4th Annual Smart Growth Summit - Speakers
For speaker biographies, click here.
This year’s featured speakers include:
- Copper Alvarez, Executive Director, Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)
- Brian Andrews, President & Principal, Andrews Commercial Mortgage
- Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D., Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Samuel A. Bacot, Attorney, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Kevin Belanger, CEO, South Central Planning and Development Commission - Steven B. Bingler, AIA, REFP, NCARB, Founder, Concordia LLC
William E. Borah, Land Use Attorney and Couselor at Law
Jan Rene Boydstun, Environmental Scientist Senior, Water Quality Assessment Division at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality - Jay Brinkmann, Ph.D., Chief Economist & Senior Vice President of Research and Economics, Mortgage Bankers Association
- Dana Nunez Brown, ASLA, AICP, LEED AP, Principal, BROWN+DANOS landdesign, inc.
Michael G. Bruce, PE, Managing Principal, ABMB Engineers
Bill Carney, Ph.D., Director, W.A. Callegari Environmental Center at Louisiana State University''s Agricultural Center
Alison Gibbs Cascio, Councilwoman, City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge
Congressman Bill Cassidy, Ph.D., U.S. House of Representatives - Donna Cavato, Program Director of Edible Schoolyard NOLA at the Samuel J. Green Charter School
- Ken Dawson, Police Juror, West Feliciana Parish
- Rachel DiResto, Vice President, Center for Planning Excellence
David Dixon, FAIA, Principal In Charge of Planning and Urban Design, Goody, Clancy & Associates - Andrés Duany, Founding Principal, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
- Senator Reggie P. Dupre, Jr., Louisiana State Senate
Dominique Duval-Diop, Senior Associate, PolicyLink - Lee D. Einsweiler, Principal, Code Studio
Jori Ann Erdman, AIA, LEED AP, Director, School of Architecture at Louisiana State University - Alexandra Evans, Transportation, Coastal Protection and Environmental Advisor, Louisiana Recovery Authority
Billy Fields, Ph.D., Director, Center for Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans - Shirley Flake, University Terrace Elementary Edible Schoolyard
- Lee W. Forbes, PE, Gulf Coast Program Manager, KBR
- John Fregonese, President, Fregonese Associates
John Gallagher, Staff Attorney, Louisiana Municipal Association
W. Geoff Gjertson, AIA, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Design at University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Mark Goodson, Vice President, East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority
- Stewart T. Gordon, M.D., FAAP, President Louisiana Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Garret Graves, Senior Advisor, Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities
- Ramsey Green, Chief Operating Officer, New Orleans Recovery School District
Melissa Guilbeau, AICP, Urban Transportation Coordinator, City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge - Greta Harris, Program Vice President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Cordell Haymon, Board Chair, Center for Planning Excellence
- Mayor-President Melvin L. “Kip” Holden, East Baton Rouge Parish
Eric I. Kalivoda, Assistant Secretary, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development''s Office of Planning and Programming - Peter T. Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM, Associate Executive Director for Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Lanny Keller, Editorial Writer, The Advocate - Daniel T. Kildee, Treasurer, Genesee County, Michigan
- Jeff Kleinpeter, President, Kleinpeter Farms Dairy
- Andy Kopplin, Senior Advisor to the Founder & CEO, Teach for America and Founding Executive Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority
- Kathy Laborde, President, Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
- Senator Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senate
Charles A. Landry, Of Counsel, Jones Walker - Meg Mahoney, Senior Vice President of Product Development, Baton Rouge Area Chamber
- Camille Manning-Broome, Director of Planning, Center for Planning Excellence
Mayor Murphy McMillin, Town of Jena - Nancy C. McPherson, State Director, AARP Louisiana
- Walter Monsour, President & CEO, East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority
Dale Morris, Senior Economist for the Economic Department, Royal Netherlands Embassy - Michael M. Moule, PE, President, Livable Streets, Inc.
- Jim Nickel, Courson Nickel, LLC
Angela O''Byrne, AIA, NCARB, President, Perez, APC and President/Co-founder of City-Works - Steven J. Oubre, AIA, President/Principal Architect, Architects Southwest
- Donald R. Phoenix, Southern District Director, Neighborworks America
Marva Porter, Systems Operations Manager, Southern Mutual Help Association
Marvin "Buddy" Ragland, Jr., AIA, Principal, Coleman Partners Architects LLC - James A. Richardson, Director, Public Administration Institute at Louisiana State University
- Chris Rinaudo, Managing Director, Cypress Realty Partners
- Mayor Randy Roach, City of Lake Charles
Yolanda Rodriguez, Director, New Orleans City Planning Commission - Michael Ronkin, Principal, Designing Streets for Pedestrians & Bicyclists
- Kate Rube, Federal Policy Director, Smart Growth America
- Thomas Sammons, Professor, School of Architecture and Design at University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Director of the Community Design Workshop
Rana Sampson, Crime Consultant, AARP/Hollygrove Partnership Project
Gregory Saville, Co-owner, Alternation LLC
Ann Vail Shaneyfelt, Marketing Director, Gulf South Solar
John Spain, Executive Vice President, Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Christopher C. Theis, AIA, LEED AP, Professor, School of Architecture at Louisiana State University - Elizabeth “Boo” Thomas, President & CEO, Center for Planning Excellence
Dr. Robert R. Twilley, Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences/Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development at Louisiana State University - Vanessa Ulmer, Policy and Advocacy Director, Prevention Research Center at Tulane University
David Waggonner, AIA, Principal, Waggonner & Ball Architects - Kenneth Walker, Program Analyst, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Melinda Walsh, Melinda Walsh Communications
John F. Young, Jr., Chairman, Jefferson Parish Council
For additional speaker information, click here.
The Smart Growth Summit is made possible exclusively through sponsor support. If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s event, please contact Jennifer Stenhouse at jstenhouse@c-pex.org or call 225-267-6300.
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Bradley-Blewster & Associates; Chenevert Architects; Forum 35; GEC, Inc.;
La Capitol Federal Credit Union; LSU AgCenter; Paris Parker Salon & Spa;
Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC