October 19, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center - ULI Los Angeles ...

October 19, 2010 

Los Angeles Convention Center

ULI Los Angeles gratefully acknowledges the support of the following committees: 

2010 FUTUREBUILD LA COMMITTEE 

Robert Arbour, Co-Chair, Triple Net Equities 

Karl Fielding, Co-Chair, PBS&J 

Scott Bruce, Wallace Group 

Robert Buente, 1010 Development Corporation 

Antonio Carvalho, Earthvest 

Susan Davison, Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA 

Amelia Doyle, Cuningham Group Architecture 

Stephanie Ericson, UCLA 

Carrie Gillis, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. 

Danielle Griffith, PMC 

Veronica Hahni, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative 

ULI LOS ANGELES STAFF 

Katherine Perez 

Executive Director 

Ciara Contreras 

Project Manager 

Christine Aure 

Director of Programs 

Stephen Sampson 

Graphic Design & Program Layout 

Colin West 

FutureBuild LA Intern 

USGBC/GBCI, AIA, and AICP Continuing Education 

Credits are available and can be recorded at the 

registration desk. 

Mary Hewitt, American Diabetes Association 

Peter Hillakas, Newmark Realty Capital 

Nurit Katz, UCLA 

Lydia Long, JRC Green 

Jason Mandler, Partner Energy 

Michael S. Metcalfe, Metcalfe Associates 

John Quiter, Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A. 

Maura K. Schafer, Maura K. Schafer Marketing Consultant 

Nathan Whigham, Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. 

Dennis Woods, City of South Pasadena 

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and experience among local, nation and international 

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LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM CHAIR 

Colleagues, 

4 FutureBuild LA ULI LA’s Premier Green Conference & Expo 

Welcome to FutureBuild LA 2010! In the development world we have seen sustainable 

design take hold as a viable and effective strategy to reduce costs, increase returns, and save 

energy on our projects. Last year’s FutureBuild LA event was the first of what has become 

an annual conference devoted to the cutting-edge sustainability techniques and strategies 

being employed by developers, financiers, builders, architects, legal professionals, policy 

makers, building owners, planners, environmental professionals, and product vendors. These 

innovations are showcased within the context of California and the greater Los Angeles region, 

although their implications have a global reach. FutureBuild LA 2010 creates a dynamic forum 

based on the sound expertise of our speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors, where attendees may 

engage with professionals at each stage of the sustainability process to learn what works, 

what doesn’t, and how to implement successful techniques in their own professional life. 

Highlights from today’s program include: 

• The climate for development in the future from a regulatory and financing standpoint 

• HUD perspective on public finance and placemaking 

• CalGreen standards and implementation 

• Finance for retrofits 

• Economic vitality of green tech 

• Leveraging public dollars for sustainable projects 

• Land use impacts of the 30/10 Initiative 

• Case studies of successful sustainable real estate projects 

FutureBuild LA 2010 is full to the brim with content geared towards an active discussion of 

effective sustainability practices. I encourage you to stand up, ask questions, shake hands, 

learn something, teach something, and come away better prepared to improve the built 

environment. Get engaged and have some fun! 

Looking forward, 

Karl Fielding 

Program Chair for FutureBuild LA 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

I. FutureBuild LA Event Schedule of Events ................................................ 3 

II. Roundtable Topics and Marketplace Layout............................................. 7 

III. Speaker Biographies................................................................................ 9 

IV. TOD Summit Sponsors............................................................................ 27 

ULI Los Angeles wishes to thank 

our FutureBuild LA Presenting Sponsor, 

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 

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PRESENTING SPEAKERS 

Romel Pascual 

Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

Mr. Pascual is responsible for developing and implementing the Mayor’s environmental and energy 

agenda. He is a senior advisor on all environmental priorities for the Mayor, including climate 

change, environmental justice, green economy, open space, brownfields redevelopment, and 

sustainability. Romel was one of the principal authors of the Mayor’s GreenLA Climate Change 

Action Plan released in 2006. He represents the City of Los Angeles on the steering committee 

for the C40 Large Cities Climate Group. He also served as the Mayor’s Director of Environment as 

advisor to the Mayor and City on key environmental priorities and co-authored the City’s GreenLA Climate Change Action 

Plan released in 2006 to achieve a 35% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. 

Robert M. Hertzberg 

Chair and Founder, G24 Innovations, former Speaker of the CA State Assembly 

Mr. Hertzberg was twice unanimously elected Speaker of the California State Assembly (2000 – 

2002). He now is co-founder of G24 Innovations based in Cardiff, Wales which manufactures a 

new type of lightweight and flexible solar cell that generates power in low, ambient and even indoor 

conditions. He is also an equity partner at Mayer Brown LLP, one of the world’s largest international 

law firms. His work with G24i, and as co-founder of Renewable Capital, has made him an active 

entrepreneur and leader in global policy on renewable energy. The Los Angeles Times said this 

about Bob Hertzberg: He is a high-velocity wonk; he loves BIG ideas and will flesh out every one of them if you give him 

the chance.” Among his many involvements, he chaired the transition team for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

and served on the transition team of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He serves on the Boards of The Public Policy 

Institute of California, The Board of Counselors for the USC School of Public Policy, The Board of Visitors for the School 

of Public Policy at Pepperdine, The Rose Institute at Claremont, The Los Angeles World Affairs Council, The Pacific 

Council and is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. 

Dr. Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, PhD 

Founder and Managing Director Clark Strategic Partners, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 

Dr. Clark is a Qualitative Economist, whose being an applied academic, led him to found Clark 

Strategic Partners (CSP) in 2004 as the Managing Director and whose major clients have included: 

Energy Advisor, LA Community College District; Renewable Energy Advisor for Paramount Studios 

(solar and renewable systems) and other companies; and as Senior Foreign Energy Advisor (Asian 

Development Bank) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), Peoples Republic of China. He 

served as the Renewable Energy, Emerging Technology and Finance Advisor to the Governor 

of California during the State’s energy crisis from 2000-2003. His co-authored book “Agile Energy Systems: global 

solutions to the California energy crisis” (Elsevier Press, 2004) has become a classic about energy economics and public 

planning. Now Clark teaches and creates “Sustainable Development” programs at universities. Clark lectures frequently 

in the EU and Asia. He is “Green Advisor” to the Sate of California Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and also to the 

Producers’ Guild of America (PGA). 

2 FutureBuild LA ULI LA’s Premier Green Conference & Expo

7:00-8:00 AM Registration 

8:00-9:50 AM Morning Plenary Session- Room 403A/B 

9:50-10:00 AM Break 

Welcome, Katherine Aguilar Perez, Executive Director, ULI Los Angeles 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

Romel Pascual, Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

Bob Hertzberg, Chair and Founder, G24 Innovations and former Speaker of the California State 

Assembly 

Opening Panel Discussion 

The panel will address the changing climate for business and development, especially sustainable development, from 

regulatory, financial, and market perspectives. What will get built, where will it get built, and why? Panelists will also 

provide perspective for our region. What is the climate for sustainable business and development elsewhere in the 

Nation and the World? Who can we learn from? What are some examples of good policy producing great results? 

Finally, they will offer advice on where and how we should use our collective influence to positively effect policy change 

in California and the United States. 

Panelists: 

Cecilia Estolano, Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, Green For All 

Bob Hertzberg, Chair and Founder, G24 Innovations 

James Finlay, Vice President, Commercial Appraiser Manager, Wells Fargo RETECHS 

Romel Pascual, Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

Kelly Boyer, Multifamily Housing Director, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 

10:00-11:00 AM Breakout Sessions A 

Track 1- Strategies to Fund Energy Efficiency Retrofits - Room 406A 

Rising energy prices, increasing tenant demand, and impending energy consumption disclosure legislation are putting 

pressure on the real estate industry to drive down energy consumption in existing buildings. But energy efficiency 

projects can be costly, and mortgage and lease language can make it complicated to finance projects and capture the 

savings. This expert panel will discuss strategies for overcoming these hurdles and funding energy efficiency projects 

through innovative financing structures, utility rebates, and tax incentives. 

Panelists: 

David Ely, President, EDSS / CA 

Laura Franke, Founder and Principal, Clean Energy Advocates 

David Hodgins, Commercial Sector Project Development Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative, Energy 

Efficiency Building Retrofit Program 

John Kinney, CEO, Clean Fund LLC 

Track 2- CalGreen: Implementing the Nation’s First Green Building Standards Code - Room 406B 

What is CalGreen? How will CalGreen affect you? Experts on the subject will explain the development process of the 

California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen), including reasons why California chose to pioneer sustainable 

regulation and what CalGreen hopes to accomplish across the State. After a brief overview, representatives from 

both the City of Los Angeles and the City of Santa Monica will explain how each of their municipalities are planning 

on implementing the Code within their jurisdiction. Be one of the first to hear how CalGreen will impact our local 

development and building environment. 


FUTUREBUILD LA EVENT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

10:00-11:00 AM Breakout Sessions A- Continued 

Track 2- CalGreen: Implementing the Nation’s First Green Building Standards Code - Room 406B 

Panelists : 

Osama Younan, Chief of the Green Building and Mechanical Engineering Section, City of Los Angeles 

Department of Building and Safety 

Brenden McEneaney, Green Building Program Advisor, City of Santa Monica 

Doug Hensel, Assistant Deputy Director, CA Department of Housing and Community Development 

Track 3- Land Use Impacts of the 30/10 Transportation Plan - Room 409A 

Meet and hear from the people who are driving the Mayor’s 30/10 plan. More importantly witness a lively 

discussion between 30/10 promoters, the development community, and the Los Angeles Planning Department. Be 

prepared to ask questions about how transit might impact the playing field for land use development and what the 

Los Angeles Planning Department is doing to prepare. 

Panelists: 

Martha Welborne, Director of Planning, Metro 

Jaime de la Vega, Deputy Mayor for Transportation, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

Michael LoGrande, Director of Planning, City of Los Angeles 

Denny Zane, Executive Director, Move LA 

11:00-11:10 AM Break 

11:00-4:00 PM Marketplace Expo - Room 408 A/B 

11:10-12:10 PM Breakout Sessions B 

Track 1- Where the Worlds Collide: Leveraging Your Public Dollars - Room 406A 

The Panel discussion will explore state and local financing tools for greening FHA and assisted housing portfolios 

via the HUD Green Retrofit Program and Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program. Hear from owners/ 

agents about how these tools have been applied and incorporated into green retrofits and new construction. 

Panelists: 

Jeff Schaffer, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners as moderator 

Erich Yost, Supervisory Project Manager for Development, US Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

Melanie McCutchan, Analyst, California Center for Sustainable Energy 

Lynn Jacobs, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development 

Kelly Boyer, Multifamily Housing Director, US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Track 2- Energy Efficiency in Commercial Real Estate – Soup to Nuts: From Scope Development to 

Implementation to Tracking Results to Reducing Costs - Room 406B 

The energy efficiency in commercial real estate panel will include a portfolio manager, asset manager, investment 

broker, and energy efficiency consultant. Topics will include: Benchmarking, Energy Consumption and other 

key Performance Metrics, Portfolio Analysis, Scope Development, Energy Audits & Implementation, Payback 

Calculation, Green Valuation, Acquisition/Disposition Benefits, Points toward LEED certification. 

Panelists: 

Christian Gunter, Vice President, Kennedy Associates 

Marcus Berry, Asset Manager, TA Associates Realty 

Tony Michelman, Senior Vice President, NAI Global 

Tony Liou, Principal Engineer and Director, Partner Energy 


11:10-12:10 PM Breakout Sessions B- Continued 

Track 3- The Near Future Los Angeles - Room 409A 

How is Los Angeles evolving toward 2030? Which urban boundaries and conditions are being challenged to adapt, 

lest they be rendered obsolete? How will value be determined and measured in the Los Angeles of the future? How 

will design have to be redefined in order to be relevant in this future vision? This Break-out Session will address 

these questions and more through the lens of the city’s four basic components: Work, Domestic Living, Entertainment, 

and Infrastructure. The Session will feature presentations and a panel discussion by three of the leading Los Angeles 

architecture and design entities: cityLAB-UCLA, Gensler, and Michael Maltzan Architecture. 

Panelists: 

Eric Stultz, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Gensler 

Roger Sherman, AIA , Principal, Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design 

Li Wen, AIA, Design Director, Gensler 

Michael Maltzan, FAIA, NCARB, Principal, Michael Maltzan Architecture 

Dan Rosenfeld, Senior Deputy for Economic Development, Sustainability and Mobility, Office of 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas 

12:10-1:10 PM Lunch - 408 A/B Foyer 

12:30-1:00 PM Lunch Keynote: Dr. Woodrow Clark, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Founder and Managing 

Director, Clark Strategic Partners - Room 403 A/B 

1:10-2:10 PM Breakout Sessions C 


Track 1- CleanTech Los Angeles - Room 406A 

CleanTech Los Angeles is part of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and CRA/LA’s long term vision of transforming the old 

industrial site east of downtown into the world’s top clean technology manufacturing corridor. Learn more from key 

stakeholders about the recent developments and policy initiatives to make this area a national model for transforming an 

old, downtown industrial core into an incubator for green jobs and technology. 

Panelists: 

Don Spivack, Deputy Chief of Operations, CRA los Angeles 

Estela Lopez, Executive Director, Central City East Association 

Sean Arian, Founder and President, Eos Consulting 

Enrique Gasca, District Director, Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez 

Claire Bowin, Planner, Planning Department City of Los Angeles 

Track 2- Renewable Energy and Commercial Real Estate - Room 406B 

This panel will focus on the practical implications and possibilities behind integrating renewable energy into your 

commercial buildings. It will address technologies that are commercially viable in the marketplace, the economics of 

integration, and the subsidies available here in Southern California that help to drive financial viability. 

Panelists: 

Ryan Stepp, Territory Sales Manager, PVT Solar/Swan Solar 

Garth Holbrook, VP of Sales, Clear Edge/Fuel Cell 

Eric Hulin, Sales and Marketing Manager, 3 Phases Renewables 

Nathan Whigham, Project Developer, Borrego Solar 



1:10-2:10 PM Breakout Sessions C- Continued 

Track 3- Existing Commercial Building Retrofits: The Empire State Building - Room 409A 

The Empire State Building is notably serving as an inspiration for existing commercial buildings as rising energy 

costs and constant pressure to reduce carbon footprint and energy consumption are compelling building owners 

to take stock of their structures’ impact on the environment. This Case Study will examine and highlight the Empire 

State Building landmark energy efficiency program and how this transparent process is bringing about change to 

existing commercial buildings here in Los Angeles and around the world. 

Panelists: 

Wayne Alldredge, Portfolio Energy Manager – West Region Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones 

Lang LaSalle 

Mary Curtiss, Energy and Sustainability Program Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle 

Harry Archung, Vice President of Business Development, EMCOR Services/Mesa Energy Systems 

David Hodgins, Commercial Sector Project Development Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative 

Victor Olgyay, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute 

Track 3- Preserving the “Place” in Sustainable Development - Room 409B 

Green and sustainable development is revitalizing communities throughout America, including neighborhoods that 

bear the scars of economic neglect or environmental contamination. Change, even for significant public benefit, 

can threaten a community’s identity and alienate residents who most need the environmental, economic and health 

benefits of sustainable development. How does government and development work together towards a placesensitive 

approach to ensure social equity? Join this expert panel as they share strategies related to transit-oriented 

development, green and sustainable development that optimizes a healthy and equitable community. 

Panelists: 

Pauline Louie, Field Policy & Management, US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Patricia Beard, Redevelopment Manager, National City, CA 

Miguel Garcia, Executive Director, Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) 

Community Organizer, East LA Community Corporation 

2:10-4:00 PM Marketplace Expo and Roundtables - Room 408 A/B 

4:00-5:00 PM Closing Keynote: LEED Is Just the Beginning - Room 403 A/B 

In 2006, Adobe Systems Incorporated became the first organization in the world to certify their buildings through the 

permanent LEED for Existing Buildings program at the Platinum level. Yet, this was just the beginning, as they are 

now the first organization to recertify through LEED at the Platinum level. ADOBE’s venture inspired other projects 

across the nation such as 400 & 450 N. Brand in Glendale who changed from a traditional building operations 

model to a culture of Good Environmental Stewardship that earned them Gold Certification in 2010. In collaboration 

with Cushman & Wakefield, both projects continue to implement additional sustainable projects with exceptional 

payback, come hear how they do it. 

Panelists: 

Mike Bangs, P.E. Director of Global Facilities Operations, ADOBE Systems Incorporated 

George Denise, Global Account Manager, Cushman & Wakefield 

Lillian Lainez, Portfolio Manager, Cushman & Wakefield 


Roundtable Topics and Marketplace Layout- Room 408 A/B 

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Table 1- Sustainable Landscaping and Green Roofs 

Melanie Smith, Principal, Melendrez Associates 

Calvin Abe, Principal, Ahbe Associates 

Table 2- Discovery Day & Treasure Hunt (Reducing 

operational & energy costs) 

Wayne Alldredge, Portfolio Energy Manager-West Region 

and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle 

Table 3- Energy Benchmarking 

Tony Liou, Principal Engineer and Director, Partner Energy 

Table 4- CalGreen: Implementing the Nation’s First 

Green Building Standards Code 

Brenden McEneaney, Program Advisor, City of Santa 

Monica 

Table 5- Sustainable Finance 

Alan Kotin, Owner and Principal, Alan D. Kotin & Associates 

Stan Hoffman, FAICP President, Stanley R. Hoffman 

Associates 

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Table 6- Strategies to Fund Energy Efficiency 

Retrofits 

John Kinney, CEO, Clean Fund LLC 

Laura Franke, Principal, Clean Energy Advocates, Inc. 

Dave Litty, Western Region Project Executive, EDSS Energy 

Dave Ely, President, EDSS 

Table 7- Leveraging a Sustainable Development: 

From Planning through Entitlements to Sale 

Robert F. Dannenbrink Jr., FAICP, AIA 

Table 8- Sustainable Institutional Facilities 

David Weil, Director, UCSD Building Commissioning & 

Sustainability 

David Salazar, Associate VP President Physical Planning 

and Facilities Management, CSULB 

Table 9- Water Quality & Water Reduction Strategies 

Ann Sever, Landscape Architect, Wallace Group 

Table 10- SB 375, AB 32 & Proposition 23 

Mike Woo, Dean, College of Environmental Design, Cal 

Poly Pomona 

Scott Bruce, Director of Planning and Landscape 

Architecture, Wallace Group 


ROUNDTABLES TOPICS & MARKETPLACE EXPO LAYOUT 

Roundtable Topics- continued 

Table 11- Building Support in the Community For 

Sustainable Development 

Veronica Hahni, Executive Director, Los Angeles 

Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) 

Bill Roschen, FAIA, LEED AP Principal, Roschen Van 

Cleve Architects 

Table 12- Land Use Impacts of the 30/10 

Transportation Plan 

Denny Zane, Executive Director, MoveLA 

Table 13- Transit Hubs 

Sam Kaplan, Planning Manager, Metro 

Hillary Norton, Executive Director, Fixing Angelenos Stuck 

in Traffic (FAST) 

Table 14- Public Works Low Impact Development 

Ordinance 

Paula Daniels, Commissioner, Board of Public Works, Los 

Angeles 

Table 15- Maximizing Renewable Energy in 

Commercial Real Estate 

Nate Whigham, Senior Project Developer, Borrego Solar 

Systems, Inc 

Table 16- Retrofitting Your Commercial Portfolio 

Daniele Aquino Horton, Sustainability Manager, Thomas 

Properties Group 

Convention Center Concourse Meeting Rooms 


Table 17- Low Energy Building Design: Achieving 

Net Zero 

Brent Miller, Education Studio Leader, Harley Ellis Devereaux 

Michael Bulander, Architect, Harley Ellis Devereaux 

Table 18- US Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

Kelly Boyer, Multifamily Housing Director, US Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

William Vasquez, Director, Office of Community Planning 

and Development, US Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

Table 19- CleanTech Los Angeles 

Estela Lopez, Executive Director, Central City East 

Association 

Sean Arian, Founder and President, Eos Consulting 

Don Spivack, Deputy Chief of Operations, CRA Los Angeles 

Table 20- The Near Future Los Angeles 

Gensler 

Concourse Meeting Rooms 

Table 21- LABC/UCLA 600 MW Solar FIT program 

Mary Leslie, Executive Director, LA Business Council 

Table 22- Financing Energy Efficient Lighting 

Adam Hall, CTO & COO, Earthvest 

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Registration 

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Calvin Abe 

Senior Principal, AHBE Landscape Architects 

Mr. Abe is the Senior Principal at AHBE 

Landscape Architects. He has over 30 

years of professional experience in 

urban design and landscape architecture. 

Over time, the scale, variety, and complexity of these 

projects have brought expertise in many project types, 

including civic spaces and parks, schools and institutions, 

medical facilities, hospitality, mixed-use developments, 

headquarters and office parks, streetscapes, restorations 

and master plans. Mr. Abe has extensive experience 

creating outdoor environments for LEED certified projects. 

Calvin is noted for his ability to transform conceptual 

designs into artful built forms for urban environments. He 

is a team player who seeks collaborations with architects, 

designers, artists, scientists and engineers to develop and 

implement innovative and technically-sound designs. Mr. 

Abe’s landscapes and art installations have been widely 

published and recognized with professional awards. 

Wayne Alldredge, LEED-AP, CEM, CBCP 

Portfolio Energy Manager – West Region 

Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang 

LaSalle 

Mr. Alldredge joined Jones Lang LaSalle 

in 2010 and is responsible for identifying 

and developing sustainable energy management 

solutions and green business strategies to reduce energy 

consumption. Mr. Alldredge has more than 20 years of 

energy industry experience. Most recently, he was owner 

and principal at Improvement Facilitation LLC, a LEED and 

Energy Efficiency Consulting Company and Energy Star® 

Partner. His responsibilities included analyzing energy 

use, performing LEED gap analysis, conducting ASHRAE 

Audits, creating energy conservation measures, providing 

efficiency culture development and conducting continuous 

improvement training for clients such as General Electric, 

Equity Office Properties, NBC-Universal, Delta Faucets 

and Kilroy Realty Corporation. Mr. Alldredge holds a BS 

in engineering technology from California State University 

at Long Beach. He is a LEED® Accredited Professional, a 

Certified Energy Manager, a Certified Electro-Mechanical 

Technician, and a Certified Building Commissioning 

Professional. He is also an active member of the U.S. 

Green Building Council, a member of the California 

Commissioning Collaborative and a Life Member of the 

Association of Energy Engineers. 

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES 

Daniele Aquino Horton 

Sustainability Manager, Thomas Properties 

Group 

Ms. Aquino Horton is the Sustainability 

Manager for Thomas Properties 

Group, where she administers the 

LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) Certification for the 

firm’s nationwide portfolio of 34 office buildings. Her 

responsibilities span entitlement, design, construction and 

operations. A LEED AP with a Professional Certification 

in Construction Management and a California Real Estate 

License, she sits on the USGBC-LA Board of Directors and 

Chairs its LEED-EB Committee. Previously, Ms. Aquino 

worked as an architect and planner in Brazil and the US. 

She earned her Master’s in Sustainable Development from 

Harvard University and her Bachelor’s in Architecture & 

Urban Planning from Catholic University of Goias in Brazil. 

Harry Archung 

Vice President of Business Development, 

EMCOR 

Mr. Archung has 25 years in the HVAC 

industry managing and leading including 

general management, sales management, 

operations, maintenance, and retrofit of mechanical 

systems. His contracting, engineering, maintenance, and 

service background provides a unique approach in leading 

an organization to identify opportunities to upgrade and 

maintain HVAC systems with the latest technology. This 

includes developing business plans, budgets, recruiting, 

setting sales plans, coaching, engineering support, 

designing and implementing sales incentive plans, 

implementing safety plans, and maintaining profit and 

loss responsibilities. Mr. Archung has assisted many 

clients throughout California to formulate cost-effective 

preventative maintenance and energy saving mechanical 

retrofits. He has played a key role in implementing over 

$50,000,000 in mechanical retrofits and helping clients 

drastically reduce energy consumption in the operation of 

their facilities. 



Sean Arian 

President, Eos Consulting 

Mr. Arian is founder and President of 

Eos Consulting, helping clients pursue 

market-driven solutions to environmental 

problems. For the past three years, Sean 

was the Director of Economic Development for the Mayor 

of Los Angeles, where he was responsible for advising 

the Mayor on his strategy to build the green economy 

in Los Angeles, including the development of LA’s Clean 

Technology Corridor and Cleantech LA, a partnership with 

the region’s premier academic institutions. He also led the 

Mayor’s team that implemented the Clean Trucks Program 

at the Port of Los Angeles, a policy that resulted in an 80% 

reduction in truck emissions while promoting the use of 

new clean transportation technologies. Prior to joining the 

Mayor’s Office, Sean worked as a consultant at McKinsey 

& Company, a global management consulting firm. A 

native of Los Angeles, Sean earned his J.D. from Columbia 

University School of Law, and a B.A. from the University of 

California at Berkeley. Sean served as a Fulbright scholar in 

Argentina and as a Japan Foundation fellow in Japan. He is 

a member of the California Bar. 

Michael Bangs 

P.E. Director of Global Facilities, Adobe Systems 

Incorporated 

Mr. Bangs has worked for technology 

companies for 25 years including 

3Com and Juniper Networks. Mike has 

developed and operated corporate campuses around the 

world including properties in Boston, Budapest, Dublin, 

Paris, London, Noida, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and the San 

Francisco Bay Area. He is a member of CoreNet, the Board 

of Directors of the Friends of the Guadalupe River Park 

and Gardens, founding Board chairman of the Moffett Park 

Business and Transportation Association, and a past Board 

President of the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce. Mike 

holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from California 

Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and an MBA 

from San Jose State University and is registered engineer 

in the State of California. 

Patricia Beard 

Redevelopment Manager, National City, CA 

Ms. Beard has served as Redevelopment Manager for 

the City of National City, California since 2004. She 

has 20 years of experience in community and economic 

development has worked extensively on brownfields. 


National City, a diverse urbanized suburb of San 

Diego, is pursuing an environmental justice project in 

a neighborhood characterized by a mix of low income 

residences and small industries. Due to the complexity 

of the project, National City has focused on leveraging 

resources to complete a catalyst project and was awarded 

an EPA Sustainability Pilot in February, 2010. 

Marcus Berry 

Asset Manager, TA Associates Realty 

Mr. Berry directs and oversees TA’s sustainability 

initiatives on the West Coast and is a member of TA’s 

national sustainability committee. TA Associates Realty 

(“TA Realty”) is one of the largest and most experienced 

privately held real estate advisors in the United States. TA 

Realty manages 96 million square feet of commercial real 

estate and 8,900 residential units located in 35 markets 

nationwide. TA Realty’s strong risk-adjusted returns 

through multiple cycles have established the firm as one 

of the premier real estate advisors in the country. TA 

Realty’s commingled funds share the same philosophy, 

strategy and objectives in addition to investor types, fund 

structure and expected life. The objective of the funds is to 

obtain the highest possible risk-adjusted returns through 

a value-added strategy focusing on small to medium-sized 

office, industrial, multifamily and retail property. Current 

initiatives include comprehensive energy auditing of office 

assets, historical energy consumption analysis, energy 

consumption forecasting, energy star benchmarking, and 

achieving LEED certification of existing assets. In addition, 

Mr. Berry is currently an asset manager responsible for 

leasing and oversight of approximately 2.4 million square 

feet of office and industrial real estate. Prior to asset 

management he completed 23 acquisitions totaling 2.7 

million square feet of office and industrial assets. 

Michael Bulander 

Architect, Harley Ellis Devereaux 

Mr. Bulander is a LEED Accredited 

Professional and has had a focus on 

resource sustainability, green architecture, 

and environmentally sensitive design 

throughout his sixteen year career. His last five years 

have been dedicated to providing fresh viewpoints 

and inventive ideas to educational facilities throughout 

Southern California. Michael transforms project goals into 

integrated and harmonious architectural solutions within a 

spirit of teamwork and collaboration.

Claire Bowin 

Planner, Los Angeles Department of City 

Planning 

Ms. Bowin has participated in the 

development of the LA River Revitalization 

Master Plan (LARRMP) and the City’s 

Green Building Program since joining the Los Angeles 

Department of City Planning in 2006. Ms. Bowin is 

currently coordinating the development of the City’s 2010 

Bicycle Plan and the Cornfield/Arroyo Seco Specific Plan - 

a LEED-ND Certified project. A graduate of the University 

of Virginia’s School of Architecture Ms. Bowin’s career has 

included a variety of disciplines including planning, design 

and community development. 

Kelly Boyer 

Director Los Angeles Multifamily Hub, U.S. 

Department of Housing & Urban Development 

Ms. Boyer joined the U.S. Department 

of Housing and Urban Development 

as the new Director of the Los Angeles 

Multifamily in January of 2009. Her responsibilities cover 

the oversight and administration of multifamily asset 

management and development related matters in twelve 

Southern California counties comprising a investment in 

excess of $2 billion, and representing 207 communities 

and over 94,000 units of affordable housing. Prior to 

joining HUD, Ms. Boyer served as an Asset Manager and 

then In-House Counsel for Ohio Capital Corporation for 

Housing (OCCH), a nonprofit syndicator of low income 

housing tax credits based in Columbus, Ohio. As an asset 

manager, she was responsible for asset management of 

a 60+ project portfolio in states of Ohio, Kentucky, West 

Virginia and Pennsylvania comprised of LIHTC, Tax- 

Exempt Bond, USDA Rural Development, HUD Section 8 

and FHA financed multi-family and single family homes. 

She is a graduate of Berea College, and received her law 

degree from Capital University Law School, Columbus, 

Ohio. 

Scott Bruce 

Director of Planning and Landscape 

Architecture, Wallace Group 

Mr. Bruce is the Director of Planning and 

Landscape Architecture at the Wallace 

Group in San Luis Obispo. Scott has 

been a professional planner for more than 30 years 

having Master Planned large communities out of Newport 

Beach California, performed as Principal Regional Planner 


and Community Development Director in the Tulsa, OK 

Metropolitan Area and having owned a firm in San Luis 

Obispo, CA. Scott teaches Graduate Community Design 

Studios at Cal Poly and is the San Luis Obispo Subsection 

Director for the American Planning Association. He also 

is the VP for Advocacy for C4, the California Central Coast 

Chapter of the US Green Building Council. 

Mary Curtiss 

Senior Program Manager Corporate Solutions, 

Jones Lang LaSalle 

Ms. Curtiss is currently working with 

JLL’s Energy and Sustainability Services 

(ESS) Organization. Her responsibilities 

are to develop the product and service line offerings within 

ESS and to align these offerings with the other business 

lines to ensure customer needs are met within Corporate 

Solutions Accounts. She is also responsible for developing 

the ESS Market in the Northwest and specifically with the 

City of San Francisco. She is currently engaged with the 

Moscone Convention Center’s LEED and Sustainability 

project. Ms. Curtiss has successfully developed and 

executed a start-up Global Sustainability Program for 

Sun Microsystems Real Estate Portfolio. In the initial 

year, Ms. Curtiss led teams to achieve goals in all Global 

Sustainability Pillars and in the course of doing so, 

achieved cost savings of over $1,000,000 and significant 

resource reduction. Ms. Curtiss’ leadership skills brought 

this program to fruition as well as garnering respect as a 

Subject Matter Expert (SME) within JLL for Sustainability. 

She was awarded the JLL da Vinci Award for Innovation 

in February, 2010 for developing this program. She 

also managed the LEED EB Certification project for Sun 

Microsystems Headquarters in Menlo Park, CA and was 

an integral member of Intel’s team in Ocotillo, AZ for their 

LEED EB Certification. 

Paula Daniels 

Commissioner, Board of Public Works, Los Angeles 

Commissioner Daniels provides leadership in the area of 

sustainable water policy, including watershed and urban 

runoff management, groundwater recharge, water re-use, 

and food policy as it relates to sustainable agriculture. For 

over 20 years, Ms. Daniels has been actively involved in 

California environmental policy issues in large part due 

to her longtime and close involvement with Heal the Bay, 

an environmental group whose mission is to improve and 

protect Southern California coastal waters and beaches. 

Ms. Daniels was also commissioner with the California 

Coastal Commission, and a gubernatorial appointee on 



the governing board of the California Bay-Delta Authority. 

Until her appointment by Mayor Villaraigosa to the fulltime 

Board of Public Works, her day job was as a trial attorney 

handling civil litigation, primarily representing businesses 

and professionals. 

Robert F. Dannenbrink, Jr., FAICP, AIA 

Mr. Dannenbrink is a nationally recognized 

urban designer and planner with 40 

plus years experience in architecture, 

urban design, city and campus planning 

in public and private organizations, 

consulting, teaching, lecturing and 

published author of many articles and graphic illustrations. 

He has supervised several national, state and local awardwinning 

projects for a major university campus; a preeminent 

land development plan and urban design for the 

largest new community in the nation; urban character 

and image analysis, design studies, urban form growth 

concepts, general plan and strategy for regeneration of 

large inner city area for second largest city in U.S. He 

has served on Editorial Advisory Board of UD Review 

and Urban Design and Preservation Quarterly and also 

as a contributing correspondent for AIP Urban Design 

Department Newsletter. He was Chairman of the Urban 

Design Committee of Orange County, AIA and a member 

for 23 years. 

Jaime de la Vega 

Deputy Mayor for Transportation, Office of 

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa 

Mr. de la Vega is responsible for 

developing and implementing Mayor 

Villaraigosa’s transportation agenda 

at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 

Authority (MTA), Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), and 

the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), 

with a combined budget of over US$8.3 billion (fiscal 

year 2010-2011). In addition, he and his team work with 

other local, state, and federal agencies involved with 

surface transportation and aviation related matters. Mayor 

Villaraigosa chairs the MTA every three years (FY 05-06, 

FY 08-09). Mr. de la Vega led the MTA chair’s office twice 

for Mayor Villaraigosa and has led the MTA chair’s office 

for the Mayor of Los Angeles a total of three times. Mr. de 

la Vega is also a voting alternate on the Southern California 

Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board of Directors 

representing the MTA. Metrolink oversees a five-county 

commuter rail system operating seven lines and 512 

route miles, with an annual budget of US$586 million (FY 

10-11).Mr. de la Vega holds a Master of Arts in Urban 


Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles 

(UCLA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, summa 

cum laude, from California State University at Northridge 

(CSUN). 

George Denise Sr. CFM, CPM, FMA, 

RPA, LEED-AP 

Global Account Manager, Cushman & Wakefield 

Mr. Denise is Global Account Manager 

for Cushman & Wakefield, providing 

facility management services for Adobe 

Systems Incorporated overseeing a portfolio of 65 

properties totaling 2.5 million square feet. He has been 

a property manager for 33 years, working for Cushman 

& Wakefield for the past 21, and assigned to the Adobe 

account for the past nine years. Mr. Denise is a LEED 

Accredited Professional through the U.S. Green Building 

Council and was instrumental in the certification of five 

Adobe headquarters buildings through the USGBC’s LEED 

program, four at the platinum level, as well as the recent 

re-certification of the initial five, also all at the platinum 

level. He is past-President of Building Owners and 

Managers Association (BOMA) Silicon Valley. 

David Ely 

President, EDSS 

Mr. Ely brings more than three decades of experience to 

his role as founder and driving force behind EDSS, one of 

the nation’s fastest-growing energy solutions companies. 

EDSS partners with its clients to implement a broad 

range of energy- and cost-savings strategies, leveraging 

more than a dozen government programs such as 179D 

(the Energy Policy Act of 2005), securing additional tax 

credits and incentives, identifying wasteful processes, 

developing efficient lighting plans and negotiating with 

vendors and utilities for more favorable rates. Over 

the past year alone, under David’s guidance, EDSS has 

delivered its clients more than $30 million in savings, all 

while making their operations cleaner, more efficient and 

more environmentally responsible. The company recorded 

$9 million in sales in 2009, representing a growth of 60% 

over the prior year. This increase brought an additional 20 

full time career positions to the company, with projections 

for a further 20 to be added in 2010.

Cecilia V. Estolano 

Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, 

Green For All 

Ms. Estolano oversees Green For All’s 

State and Local Initiatives and the 

Capital Access Program. Green For All 

is a national organization that advocates 

for broad access and opportunity in the clean-energy 

economy. Ms. Estolano is charged with spearheading 

Green For All’s effort to scale public-private partnerships 

as a means to grow family-supporting green jobs in cities 

across the United States, particularly in under-served 

communities. Prior to joining Green For All, Ms. Estolano 

served as Chief Executive Officer of the Community 

Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/ 

LA). With an annual budget of over $726 million and a 

work program covering 32 project areas, Ms. Estolano 

redefined the role of the largest redevelopment agency 

in the State of California. Under her leadership, CRA/LA 

rebuilt its housing department, adopted a landmark policy 

on local hiring in construction jobs and created a $42 

million Land Acquisition Fund to jump-start development 

in underserved markets like South Los Angeles. 

James Finlay 

Vice President, Commercial Appraiser 

Manager, Wells Fargo RETECHS 

Mr. Finlay joined Wells Fargo in 1999 

and is a senior commercial real estate 

appraisal manager and Vice President 

in downtown Los Angeles where he orders and reviews 

appraisals for a wide variety of property types. In early 

2006 he joined the bank’s Environmental Initiative team 

and is the primary appraisal manager for LEED/high 

performance commercial real estate collateral. As of mid- 

2009 Wells Fargo had extended over $2 billion in loans 

secured by this property type. Prior to joining Wells Fargo 

in 1999 he worked in Los Angeles as a staff appraiser 

and finally with his own firm based in Santa Monica. 

Combined with a background as a leasing and sales agent, 

construction and investment partnerships he has spent 

over 20 years in commercial real estate. He currently 

chairs the USGBC LA Chapter’s Commercial Real Estate 

& Finance subcommittee and has been a presenter on 

appraisal and finance related to high performance property 

at numerous conferences. 


Laura A. Franke 

Principal, Clean Energy Advocates, Inc. 

Ms. Franke founded Clean Energy 

Advocates (CEA) to provide financial 

advisory and administrative services to 

municipal agencies and their constituents. 

The firm’s primary focus is municipal debt issuance and 

private debt placement for energy efficiency, and clean 

and renewable energy projects. Prior to founding Clean 

Energy Advocates, Ms. Franke was an Investment Banker 

for over 20 years with expertise in the management of 

pooled debt issuance for California school districts. As an 

investment banker at Piper Jaffray Companies and George 

K. Baum & Company, Ms. Franke worked with over 500 

California school district clients and issued municipal debt 

exceeding $15 billion. Ms. Franke is knowledgeable on 

the variety of different municipal finance tools and their 

usage for green projects. Her understanding of incentives 

and tax credit programs associated with green projects 

provides multiple structuring options for green projects. 

Because a myriad of financial structuring options are 

available for energy-related projects, it is critical that those 

options can be accurately evaluated for applicability to a 

particular project. Ms. Franke has developed numerous 

structuring models to provide creative financing solutions 

that maximize benefits and reduce costs. 

Miguel Garcia 

Executive Director, LISC 

Mr. Garcia is the executive director of 

Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support 

Corporation (LISC), a 22-year-old local 

program that has invested $425MM 

in grants, loans and equity in low-income communities 

throughout the L.A. area. Mr. Garcia’s most recently 

spent seven years as program officer and acting deputy 

director at the Ford Foundation, where he managed a 

community development portfolio that focused on mixedincome 

housing and funding for public/community space, 

such as neighborhood arts venues, technology centers, 

recreational facilities and farmers markets. Prior that he 

was a Community Builder Fellow in the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development’s Houston office. There, 

he provided technical assistance and funding opportunities 

to local government, nonprofit organizations and 

businesses with programs targeted to low- and moderateincome 

residents. Garcia’s experience also includes 

four years as assistant director in the city of Houston’s 

planning and development department. 



Christian Gunter LEED AP 

Vice President, Kennedy Associates 

Mr. Gunter, a LEED Accredited 

Professional, has worked on both 

Kennedy’s asset management and 

dispositions teams, and currently directs 

Kennedy’s strategic, portfolio RPI initiatives covering 

sustainable development and high-performance property 

operations. Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, 

LP, is a full-service registered real estate investment 

advisor that brings over 32 years of entrepreneurial real 

estate investment expertise to a select number of public, 

corporate and Taft-Hartley retirement systems, as well as 

major university endowments. Kennedy is a global leader 

in Responsible Property Investing (RPI), which includes 

Environmental, Social and Governance considerations 

in developing, owning and managing commercial real 

estate in addition to fiduciary goals. To date, Kennedy’s 

RPI efforts have resulted in $2.0 billion in LEED certified 

projects representing more than 9.2 million sf, and 

ENERGY STAR labels for 63 assets representing $1.5 

billion. Mr. Gunter completed his MPA from the Daniel 

J. Evans School at the University of Washington where 

he focused his study in Real Estate, Economic, and 

Community Development through the Runstad Center for 

Real Estate Studies. 

Veronica Hahni 

Executive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood 

Initiative (LANI) 

Ms. Hahni is the Executive Director of 

Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative 

(LANI), a catalytic program designed to 

jump-start neighborhood revitalization and improve transit 

access in transit-dependent neighborhoods throughout 

the City of Los Angeles. Ms. Hahni joined LANI in 2001 as 

a Program Manager, overseeing construction projects in 

several culturally and historically important Los Angeles 

communities. In 2003 she became the organization’s 

Director of Development and in 2006, it’s Deputy Director. 

Upon the founder’s retirement in January 2009, she 

assumed the position of Executive Director and now guides 

the organization’s long-term strategic vision. Prior to 

joining LANI, Ms. Hahni served as the Manager of Legal 

Services at AIDS Service Center in Pasadena, California, 

providing free legal services to the low-income, HIVinfected 

population of Los Angeles County. 


Adam Hall 

CTO & COO Earthvest 

Mr. Hall is CTO & COO for Earthvest, a 

firm dedicated to providing innovative 

financing to accelerate the adoption of 

energy efficient technology. He is also 

a consultant in mortgage technology standards and real 

estate finance. Over his 30 year real estate and banking 

career, Adam has participated in the construction and 

financing of over $1 billion in property, both commercial 

and residential. He has been an independent mortgage 

broker in both areas of the industry, and has co-developed 

several innovative financial structures. He has been a 

bank technology manager, directing industry-leading 

Web applications. As an entrepreneur, Adam has owned 

businesses involved in real estate investment, garment 

design and manufacturing, mortgage brokerage, and 

internet technology. He also holds a patent involving 

electronic mortgages. He earned a Masters Degree in Real 

Estate Development from USC, and a BA in Economics 

from UCLA. In 1991 he was elected to Lambda Alpha, the 

honorary Land Economics Society. 

Garth Holbrook 

Vice President of Sales, ClearEdge Power 

Mr. Holbook joined ClearEdge Power in June 2009 as Vice 

President of Sales with responsibility for all domestic 

product sales within the US. Prior to that he was the VP of 

Global Sales & Business Development for On-Line Power, a 

leading design-engineering and manufacturer of industrial 

and commercial power equipment. Prior to that, he spent 

roughly 18 years in senior/executive roles within the “hightech” 

electronic components industry working with leading 

component manufacturers like, Intel, Motorola, National 

Semiconductor and Toshiba. 

Sam Hall Kaplan 

Planning Manager, Metro 

Mr. Kaplan is at present a Planning 

Manager at Metro, capping parallel careers 

as a design and development professional 

and a distinguished print and broadcast 

journalist and author. He has served as a creative strategist 

to, among others, Disney Imagineering, Janss Corp. 

American Nevada Corporation, the Milken Institute, Howard 

Hughes Properties, Playa Vista, and various planning and 

architecture firms. Hands on experiences have included 

directing the design and construction of projects that have 

included nearly one billion dollars of innovative mixed-use

developments in New York City, some involving transit 

air rights. He also was an urban renewal director of New 

Haven (Ct), and a special assistant to the US Comptroller 

of the Currency. As a multi media journalist, Kaplan was an 

Emmy award winning reporter/ producer for Fox Television 

News, design critic for the Los Angeles Times, an urban 

affairs reporter for The New York Times, an editor of The 

New York Post, and contributor to various popular and 

professional publications and broadcast outlets. 

Doug Hensel 

Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Housing and 

Community Development 

Mr. Hensel was appointed Assistant Chief of the Housing 

Standards Section for the Codes and Standard Division at 

the Department of Housing and Community Development 

(HCD) on July 7, 2006. Since January 2006, he has served 

as acting State Housing Law Program manager for HCD 

with oversight responsibility for the State Housing Law 

code program. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Hensel served as a 

District Representative for HCD developing code adoption 

packages. Prior to HCD, Doug spent 17 years working in 

local Building Departments as a permit center manager, 

plans examiner, inspector and capital improvement project 

manager. He is a licensed General Contractor and a 

Certified Building Official. 

David Hodgins 

Commercial Sector Project Development 

Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative, Energy 

Efficiency Building Retrofit Program 

Mr. Hodgins consults to commercial 

portfolio owners undertaking resource 

efficiency retrofit projects, and works with Cities to 

develop programs to facilitate and incentivize such 

projects. David has consulted on the development of 

over 30mm square feet of resource efficiency projects 

in commercial buildings, and is currently working 

with several large US cities to develop and implement 

programs to leverage federal grant funds received under 

the ARRA. David holds Master’s degrees in Business 

Administration and Real Estate Development from the 

University of Southern California, and is a LEED Accredited 

Professional. 


Stanley R. Hoffman, FAICP 

President, Stanley R. Hoffman Associates 

Mr. Hoffman has over thirty-five years 

experience in the fields of economic 

and demographic analysis, land use 

projections, fiscal and financial studies, 

annexations, real estate market research and computerbased 

financial modeling. He has managed major 

programs in both the public and private sectors, involving 

numerous presentations before political, academic 

and professional audiences. He has assisted clients in 

establishing Mello-Roos Community Facilities Districts 

and special assessment districts that cover a wide range 

of land development and phasing patterns and public 

facilities, including transportation, streetscapes, drainage, 

wastewater, fire equipment and stations and other 

infrastructure. 

Eric Hulin 

Sales and Marketing, 3 Phases Renewables 

Mr. Hulin is currently the Sales and 

Marketing Manager for 3 Phases 

Renewables. He is responsible for the 

strategic planning of 3 Phases’ numerous 

products and services, including renewable energy 

certificates (RECs), Direct Access, and onsite generation. 

Mr. Hulin has a strong history working within the clean 

tech industry and has had previous roles with a fuel 

cell company, a solar installer, and an electric vehicle 

company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical 

Engineering from Santa Clara University and an MBA from 

the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. 3 

Phases Renewables is a green energy service provider 

(ESP# 1373) and renewable generation developer. The 

Company offers a suite of energy products and services 

for commercial and industrial customers, including – 

Direct Access, renewable energy certificates (RECs), 

onsite generation development, and energy consulting 

services. Additionally, 3 Phases has expertise with 

numerous technologies including solar, fuel cells and 

combined heat and power (CHP) applications. 3 Phases 

Renewables is a pioneer in the market and has been 

providing customers with low-cost clean energy for over 

10 years. 



Lynn L. Jacobs 

Director, California Department of Housing and 

Community Development 

Ms. Jacobs was appointed by Governor 

Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the 

Director of the California Department 

of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that 

operates under the aegis of the Business, Transportation 

and Housing Agency in Sacramento effective, April 

2006. Director Jacobs’ position includes oversight for 

administering the state’s housing finance, rehabilitation, 

and community development programs; oversight of 

the state’s housing policy, planning and code-setting 

processes, and regulating manufactured housing and 

mobilehome parks. The Director leads the administration 

of $2.1 billion in Proposition 46 and $2.85 billion in 

Proposition 1C bond funds for affordable housing. Since 

January 2004, $1.6 billion has been awarded and has 

incentivized or created more than 100,000 affordable 

homes and shelter spaces for Californians. Before 

accepting the Governor’s appointment, Lynn was the 

founder and President of Ventura Affordable Homes, which 

develops single-family homes for first-time homebuyers 

under various affordable housing programs. She developed 

homes for more than 20 years, building more than 400 

homes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties alone. 

John Kinney 

CEO, Clean Fund LLC 

Mr. Kinney has been the CEO of three 

INC 500 companies. He was the CEO 

of Greenline Industries in 2007 and 

installed 15 biodiesel plants around 

the world. John sold his interest in Greenline in 2008 

and became the Managing Director of Imperial Capital 

responsible for clean energy companies. He is currently 

the CEO of Clean Fund, a cleantech specialty finance firm 

with a specific focus on commercial energy efficiency. 

John is active in environmental education on the board of 

NatureBridge, and with the YPO Environmental Network. 

Prior to his renewable energy experience, John was CEO 

of ClubSource, a merchant bank focused on the fitness 

industry. He co-founded and was the CEO of Club One 

for 12 years, where he developed one of the top 5 club 

companies in the world with over 100 locations in the 

US and Canada. He has served on a variety of public and 

private boards. 


Allan D. Kotin 

Owner and Principal, Alan D. Kotin & 

Associates 

Mr. Kotin has over 48 years of experience 

in real estate economics with an emphasis 

on financial planning, redevelopment 

and economic development. Entering real estate in 1960, 

Mr. Kotin has held key positions with several major real 

estate consulting and strategic planning firms before 

founding Kotin, Regan & Mouchly, Inc. in 1980, to 

which Allan D. Kotin & Associates is a successor firm. 

Allan’s responsibilities have included developer selection, 

negotiation support, feasibility analysis, development 

monitoring, and the strategic planning for problem 

projects. His other work includes extensive consulting 

on developer selection, negotiation of public private joint 

ventures and training and teaching experience. Mr. Kotin 

teaches graduate courses in real estate and urban planning 

at the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development 

where is he is an Adjunct Professor. 

Lillian Lainez 

Senior Property Manager, Cushman & 

Wakefield 

Mrs. Lainez is a Senior Property Manager 

for Cushman & Wakefield and oversees 

two properties is Glendale. Those 

properties are 400 & 450 North Brand Boulevard which 

total 420,452 leasable square feet. Mrs. Lainez has been a 

property manager for over 21 years, working for Cushman 

& Wakefield for the past 9 years and assigned to the 400 

& 450 N. Brand account for the past 6 years. Mrs. Lainez 

was instrumental in the certification of both buildings 

through the USGBC’s LEED program, at the gold level, and 

is currently working towards re-certification in 2011. She 

also conducts training seminars in all facets of property 

management for Cushman & Wakefield’s LA region. 

Mary Leslie 

President, Los Angeles Business Council 

(LABC) 

Ms. Leslie is President of the Los Angeles 

Business Council (LABC), a prominent 

business organization that advocates for 

Los Angeles business leaders on key issues that impact 

their businesses and their communities. As President of 

the LABC, Ms. Leslie has led successful efforts to convene 

and develop policies with business, government and nonprofit 

leaders that have significantly increased affordable

housing, incentivize sustainable development and initiate 

business support for public education. This year the 

LABC initiated and supported passage of Los Angeles’ 

first Green Building Ordinance and provided critical 

support for last years state housing initiative 1C. The 

LABC was responsible for helping qualify a billion dollar 

city housing bond (Prop H) and creating the Los Angeles 

Unified School District’s Office of Civic Engagement. These 

advocacy efforts, together with the Mayoral Housing 

Summit, Sustainability Summit and Architectural Awards 

Luncheon are the direct outcomes of the LABC’s work. 

Ms. Leslie is also President of Leslie & Associates, a 

private consulting firm that specializes in non-profit 

management, strategic planning and government affairs. 

Tony Liou 

Principal Engineer and Director, Partner Energy 

Mr. Liou is responsible for all operations 

and sales for Partner Energy. Partner 

Energy works with building owners and 

users to increase asset values, lower 

ownership costs, and promote environmental stewardship 

by recommending and implementing fiscally responsible 

and sustainable energy efficiency measures that reduce 

energy usage and carbon emissions. Partner Energy 

was founded by real estate industry professionals who 

are also engineers. They saw a need arise for energy 

efficiency consulting services due to the onset of new and 

complex building efficiency and disclosure laws, rising 

energy costs, and the realization of global warming due 

to greenhouse gas emissions and started Partner Energy. 

Mr. Liou began his career as an Aerospace Engineer 

with Northrop Grumman. He later worked for Siemens 

Building Technologies where he was responsible for 

customer acquisitions, engineering design, and estimating 

for building automation and controls, fire-life safety and 

security systems. After graduating from business school, 

Tony worked as a Senior Associate Director for a private 

equity firm in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to founding Partner 

Energy, Mr. Liou was a sales and marketing manager for 

a local energy services company. Mr. Liou holds a BS in 

mechanical engineering from Cornell University where he 

graduated cum laude and a MBA from the Marshall School 

of Business at the University of Southern California. 


David Litty 

Western Region Project Executive, EDSS Energy 

Mr. Litty brings over twenty-two years of project 

design, construction and management expertise to the 

commercial construction and energy efficiency arenas by 

combining streamlined successful project management 

with advanced energy and efficiency results, minimizing 

capital outlays and maximizing financial returns. Mr. Litty 

has helped owners build in a very tenuous environment, 

open quickly and recoup myriads of dollars from various 

incentive levels from federal, state, local and utility 

sources. 

Michael LoGrande 

Director of Planning for the City of Los 

Angeles, Department of City Planning 

Mr. LoGrande was appointed by 

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in August 

of 2010. Prior to being appointed 

as Director of Planning, Mr. LoGrande served as the 

City’s Chief Zoning Administrator where he lead the 

Office of Zoning Administration, which is responsible 

for reviewing major development projects and quasijudicial 

approval as prescribed by the City Charter. The 

Office of Zoning Administration decides on applications 

such as Conditional Use Permits for alcohol and live 

entertainment, as well as variances and a multitude of 

other discretionary applications. Mr. LoGrande also led 

the Planning Department’s public policy development 

unit referred to as Code Studies. His work in the Planning 

Department has covered a variety of critical initiatives, 

including the creation of the Expedited Processing 

Section, which was developed in 2004 and has entitled 

over 15,000 housing units, in a full cost recovery, fasttracked 

process. The Expedited Processing Section 

has entitled major development projects such as Grand 

Avenue, Concerto, 8th and Grand, Luna, Evo, Hanover, 

Park Fifth, the Biscuit Company Lofts, Wetherly Project, 

and the W Hotel. Mr. LoGrande also directed the City’s 

Revocations and Nuisance Abatement unit. This multiagency 

taskforce works to close businesses that create 

public safety issues throughout the various communities 

in Los Angeles. The Nuisance Abatement Unit has been 

responsible for shutting down liquor stores, slum hotels, 

nightclubs serving minors, and various other businesses 

that operated as a nuisance. 



Estela Lopez 

Executive Director, Central City East Association 

Ms. Lopez brings her extensive experience 

in public affairs, government and media 

relations to her role as Executive Director 

of the Central City East Association 

(CCEA). CCEA manages two business improvement 

districts (BID) spanning 97 blocks of Downtown 

Los Angeles: the Arts District and the Downtown 

Industrial District. Ms. Lopez was the driving force 

behind the establishment of Los Angeles’ first Business 

Improvement District (BID) in 1993, and became the 

City’s first practitioner of business district/public space 

management. At the time, BIDs were transforming 

urban centers nationwide yet the concept was untested 

in Los Angeles. Her efforts led to the landmark City 

ordinance that permitted private sector financing, design 

and implementation of services and programs to L.A.’s 

commercial corridors. BIDs have contributed more than 

$219 million to the Los Angeles economy to date and 

have paved the way for the renaissance of Downtown 

Los Angeles, Hollywood and numerous business centers 

citywide. Presently, Ms. Lopez serves in several volunteer 

capacities at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in 

downtown Los Angeles. She has resided downtown since 

1994. 

Pauline Louie 

Operations Specialist, U.S. Department of 

Housing & Urban Development 

Ms. Louie has served in field office 

management and external affairs for 

both the Los Angeles and the Santa 

Ana Offices of the U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development. Since 1999, she has been a liaison 

to public and private stakeholders on housing and 

community development issues. She has represented 

HUD on several interagency federal disaster response 

assignments, including leading a FEMA team to conduct 

long range housing recovery planning in the aftermath of 

the hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004. Recently, she was 

appointed to serve on a team of Sustainability Officers 

serving Region IX. Before coming to HUD, Ms. Louie 

worked for Keyser Marston Associates, Inc., and was a 

Contracts and Grants Administrator for the University of 

California. Ms. Louie earned Bachelor’s degrees in Political 

Science and Geography/Environmental Studies and a 

Master’s degree in Urban Planning - all from UCLA. 


Michael Maltzan, FAIA, NCARB 

Principal, Michael Maltzan Architecture 

Mr. Maltzan’s work has been recognized 

with numerous accolades including five 

Progressive Architecture awards, 19 

citations from the American Institute of 

Architects, the Rudy Bruner Foundation’s Gold Medal for 

Urban Excellence, and as a finalist for the Smithsonian/ 

Cooper-Hewitt Museum’s National Design Award. Mr. 

Maltzan’s designs have been featured in over 100 national 

and international publications including Architecture, 

Architektur.Aktuell, Architectural Digest, Architectural 

Record, Artforum, A+U, A+T, Domus, GA Houses, Lotus, 

Phaidon Press’s 10x10, Newsweek, The New York Times, 

Taschen Press’s Architecture Now!, and the monograph 

Alternate Ground. Mr. Maltzan is a licensed architect in 

Texas and California, a Fellow of the American Institute of 

Architects, and a GSA Design Excellence Program Peer. 

He has lectured internationally and has served as a design 

instructor, lecturer, and critic at The Architectural League 

of New York, RISD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Harvard, 

University of Waterloo, and the Southern California 

Institute of Architecture. 

Melanie McCutchan 

Analyst, California Center for Sustainable 

Energy 

Ms. McCutchan is an Analyst at the 

California Center for Sustainable Energy 

(CCSE) where she provides economic, 

financial, and environmental analytical support to CCSE’s 

energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and 

consulting services. Prior to working at CCSE, Melanie 

worked for a start-up clean technology firm that is 

developing an innovative waste-to-energy product. Before 

that, she worked on a renewable energy feasibility study 

for a private investment trust in Chennai, India. Melanie 

has a master’s degree in International Business and 

Environmental Policy from the University of California at 

San Diego (UCSD). Prior to obtaining her master’s degree, 

Melanie worked in air quality and energy policy with a 

San Diego non-profit in a position funded by the National 

Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences. She holds a 

dual bachelor’s degree in Economics and Environmental 

Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.

Brenden McEneaney, 

Green Building Program Advisor, City of Santa 

Monica 

Mr. McEneaney is responsible for 

overseeing the green building code 

requirements for new construction in 

the city. He also oversees and administers the City’s 

incentive programs, including expedited permitting for 

buildings pursuing LEED certification and grant funding 

for buildings achieving LEED certification and for 

innovative technologies that address energy efficiency. 

Mr. McEneaney also coordinates education and outreach 

efforts, both for City staff and for residents, to increase 

awareness of green building design and construction 

strategies. Brenden has a degree in environmental 

engineering from Yale University and holds a Master’s 

degree in Industrial Environmental Management from the 

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He 

is a LEED Accredited Professional with the USGBC and a 

Certified Green Building Professional with Build It Green. 

Tony Michelman 

Vice President, NAI Global 

Mr. Michelman is co-founder of the 

Consulting/Advisory Services Division 

of NAI Capital. NAI Global is the premier 

network of independent commercial 

real estate firms and one of the largest commercial real 

estate service providers worldwide. NAI Global manages 

a network of 5,000 professionals and 325 offices in 55 

countries throughout the world. NAI professionals work 

together with our global management team to help our 

clients strategically optimize their real estate assets. 

NAI offices around the world completed over $45 billion 

in transactions annually. NAI also manages over 200 

million square feet of commercial space. Mr. Michelman 

also represents the Los Angeles Economic Development 

Corporation in the South Metro area. His responsibility 

there is to keep key entertainment, technology and 

manufacturing companies in the Los Angeles area by 

finding them new facilities – thus avoiding flight to 

other cities and states. Along with Gensler Architecture, 

Siemens, RMS Contractors, and internationally famous 

green/sustainability consultant, John Picard, Mr. 

Michelman has created a unique big-project development 

team. Combining state-of-the-art techniques in costefficient, 

high-tech, ecologically-driven concepts, Mr. 

Michelman’s team is currently developing projects for 

a variety of clients. As a columnist, Mr. Michelman is 

widely read in the Century City News. His articles examine 


both local and national commercial real estate hot-button 

issues. His signature style has brought a new perspective 

to his large and growing readership. 

Brent Miller 

Education Studio Leader, Harley Ellis Devereaux 

Mr. Miller has been instrumental in the 

leadership for Higher Educational facilities 

in Southern California. As an Education 

Studio Leader for Harley Ellis Devereaux, 

Mr. Miller has been responsible for over 150 Higher 

Education projects during the last 12 years. Mr. Miller’s 

focus has been on the development and implementation 

of sustainable “learning spaces” within the campus 

environment. 

Hilary Norton 

Executive Director, Fixing Angelenos Stuck in 

Traffic (FAST) 

Ms. Norton’s career spans over 19 

years in the fields of public policy and 

community development, including land 

use and transportation planning. Ms. Norton’s legislative 

experience began with her internship to Mayor Tom 

Bradley in 1991. Ms. Norton then worked for Los Angeles 

City Councilmembers Mark Ridley-Thomas (now County 

Supervisor), Richard Alarcon, and Richard Alatorre, and 

State Senator Gil Cedillo. In 2001, Ms. Norton began her 

work in the private sector for the Central City Association 

(CCA), Fleishman-Hillard, and then as Executive Vice 

President to Palmer Investments and Project Manager 

for Las Lomas, a mixed-use, sustainable, transit-oriented 

community, which proposed $150M in new transit 

investments, such as a new shuttle system and Metrolink 

connections. Ms. Norton’s civic efforts include positions 

as Vice Chair of the Central City Association (CCA)’s 

Transportation Committee, Co-Chair of the Legislative 

Committee of the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC), 

and a member of the Board of Trustees for Los Angeles 

Orthopedic Hospital. 

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Victor Olgyay, AIA 

Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute Buildings 

Practice 

Mr. Olgyay is leading an initiative to 

encourage widespread adoption of 

comprehensive building energy retrofits 

resulting in energy savings of 50%. Mr. Olgyay has a 

wide range of experiences in architectural design and 

planning, with specializations in bioclimatic building, 

renewable energy and daylighting design. Current RMI 

projects include the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, Ford Auto Dealership Retrofits, and 

the International Monetary Fund HQ1 Retrofit. Mr. Olgyay 

was an Associate Professor and Director of Research 

at the UH School of Architecture from 1993 to 2000 

and has overseen numerous energy, environmental and 

lighting research projects under contract to various state 

and federal agencies. He was appointed Chairman of 

the AIA Honolulu Energy and Environment Committee 

1995–2000, and in 1998 he was named a Dana Fellow of 

the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities. 

He is currently on the Board of Directors for the American 

Solar Energy Association, and a member of the National 

Academy of Environmental Design Research Committee. 

His current research has focused on ecological restoration 

and on ecosystem services as criteria for green building 

assessment. This work was published by Elsevier (Solar 

Energy 77 (2004) 389 – 398) and has been widely 

presented, including at the American Solar Energy 

Association (San Diego, 2008) and the Towards Net-Zero 

conference (London, 2009). Recently Victor’s research 

has expanded into building tool application, especially 

for demonstrating the reduction of carbon, water, and 

ecological footprints. 

Katherine Aguilar Perez 

Executive Director, Urban Land Institute, Los 

Angeles District Council 

Ms. Aguilar Perez is the Executive 

Director of the Urban Land Institute, 

Los Angeles District Council. With her 

diverse background in private real estate development, 

transportation policy and urban planning, she has emerged 

as one of the most articulate and credible advocates 

promoting the responsible use of land and transportation. 

In October 2009, Ms. Perez was honored by Hispanic 

Business Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Influential 

Hispanics” in the United States. Listed in the category 

of Green Business, she was noted for her commitment 

to healthy and livable communities. Also, Ms. Perez 


was recognized in 2009 as a “Women of Influence” by 

Real Estate Southern California Magazine. Previously, 

Ms. Perez was the Vice President of Development for 

Forest City Development where she focused on transit 

oriented development and mixed use projects in emerging 

markets. Prior to joining Forest City, Ms. Perez was the 

co-founder and Executive Director of the Transportation 

and Land Use Collaborative (TLUC) of Southern California, 

a nationally recognized non-profit that promotes greater 

civic involvement in planning and development. Previously, 

she worked for Pasadena Mayor William Bogaard as the 

Deputy to the Mayor where she worked on transportation, 

planning and Latino constituent issues. 

William E. Roschen, FAIA, LEED AP 

Principal, Roschen Van Cleve Architects 

Mr. Roschen’s career manifests the new 

paradigm of “citizen architect” as civic 

leader who can engage communities in 

the sometimes difficult conversations 

required to advance infill and redevelopment projects 

that make neighborhoods sustainable, affordable and 

livable. His recent appointment as president of the City 

of Los Angeles Planning Commission culminates two 

decades of practice and occurs as a significant body 

of his work – more than 2.5 million square feet and 

1,500 housing units – comes out of the ground near the 

famous intersection of Hollywood and Vine. Bill opened 

a storefront office there in 1989 and immersed himself in 

the community, serving on the boards of local arts and 

youth leadership organizations, and establishing a “placebased” 

urban architectural practice working on affordable 

housing, historic preservation and mixed-use transitoriented 

development projects that are providing density, 

gravity and vitality to revivify Hollywood’s once magnetic 

downtown. It is work that has provided Mr. Roschen with a 

critical skill set at a time when Los Angeles and the nation 

are turning away from suburbanization and privatization 

and toward urbanism, collectivism and a renewed interest 

in and recognition of the value inherent in the public realm. 

Dan Rosenfeld 

Senior Deputy to Los Angeles County 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas 

Mr. Rosenfeld is Senior Deputy to Los 

Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley- 

Thomas, with responsibility for economic 

development, land use, sustainability and transportation 

issues. Mr. Rosenfeld has alternated in his career between 

public and private-sector service, working previously

as Director of Real Estate for the State of California and 

City of Los Angeles. In the private-sector, Mr. Rosenfeld 

served as a senior officer with The Cadillac Fairview 

Corporation, Tishman-Speyer Properties, Kilroy Industries 

and Jones Lang LaSalle. He was a founding member of 

Urban Partners, LLC, a nationally recognized developer 

of urban infill, mixed-use and transit-oriented real estate. 

Mr. Rosenfeld is a graduate of Stanford University and the 

Harvard Business School. 

David Salazar 

Associate VP President Physical Planning and 

Facilities Management, CSULB 

Mr. Salazar, AICP is the Associate Vice 

President for Physical Planning and 

Facilities Management at California State 

University, Long Beach. Mr. Salazar has a combined 20 

years of campus planning and design and construction 

experience in public and private universities and the 

community college. Mr. Salazar has been employed with 

the California State University System where he held 

positions of University Facility Planner at the Chancellor’s 

Office and Director of Campus Planning and Development 

at California State University, Monterey Bay. David also 

served as Director of Facilities Management at Claremont 

Graduate University and Executive Director of Facilities, 

Planning, and Administrative Services at San Bernardino 

Community College District. David is a lecturer in the 

Urban and Regional Planning Department at California 

State Polytechnic University, Pomona and a member of 

the American Planning Association, American Institute of 

Certified Planners, the Society of College and University 

Planners, and the California Planning Roundtable. 

Jeffrey Schaffer 

Vice President and Impact Market Leader, 

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. 

Mr. Schaffer oversees Enterprise’s 

programming and investment in 

affordable housing for the vital Los 

Angeles market. Activities include technical assistance 

and training, policy work supporting affordable housing 

and community development and a campaign to bring 

$700 million to support affordable development in the 

city of Los Angeles over five years. Last year, under 

Mr. Schaffer’s leadership, Enterprise, in partnership 

with the city of Los Angeles, launched the $103 million 

New Generation Fund, providing predevelopment and 

acquisition lending for affordable housing development. 

Los Angeles, together with San Francisco and the 


Pacific Northwest, are the three priority impact markets 

in Enterprise’s Western Region.Mr. Schaffer earned an 

undergraduate degree from the University of California, 

Berkeley and a master’s degree in public administration 

from the University of Southern California, where he 

is a clinical assistant professor at the School of Policy, 

Planning, and Development. He also serves on the board 

of the Southern California Association of Nonprofit 

Housing and the professional advisory committee of the 

TK Foundation. 

Ann Sever 

Landscape Architect, Wallace Group 

Ms. Sever is an accomplished landscape 

architect with the Wallace Group in San 

Luis Obipso, having practiced in the 

state for over 20 years. She has worked 

on an impressive list of construction projects where 

post-construction storm water management was of high 

concern. Her involvement has included assistance in the 

design of detention/retention basins, bioswales, vegetated 

slopes, infiltration trenches, wetlands for runoff filtration, 

habitat mitigation, and habitat enhancement. She has 

spent extensive time reviewing Assembly Bill 1881 (water 

efficient landscape ordinance) and the upcoming CalGreen 

amendment to Title 24. She has prepared and given 

educational lectures on both topics. She has also attended 

numerous training courses, most recently: a StormCon 

course “LID Principals and Implementation Hands-On 

Workshop”. 

Roger Sherman, AIA 

Principal, Roger Sherman Architecture and 

Urban Design 

Mr. Sherman is a principal whose awardwinning 

work includes institutional, 

commercial, single and multi-family 

residential, and urban design and planning projects. 

His firm is internationally acclaimed for such projects 

as Playa Rosa, a public/private mixed-use communitycentered 

development in South LA, one of just 6 projects 

representing the U.S. at the 2010 Venice Biennale (Italy); 

a big box development design strategy for Target, featured 

at the 2009 Int’l Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam, 

NL; Chia Mesa, the repurposing of an underperforming 

stripmall into a mixed use hydroponic farm in Scottsdale, 

AZ; and the 3-in-1 House (Santa Monica, CA), which was 

named Home-of-the-Year by Architecture magazine in 

2006. Roger’s larger-scale urban planning work includes 

award-winning projects for the redevelopment of the Santa 



Fe Pacific Railyard in Santa Fe, NM (2002); and RePark, 

an end-use plan for FreshKills Landfill in Staten Island, 

NY (2000). Mr. Sherman is also Co-Director of cityLAB, 

an urban design thinktank at UCLA, where he is also an 

Adjunct Associate Professor. A contributor to the recently 

published “The Infrastructural City” on Los Angeles, he 

is author of “LA Under the Influence: the Hidden Logic of 

Urban Property” (Univ. of Minn., 2010). 

Melani Smith 

Principal, Meléndrez 

Ms. Smith is Principal at downtown 

Los Angeles based Meléndrez, a firm 

specializing in landscape architecture, 

urban planning and urban design. 

Sensitivity to the long term sustainability of the urban 

environment is a cornerstone of Meléndrez’s philosophy. 

Key issues, including managing urban runoff; conserving 

water; choosing appropriate planting, paving and 

materials, as well as alternative power sources, and 

minimizing energy use, are addressed as a core part of 

each assignment the firm undertakes. Ms. Smith’s work 

includes engaging project stakeholders, visioning, crafting 

conceptual and master plans and design guidelines and 

grant writing and implementation. She is President of 

the Downtown Breakfast Club in Los Angeles. In 2007 

she was appointed to the City of Long Beach’s Planning 

Commission, and now serves as its Vice Chair. 

Donald Spivack 

Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy, 

Community Redevelopment Agency of the City 

of Los Angeles 

Mr. Spivack was appointed as Deputy 

Chief of Operations and Policy for the 

Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los 

Angeles in October 2006. Prior to his appointment, he 

acted as Chief Operating Officer (COO) from May 2006 

to October 2006. He was appointed as Deputy Chief 

of Operations October 2004, after serving as Deputy 

Administrator for Community Operations I of the 

Community Redevelopment Agency since February 2000. 

Previously he held positions as Deputy Administrator 

for Community Development for four years; Director of 

Operations for eight years; Senior Project Manager for 

the Central Business District for over four years; and 

Transportation Manager for eight months. 


Ryan Stepp 

Territory Sales Manager – PVT Solar 

Mr. Stepp worked with ClearEdge Power 

in a Business Development role to market 

high efficiency mCHP hydrogen fuel 

cell systems for homes and business 

prior to managing the Southern California region for 

PVT Solar. Preceding ClearEdge Power, Mr. Stepp held 

positions at the Private Bank at Bank of America and 

private equity advisor, PropPoint Inc. In these roles 

he specialized in 1031/721 tax deferred strategies and 

exchanges. Mr. Stepp received his BA in Global Studies 

from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He 

holds the FINRA series 7 & 66 licenses, is a LEED 

Accredited Professional and is a certified HERS Rater for 

existing buildings and new construction. 

Eric Stultz, AIA, LEED AP 

Principal, Gensler 

Mr. Stultz is a principal with Gensler, 

and a design director for the firm’s Los 

Angeles architecture studio. In his 18 

years of professional experience, Mr. 

Stultz’s work has encompassed a broad 

range of building types and services including airports, 

master planning, convention facilities, office buildings, 

hotels and interiors. He has been recognized consistently 

for design and technical excellence, having led or been 

a team member on over a dozen AIA award-winning 

projects. His 13 years with Gensler, both in Washington 

D.C. and Los Angeles, have presented the opportunity 

to design of a number of significant large-scale projects, 

including the new 350,000-square-foot Campus at Playa 

Vista, the Richard B. Russell Federal Building renovation, 

and Louisville Airport renovation. He also has led many 

large-scale master planning efforts, including the Dubai 

International Financial Center, Exhibition City in Las 

Vegas, and the Pacific Gateway in San Diego. Mr. Stultz 

earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern 

California Institute of Architecture. He is vice president of 

the board for the Architecture + Design Museum, and was 

instrumental in the completion of the A+D’s first permanent 

location, in the Museum District on Wilshire Boulevard.

William Vasquez 

Director, Office of Community Planning and 

Development, U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development 

Mr. Vasquez has the responsibility for 

management and oversight of one of the 

Department’s largest portfolios of CPD programs in the 

country. He has over 27 years experience in various local 

government capacities, including several tenures as City 

Manager. Mr. Vasquez holds a BA degree from California 

State University, Long Beach and a Masters Degree in 

Public Administration from Pepperdine University, Los 

Angeles, and was awarded a National Urban Fellowship 

Baruch University, New York. 

Martha Welborne, FAIA 

Executive Director, Countywide Planning, Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 

Authority 

Ms. Welborne was appointed Executive 

Director, Countywide Planning at the Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 

as of June 1, 2010. In this role, she leads a staff of over 

100 in planning the long-range future of transportation in 

the County, and in initiating the design of transit projects 

and in reviewing the impacts of these transit lines on 

the environment. She will play a key role in accelerating 

the delivery of voter-approved transit projects funded 

by Measure R. Ms. Welborne’s work has ranged from 

individual building design to such large-scale planning 

projects as Los Angeles’ surface transit project, an effort 

that led to the creation of the Metro Rapid bus system 

now running throughout Los Angeles County. She served 

as director on the Exposition Metro Line Construction 

Authority Board from May 2005 to February 2006. Ms. 

Welborne has been the Managing Director of the Grand 

Avenue Committee, a public/private partnership focused 

on revitalizing the civic and cultural districts of downtown 

Los Angeles through a $3 billion project that includes 

six high-rise buildings and a 16-acre civic park. She 

will continue to spearhead this effort over the next six 

months as she transitions into her post at Metro. As an 

architect and city planner, she has worked on large scale 

urban design projects such as campus master plans and 

transit systems as a principal of ZGF Architects, LLP, in 

Los Angeles. Previously, she was an associate partner of 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and was also a principal 

of Sasaki Associates, Inc. in Boston. 


Li Wen, AIA 

Design Director, Gensler 

Mr. Wen is a Design Director at Gensler 

who has more than 20 years of design 

leadership experience overseeing projects 

of varying size, type and complexity. 

His focus is on producing design strategies tailored to 

maximize contextual opportunities, the user experience, 

and the formal and spatial identity of the “place.” Under 

Li’s leadership, Gensler has launched multiple research 

initiatives on urbanism and sustainability, and he has led 

the editorial team for the publication of Ideas, a journal 

in its third year of publication that features Gensler work 

within the context of contemporary discourse. Li’s 

projects have garnered multiple design awards, most 

recently an AIA California Council award for the LAPD 

Memorial to Fallen Officers and a Westside Urban Forum 

Award for Network_LA Transit: a theoretical proposal on 

how to optimize LA Metro’s existing ground transportation 

system. He also has received AIA/LA Chapter design 

awards and his work has been published in Architectural 

Record, Interior Design, Interiors, Dwell, LA Architect, 

and the European publication AMC. Li is presently serving 

as a board member of the AIA/LA Chapter while also 

functioning on the Chapter Executive Committee. He 

previously headed up the Chapter’s Political Outreach 

Committee and currently co-chairs the Chapter’s Design 

Committee. A graduate of the Yale School of Architecture, 

he has lectured at various Los Angeles area institutions, 

taught for many years at the USC School of Architecture, 

and participates on design juries and panel discussions 

throughout Southern California. 

Dave Weil 

Director, UCSD Building Commissioning & 

Sustainability 

Mr. Weil has over 26 years in the 

operation and management of complex 

facilities, utility infrastructure and energy 

programs. For 20 years he served in the Navy’s Civil 

Engineer Corp (CEC), responsible for the maintenance and 

construction of Navy facilities worldwide. Upon retirement 

he became the Director of Programs for the San Diego 

Regional Energy Office (SDREO), where he led a team 

of energy engineers and program managers executing 

energy efficiency, Green Building, distributed generation 

and renewable energy programs. Currently, Mr. Weil is 

UC San Diego’s “Director for Building Commissioning 

& Sustainability.” In this capacity he manages UCSD’s 

“Total Building Commissioning and Sustainability 



programs, including the campus renewable energy, 

water conservation, sustainable fleet and Green Building 

/ LEED initiatives. He also represents the campus on the 

San Diego Area Governments (SANDAG) regional Energy 

Working Group and the San Diego Water Authority’s 

“Water Conservation Action Committee.” Dave is a 

registered Professional Civil Engineer (P.E.) and Qualified 

Building Commissioning Provider (QCP). He has an M.S. 

in Ocean Engineering and B.S. in Civil Engineering. 

Nathan Whigham 

Senior Project Developer, Borrego Solar 

Systems, Inc. 

Mr. Whigham is a Senior Project 

Developer for Borrego Solar Systems 

in Southern California. Borrego Solar 

is one of the largest nationwide solar integrators, having 

completed or contracted over 25MW’s of solar projects 

over the company’s 30-year history. Mr. Whigham’s 

background blends sales and business development 

experience with finance and engineering expertise. While 

at Borrego Mr. Whigham has developed and closed over 

$26MM of solar integration projects. Prior to that he was a 

Senior Vice President at Nebo Capital where he originated 

and structured the capitalization of over $100 million in 

commercial real estate deals. Mr. Whigham has also been 

an Account Manager for the Trane Company, a large HVAC 

manufacturer and energy services company. He holds an 

MBA with a finance and real estate concentration from the 

Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern 

California along with a Bachelor’s degree in Systems 

Engineering from the University of Arizona. Mr. Whigham 

has lectured on the economics of solar for the Institute 

of Management Accountants and authored “Solar’s 

Sweet Spot” for the Spring 2010 edition of Development 

Magazine (aka Commercial Real Estate Development 

Magazine). 

Mike Woo 

Dean, College of Environmental Design, Cal 

Poly Pomona 

Mr. Woo is currently Dean of Cal Poly 

Pomona’s College of Environmental 

Design. Since joining the Los Angeles 

City Planning Commission in 2005, Mr. Woo has been 

a leader on land use and transportation issues, initiated 

a moratorium on new billboards and opened a review 

of health effects of breathing polluted air in residential 

developments near freeways. He also helped draft the city’s 

“Do Real Planning” principles adopted in 2006, which 


advocate more affordable housing and jobs near mass 

transit, improving the city’s aesthetics, reducing “visual 

blight” and improving walkability. Woo works with several 

for-profit and nonprofit organizations on planning, climate 

change and development. As a consultant to ClimatePlan, 

a coalition of non-profit advocacy groups, he advises on 

land use changes in California to fight climate change and 

is chairman of Smart Growth America, a national coalition 

that supports historic preservation, the environment, 

open space preservation and neighborhood revitalization. 

Woo received his master’s degree in city planning from 

the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his 

undergraduate studies in politics and urban studies at the 

University of California, Santa Cruz. 

Erich Yost 

Supervisory Project Manager for Development, 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

Mr. Yost joined the U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development as the 

Supervisory Project Manager for Development in the Los 

Angeles Multifamily Hub in June 2010. His responsibilities 

include the underwriting and management of a technical 

team of experts processing multifamily loans through the 

FHA insured programs for new construction, substantial 

rehabilitation or refinancing of existing properties. The 

multifamily developments include market rate, affordable, 

mixed-income and mixed-use developments. Prior to 

joining HUD, Mr. Yost was a successful entrepreneur and 

co-owner of a company called Little Black Dress Fashion 

Jewelry Collection, selling products on television shopping 

networks and through consultants throughout the United 

States. His brand was sold to Swarvoski North America. 

Mr. Yost received his undergraduate degree in Economics/ 

Business from UCLA where he graduated Cum Laude. Mr. 

Yost received his MBA from the Paul Merage School of 

Management from the University of California, Irvine. 

Osama Younan 

Chief of the Mechanical Engineering and 

Green Building Section, City of Los Angeles 

Department of Building and Safety 

Mr. Younan is the Chief of the Mechanical 

Engineering and Green Building Section 

in the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Building and 

Safety. He represents the Department on Green Building 

issues and other issues relating to sustainability and was 

designated by the Department as the lead person for the 

adoption of the 2010 CALGreen Code. Osama Younan is

a member of the City of Los Angeles Green Building Team 

and was a member of the 2008 and 2010 California Green 

Building Standards Code Focus Group. Mr. Younan is a 

licensed mechanical engineer with the State of California 

and a LEED Accredited Professional with the US Green 

Building Council. He serves on the California Building 

Officials Green Building Committee and he is the vicechair 

of the Los Angeles Basin Chapter Green Building 

Committee. 

Denny Zane 

Executive Director, Move LA 

Mr. Zane is the Executive Director of 

Move LA, an organization that coalesces 

environmental, labor, business, and 

community leaders and organizations 

to champion the development of a clean, efficient, and 

robust transit system for Los Angeles County. The 

ULI LOS ANGELES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Ron Altoon, Altoon + Porter Architects, LLP 

Charmaine Atherton, Bank of America 

Richard Bruckner, County of Los Angeles 

Robert Buente, 1010 Development Corp. 

Dan Chandler, Chandler Partners 

Scott Cooper, Sidley Austin LLP 

Jonathan Curtis, Trevear Holdings, LLC 

Clare De Briere, The Ratkovich Company 

Michael J. Donovan III, MD3 Consultant 

Group 

Bill Durslag, CB Richard Ellis Inc. 

George Garfield, Transwestern Commercial 

Services 

Richard Gentilucci, BTG-Advisors, LLC 

Lev Gershman, GE Capital Real Estate 

Shahrouz Golshani, Plaza Property Group 

PAST CHAIRS 

Michael Banner, Los Angeles LDC, Inc. 

Donald Brackenbush, Public Private Ventures, 

James Goodell, Public Private Ventures 

Thomas Larmore, Harding, Larmore, Kutcher & Kozal 

BOARD OF ADVISORS 

William Bogaard. City of Pasadena 

Rick Caruso, Caruso Affiliated 

John Cushman III, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. 

Gail Goldberg, City of Los Angeles 

Brian Jones, Forest City Development 

Stuart Ketchum, Stuart M Ketchum Real Estate Investments 

Bob Lowe, Lowe Enterprises, Inc. 

ULI LOS ANGELES DISTRICT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP 

Richard Green, USC Lusk Center for Real 

Estate 

Xavier Gutierrez, Phoenix Realty Group 

Lew Horne, CB Richard Ellis Inc. 

Con Howe, CityView 

Jennifer Keith, View Capital, LLC 

Sandra Kulli, Kulli Marketing 

Mitch Menzer, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & 

Walker, LLP 

Ehud Mouchly, READI, LLC 

Tom Neary, Morley Builders 

Richard Newman, Lowe Enterprises Real 

Estate Group, West 

Starlett Quarles, The Bedford Group 

John Quiter, Cuningham Group Architecture 

PA 

Move LA coalition includes the participation of the Los 

Angeles County Federation of Labor, the Los Angeles- 

Orange County Building & Construction Trades Council, 

the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Los 

Angeles Business Council, the Valley Industry and 

Commerce Association, the Sierra Club, the Coalition 

for Clean Air, Environment Now, Breathe LA, NRDC, 

the Transit Coalition, the Subway to the Sea Coalition, 

among others. From 1981 to 1994, Zane served as a city 

councilmember and one term as Mayor of Santa Monica, 

California. He began his advocacy career as co-manager 

of the Santa Monica rent control campaigns of the late 

1970’s and founded Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, 

the progressive community coalition which has held a 

city council majority for 24 of the past 30 years and has 

championed affordable housing, social services for the 

poor and homeless, a broad portfolio of environmental 

programs and policies. 

Alex Rose, Continental Development 

Corporation 

Dan Rosenfeld, Office of Supervisor Mark 

Ridley Thomas 

Peter J. Roth, Esq. Allen Matkins Leck 

Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 

Bob Ruth, The Ruth Group 

Greg Schultz, First American Title Insurance 

Co. 

Deni Schulz, First Regional Bank 

Jack Skelley, Paolucci Communication Arts 

David Waite, Jeffer Mangels Butler & 

Marmaro LLP 

John Whitaker, DLA Piper US, LLP 

Kevork Zoryan, Morgan Stanley | Merchant 

Banking 

Richard Lawrence, Law Offices of Richard A. Lawrence 

John Menne, Metlife Real Estate Investments 

Ronald Silverman, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP 

Wayne Ratkovich, The Ratkovich Company 

Bruce Ludwig, ING Clarion Partners 

Robert F. Maguire III, Maguire Properties 

Michael Matkins, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP 

Bowen “Buzz” McCoy, Buzz McCoy Associates, Inc. 

Stan Ross, Lusk Center for Real Estate 

Bill Tooley, Tooley Investment Company 


2010 ULI LOS ANGELES DISTRICT COUNCIL SPONSORS 

Platinum 

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 


Silver 

Bank of America 

Bronze 

Altoon + Porter Architects, LLP 

Beacon Capital Partners 

CBRE 

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At the Urban Land Institute, our mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use 

of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. 

601 S. Figueroa, Suite 500 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

213-542-4694 

www.uli-la.org 

ULI Los Angeles, a district council of the Urban Land Institute, carries forth 

that mission as the preeminent real estate forum in Southern California, 

facilitating the open exchange of ideas, information and experiences among 

local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers. 

Established in 1936, ULI is a nonprofit education and research institute 

with over 40,000 members across the globe–1,500 here in the Greater Los 

Angeles area. As a nonpartisan organization, the Institute has long been 

recognized as one of America’s most respected and widely quoted sources of 

objective information on urban planning, growth, and development. 

The membership of ULI Los Angeles represents the entire spectrum of 

land use and real estate development disciplines. They include developers, 

builders, investors, architects, public officials, planners, real estate brokers, 

appraisers, attorneys, engineers, lenders, academics and students. Members 

of the Urban Land Institute in the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, 

San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara are automatically members of ULI Los 

Angeles. 

A Document of ULI Los Angeles 

Produced by Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A.

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