Speakers 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
11:30 – 12:00 Registration
12:00 – 1:00 Welcome and Introductions
Erika Poethig, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Sustainable Communities Research Grant Program
Regina Gray, PhD, Program Coordinator and Research Analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Grantees:
  • Dr. Scott Brown, Professor of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, The University of Miami, Miami, FL
  • Dr. Casey Dawkins, Research Associate, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland at College Park
  • Dr. Julia Koschinsky, Research Director of the GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • Dr. Andrew McCoy, Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Technology Research, Virginia Tech Center for Housing Research,
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Mr. Tad McGalliard, Principal Investigator, International City/County Management Association
  • Todd Nedwick and Tracy Kaufman, Principal Investigators, The National Housing Trust
  • Dr. Rolf Pendall, Director of the Metropolitan Housing & Communities Policy Center, The Urban Institute
*Note: Lunch will be available for purchase but must be reserved in advance. To reserve your lunch, please click here
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1:15 – 2:45 Capitalizing on the Benefits of Multifamily Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Moderator: Erika Poethig, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Panelists:
  • William C. Kelly, Jr., President, Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future
  • Dan Letendre, CDFI Lending & Investing Executive, Bank of America
  • Carlos Martín, Senior Associate, Abt Associates
  • Nathan D. Taft, Director of Acquisitions, Jonathan Rose Companies
  • Stockton Williams, Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 Sustainability Performance Metrics: Towards a Measurable Future
Moderator: Mariia Zimmerman, Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Opening Presentation: Josh Geyer, Program Analyst, Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Panelists:
  • Laurie Kerr, Senior Policy Advisor, New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
  • Chris Nelson, Professor and Executive Director of the Metropolitan Research Center, University of Utah
  • Jonathan Sage-Martinson, Director, Central Corridor Funders Collaborative, St. Paul, MN
  • John Thomas, Director, Community Assistance and Research Division Office of Sustainable Communities, Environmental Protection Agency
4:30 – 4:45

Closing Remarks
Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development