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| Speaker Name | Title and Employer | Location-Live | Location-Work | Phone Number | Short Notice? | Affordable housing | Density | TDM | Displacement | Community Benefits | Pedestrian friendly | Open space | Parking | Developer | Elected/city official | Design | Other issues | Spoke at GCC Events | Notes | Collaborative Contact |
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| Adam Millard-Ball | Nelson/Nygaard | SF | 415-284-1544 | adammb@Stanford.edu | y | y | y | y | TALC Summit '06 | Jeff | |||||||||||
| Alan Talansky | EBL&S Development | 252-341-6400 | atalansky@ebl-s.com | y | y | y | y | y | y | Y | y | Developer of Greenbelt Alliance-endorsed mixed-use TOD project adjacent to Hayward Park Caltrain in San Mateo | Marla Wilson | ||||||||
| Amit Ghosh | Deputy Planning Director in SF, Chief of Comprehensive planning | 415-558-6282 | amitkghosh@msn.com | Passionate on the subject, but very balanced, and a terrific speaker. Very familiar with how to frame the debate for electeds; gave an informational presentation on the industrial lands in the Eastern Neighborhoods for SF planning | Heather | ||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Mackenzie | ED, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District | Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | (707) 565-7360 | Amackenz@sonoma-county.org | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||||
| Barbara Pierce | Mayor, Redwood City | Redwood City | Redwood City | 650.780-7554 | bpierce@redwoodcity.org | y | y | y | y | y | y | Redwood City has done a whole lot in their downtown, including a lot of affordable, near Caltrain, and Mayor Pierce is a good cheerleader for it. She came to Greenbelt's 11/3/07 outing in RWC and provided good welcome comments and participated in the entire four-hour event, praised the work that GA does. | Marla Wilson | ||||||||
| Bill Lambert | 510 550 4200 x512 | Bill_Lambert@sbcglobal.net | Knows about Berkeley’s industrial land, what Howard says seems to be a good model for industrial land retention (all that warehousing/industrial use along the freeway). Unclear whether he’d advocate for a balanced approach. He also will lay out the industrial land preservation argument. Can frame the debate for electeds | Jenny and Heather | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Ward | Councilmember, City of Hayward | Hayward | (510) 583-4357 | Bill.Ward@hayward-ca.gov | y | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | works in real estate & planning | Jeff | |||||||||||
| Carl Anthony | Fellow at the Ford Foundation and Founder of Urban Habitat | East Bay | 212-573-5000 | y | y | y | y | Regionalism, Development, Equity | I can find out his contact information for you if need be. | Lindsay | |||||||||||
| Chris Block | Executive Director, Charities Housing | San Francisco | San Jose | 408-282-1133 | cblock@charitieshousing.org | y | y | Non-profit developer- ED of Charities Housing |
Michele | ||||||||||||
| Cindy Chavez | Phaedra through Juliet or Sheryl | y | She’s close to Phaedra of Working Partnerships San Jose (Sarah Mueller’s org), and could probably talk about her support of community benefits. | Diana | |||||||||||||||||
| Connie Chung | City of LA planner and the President of the Association for Community Design | connie@communitydesign.org | She has experience with inclusionary housing within a government setting. | Alex Schafran | |||||||||||||||||
| Curt Johansen | Triad Communities | *** | 707.557.1184 [603] | 07 Santa Rosa symposium | great presenter | Jeff | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Zack | Downtown Devlpt Coord., City of Redwood City | Redwood City | (650) 780-7363 | dzack@redwoodcity.org | y | scheduled for fall '07 LGC East Bay Dinner series | recommended by Judy Corbett of
LGC; I've never seen him speak (Jeff) I saw him speak at MTC's Smart Parking forum and he was very good- great power-point! (Michele) |
Jeff | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Smith | Principal, Economic & Planning Systems | (510) 841-9190 | dsmith@epsys.com | real estate and economic analysis - spoke at TOD marketplace 2007 | Jeff | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Coury | Housing Leadership Alliance | Marin | 415-717-7770 | davecoury@yahoo.com | y | y | y | Daisy | |||||||||||||
| Dave Kiddoo | EAH | San Rafael | 415 295.8848 | dkiddoo@eahhousing.org | y | y-nonprofit | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | matter of fact about financing, HT make project pencil out | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Dave Latina | previous VP of Development @ AF Evans, director of housing @ Mercy | 510 903-3770 | dlatina@barbarylanesenior.com | community friendly developer, balances for-profit and affordable residential projects, specializies in acquisition, project structuring, financing, and entitlements | Diana | ||||||||||||||||
| David Baker | Partner, David Baker Architects | San Francisco | San Francisco | 415.896.6700x101 | davidbaker@dbarchitect.com | y | y | y | y | y | Great slideshow, great sense of humor. Lives in the City and rides his bike verywhere. Known and respected. Can connect the issues with climate change. | Michele | |||||||||
| David Grabill | housing lawyer, (Sonoma County) Housing Advocacy Group | Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | (707) 528-6839 | DGrabill@aol.com | y | y | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||
| Debra Stein | GCA Strategies | San Francisco | 415.391.4100 | stein@gcastrategies.com | y | y | Supposed to be a national expert on overcoming NIMBYism and winning community support for development - wrote several books on NIMBYism - has conflict management/law background as well | Marla Wilson | |||||||||||||
| Dena Belzer | Strategic Economics | Berkeley | Berkeley | 510-647-5291 | dbelzer@strategiceconomics.com | no | y | y | y | y | 3/9/07 Mixed-Income Housing symposium | Ms. Belzer has been the lead economist for the three San Francisco Better Neighborhoods plans and is a nationally recognized expert on Transit Oriented Development. | Jeff | ||||||||
| Dennis Barry | Contra Costa Community Development Director | (925) 335-1290 | Heather | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denny Rosatti | Director, Sonoma County Conservation Action | Occidental | Santa Rosa | 707-571-8566 | denny@conservationaction.org | y | y | y | y | Daisy | |||||||||||
| Dick Walker | Professor of Geography, UC Berkeley | Berkeley | (510) 642-3901 | walker@berkeley.edu | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Weden | Former Santa Clara County Master Planner | Mountain View | 650-968-7162 | weden@ix.netcom.com | y | y | y | y | His presentation is very good and entertaining....some have expressed concern that he may come across as slightly condescending. |
Michele | |||||||||||
| Dr. David Campt | Race Doctor | theracedoctor@yahoo.com | In 1997, David graduated as the first African-American male doctoral recipient from the City and Regional Planning Department at UC Berkeley. His dissertation focused on cultural competency, which concerns the way that institutions can adapt their behavior to meet needs of diverse client populations. David moved to Washington DC to be become a senior policy advisor the President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. | Heather and Alex | |||||||||||||||||
| Dwayne Marsh | PolicyLink Boston Transit/Labor | Oakland | 510-663-4310 | dwayne@policylink.org dsm@policylink.org. | y | y | y | best on national perspective | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Elizabeth (Libby) Seifel- | Seifel Consulting, Inc. | libby@seifel.com | certified planner who has been applying the principles of real estate economics and planning to property development and urban revitalization efforts for more than 25 years. She has consulted on more than 100 redevelopment project areas in California, and guided the development of thousands of market-rate and affordable housing units. She has also performed economic and fiscal impact analyses, and recommended public financing strategies on a wide variety of proposed developments. | Heather | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Blackwell | SF Department Head | San Francisco | (415) 749-2458 | Fred.Blackwell@sfgov.org | Joe Brooks/Diana | ||||||||||||||||
| Geeta Rao | Policy Director, The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) | SF | 415.989.8160 x22 | geeta@nonprofithousing.org | y | y | y | y | can refer fantastic speakers to talk about affordable housing | Jeff | |||||||||||
| Jackie Goldberg | state assembly | EBASE, through Liz or Amaha, could make an ask to Roxanna at LAANE who worked with Jackie on the Staples Ctr fight | y | supportive of community benefits. She’s now in Sacramento. | EBASE, through Liz or Amaha, could make an ask to Roxanna at LAANE who worked with Jackie on the Staples Ctr fight | ||||||||||||||||
| James Corless | MTC | Oakland | Oakland | 510-817-5709 | jcorless@mtc.ca.gov | y | y | y | MTC TOD Policy | Several foundation visits | Great speaker. | Jeff | |||||||||
| Janet Lockhart | Mayor, Dublin | Dublin | Dublin | (925) 833-6663 | janet.lockhart@ci.dublin.ca.us | Pro-smart growth | Elizabeth Stampe | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Oberdorfer | Executive Director, First Community Housing | San Jose | 408-291-8650 | jeffo@firsthousing.org | y | green building | Great with parking and transportation; and seems very willing to help out. |
Michele | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Pace | Unity Council / Fruitvale Transit Village | Oakland | 510-535-6914 | jeffp@unitycouncil.org | y | y | y | financing; CDC trying to do a TOD to meet everyone's goals | 3/9/07 Mixed-Income Housing symposium | gives a hard-nosed (not all positive) view of making a TOD work, esp. from financing perspective | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Jeff Tumlin | Principal, Nelson/Nygaard | SF | SF | 415-284-1544 | jtumlin@nelsonnygaard.com | no | y | YYY | y | y | 07 Santa Rosa symposium | hugely knowledgeable; best talking to city staff/electeds/consultants. | Jeff | ||||||||
| Jeremy Nelson | Nelson/Nygaard | SF | 415-284-1544 | nelson.jeremy@comcast.net OR jnelson@nelsonnygaard.com | y | y | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | Jeremy, Patrick, & Adam are all experienced presenters and may be better to speak to the general public than Jeff T | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Jim Kennedy | Redvlpt Dir, Contra Costa County | (925) 335-7200 | *** | y | y | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | Pleasant Hill transit village | Jeff | |||||||||||
| John Holtzclaw | Sierra Club | SF | SF | 415-977-5534 | john.holtzclaw@sierraclub.org | y | y | research on relationships b/w smart growth and driving/auto ownership | TALC Summit '06 | best for research/policy wonk crowd | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Josh Simon | Northern Cal Loan Fund (formerly EBALDC) | SF | 415-392-8215 | jsimon@ncclf.org | y | y | y | y | 3/9/07 Mixed-Income Housing symposium | Formerly w/EBALDC | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Julian Gross | SF | (415) 544-9944 | julian@juliangross.net | y | legal viewpoint, not "lawyerly" | Diana | |||||||||||||||
| Karen Chapple | Dept of City & regional Planning and Executive Director, Center or Community Innovation | Berkeley | (510) 642-1868 | chapple@berkeley.edu | industrial lands | Professor at UC Berkeley | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Kate White | ULI | SF | SF | 415-490-4441 | kwhite@uli.org | y | y | 06 + 07 ULI Marketplace | Good source of private developers as speakers | Jeff | |||||||||||
| Katie Crecelius | Marin County Planning Commissioner | Novato | Marin | 415-892-9706 | Creceliusk@aol.com | y | y | Daisy | |||||||||||||
| Ken Kirkey | Planning Director, ABAG | Oakland | 510-464-7955 | KennethK@abag.ca.gov |
y | regionalism | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Kristen Anderson | Local Investment in Child Care Project | Redwood City | 650-520-7712 | kristen@linccchildcare.com | child care | Also a good source of other potential speakers on child care | Jeff | ||||||||||||||
| Laura Hall | Principle, Hall and Alminana Planners | Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | 707-546-2190 | Laura@hallalminana.com | y | y | Daisy | |||||||||||||
| Laurel Prevetti | Deputy Planning Director in San Jose | San Jose | San Jose | 408.535.7901 | laurelprevetti@sanjose.ca.gov | y | y | y | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||
| Linda Hausrath | Principal, Hausrath Economics Group | Oakland | (510) 839-8383 | Marla Wilson | |||||||||||||||||
| Linda Mandolini | Executive Director, EDEN Housing | Hayward | 510.582.1460 | lmandolini@edenhousing.org | y | y | y | Marla Wilson | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Hammon | WCCTAC | San Pablo | (510) 215-3044 | lisah@ci.san-pablo.ca.us | Y | Land Use/Transportation Connections | Diana | ||||||||||||||
| Manuel Pastor | UC Santa Cruz | Los Angeles | mpastor@usc.edu | Y | Demographic Changes | Especially if we decide to push for some sort of language on regional justice and equity, he would be fantastic. He is an excellent speaker who can present well to groups with different backgrounds and levels of prior knowledge. | Alex Schafran | ||||||||||||||
| Margo Warnecke Merck | Head of Community Housing Development Corporation of Santa Rosa, (Sonoma County) Housing Advocacy Group | Healdsburg | Santa Rosa | mm@sonic.net | y | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||||
| Margot Biehle | Marin Sierra Club, stay-at-home mom | Marin | 415-891-8891 | mbiehle@comcast.net | y | y | y | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||
| Margot Lederer Prado | Industrial and Brownfields Specialist, Community and Economic Development, City of Oakland | Oakland | (510)238-6766 | mprado@oaklandnet.co | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
| Maria Alegria | Mayor, Pinole | Pinole | Pinole | 510-758-7642 | Mlalegria@comcast.net | y | Pro-smart growth | Elizabeth Stampe | |||||||||||||
| Mary Murtagh | ED, EAH Housing | Marin | San Rafael | (415) 295-8824 | mmurtagh@eahhousing.org | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Allen | Chair, Accountable Development Coalition; Chair, North Bay Labor Council; staffer, Sen. Pat Wiggins | Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | mallen@pon.net | y | y | Daisy | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Gelobter | President, Redefining Progress | Oakland | 510.444.3041 x303 | mgelobter@rprogress.org | Regionalism, Development, Equity | He was very inspiring at TALC's 2007 Summit | Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
| Muhammed Nadhiri | AF Evans | AF Evans Project downtown | Diana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Murtaza Bauxamusa | Center for Policy Initiatives | Los Angeles | (619)299-4941 | baxamusa@usc.edu | he worked to get job quality standards into the Economic Development/Economic Prosperity element of their General Plan (we’d have to fly him up and give him plenty of advance notice—he’s expecting a second child in December). | J. Linn | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Kennedy | Owner, Panoramic Interests | Berkeley | Berkeley | 510.665.0300 | pck@panoramicinterests.com | Marla Wilson | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Siegmann | Nelson/Nygaard | SF | 415-284-1544 | psiegman@nelsonnygaard.com | y | y | y | y | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Rajiv Bhatia | Human Impact Partners & SF Dept of Public Health | Berkeley | SF | 415-252-3982 | ucbhig@gmail.com | y | y | y | Health | 4/07 TALC Summit | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Ricardo Noguera | Community Redevelopment Agency Regional Administrator in LA | 213-977-2642 | rnoguera@cra.lacity.org | Experience revitalizing distressed communities with a focus on ethnically and economically challenged areas (Mission- revializing commercial corridors and facilitating industrial retention efforts) | Heather | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jackson | School of Public Health UC Berkeley (soon heading to U Michigan) | Berkeley | 510 642-4421 | dickjackson@berkeley.edu | y | Leading expert on link between development and public health | Daisy Pistey-Lyhne | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Mitchell | Director of Planning and Building, City of Richmond | Hercules | Richmond | 510-620-6706 | ichoi@ci.richmond.ca.us | y | y | Is/used to be Chair of Hercules Planning Commission. Engaging speaker, spoke at BAASC meeting, pro-smart growth. Might not want him as a speaker on affordable, as he recently said Richmond didn't need any more affordable homes. | Elizabeth Stampe | ||||||||||||
| Rick Beeman | EcoUrban Solutions | Ross | 415-720-0063 | rick@ecourbansolutions.com | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | Jeff | |||||||||||||
| Rick Hedges | United Neighborhoods Association of San Mateo | San Mateo | San Mateo | 650-345-0704 | hedghogg@ix.netcom.com | y | 5/25/06 Pittsburg TOD 101 Symposium | Community leader was involved in Bay Meadows process from start to finish. Labor background | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Rick Holliday | Holliday Development | 510.547.2122 | rick@hollidaydevelopment.com |
Marla Wilson | |||||||||||||||||
| Rick Jacobus | Burlington Associates | Oakland | (510)653-2995 | presents Homeownership dilemma- struggle between creating wealth for a few and preserving long term affordability | Diana | ||||||||||||||||
| Roxanna Tynan | LAANE | (213) 977-9400 ext. 136 | rtynan@laane.org | Julian Gross | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Muller | Working Partnerships San Jose | smuller@atwork.org | Y | Y | she came up for a brief session with REDI staff back in August. They worked on getting job quality standards into the Coyote Valley specific plan, could maybe provide a city council member who requested the developer to come up with CBAs | J. Linn | |||||||||||||||
| Shelly Poticha | Reconnecting America, President/CEO | Oakland | 5102688602 x206 | spoticha@reconnectingamerica.org | y | y | Marla Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Susan Daluddung | Comm Dvlpt Director, City of Hayward | 510-583-4234 | *** | y | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | Jeff | |||||||||||||
| Tim Rood | Community Design & Architecture | Oakland | 510-839-4568 | tim@community-design.com | y | y | y | y | 3/9/07 Mixed-Income Housing symposium | Calthorpe protégé | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Tim Sbranti | Councilmember, City of Dublin | Dublin | (925) 833-6664 | tim.sbranti@ci.dublin.ca.us | y | y | 5/19/07 Pittsburg bus tour | very enthusiastic | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Val Menotti | BART, Station Area Planning | Albany/Berkeley | Oakland | (510) 287-4794 | vmenott@bart.gov | y | y | BART | Surdna fall '05 visit | can present on BART's policies on system expansion and station area planning | Jeff | ||||||||||
| Victor Rubin | PolicyLink | Oakland | 510-663-4326 | victor@policylink.org | y | y | y | best on national perspective; style is better for academic/policy audiences | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Wendel Brunner | Contra Costa Health Services | 925-313-6712 | connecting health to other elements, putting on own trainings and want to collaborate | Rajiv Bahtia | |||||||||||||||||
| Will Fleissig | ??not sure now?? | *ask Judy Corbett at LGC, or Shelley Poticha at RA/CTOD | y | y | y | financing | scheduled for fall '07 LGC East Bay Dinner series | recommended by Judy Corbett of LGC; also by Shelley Poticha; I've never seen him speak (Jeff) | Jeff | ||||||||||||
| Winkie Campbell-Notar | (510) 236-4050 | Richmond Main Street Initiative. Winkie is the wife of GA Development Director Ernie Notar. | Diana | ||||||||||||||||||
| LISC | y | y | Training on neighborhood stabilization- preventing gentrification | Desiree Siderhoff | |||||||||||||||||