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Recent Professional and Community Service

  • Member, Peachtree Corridor Task Force, 2005 to 2007.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Streetcar, Inc., 2003 to 2006
  • Member, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (Vice President for Regional Cooperation, 1998 to 2000; Vice President for Transportation, 1996 to 1998; Executive Committee, 1996 to 2003; member, 1993 to 2006).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1993 to 2006.
  • Member, Site Visit Team, Planning Accreditation Board, 1984 to 2006.
  • Co-chair, Atlanta Beltline Task Force, 2004 to 2005.
  • Member, Board of Directors, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2003 to 2005.
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Atlanta Police Foundation, 2002 to 2005.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Woodruff Arts Center, 1995 to 2005.
  • Member, Communities in Schools of Atlanta (Chair, 1998 to 2000; Vice Chair, 1997 to 1998, member, 1996 to 2004).
  • Chair, Board of Directors, Golden Key International Honour Society, August 2000-March 2002. Member of the Board 1995-2002.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Centennial Olympic Park Area Inc. (COPA) (Chair, 1998 to 2000; Vice Chair, 1997 to 1998); member, 1997 to 2001.
  • President, Atlanta Downtown Partnership (1997 to 1999; member, Board of Directors, 1992 to 1999).
  • Chair, Board of Directors, Grady HealthCare Inc. (HMO), (1997 to 1999).
  • Member, Editorial Board, Atlanta International Magazine (1993 to 2000).
  • Member, Steering Committee, Fairlie-Poplar Task Force (1992 to 1999).
  • Member, Board of Directors, United Way of Atlanta (1994 to 1999); Chair, Diversity Committee (1998-2000).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta's Inn for Children (1994 to 1998).
  • Member, Advisory Council to the American Institute for Foreign Study (1994 to 1998).
  • Member, Editorial Board, Habitat International (1993 to 1999).
  • Reviewer, Journal of Planning Education and Research (1983 to 1998).
  • Vice Chair, Georgia Future Communities Commission (1995 to 1998).
  • President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (1989 to 1991; Vice President, 1985 to 1987; member, Executive Committee, 1980 to 1985).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta YMCA (1993 to 1996).
  • Member, Test Specification Committee, American Institute of Certified Planners (1987 to 1992).
  • Member, Ohio Teacher Education and Certification Advisory Commission (1990 to 1992).
  • Member, Board of Community Relations, City of Toledo (1990 to 1992). Chair, By- Laws Committee and Personnel Committee; member Economic Development Committee.
  • Member, ToledoVision (1989 to 1992); member Urban Design Committee.
  • Member of the Board, Toledo Cultural Arts Center (1989 to 1992). Member, Building Committee.
  • Member, Lucas County Library Long Range Planning Committee (1990 to 1991).
  • Member, Tax Levy Advisory Committee, Toledo Public Schools (1990).
  • Vice President, Wisconsin Architects Foundation (1988 to 1989; member, 1986 to 1989), Chair of Campaign 300 (1988 to 1989).
  • Member, Architectural Technology Advisory Committee, Milwaukee Area Technical College (1984 to 1989).
  • Member, Riverside University High School Advisory Committee on the Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning Curriculum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1984 to 1989).
  • Member, City of Milwaukee Art Commission (1988 to 1989).
  • Member, Steering Committee, Civic Design Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1983 to 1987).
  • Chair, Student Recruitment Committee, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (1984 to 1987; member 1980 to 1983).
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Planning Education and Research (1983 to 1987). Member, Editorial Board, (1987 to 1989).
  • Reviewer, Journal of the American Planning Association (1982 to 1987).
  • Reviewer, Journal of the Community Development Society (1978 to 1983).
  • Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education (1982 to 1986).
  • Reviewer, Board of Regents of Higher Education, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1987).
  • Reviewer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1986).
  • Consultant to Committee Z--Economic Status of the Profession, American Association of University Professors, Washington, D.C. (1983 to 1986; member 1979 to 1983).
  • Member, Jobs Task Force, American Institute of Certified Planners (1983 to 1985).
  • Member, Continuing Education Committee, American Institute of Certified Planners (1980 to 1985).
  • Member, Task Force on Faculty During Hard Times, American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC (1981 to 1985).
  • Chair, Community Development Commission, City of Urbana, Illinois (1978 to 1982).
  • Member, Board of Directors, Champaign County, Illinois, Development Council Foundation (1978 to 1982; Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, 1979 to 1981).
  • Chair, Committee to Evaluate the Office of the Registrar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1984).
  • Chair, Search and Screen Committee for the Assistant Chancellor, University Relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1988).
  • Chair, Search and Screen Committee for the Assistant Chancellor, Administrative Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1984).
  • Member, President's Advisory Council on the College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (1988).
  • Member, External Review Committee, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development and the Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University (1984).
  • Planning Accreditation Board Site Visit Teams. Chair: Graduate Planning Program, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Chair: Department of Social Ecology, University of California-Irvine; Chair: Department of Urban Planning, Hunter College, New York; Chair: Department of Urban Studies and Planning. University of Maryland, College Park; Chair: Department of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; Chair: Department of Urban Planning, George Washington University, Washington. DC; Chair: Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina; Member: Department of Community Planning and Area Development, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.