Who We Are

Organizing Committee

This conference is 95% volunteer run, in an effort to keep costs low and ensure the maximum possible participation. We are grateful to all of our committee members for their continued hard work.

Coordinators

Alex Schafran, Planners Network/UC Berkeley
Lynne Elizabeth, ADPSR/New Village
Stephen Goldsmith, Center for the Living City

Budget

Greg VanMechelen, ADPSR Norcal

Graphics/Web

Melissa Hill Threat, ACD/ADPSR
Rebecca Williams, UMASS--Amherst*
Ann Panopio, Asian Neighborhood Design*

Mobile Workshops

Carrie Makarewicz, UC Berkeley
Marian Thomas, Brightworks*
Dana Perls

Classroom Workshops

Kate Ervin (Coordinator)
Kat Martindale
Vitalia Shklovsky

Film Festival

Holly Pearson, Bay Area PN
Javier Mujica, UC Berkeley
Lilia Scott

Publicity/Outreach

Michael Cote, APA-ID Outreach Coordinator, PN, UMass-Amherst, Vermont Law School*
Linda Novick, ADPSR Norcal
Karen Martin, Smith College

Thursday Plenary

Miriam Chion, ABAG*
Joanna Bullock, ABAG*

* Affiliation for identification purposes only

Our Host

The College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, long a source of innovation and ideas, is currently celebrating it's 50th Anniversary.

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Our Sponsors

This joint conference of merges the annual conferences of three national and international organizations - Planners Network (PN), Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Resposibility (ADPSR) and the Association for Community Design (ACD), which have brought together progressive urbanists and innovative ideas for more than three decades. We are joined in this effort by Young Planners Network, a PN affilliate dedicated to engaging youth in planning, New Village Press, an imprint of ADPSR, and the Center for the Living City.

Click on the links below to learn more about our organizations, and to become part of our growing networks.