 2001-2002 Chair of the Academic Senate of the University of California at Berkeley (Exofficio member of 32 Senate Committees). (Served 1.5 terms--January, 2001 to September, 2002) 2001-2002 Chair, Ad hoc Committee, promotion to full professor. 3 2001-2002 Member of the Academic Senate Systemwide Council 2001-2002 2001-2002 Member, UC Berkeley University Relations Finance Advisory Committee 2001-2002 Member, Near-Term Planning Committee, University of California, Berkeley 2001-2002 Member of the Academic Sentate Novartis Assessment Steering Committee 2001-2002 Member, CAPRA (UCB Academic Planning Committee) 2000 Vice Chair of the Academic Senate of the University of California at Berkeley 2000-2002 Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, University of California, Berkeley 2000 Northwest Precinct Advisory Committee. 2000-2001 Chair, Promotion to Full Professor Ad Hoc Committee, 2000-2001 1999-2002 Member Executive Campus Planning Committee. 1999-2001 Member Committee on Admissions and Outreach, 1999-2001 1999-2000 Chair of the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation. 1999-2000 Co-Chair, Advisory Committee—New Century Master Plan, University of California at Berkeley 1999-2000 Member Research Activity Advisory Board 1999-2000 Member Expanded Enrollment Committee 1999-2000 1999-2000 Member of the Systemwide Senate Committee on Academic Planning (UCAP) 1999-2000 Chair of UCAP Committee on DANR Review 2000. 1999-2000 Member EVC Expanded Enrollment Committee 1999-2002 Member Space Assignments and Capital Investments Committee (SACI) 4 1999-2002 Member Deferrred Maintenance Policy Board 1999 Ethnic Studies Barrows Hall Space Equity Study Committee 1998 Consultant Selection Committee Strategic Facilities Master Plan Fall 1997-1998 Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Committee 1996-1998 CUSH Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships and Honors 1996-1998 Truman Scholarship Award Committee of CUSH 1994-2004 Outdoor Art Committee (a subcommittee of SACI) External Committee and Advisor Service 2009 Advisor, State of California, Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission 2009 Expert Witness, Little Hoover Comission 2008- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Infrastructure (India) 2008- Advisory Board Member, China Planning Association 2008- Editorial Board, Public Works Management and Policy 2004-5 Member of Organizing Committee World Bank Urban Research Forum 2003- Member of Land Management Experts Panel; The World Bank 2004 Advisor and Expert witness, California Performance Review 2004 Expert testimony, Caltrans Review 2003-4 Chair, California Bay-Delta Authority Finance Advisory Panel 2004-5 Government of Switzerland, National Science Board Reviewer 2003 National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Built Environment 2003 External Reviewer, Department of Urban Planning, Singapore National University. 2003 Member, National Research Council Committee on DOE Infrastructure. 5 2003 Blue Ribbon Committee Member, SPUR Review of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Hetch Hetchy Review 1999-2003 Member, Board of Directors of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge Mass. 1999-2003 External Reviewer, Government of Hong Kong Research Board 1989, 1990, External Examiner, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand 1999, 2004 1998-2001 External Examiner, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture. 2000-2001 Editorial Board, Berkeley Planning Journal. 1996-2005 Member, North American Advisory Board, Urban Studies 1995-2000 Member of the Editorial Board, Lusk Review 1995-7 Member, Board of Directors, PADCO-Real Estate Advisors, Washington, D.C. 1990-present Member, Board of Directors, California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy. 1989- Member, Board of Directors, Land Institute Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand. 1989 ULI Advisory Committee on Local Government 1988-97 Member, Board of Directors, Planning and Development Collaborative, Washington, D.C. 1988 Member, Real Estate Advisory Committee, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. 1988 Member, Faculty Roundtable, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1987 Research Committee Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. 1987 Member of Advisory Group, Public Real Estate Development, Department of Commerce, State of California. 6 1986-97 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Planning Association 1986-92 Fellow, Urban Land Institute, Member International Council. 1985-89 Member, Board of Directors, California Institute of Technology Exchange, Los Angeles. 1985-2000 Governor-appointed Alternate Member of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. 1983-84 Advisor to Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, State of California. 1983-84 Member, Housing Element Review Task Force. 1982-84 Executive Board Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. 1982 Housing Action Task Force, Bay Area Council. 1981 Personnel Review Committee, City of Oakland.
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