22nd Annual Building Livable Communities Conference for Local Elected Officials: New Strategies for a New Age – Agenda

Thursday, March 14 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel

• Moderator: Kate Meis, Associate Director, Local Government Commission
• Brendan Reed, Environmental Resource Manager, City of Chula Vista
  Presentation (PDF)
• Bruce Riordan, Climate Consultant, Bay Area Joint Policy Committee
  Presentation (PDF)
• Michael McCormick, AICP, Local and Regional Affairs Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
  Presentation (PDF)

Friday, March 15 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel

• LGC Board Chair: Councilmember Jon Harrison, City of Redlands

• Conference Host: Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park, LGC Board Vice-Chair of Government Relations

• Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism: Toward Architecture of Community
  Presentation (PDF)

Saturday, March 16 — Garden Terrace, Yosemite Lodge

• Moderator: Kim Walesh, Director of Economic Development/Chief Strategist, City of San Jose
• Councilmember Sam Liccardo, City of San Jose
• Connie Martinez, Managing Director & CEO, 1stACT Silicon Valley
• Kerrie Romanow, Director of Environmental Services, City of San Jose
  Presentation (PDF)

• Moderator: Jillian Rich, Program Manager, Government and Community Partnerships, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
  Presentation (PDF)
• Cisco DeVries, President & CEO, Renewable Funding
  Presentation (PDF)
• Howard Choy, General Manager, Los Angeles County Office of Sustainability
  Presentation (PDF)
• Kerrie Romanow, Director of Environmental Services for the City of San Jose
  Presentation (PDF)

• Moderator: Councilmember Tom Butt, City of Richmond, LGC Board Member
• Ken Kay, Principal, KenKay Associates
  Presentation (PDF)
• Ilaria Salvadori, Program Manager, Pavement to Parks, San Francisco Planning Department
  Presentation (PDF)

• Michael Freedman, Principal, FTB Urban Planners
  Presentation (PDF)

• Discussion Moderator: Vice Mayor Anu Natarajan, City of Fremont, LGC Board Member
  Presentation (PDF)

• Marc Roberts, City Manager, City of Livermore
  Presentation (PDF)
• Phil Pennino, former Mayor of Lodi
  Presentation (PDF)

Sunday, March 17 — Tudor Lounge, Ahwahnee Hotel

• Glenda Humiston, California Director, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Presentation (PDF)
  Access to Capital — http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/CA-CalFOR.pdf

• Devon Hartman, Principal, Hartman Energy Strategies
  Presentation (PDF)
• Councilmember Joe Lyons, City of Claremont
  Presentation (PDF)

• Rick Cole, Parish Administrator, San Buenaventura Mission
  Presentation (PDF)
• Teresa Acosta, Project Consultant, California Forward
  Strategic Community Action Plan — California Forward www.cafwd.org

• Cleveland Justis, The Poterro Group and UC Davis Graduate School of Management
  Presentation (PDF)
  Current Issues in Social Entrepreneurship: Funding and Finance (PDF)