Jim Adams Cultural Resource Program Manager Biscayne National Park Mr. Adams focuses on the management of cultural resources and historic preservation issues. For the eleven years he has been in the National Park Service his specialty is underwater cultural resources and underwater archeological sites. He was previously the cultural resource manager at the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and presently the cultural resource program manager, Biscayne National Park. He has worked with the National Park Service's Submerged Resources Center on underwater archeological projects at the USS Arizona Memorial, and at Dry Tortugas National Park. In South Florida, Mr. Adams has been a strong public advocate for the protection of historic and archaeological sites and properties, arguing for the preservation of the Miami Circle as well as the historic shipwrecks located in the Florida Keys. He is a co-author of the recently published The USS Arizona, The Ship, the Men, the Pearl Harbor Attack, and the Symbol That Aroused America. Prior to joining the National Park Service, Mr. Adams worked with the International Archaeological Research Institute on archeological research projects in Hawaii and Guam.

Margot Ammidown Preservation Planning Consultant Margot is currently working with Miami-Dade County, Office of Historic Preservation, to write the Thematic Resource District ordinance. The TRD ordinance is intended to establish within the planning, zoning and historic preservation departments a framework for the implementation of neighborhood plans and design guidelines for neighborhoods that do not meet historic district criteria. This TRD ordinance has recently been adopted by the City of Miami as the Neighborhood Conservation District ordinance and is currently under consideration by the City of Miami Beach. Margot served as the Director of the Metro-Dade County Historic Preservation Division where her responsibilities included administering the county’s historic preservation ordinances; architectural review of various projects to assure compliance with Secretary of Interior Standards; and oversight of county’s historic preservation policy.

Dena Bianchino Assistant City Manager City of Miami

Eddie Borges Administrator Allapattah NET

James D. Broton, Ph.D. President Spring Garden Civic Association Dr. James Broton is an authority on the city of Miami, particularly the Spring Garden neighborhood and the Miami River. He most recently wrote about Spring Garden for In Miami’s Historic Neighborhoods, published in 2001. In addition, in 1999 he was awarded a grant to write A Self Guide to Spring Garden Miami’s Riverfront Historic District. Since 1998, Dr. Broton has led many history talks, and walks, in Spring Garden. Dr. James Broton is a Senior Research Associate with the Department of Neurological Surgery for the University of Miami. He has worked extensively on The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

Dean John Clarkson Dean, School of Medicine University of Miami

Officer Clayton

Betty Fleming Special Projects Coordinator University of Miami

Dr. Bernard Fogel Dean Emeritus University of Miami School of Medicine Among many career highlights, Dr. Fogel was the founding director of the Birth Defects Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and a pioneer in neo-natal care. Dr. Fogel was dean of the University of Miami's School of Medicine for 14 years, an unusually long tenure compared to the national average of five years. During his leadership, UM's School of Medicine received the first Award for Outstanding Community Service by the Association of American Medical Colleges, in recognition of the compassion he brought to one of the largest medical schools in the country. He is currently Dean Emeritus of the very school from which he graduated in 1961. Dr. Bernard Fogel is also a member of Lois Pope LIFE Foundation and LIFE (Leaders in Furthering Education) Board of Trustees.

Lavinia Freeman Trust for Public Lands

Roman Gastesi, Jr. Water Resource Manager Miami-Dade County In 2001, Mr. Gastesi was appointed as the Special Assistant to the County Manager for Water Management to lead the Office of Water Management. His background and experience contains a wealth of technical and policy formulation related to water management gained during fourteen years of public service. Since 1997, he has been the Director of the Miami-Dade Regional Service Center of the South Florida Water Management District and the County’s primary contact with that agency. For the ten years prior to 1997, Mr. Gastesi was employed by Miami-Dade County in progressively more responsible positions. He enforced water quality standards and administered contamination assessment and remediation projects at the Department of Environmental Resources Management from 1987 to 1994, managed the County’s Environmentally Endangered Lands Program from 1994 to 1995, and coordinated the development of annual budgets for various departments from 1995 to 1997 as part of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Gastesi holds a Bachelor’s Degree, with a Major in Biology and Minors in Chemistry and Geography, from the University of Miami, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration also from the University of Miami.

Janet Gavarette University of Miami

Gary Hack, Ph.D. Dean, Graduate School of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvania Professor Hack teaches, practices, and studies large-scale physical planning and urban design. He is co-author of the third edition of Site Planning and Lessons from Local Experiences, as well as numerous articles and chapters on the spatial environment of cities. Recently he has been one of the principal investigators in an international comparative study of changes in city form over the last forty years in response to the globalization of their economies, widespread motorization, and new communications technologies. Professor Hack has prepared plans for over thirty cities in the United States and abroad, including the redevelopment plan for the Prudential Center in Boston, the West Side Waterfront plan in New York City, and the new Metropolitan Plan for Bangkok, Thailand. He has also worked with smaller communities on urban design issues by preparing downtown development guidelines for the center of Portland, Maine; design review manuals for Hendersonville and Germantown, Tennessee; and guidelines for the development of the entrance corridors and downtown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Dean Hack has served on the executive committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Planning Accreditation Board. He is a fellow of the Urban Land Institute and a design advisor for the planned National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Sarah Ingle Planner City of Miami, Riverside Center

Rich Jones Facility Project Manager University of Miami

Neisen Kasdin Former Mayor City of Miami Beach, FL Mr. Kasdin has been instrumental in leading the revitalization of Miami Beach's South Beach through his work as Chairman of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, City Commissioner and as Mayor. He has significant experience in public/private projects, urban development and neighborhood revitalization and has practiced law for twenty years. Mr. Kasdin has spoken extensively on urban revitalization, public/private projects and historic preservation for the Urban Land Institute and other organizations. Currently, Mr. Kasdin is Of Counsel, member of the Real Estate Department and Chairman of the Urban Development Group for Gunster Yoakley, a South Florida based law firm.

Anne Manning Executive Director Habitat for Humanity Anne Eugenia Manning has served as Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami since 1992. This experience adds an important perspective to planning the Highland Park neighborhood for EDAW’s 2002 Summer Student Program. Prior to joining Habitat for Humanity, Anne was Assistant Director of the South Dade Immigration Association. Her early experience is in education, where she taught school in Trenton, Georgia and Guatemala City, Guatemala. She then earned her Master of Science in Education at Florida International University in Miami before joining the Immigration Association.

Ernest L. Martin, D.P.A. Dr. Martin retired from Miami-Dade County in 1992 after 30 years of experience in community development, affordable housing, economic development and historic preservation—the last fifteen years of which he served as the Director of the Department of Community and Economic Development. During his directorship of the Department, he supervised a staff of 50 professionals that managed the grants, loans, and investments of over $250,000,000 in public funds, principally Federal and State funds. He has his Doctorate in Public Administration, Nova Southeastern University; a Masters in City and Regional Planning, University of Oregon; and Bachelors in Political Science, University of California at Berkeley. He is also a member of numerous organizations related to his various fields of expertise.

Dave Miller Managing Director Miami River Commission

Jim Murley Miami River Commission

Arva Parks Dade Heritage Trust Parks is author of numerous award-winning books, films and articles on Miami. She is also known for her historical research and interpretations. Arva Moore Parks has been described as "the person who knows Miami best."

Robert Parks Chairman Miami River Commission

Reverend James Phillips Highland Park Baptist Church

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Dean University of Miami School of Architechture Elizabeth is an architect and town planner whose work focuses on the creation of community. She and her husband, Andres Duany, founded their practice in 1980, at the time of their design of Seaside, which began an ongoing debate on the alternatives to suburban sprawl. Since then, Duany, Plater Zyberk & Company has completed well over one hundred downtown and new town plans both in this country and abroad. They also have a particular love for writing codes. These projects have generally been received with awards and widespread publication. Their firm employs about 40 persons and has offices in Miami, Charlotte and Washington. Both partners are involved in the teaching of Traditional Town Planning at the University of Miami, where Elizabeth is Dean of the School of Architecture. They were founding members of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Their recently published book Suburban Nation, describes the problems and proposes practical solutions to America's urban problems and suburban sprawl.

Roxanne Qualls Former Mayor City of Cincinnati, OH Ms. Qualls, the first popularly elected mayor of Cincinnati, was first elected mayor in 1993 and served three terms until term limits forced her retirement in 1999. During her tenure, she focused on improving the city's neighborhoods through her "Zero Tolerance Initiative: A Campaign To Take Back Our Neighborhoods." The initiative targeted slum landlords, illegal dumping, and trash through a series of administrative and legislative changes. The United States Conference of Mayors recognized it in its "Best Practices" in U.S. Cities. As mayor, Ms. Qualls founded the Cincinnati Homeownership Partnership, a federation of over 32 not-for-profit and private sector organizations to improve Cincinnati's historic low rate of home ownership. Ms. Qualls also focused her efforts on maintaining the city as the vital core of the region by redeveloping the city's riverfront using two new sports facilities as anchors. Prior to her election to the City Council in 1991, she served as the director of te Cincinnati office of Ohio Citizen Action. Ms. Qualls began her career as the director of the Northern Kentucky Rape Crisis Center and left that position to become executive director of Women Helping Women. Ms. Qualls attended Thomas Moore College and the University of Cincinnati.

Randall Robinson Community Development Coordinator Miami Beach Community Development Corporation Mr. Robinson is planner and urban designer with more than twelve years experience working in South Florida. He has managed Preservation & Rehabilitation Grant Programs, coordinated Neighborhood Charettes, expanded CDBG-funded work programs to include residential area streetscape improvements including Plaza de España/Española Way project, administered South Florida Regional Planning Council's - Eastward Ho! Community Investment Grant in East Little Havana, produced the "This Is MIMo" symposium on Miami Post-War Architecture, and coordinated the formation of a South Beach Transportation Management Association. His experience as a preservation planner include providing Historic Preservation services to the Miami Design Preservation League, serving as a Board Member on the City of Miami Historic Preservation Board, providing staff support to Design Preservation Advisory Committee, developing, coordinating and expanding tours and educational programs to include Middle and North Beach and Miami Beach Post World War II Architecture and coordinating tours, lectures & films about architecture and urban design in South Florida.

Sergio Rodriguez, FAICP Vice President for Real Estate Sergio Rodriguez is the Vice President for Real Estate for the University of Miami. He is responsible for developing the value of all University-owned and operated real estate and administering and supervising new construction. Before his appointment, he had a distinguished career with the City of Miami Beach as Deputy City Manager and City Manager from 1995-1999. From 1983 to 1995, he served the City of Miami in various roles including Assistant City Manager, Planning Director, Director of Building and Zoning, Acting Public Works Director. From 1969 to 1983, Mr. Rodriguez enjoyed a distinguished professional career in Prince George County and Ann Arundel County in Maryland in several planning-related positions.

Denis Russ Program Director LISC Denis Russ serves as Program Director of Greater Miami LISC - Local Initiatives Support Corporation -- providing support and assistance to Community Development Corporations working to transform distressed neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County. LISC is engaged in moving toward a more comprehensive and sustainable community development program - working in South Dade, East Little Havana, Overtown, Little Haiti, Liberty City, Opa-Locka and Miami Beach. LISC is supporting faith-based, special needs, community-wide. Prior to coming to LISC, for almost twenty years Russ served as Counselor and then President of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation. The organization spearheaded economic revitalization of South Beach, re-emergence of Miami Beach as a tourist destination, preservation of the Art Deco District and rehabilitation of its affordable housing stock, as well as sustained efforts to improve the quality of life for those who live, work and visit the City. Russ is an Attorney and a Certified Public Accountant. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami Law School, a Master of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. Russ attended the Dade County Public School system and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School.