Ms. Boyle manages the real estate program at Ceres, a non-profit coalition of investors and public interest groups working toward sustainable prosperity. Prior to this position, she directed the first phase of development of Nexus, a green building resource center in downtown
Mr. Cohen manages new development projects for Beacon Communities Development, a for-profit developer of multifamily affordable housing. Before starting in his current position, Josh worked in several different aspects of the real estate field, including construction, architectural history, and historic preservation. Josh holds a B.A. in ethics, politics, and economics from
Professor Fernandez began his architectural career in New York City where he was a senior designer in the firms of Kohn Pedersen Fox and Polshek and Partners. He is a principal of Lampietti-Fernandez Architects with his wife, Malvina Lampietti. He is a graduate of MIT (BSAD '85) and Princeton University (March '89). His research has been focused on the materials and physical elements and components of the assemblies and systems of buildings. A culminating publication of his research of the past several years is the newly published book, "Material Architecture: emergent materials for innovative buildings and ecological construction." (2005. Architectural Press: Oxford).
Currently, Professor Fernandez is engaged in the articulation of concepts of the ecology of contemporary construction. This effort involves identifying the distinct consumption profile and resource requirement attributes of our existing anthropogenic stock of buildings while formulating design strategies that contribute to reuse and recycling of building materials and components. During the last few years, Fernandez has been directing research focused on emerging and nontraditional materials (including natural and synthetic fibers, new laminated glass assemblies, textile building enclosures), innovative architectural assemblies, sustainable materials and the technical and design opportunities offered by the continuing exploration of contemporary materials. Recently he has been collaborating in the development of software designed to assist designers in the assessment and selection of materials.
Mr. Lowitt is immediate past-president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association, chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the green roof trade association for North America and he serves as Director/Land Use Administrator for the Devens Enterprise Commission, the agency charged with permitting the redevelopment of the former Fort Devens army base in Massachusetts. At Devens, Mr. Lowitt focuses on the sustainable redevelopment of this 4400-acre former army base. Prior to coming to Devens, Mr. Lowitt served as Director of Planning and Economic Development for the Town of Londonderry, New Hampshire (1993-1999) where he developed the Londonderry Ecological Industrial Park and the award winning Sustainable Londonderry Program. Mr. Lowitt has a B.A. in history from Brown University and a M.A. in Community Economic Development from the Urban Environmental Policy Graduate Program at Tufts University.
Dr. Mwase is a Senior Project Manager for the Building Economic Opportunities Group at Jobs for the Future (JFF). She brings over ten years of project management and coordination experience in the nonprofit sector. Among her publications are studies that explore the role of community-based organizations in employment training and economic development, as well as an analysis of state policies affecting remedial instruction for adults. Her projects include Breaking Through, which promotes strategies that help low-literacy adults succeed in careers by accessing higher education and training through community colleges. She also leads the capacity building and peer learning efforts for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, which supports partnerships that recruit, train, place, retain, and advance new and incumbent workers in key industry sectors. Prior to coming to JFF, Dr. Mwase worked as a local representative for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where she served on the Funders Group for SkillWorks, a workforce intermediary in Boston. Dr. Mwase has taught at Cambridge College and the University of Massachusetts Boston. She earned a B.A. in economics from Tougaloo College and both an M.S. and Ph.D in public policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Rebecca Regan joined the Housing Partnership Network as president of the Capital Markets Companies in April 2011. In this role, she develops and manages the Network's capital market relationships and oversees its neighborhood stabilization and foreclosure prevention initiatives. She also plays a critical role in leading business collaboration and peer exchange among the network's high-performing affordable housing organizations. Ms. Regan previously served as chief operating officer for Boston Community Capital as well as president of its Loan Fund, a $125 million loan fund focused on community development including affordable housing, charter schools and health centers. Prior to joining Boston Community Capital, she held executive, real estate lending and management positions with Bank of America, Fleet Bank, Bank of Boston and BayBank. She is also a member of New England Women in Real Estate (NEWIRE), the Mayor of Boston's Food Council, the Massachusetts Grocery Access Task Force, the investment committee of City Mission Society and is chair of the finance committee for Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center, a school for low-income girls in Dorchester. She was appointed by the governor to MassHousing's Home Ownership Advisory Committee and is a former elected member of the Town of Wayland Planning Board. She received her B.A. from Boston University and M.B.A. from Babson College.
Mr. Shutkin founded New Ecology in 1999 and served as President until June 2004. Currently, he is Chair in Sustainable Development and Director of the Initiative for Development and Sustainability at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder. He's also a Partner of the Innovation Network for Communities and a Research Affiliate at MIT. An attorney, educator, writer and non-profit pioneer, his work explores an expansive terrain, from sustainability to social entrepreneurship, urban planning to economic development, green design to global warming. Mr. Shutkin has lectured and consulted around the world on the ideas and innovations guiding us to a prosperous future and is the author of the award-winning book, The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, and A Republic of Trees: Field Notes on People, Place, and the Planet. David Brower described Mr. Shutkin as "an environmental visionary creating solutions to today's problems with a passion that would make John Muir and Martin Luther King equally proud."
Doug Foy, Diana Propper, Greg Watson
Ned Abelson, Veronica Eady, Don Falvey, Peter Forbes, James Goldstein, Scott Harshbarger, Matt Kiefer, Michael Last, Joel Loitherstein, Deval Patrick, Kit Perkins, Zygmunt Plater, Geeta Pradhan, Larry Susskind