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| Trevor
Atkinson, Common Ground |
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| Linda
Budge, City of Rancho Cordova |
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| Susan
Filios, Valley Vision |
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Susan
Frazier, Valley Vision |
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Susan currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Valley Vision, a
Sacramento nonprofit committed to building civic engagement while addressing
quality of life issues in the six-county Capitol region. Susan has led Valley
Vision since 2001, and has played an instrumental role in the organizations
many successes -including the Blueprint project, an effort that engages citizens
in a 50-year land use planning project for the six-county region; the Quality
of Life report, a bi-annual project that highlights more than 45 economic,
social and environmental indicators that gauge the quality of life of the region;
the beehivesacramento.org project, an internet information referral service
for low income residents; and Leveraging Our Diversity – A Multi Cultural Business
Forum and now the current Partnership for Prosperity, a regional economic development
strategy.
Prior to Valley Vision, Susan worked in the private sector serving in executive
roles primarily in the utility industry and associated subsidiaries. Most notably
she served as general manager for a Midwest utility providing electric, gas,
and water services, and as CEO of a start up subsidiary, growing an entrepreneurial
business from the ground up. She changed careers following a move from the Midwest
to California.
In addition to her prior professional roles, Susan has served on numerous non-profit
Boards and Committees and led a variety of significant community projects as
a volunteer, prior to pursuing a long held dream of making community work her
profession.
Susan holds an MBA from the College of St Scholastica, has extensive training
and experience in organizational development, and is the graduate of three intensive
community leadership programs, including the American Leadership Forum in Sacramento.
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| Alan
Matheson, Envision Utah |
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| Hans Johnson,
Public Policy Institute of California |
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| Brook Muller, University of
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Brook Muller
Assistant Professor
Architecture Department
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
1206 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1206
541.346.3647
bmuller@uoregon.edu |
Brook
Muller is an assistant professor in the Architecture Department at the
University of Oregon, teaching design studios and courses in sustainable
architecture. His research focuses on environmentally responsive architectural
practices, design process and the relationship between architecture and
landscape.
Brook received a BA in environmental studies from Brown University in
1987 and an MArch from the University of Oregon in 1992. From 1993 to 1996,
Brook worked with Behnsich & Partner Architects in Stuttgart, Germany,
and served on the design team for the IBN Institute for Forestry and Nature
Research, a European Union pilot project for human and environmentally
friendly building.
Brook was an associate with Blackbird Architects from 1996-2000, serving
as design team member on such projects as the Van Atta Design Studios (first
place award for sustainable design from the AIA/Boston Society of Architects,
1999), an honor award (first prize) entry for the Great Central Valley
Housing Competition, and master planning for and additions to the New England
Science Center in Worcester, MA.
Brook was an Assistant Professor in the Architecture Department at California
Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo from 2000-2004, directing
the College’s minor in sustainable environments and helping establish
the University wide minor in environmental studies. Brook was awarded the
Wesley Ward Outstanding Teaching Award for the College of Architecture
and Environmental Design in 2002.
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| Bruce Race,
AICP, RACESTUDIO |
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| Janet Ruggiero,
AICP, City of Citrus Heights |
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Tim Youmans,
Economic & Planning Systems |
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