URBAN ANCHORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
A COMMITMENT TO PLACE, GROWTH, AND COMMUNITY
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PENN INSTITUTE FOR
URBAN RESEARCH
Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania
October 8-9, 2007
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BIOGRAPHIES (M-R)
David Maurrasse is the President, CEO, and Founder of Marga Incorporated, a global consulting firm dedicated to forging and strengthening pathways to take on the great issues of the twenty-first century through cross-sector partnerships, philanthropy, strategy, and management. Since 2000, Dr. Maurrasse has been on the faculty at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is currently Associate Research Scholar in the School and a Strategic Advisor to the University’s Earth Institute. He currently serves on the Board of Bucknell University, Public Health Foundation Enterprises, and World Savvy, an organization focused on promoting global education in schools.
Mark Mallory is Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio. In his first term, the Mayor’s priorities include enhancing public safety, encouraging strong economic development, improving public transportation, strengthening neighborhoods, and protecting the environment. Mayor Mallory also serves his community on the boards of several community organizations. Before being elected Mayor, Mallory served in the Ohio General Assembly, the Ohio House, and the Ohio Senate. Mallory served in leadership for most of his tenure in the legislature and rose to the position of Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate. Since entering public service, Mallory has received numerous “Legislator of the Year” awards and “Public Service” awards for his commitment to serving the people of Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Administrative Management from the University of Cincinnati.
Reverend Joseph P. McFadden has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia since his appointment in June 2004. Previously, he has served as a basketball coach at Saint Joseph University, as the Junior Varsity Coach at the West Catholic High School for Boys, as a teacher and Head Coach, and later EDirector of Athletics at West Catholic Boys High School. After attending Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary to study for the priesthood, he was ordained a Deacon in 1980 and assigned to Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Secane. In 1981, he was ordained a Priest and assigned the Parochial Vicar at St. Laurence Parish, Highland Park. Bishop McFadden received a Master of Divinity Degree on completion of his studies at Saint Charles Seminary graduating Summa Cum Laudae. In 1982 he was appointed Administrative Secretary to Cardinal Krol and in 1991, was named an Honorary Prelate to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, with the title of Monsignor. In 1993, Bishop McFadden was named by Cardinal Bevilacqua to be the first President of Cardinal O’Hara High School, Springfield, PA. In 2001, Bishop McFadden was appointed Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Downingtown, where he ministered until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia in June 2004. In his twenty-six years as a priest, Bishop McFadden has served on many Archdiocesan Boards and Committees and has been awarded such honors as the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Delaware County Man of the Year Award.
Robert McNulty is the Founder and President of Partners for Livable Communities, a thirty year old organization dedicated to promoting quality of life, economic development and social equity. His diverse career includes being an archaeologist with Colonial Williamsburg, Assistant Director of the National Museum of American History, Director of Environmental Programs of the General Services Administration, and the Assistant Director of the Architecture and Environmental Arts program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr. McNulty received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and has been a fellow of Harvard and Yale Universities.
Joan Millane is the Principal of Millane Partners, LLC, a consulting firm which assists private sector, government and higher education entities to structure Public-Private partnerships for the development of research parks, housing and mixed use projects, negotiating the real estate and financing documents to win-win conclusions. She formerly directed the asset management divisions of the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Carlyle Group in Washington DC, and was Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Real Estate and Assistant Vice President for Asset Management at the University of Maryland. She has taught Public-Private real estate and financing concepts for such entities as the Urban Land Institute and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and is an elected member of Lambda Alpha, a national land use and preservation honor society. Ms. Millane received her bachelor’s from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Oluwatoyin Adegbite Moore is the Director of Penn Home Ownership Services under the Division of Business Services at the University of Pennsylvania. This department oversees the University’s Enhanced Mortgage Program and the Guaranteed Mortgage Program which provide assistance to full-time faculty and staff looking to purchase and rehabilitate homes in West Philadelphia. Ms. Adegbite Moore has extensive experience working and consulting for international donor agencies and private charitable organizations, including the International Youth Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Council of Michigan Foundations. Ms. Adegbite Moore received her B.A. in political science and French from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She currently serves as the president-elect on the trustee board of the Calvin College Alumni Association. She also holds a certificate from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University– The Fund Raising School.
Lawrence C. Nussdorf, Esq. is President and COO of Clark Enterprises, Inc., the ownership, investment, and asset management arm of the various Clark entities. Mr. Nussdorf is lead director of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE) and serves on the executive boards of the Buttonwood Focus Funds, the Washington Scholarship Fund and the Anti-Defamation League (DC Chapter). He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and the Advisory Board of the Penn Institute for Urban Research. He received his bachelor’s in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a law degree from Rutgers School of Law, and a master’s of (Tax) Law from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Neal Peirce is an American journalist focused on the national and global roles and metropolitan regions. With Curtis Johnson, he co-authored newspaper series called “Peirce Reports” or “Citistates Reports” on strategic issues in 24 regions. Peirce chairs the Citistates Group, a network of journalists, speakers and civic leaders focused on building competitive, and sustainable 21st century regions. Since 1975 he has written the US’s first national newspaper column on state and local themes (Washington Post Writers Group syndication). Peirce was one of the founders of National Journal, and served in the 1960s as political editor of Congressional Quarterly.
David C. Perry is Director of the Great Cities Institute and Professor of Urban Planning and Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as Associate Chancellor for Great Cities, a University-wide research center studying the cities of the world from an engaged research perspective. He is the author or editor of ten books, including the forthcoming The University, The City and Land: Comparative Studies, edited with Wim Wiewel, and numerous articles, book chapters and reports on urban and regional economic development and policy, race and urban violence, spatial segregation and the production of urban space.
Egbert L.J. Perry is Chairman and CEO of The Integral Group LLC, a national urban real estate development and investment management firm that he founded in 1993. Under Perry’s leadership, Integral has developed a reputation as an innovator in the field of urban infill mixed-use and mixed-income development. Perry sits on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta Life Financial Group, the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, among others. An honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Perry received Bachelor of Science (’76) and Master of Science degrees (’79) in Civil Engineering and an MBA (’78), majoring 14 in Finance and Accounting. In 1990, Perry was inducted into the “Gallery of Distinguished Engineering Alumni” as the 11th inductee in the University’s 250 year history.
Andrew D. Plepler is Bank of America’s Global Community Impact Executive and President of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc., one of the largest corporate charitable organizations in the United States. His responsibilities include managing the company’s philanthropic strategy and coordinating its national focus with local market philanthropic efforts across the franchise. Plepler served as senior vice president of Housing and Community Initiatives with the Fannie Mae Foundation. Plepler was also a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Tax Division and served on Capitol Hill as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Plepler founded and continues to serve on the board of the Washington, DC-based Urban Alliance Foundation, a nonprofit jobs and mentoring program that works with economically disadvantaged high school students. Plepler received a B.A. in government from Franklin & Marshall College and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.
Josephine Ramirez serves as Vice President of Programming and Planning at the Music Center in Los Angeles. Josephine is a Fellow at the Center for Civil Society at the University of California Los Angeles and is a Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles. She is on the Board of Directors for L.A.’s new downtown arts high school, serves as an advisor to the Irvine Foundation’s study on cultural participation in California, and acts as advisor to the Urban Institute’s Arts and Culture Indicators in Community Building Project. She is a Loeb Fellow (2003) at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Her residence year there was awarded in support of Josephine’s ongoing research about informal, non-professional art making and its relationship to individual and community vitality.
Wellington Reiter is the Dean of the College of Design at Arizona State University. Dean Reiter is also responsible for shaping the future of the University’s downtown Phoenix Campus. In 2005, Dean Reiter established the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory, a think tank, studio, and resource center dedicated to the consideration of the rapid urbanization of the region. The following year, the Masters of Real Estate Development was launched, bringing together faculty from the colleges of Design, Law, Business and Construction. As a result of this work, he was awarded the 2007 Arizona AIA Medal. He was a faculty member in the Department of Architecture at MIT and the Professional Advisor to the Career Discovery Program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Dean Reiter and his professional practice, Urban Instruments, are the recipients of numerous awards for urban design and architecture. Vessels and Fields, a monograph on the work of Dean Reiter, is available from Princeton Architectural Press.
Judith Rodin has served as president of The Rockefeller Foundation since March 2005. A groundbreaking research psychologist, Dr. Rodin was previously the president of the University of Pennsylvania, the first woman to lead an Ivy League institution, and earlier the provost of Yale University. During her decade of leadership, Penn launched a comprehensive, award-winning and internationally acclaimed neighborhood revitalization program, and helped found Penn Institute for Urban Research. Rodin also helped found and lead many local and regional organizations that have worked to define innovation and collaboration – the Regional College & University Presidents Council, Innovation Philadelphia, and the Knowledge Industry Partnership. Rodin received her undergraduate degree from Penn and her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her latest book is The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).
Mark S. Rosentraub is Dean and Professor of Urban Affairs at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs in Cleveland State University. Dr. Rosentraub’s research interests focus on urban redevelopment, economic development and change, tourism management for economic development, and the economic and intangible value of sports, the arts, and other amenities for urban centers. In this part of his work Dr. Rosentraub’s has helped numerous cities and institutions with the assessment of the economic value of museums and sports events and facilities. The author of more than 90 articles and book chapters, his most recent book is The Economics of Sports: An International Perspective, co-authored with Robert Sandy and Peter Sloane. Dr. Rosentraub received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Queens College of the City University of New York.
Christopher S. Ronayne is President of University Circle Incorporated (UCI) located in Cleveland Ohio. As president of the umbrella group serving 40 world-class, health care, academic, and cultural institutions, in University Circle, Ronayne’s primary charge is to position the Circle as a premiere urban district and economic driver in the new regional economy. Ronayne and his team provide services in this spectacular square mile ranging from police services, real estate management, community planning, development, educational programming, marketing and special events. Prior to joining UCI, Ronayne served as Chief of Staff for the City of Cleveland where he managed over 8,500 employees and an Urban Anchors in the 21st Century: A Commitment to Place, Growth and Community October 8-9, 2007 University of Pennsylvania 15 annual budget of a half a billion dollars. Ronayne also served in the Mayor’s Cabinet as the Chief Development Officer. Prior to that he served as Cleveland City Planning Director and directed the City’s historic Cleveland Lakefront Plan.
Micheal Rubin is President of MRA International and co-director of The IDOLON Project, a multi-firm venture created to integrate new forms of branding into the real world environments through the creation of experiences, events, artistic interventions, icons, venues and places. He consults the sports, entertainment, retail, hospitality, and development industries on the creation of destination places and venues, and place-based and experiential branding. Mr. Rubin is a prolific writer, authoring articles on destination development, leisure trends and branding strategies. He taught at the Fels Institute and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and lectured at several universities. His professional awards include the Progressive Architecture First Award, the ULI Apgar Award and national recognition awards from the AIA, HUD, APA and PEI. Mike earned his M.Arch. and M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the Wharton School. Mike is currently writing a book on “brand presence” and another book entitled “Protirement ™: meaningful work and purposeful leisure.”
Victor Rubin is Vice President for Research at PolicyLink, a national nonprofit institute for policy change. His current research includes projects to evaluate community engagement initiatives by state universities and to develop revitalization strategies for older industrial cities. Victor joined PolicyLink in 2000 after serving as Director of the HUD Office of University Partnerships. Rubin served as Director of the University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum, a partnership for community revitalization based at the University of California, Berkeley. Rubin earned an M.C.P. and Ph.D. from the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. He has written and spoken extensively about university-community partnerships and is the co-author of two books on educational policy.