Speakers
Keynote speakers:
Mayors Panel:
Karl Dean – Former Mayor of Nashville, TN and Mayor in Residence at the BU Initiative on Cities
Annise Parker – Former Mayor of Houston, TX and Resident Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
General speakers:
Daniel M. Abramson – Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History and Director of Architectural Studies, Tufts University
George Born – PhD candidate, American & New England Studies, Boston University
Daniel Bluestone – Director, Preservation Studies Program, American & New England Studies, Boston University
Taylor Cain – Ph.D. candidate, Department of Sociology, Boston University
Dorothy Clark – MA Design Studies, Historic Preservation, Boston Architectural College
Sheila Dillon – Cabinet Chief of Housing and Director of the Department of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
Anthony Flint – Fellow and Director of Public Affairs, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Karyn Gilvarg – AIA, Executive Director, City of New Haven Plan Department
Emily Goldman – PhD candidate, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
Anne Gatling Haynes – AIA LEED, MBA, Director, Transformative Development Initiative, MassDevelopment
Ian Jakus – Assistant Project Manager, Transformative Development Initiative, MassDevelopment
Paimann K. Lodhi – AICP, Vice President of Urban Planning, Real Estate Board of New York
Mark Melnik – Director of Economic and Public Policy Research, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
Kathryn Rogers Merlino – Associate Professor and Director, Center for Preservation and Reuse, University of Washington
Jim Newman – Founder and Principal, Linnean Solutions
Max Page – Professor, MS Design Program Director, Director of Historic Preservation Initiatives, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Robin Ried – Manager of Urban Planning Practice, Bloomberg Associates
Albert Rex – Partner and Director, Northeast office, MacRostie Historic Advisors LLC
Katy Stuck – M. S. Historic Preservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Brian Swett – Director, Cities and Sustainable Real Estate, Arup
Diana Wylie – Professor, History Department and the African Studies Center, Boston University