Conference Speakers 2018
Opening Keynote Speaker
Christopher B. Leinberger is a land use strategist, professor, real estate developer, researcher, speaker and author, who balances business realities with social and environmental concerns. Mr. Leinberger is the:
- Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar and Research Professor and Chair at the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis of the George Washington University School of Business
- Founding Partner of Arcadia Land Company, a New Urbanism and transit-oriented development firm.
Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Mr. Schwartz is President, and CEO of Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants a firm that specializes in transportation planning and engineering. In addition to his 1982 to 1986 post as Traffic Commissioner at the New York City Department of Transportation, he has served as an adjunct professor of engineering at Cooper Union, Long Island University, and Brooklyn College. Mr. Schwartz is also the Inaugural Ted Kheel Fellow at Hunter College’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. Among the many roles he has held throughout his career, he is the acclaimed author of Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and The Fall of Cars, and No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future (2018). He also pens the “Gridlock Sam” and “Transit Sam” columns in the New York Daily News and Downtown Express.
Mr. Schwartz serves on the board of the Regional Plan Association, the Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. His accomplishments over the course of his career have been recognized with a wide array of awards, including, most recently, Transportation Alternatives’ David Gurin Award, Riders Alliance Honoree, the NYC Zoning Advisory Council Honor Award, and the AAA Traffic Safety Award.
Panelists
Jessica A. Bacher, Esq. Executive Director, Land Use Law Center, Elisabeth Haub School of Law
John Benvegna, PG(NY), CPG, WSP USA (formerly Leggette Brashears & Graham Inc.)
Mary Beth Bianconi, Delaware Engineering, D.P.C
Sabrina D. Charney Hull, AICP, Director of Planning, Town of New Castle
Patrick Cleary, AICP, CEP, PP, LEED AP, CNU-A, Principal, Cleary Consulting
Brian J. Connolly, Esq., Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC
Sarah Stern Crowell, AICP, Director, Office of Planning, Development & Community Infrastructure , NYS Department of State
William V. Cuddy, Jr., Executive Vice President, CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services
Michael V. Curti, Esq., Senior Counsel, Harris Beach PLLC
Donald L. Elliott, Esq,, FAICP, Director, Clarion Associates, LLC
Peter Feroe, AICP, Technical Director / Planning, AKRF, Inc.
Anthony B. Gioffre, III, Esq., Partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP
Jennifer L. Gray, Esq., Member, Keane & Beane, P.C
Michèle R. Greig, AICP, Four Corners Planning
Kevin A. Kain, PP, AICP, Director of Planning & Sustainability , City of New Rochelle
Kenneth Kearney, President, The Kearney Realty & Development Group
Ashley Ley, AICP, Senior Technical Director, AKRF, Inc.
Mark D. Lowery, Climate Policy Analyst, Office of Climate Change, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Seth M. Mandelbaum, Esq., Partner, McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP
Gina Martini, AICP, ENV SP, Senior Project Manager, VHB
Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, Esq., Of the Hartford Bar
Houtan Moaveni, Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Clean Energy Siting, New York State Interconnection Ombudsman, NYSERDA
Valerie Monastra, AICP, Director of Planning, VHB
John R. Nolon, Esq., Of Counsel, Land Use Law Center and Distinguished Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Victoria L. Polidoro, Esq., Rodenhausen Chale LLP
Natalie Quinn, Senior Planner, City of Poughkeepsie
Matt Robbie, Senior Associate, Skeo Solutions, Inc.
David B. Schiff, AICP, PP, Senior Project Manager, Kimley-Horn of New York, P.C.
Gerhard M. Schwalbe, P.E., Partner, Divney Tung Schwalbe, LLP
Steven M. Silverberg, Esq., Partner, Silverberg Zalantis LLP
David B. Smith, Principal, Planning & Development Advisors
Andrew M. Spatz, Esq., Andrew M. Spatz, PLLC
Meghan A. Taylor, Regional Director, Mid-Hudson, Empire State Development
Brad Tito, Program Manager, Communities & Local Governments, NYSERDA
John A. Verni, Esq., Verco Properties LLC
Bonnie Von Ohlsen, AICP, RLA, LEED Green Associate, Kimley-Horn of New York, P.C.
Nicholas M. Ward-Willis, Esq., Member, Keane & Beane, P.C.
Lawrence H. Weintraub, Esq., Office of General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Michael Allan Wolf, Esq., Professor of Law & Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Michael D. Zarin, Esq., Partner, Zarin & Steinmetz