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THE WELCOME LETTER THE EVENT PARTNERS THE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE THE FULL SCHEDULE & DETAILS THE KEYNOTE THE SPEAKERS THE SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES THE C.E. HOURS & CREDITS THE MAP THE SPONSORS THE FOLLOW UP & INTERACTION THE END
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Dear friends, Welcome to the first ever St. Louis Regional Sustainability Summit! Organizations and institutions in the St. Louis region have a strong tradition of offering various sustainability-themed conferences, symposiums and summits. A dedicated team of sustainability professionals collaborated to organize something new this year. With a lens of advancing regional sustainability efforts, we wanted to focus on collaboration and action. We hope you learn something at this Summit, but more importantly, we hope you meet new people and are inspired to go out and make something good happen. This April 5th Summit will be followed by a day of working groups where participants will discuss regional issues and draft an action plan to guide the way forward. Please visit our engagement station in the Summit’s foyer to provide your input on regional goals, metrics, and actions. Our aim is to develop a set of shared regional goals that we can stand behind and work on together. With the working groups only convening for one day, we intend this to be the beginning of the discussion, not the end of it. We will keep in touch via partner newsletters and social media about the outcome of these working groups and what’s coming next. Enjoy the day. Enjoy the people. And remember to think globally, and act regionally. Thank you,
Aaron Aaron Young Sustainability Planning Manager East-West Gateway Council of Governments One Memorial Drive, Suite 1600 St. Louis, MO 63102 314-421-4220/618-274-2750
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THE WELCOME LETTER FROM ONESTL
Thanks to all of our partners & sponsors! AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS BURNS & MCDONNELL CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY COMMERCE BANK EARTHWAYS CENTER OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN EAST-WEST GATEWAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY MADISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER CITIES & TOWNS INITIATIVE MISSOURI FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY MSD PROJECT CLEAR RIDEFINDERS SAINT LOUIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SITTON ENERGY SOLUTIONS STEEL RECYCLING INSTITUTE ST. LOUIS EARTH DAY STRAIGHT UP SOLAR UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST. LOUIS U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL - MISSOURI GATEWAY CHAPTER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
CONNECT WITH US Bonfyre: There is an official “Bonfyre” set up if you wish to share your pictures & chat with your colleagues. Facebook: RSVP to the event page and let your friends know where you were April 5th! Twitter & Hashtags: Tweet at us using @1STLsummit or #1STLsummit!
THE PARTNERS, PLANNING COMMITTEE, SPONSORS & FRIENDS
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
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FULL SCHEDULE & SESSION DETAILS 11:00 – 12:00 REGISTRATION & LUNCH
12:00 – 1:15 WELCOME A Welcome from the Host Phil Valko, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Sustainability Washington University in St. Louis 12:15 – 1:15 PLENARY SESSION: Regional Planning For Sustainable Outcomes Kansas City’s Progress Towards Resilience and Sustainability 2006 to 2016 Dennis Murphey, Chief Environmental Officer Kansas City, MO Office of Environmental Quality Denver Metro Vision 2040 Brad Calvert, Director of Regional Planning and Development Denver Regional Council of Governments The opening session begins with presentations from Brad Calvert from the Denver Regional Council of Governments and Dennis Murphey from the City of Kansas City. Brad will discuss Denver’s Metro Vision 2040 and Mile High Compact. Dennis will discuss the collaborations happening in the Kansas City region on climate and energy.
1:15 – 2:00 PLENARY RESPONSE: Panel Discussion Moderator: Mary Ann Lazarus, Principal, MALeco, LLC Amelia Bond, CEO and President Greater St. Louis Community Foundation Nicole Hudson, Lead Catalyst Forward Through Ferguson Rebecca Peterson, Director, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability UniGroup, Inc. Jim Wild, Executive Director East-West Gateway Council of Governments Following the plenary session presentations, four regional leaders will discuss their thoughts and reactions to the presentations as well as provide insights from the perspective of their relative sectors on collaboration in the St. Louis region.
2:00 – 2:15 BREAK
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2:15 – 3:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS Auditorium Aligning with Current Municipal Sustainability Initiatives The OneSTL plan was created to provide a regional framework for sustainable development that would shape a prosperous, healthy and vibrant St. Louis region. How are local governments advancing sustainability in their individual jurisdictions and how are they working together toward common goals? Join representatives from three local cities to learn how they are advancing sustainability and about their vision for collaborating on shared initiatives for the future. Moderator: John Hoal, Principal H3 Studio Annissa McCaskill, Director of Economic Development, Planning and Zoning City of Belleville, Illinois Catherine Werner, Director of Sustainability City of St. Louis, Missouri Jason Jaggi, Director of Community Development City of Creve Coeur, Missouri Great Room Community Development A/B Sustainability is often defined as a balance between social, economic and environmental spheres. The interactions and overlap of these three spheres are deeply intertwined in communities that thrive over a long term period. Innovative policies and proactive community development strategies have the ability to foster key elements of sustainable communities, making the communities more inclusive, resilient and equitable. When approached from a regional perspective, opportunities exist to enhance access to environmental assets, like parks, healthy food, and bikeways, addressing challenges of regional segregation. This session includes an examination of several Midwestern case studies, including two local examples. Inclusion and Neighborhood Resiliency Mark Abbot, Professor Harris Stowe State University Catalina Freixas, Assistant Professor Washington University in St. Louis Indicators for Equity and Urban Greening Scott Krummenacher, Lecturer in Environmental Studies Washington University in St. Louis A New Vision for Old North: Small Scale Strategies for Revitalizing Communities Bonnie Roy, Partner SWT Design Sean Thomas, Former Executive Director Old North St. Louis Restoration Group
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2:15 – 3:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS, CONTINUED Seminar B Sustainable Food Systems Food can be a remarkable thing that brings children and communities together. It can support biodiversity and healthy communities as long as people have access to healthy food choices. Food also requires a healthy environment. Hear from some extraodinary people in the region working to improve healthy outcomes for children, communities and the environment. What are the intersections between agriculture, access to healthy food choices and a healthy environment? How can we better support a sustainable and equitable food system that allows children and communities to thrive? Moderator: Melissa Vatterott, Chairperson St. Louis Food Policy Coalition Mindful Eating in the School Cafeteria Katie Brown, Chef Raintree School Meghan Halsey, Teacher Raintree School Community Nutrition Hubs: Surrounding Kids with Opportunities for Nutritious Meals Jonathan Barry, Director, No Kid Hungry Missouri Missouri Family and Community Trust The Intersection of Agriculture, Healthy Food Access and the Environment: How You Can Support A Sustainable and Equitable Food System Melissa Vatterott, Food & Farm Coordinator Missouri Coalition for the Environment 3:15 - 3:30 BREAK
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3:30 – 4:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS Auditorium Connecting Energy Efficiency and Renewables to Influence Policy and Practice Hear from experts on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy and implementation in the Midwest and beyond. How does policy and practice affect greenhouse gas emissions? What’s going on locally and in other regions? And what’s coming down the pike? What’s working, what isn’t, and what policies and practices are most effective? Moderator: Doug Sitton, President Sitton Energy Solutions Energy Efficiency Policy, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals and Successful Examples from Other Regions Ashok Gupta, Senior Energy Economist Natural Resources Defense Council The Application of Efficiency and Renewables Across a Portfolio of Buildings and Campuses Doug Neidigh, Executive Director - Energy/Sustainability Mercy Hospital The Landscape of Renewables in the Midwest – Current & Future Shannon Fulton, Director of Business Development at StraightUp Solar and Immediate Past President of the Illinois Solar Energy Association Great Room Regional Transportation: Tracking System Performance A/B Presenters will cover East-West Gateway Council of Governments’ role in establishing and tracking performance measures for the transportation system in the St. Louis Region; the FAST Act’s (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act) national goals and performance measures established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to meet those goals; transportation for seniors; and the Gateway Bike Plan. Moderator: Mary Rocchio, Manager of Regional Policy Research East-West Gateway Council of Governments Sonya Pointer, Long Range Transportation Planner East-West Gateway Council of Governments Sheila Holm, Community Outreach Director AARP St. Louis Kevin Neill, Planner at Alta Planning + Design, Inc. Gateway Bike Working Group
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3:30 – 4:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS, continued Seminar B Linking Biodiversity, Water & Green Infrastructure to Benefit our Community This session will feature three diverse case studies that link the many aspects of biodiversity, water and green infrastructure. Learn about public / private partnerships, a unique grant program that seeks a healthy watershed, a biodiverse and beloved urban forest, and a major redevelopment project that is pushing boundaries and redefining public space. Moderator: Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden A Public/Non-Profit Partnership: Bridging Boundaries to Benefit a Watershed Kim Petzing, Sustainability Coordinator Madison County Government Mary Vandevord, President/CEO, Heartlands Conservancy Cortex Commons: Influencing Community Perception and Standards Ted H. Spaid, Partner and Founder SWT Design Creating Green Infrastructure Through Biodiverse Urban Forests Meridith McAvoy Perkins, Manager Urban Forestry Consortium, Davey Resource Group Bill Reininger, Director Tower Grove Park
4:30 - 5:00 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS
5:00 - 6:30 KEYNOTE Auditorium Race, Power, Equity: Using the Power of Collaboration to Bridge the Gap Between Sustainability and Social Justice The Keynote will address the role of race, power, and equity in making visible differences in community development processes. It will specifically explore the history of race in the urban planning process and ways to bridge the gap between sustainability and social justice movements by using historical case studies, real world examples, technological innovation, and best practices of successful community-driven and collaborative projects that have enhanced the quality of life for people and the vibrancy of communities that are often viewed as underserved, under-resourced, and/or overburdened irrespective of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. 6:30 - 8:00 RECEPTION Atrium Lobby
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THE KEYNOTE RACE, POWER, EQUITY: USING THE POWER OF COLLABORATION TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE The Keynote will address the role of race, power, and equity in making visible differences in community development processes. It will specifically explore the history of race in the urban planning process and ways to bridge the gap between sustainability and social justice movements by using historical case studies, real world examples, technological innovation, and best practices of successful community-driven and collaborative projects that have enhanced the quality of life for people and the vibrancy of communities that are often viewed as underserved, under-resourced, and/or overburdened irrespective of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability.
Dr. Antwi Akom is an urban technologist with an extensive background in collaborative, community-facing technology projects, designing for the public good, and developing new models of urban innovation in the 21st century that make cities and schools smarter, more equitable, just and sustainable. Dr. Akom is the Founding Director of the Social Innovation lab — a joint research lab between the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. Currently Dr. Akom is a faculty member with UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP) at San Francisco General Hospital, where he researches and deploys new health information communication technologies that improve health literacy, health care delivery, digital literacies, and promote equitable health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Prior to joining UCSF/CVP in 2016, Dr. Akom co-founded and launched a series of technology startups in the San Francisco Bay area, including, Streetwyze, which has been recognized by the White House, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Knight News Challenge, and Echoing Green, amongst others. Dr. Akom is also Co-Founder of the Institute for Sustainable Economic Educational and Environmental Design (I-SEEED), an award-winning community-based center for research, teaching and action.
DR. ANTWI AKOM, Professor & Founding Director of UCSF & SFSU Social Innovation and Urban Opportunity Lab (SOUL) and Co-Founder of Streetwyze
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THE SPEAKERS Mark Abbott is a Professor of History at Harris-Stowe State University, one of the oldest Historic Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the country. Professor Abbott teaches courses in American History, the History of Urban Planning, the History of St. Louis and Urban Policy. In addition to his teaching, Professor Abbott is also the Director of the Center for Urban Affairs, an institute that provides planning assistance to underserved communities in the St. Louis region. Professor Abbott is currently writing an intellectual biography of Harland Bartholomew, the noted St. Louis urban planner. He is also working on an edited volume of conversations and essays associated with Segregation by Design in collaboration with Catalina Freixas, Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
strengthen communities through charitable giving. Amelia spent nearly 30 years in the securities industry. She served on the Board of Directors of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Her nationally recognized skills were developed through her role as head of public finance for A.G. Edwards and its successor firm Wells Fargo. Amelia was a recognized national leader in the tax-exempt finance field having served as Chairman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a self regulatory organization created by Congress and overseen by the Securities Exchange Commission to write the laws governing the municipal industry. Amelia has continued her commitment to serving the community by participating on the boards of several nonprofits, such as Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club and Webster University.
Jon Barry is a passionate public servant and advocate for the people of Missouri. He started his career in state government as the Director of the Show-Me Heroes program and has held senior leadership roles in the Office of the Secretary of State. As the Director of No Kid Hungry Missouri, Jon is focused on ending child hunger in the state by working with state agencies, schools, private organizations and businesses to break down barriers and implement common sense solutions to ensure kids have access to nutritious meals. An avid adventurer, Jon has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Australia leading multinational business development, sales, and marketing programs for Fortune 500-level companies. He is a Captain in the Missouri Army National Guard and has a Master’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing.
Katie Brown is a community-focused chef and director of the green kitchen at Raintree School. She holds degrees in culinary arts and nutrition and dietetics. As a chef in restaurants for over ten years, she joined Raintree School’s model green kitchen incorporating farm-to-table meals, expanding connections with local purveyors, increasing sustainably produced practices, and connecting food to classwork.
Matthew Bernstine is an Urbanist, Designer, and Lecturer. He is passionate about creating sustainable urbanism[s] in both practice and research. He recently joined Washington University in Saint Louis as a Senior Urban Designer focusing on on- and off-campus projects that engage civic and institutional partnerships. As a lecturer, Matt leads graduate level seminars in the Urban Design program at the Sam Fox School as well as the Brown School of Social Work. Previous to WashU, Matt worked in the private sector as a Designer and Planner in New York City, San Francisco, and Charlottesville. Most recently, Matt was the project manager for one of the winning designs in the Van Alan Changing Course International Design Competition. Matt has a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Masters in Urban Design from Washington University in St. Louis. Amelia A.J. Bond has committed herself to community building enterprises through an exemplary career in public finance. As President & CEO of the St. Louis Community Foundation, she brings the vision and strategic ability to develop partnerships that will
Brad Calvert is the Director of the Regional Planning and Development division of the Denver Regional Council of Governments. His team of planners, economists and technology professionals leads the effort to develop and implement Metro Vision, the Denver region’s vision of the future of the metro area. Brad and his team work closely with the DRCOG Board and DRCOG’s many planning partners ensure the region has a strong shared sense of its future. Achieving that desired future requires the coordinated efforts of local, state and federal governments; the business community; and other planning partners including philanthropic and not-for-profit organizations. Brad came to DRCOG in 2010 and has twenty years of professional planning experience with a variety of organizations including a regional planning organization in Atlanta, non-profits focused on urban and rural planning initiatives, a local government and a university.
and kayaking in the wilderness, and has a keen interest in innovative skills, concepts, and technology as they apply to bringing renewable energy and potable water to developing countries.
Ashok Gupta is Senior Energy Economist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a non-profit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment with more than two million members and on-line activists, where he works with his colleagues on global warming policies, electric utility regulation, energy efficiency, renewables, sustainable building design and reducing petroleum dependence. He was previously Director of Programs at NRDC as well as the Director of the Air/Energy Program. He has been with NRDC since 1991. Ashok served as NRDC’s representative on Mayor Bloomberg’s Sustainability Advisory Board and Energy Policy Task Force. He also Catalina Freixas has more than fifteen years of experi- serves on the Boards of Directors of the Coalition for ence in teaching design studios and seminars, and has Environmentally Responsible Economies, NYC Enerfocused her research on sustainable design. Through gy Efficiency Corporation, Building Energy Exchange, her writings, Catalina has redefined the phenomena of PACE Nation, and Bridging the Gap. Ashok has a bachpost-industrial cities as metamorphic cities, metrop- elor’s degree in physics and math from Georgetown olises that take on transformation through eco-ur- University and a master’s degree in economics from banism, which advocates a shift from conventional American University. planning goals of economic and population growth to environmental sustainability and increased quality of John Trelawney Hoal Ph.D., RA (SA), AICP(CUD) is life. Through her research, Catalina attempts to cre- Professor and Chair of the Master of Urban Design ate a new set of metrics to evaluate shrinking cities and Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism programs at the through the lens of the “Three Pillars” of sustainabili- Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design of ty: Economic Development, Environmental Protection Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches and Social Equity. Catalina is also a two-time recipient design, theory and research courses in urban design, of The Divided City – A Mellon-Funded Urban Human- and lectures internationally on the design and develities Initiative, which have allowed her to research is- opment of healthy, livable and resilient cities. His resues of segregation in post-industrial cities, such as St. search relates to the morphology and metabolism of Louis, Cincinnati, and Detroit, through the lens of sus- sustainable urbanism, and to the theory and philosophy of public space, livability and the contemporary tainability, inclusion and community resiliency. city. From 1993-2000, he was the Director of Urban Shannon Fulton joined StraightUp Solar in 2013 as Design for the City of St. Louis, during which time he diDirector of Illinois Business Development to assist rected numerous major urban revitalization projects. In with growing the company in Illinois. She also lives 2000 Hoal founded the design, planning and research her passion for advancing the use of renewable ener- firm H3 Studio, where he practices architecture, urban gy by serving as President of the Illinois Solar Energy design & community-based planning in the United Association and as a Solar Ambassador for WeCare States, Asia and Southern Africa. Hoal has completSolar, a non-profit focused on reducing infant mortal- ed numerous urban design master plans, parks plans, ity by equipping off-grid medical clinics in developing sustainability plans, and climate adaption and resiliencountries with solar power for lighting and emergen- cy plans for cities and regions. cy communication. She is also a Licensed Professional Geologist with many years of experience in environ- Sheila Holm is the Community Outreach Director for mental consulting in Illinois. She holds degrees in AARP in St. Louis. She manages community engagerenewable energy, geology, and geohydrology from Il- ment efforts which include building and maintaining linois State University, where she also took the court local partnerships, volunteer recruitment and developas a Redbird basketball player. Shannon enjoys hiking ment, and creating and managing member and community engagement opportunities. In addition, Sheila
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serves as the staff lead for the Livable Communities and AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities in St. Louis region. Sheila has over 25 years experience in nonprofit management with the bulk of her professional work spent with Girl Scouts in Illinois and Wisconsin. Prior to joining AARP, she served as Chief Operating Officer for both Big Brothers Big Sisters (Prescott, AZ) and Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council (Glen Carbon, IL). Nicole Hudson is the lead catalyst of Forward Through Ferguson, the non-profit charged by the Ferguson Commission with carrying on the work of the Ferguson Commission Report, for which she was Communication Director. Prior to her work with the Ferguson Commission, Nicole consulted independently with individuals, organizations and brands on communication strategy, content development and the general navigation of digital waters. Her 6 years on the business side of the non-profit start-up digital news organization St. Louis Beacon gave her a front row seat for the transformation happening in local information and the opportunity that digital platforms bring. Her work with the Ferguson Commission and its legacy non-profit, Forward Through Ferguson, brings her career skills to bear on the most pressing issues of our time. She has spent her career applying digital media to products in industries ranging from Broadway to finance to journalism to social justice.
major. Prior to joining Washington University, he was a sustainability scholar and visiting assistant professor of public policy at Saint Louis University. His current work focuses on urban agriculture, urban parks and other forms of urban greening. His areas of expertise include environmental policy, urban park policy, local food policy and state & local conservation policy. Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED AP, is an architect and educator working on accelerating shifts in the design of the built environment to sustainable and resilient outcomes. Mary Ann served as an architect and global sustainability leader for 35 years at HOK, a global design firm founded in St. Louis. Mary Ann now heads a sustainability consultancy and teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the Vice Chair of the Board of the Missouri Gateway Chapter of the US Green Building Council and on the Board of Trailnet.
Meridith McAvoy Perkins manages the Urban Forestry Consortium (UFC) in the St. Louis Metropolitan area and serves as a consulting arborist with Davey Resource Group’s Natural Resource Consulting team. She has spent over 15 years helping municipal governments across the country better understand, care for, and benefit from their community trees. Meridith has experience with collecting and interpreting tree inventory data, writing and reviewing municipal tree ordinances and management plans, and developing unique solutions to support healthy urban forests of Jason W. Jaggi, AICP has over 15 years of experience all sizes. Before working with Davey, she served as as a city planner in a variety of local government set- the State Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator tings. His experience includes review and analysis of in Utah. Throughout her career, Meridith has engaged significant development projects, authoring land use with diverse partners from grass roots volunteer codes supporting renewable energy, transit oriented groups, such as Forest ReLeaf of Missouri and local development, and participating in leading roles in the tree boards, to national organizations like the Arbor development of several planning initiatives including Day Foundation and USDA Forest Service. She has a downtown and district master plans, neighborhood forestry degree from the University of Missouri - Coplans, and comprehensive city plans. Jason is the Di- lumbia and is an ISA Certified Arborist. rector of Community Development with the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri, leading a team responsible for Annissa G. McCaskill is Economic Development, Planplanning, zoning, building and code enforcement ac- ning and Zoning Director for the City of Belleville, Illitivities. With the City of Creve Coeur, Jason has been nois- the largest city in Southern Illinois. In this role, involved with two planning endeavors: the update of Annissa advises the Mayor, department heads and the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Creve Coeur 2030, City Council on issues pertaining to land use, annexand the 39 North Master Plan, which outlines strat- ation, economic development, zoning and other similar egies for the development of an innovation district to matters; while developing, directing and implementexpand the plant science, agricultural and technolo- ing development strategies in conjunction with pubgy industries within Creve Coeur and St. Louis County. lic and private sector groups. Prior to joining the City of Belleville in 2015, Annissa served as Vice President Scott Krummenacher is lecturer of environmental of Workforce Development with Better Family Life, studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He is cur- Inc. Prior to her tenure with BFL, she acted as Planner rently part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers for University City, Missouri and Assistant Director of investigating urban green space as part of the Urban Planning for the City of Chesterfield, Missouri. A gradVitality and Ecology project in St. Louis. He teach- uate of Livingstone College (Salisbury, NC) and Indiana es and advises students in the environmental policy State University (Terre Haute, IN), Annissa became a
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Sonya Pointer is the Long-Range Transportation Planner for the East-West Gateway Council of Governments. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning with an emphasis in transportation planning from Ball State University. Prior to working on the long-range transportation plan, she assisted in the development of East-West Gateway’s Transportation Improvement Program. Jean Ponzi’s 30-year career in enviro-communications has influenced businesses, municipalities, schools and individuals across the St. Louis region. She manages the St. Louis Green Business Challenge and serves on the BiodiverseCity-St. Louis leadership team. Her KDHX Earthworms show interviews have engaged radio and online audiences since 1988. Bill Reininger is the Executive Director of Tower Grove Park. In this role he oversees the management of St. Louis’s second largest park, at 289 acres. The park is one of only 7 parks in the country that is designated as a National Historic Landmark. Prior to Bill’s current poKevin Neill is a senior planner with Alta Planning + sition he was the Park Operations Manager for Forest Design, a bicycle and pedestrian transportation firm Park Forever for 10 years. In that role he implemented working to create healthy, active communities across the organizations Land Management Division and cothe United States. Kevin has worked with more than ordinated maintenance activities for Forest Park with 90 communities across the Midwest and beyond to the City of St. Louis. His previous work includes: Hormake bicycling and walking safe, convenient, and ac- ticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Forestry cessible for everyone. Prior to joining Alta, Kevin spent Foreman for the City of University City and Park Opfour years with Trailnet, where he led the organization’s erations Superintendent for the City of Crestwood. He community planning program. Kevin is a St Louis na- has a B.S. in Urban Forestry and a B.S. in Horticulture tive and holds a master’s degree in city and regional from the University of Missouri- Columbia and is an ISA Certified Arborist. planning from the University of Memphis. Kim Petzing currently works for Madison County Government, where she has been for nearly three years. While there, she has served as the County’s Green Schools Coordinator for 2 ½ years, and was promoted to her current role of County Sustainability Coordinator in May of 2016. An environmental educator since 1992, Kim has been focused on sustainability issues and education for the past nine years. That sustainability experience includes working at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden as the Manager of Sustainability Education Programs where she remained for more than five years before taking the job with Madison County Government’s Planning & Development Department. Kim’s previous experience also includes working at the University of Illinois and multiple private nature centers. Kim holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Biology from Indiana University and a Master’s of Science in Zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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Mary Rocchio is the Manager of Regional Policy Research at East-West Gateway Council of Governments. In this role she is responsible for the preparation of reports, technical memoranda, and other information products that communicate research findings and policy analysis to audiences as varied as local and state elected officials, citizen groups, the private sector, and transportation and social service providers. Bonnie Roy is a Partner of SWT Design, a landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm in St. Louis. With more than 10 years of experience, Bonnie focuses on a collaboration of landscape architecture, architecture and infrastructure in the metropolitan landscape. Her project experience covers a full range of design responsibilities including healthcare, parks and recreation, childhood development, campus planning, streetscape design, urban revitalization, civic centers and institutions. Bonnie provides design leadership, project management, and strengthens the
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member of the American Institute of Certified Plan- within the chemical industry in manufacturing leaderners (AICP) of the American Planning Association. ship roles and has a passion for process improvement, whatever that process might be. Dennis Murphey has been the Chief Environmental Officer for Kansas City, Missouri since 2006. He Doug Sitton, PE, CPMP, is the president and foundworks for the City Manager, manages the City’s Office er of Sitton Energy Solutions. He has over 35 years of of Environmental Quality, and provides guidance and diversified experience in the design and construction leadership to City departments on integrating climate industry, and is an energy authority known for his leadprotection and sustainability into all city operations. ership, strategic thinking and complex problem solving. He serves the City Manager, Mayor, and City Council Sitton has written articles for several industry publicaas their primary advisor and source of information on tions, and has presented at numerous local regional environmental issues relevant to city operations, pro- conferences. He chairs the St. Louis Regional Chamgrams, and policies. He directed the development of ber’s Energy and Environment Committee, serves on Kansas City’s Climate Protection Plan and oversees the Chamber’s Board and Policy Council, and particiimplementation of the plan to achieve greenhouse gas pates in the annual Green Business Challenge. Sitton reduction goals of 30% by 2020, community-wide and serves on several other boards and organizations, and in city government operations. Dennis promotes re- has been recognized as a “Who’s Who in Energy” in the gional partnerships between the public and private St. Louis Business Journal. sectors to address environmental issues and to incorporate sustainability principles into decisions made Ted Spaid is known around the country for his knowledge of park planning, open space design, horticulture, and actions taken across the metropolitan area. environmental planning, and landscape maintenance Doug Neidigh, MPH, REM, CEA is the Executive Direc- best practices and he brings more than 30 years to tor of Energy/Sustainability for Mercy Health, where SWT Design and the profession of landscape archihe assists Mercy’s 42 hospitals and over 600 clinics in tecture. His vision and talent is infused throughout reducing their energy consumption, waste generation, the firm’s culture and philosophy of “LIVING DESIGN,” and overall impact on the environment. Doug has over ever challenging accepted standards and methodolo24 years of experience in Environmental and Energy gies within the design industry. Ted’s devotion to the Management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree profession of landscape architecture is evident in his in Environmental Health from Illinois State University attention to sustainability and environmental stewardand a Master’s degree in Public Health from Missou- ship, creating outdoor spaces that span generations ri State University. Doug is also a Registered Environ- and educate on the importance of conservation. The mental Manager (REM) with the National Registry of firm’s diverse portfolio of projects, from higher eduEnvironmental Professionals (NREP) and a Certified cation and healthcare, to parks, greenways and trails, Energy Auditor (CEA) with the Association of Energy share in the commonality that good design must be a Engineers (AEE). Doug has experience working in lo- living, breathing thing. Prior to co-founding SWT Decal and state government, private manufacturing, ac- sign, Ted developed an impressive portfolio of public ademic institutions and healthcare organizations. and private work with a large international planning and design firm. In 2012, Ted was awarded the Robert Rebecca Peterson is the director of corporate re- Goetz Award for this contribution to the profession of sponsibility and sustainability at UniGroup, the parent landscape architecture. company of United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit. In the four years Peterson has been with UniGroup she Sean Thomas facilitated a process that resulted in a has worked to bring a pragmatic approach in incorpo- 28 percent growth in residential population, a 42 perrating and highlighting sustainability practices with- cent reduction in crime (2010-2015), national, state, in UniGroup and to encourage United and Mayflower and local awards for achievements in neighborhood reagents to leverage sustainability within their business- vitalization, and recognition as the “Best Place to Live” es as well. Through Rebecca’s efforts, UniGroup has (Riverfront Times, Best of St. Louis, 2015) as Executive published annual sustainability reports utilizing the Director of Old North St. Louis Restoration Group for Global Reporting Initiative protocol, recently adopting more than 12 years. Prior to accepting his position at the new G4 Guidelines for the 2016 report. Rebec- ONSLRG in 2003, Sean worked for St. Louis Associaca is a chemical engineer from GA Tech and has an tion of Community Organizations (SLACO) for 11 years MBA from the University of West Florida. She is certi- – five as a community organizer and six as Deputy Dified in production and inventory management through rector. Sean also has worked as a community organizthe APICS organization. She spent most of her career er in Detroit, Michigan, and as Community Initiatives THE SPEAKERS, CONTINUED
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Coordinator for East-West Gateway Coordinating Council (now called East-West Gateway Council of Governments). Sean currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Community Builders Network of Greater St. Louis, the MPA (Master of Public Administration) Advisory Board at St. Louis University, and the Advisory Board for the Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program at University of Missouri-St. Louis Mary Vandevord is President & CEO of HeartLands Conservancy, a regional conservation and community planning-based non-profit organization serving the metro east and southern Illinois. Her 13 years experience in community planning spans six states and ranges from comprehensive and neighborhood planning to natural resource conservation. A native of Madison County, IL, she previously worked as Senior Planner for the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, on downtown revitalization, sustainable development, and environmental planning. She currently serves on the Prairie State Conservation Coalition Board of Directors and is a member of the American Planning Association and US Green Building Council (St Louis Chapter). Mary holds a Master’s Degree in Regional and City Planning from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development from Ball State University. Melissa Vatterott is the Food and Farm Coordinator at the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. She earned her law degree from Michigan State University College of Law, with an emphasis in environmental and natural resource law and her B.S. in environmental science and a minor in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri. Melissa has particular appreciation for soil conservation and environmental and agricultural policy. Since writing MCE’s St. Louis Regional Food Study published in 2014, Melissa works to support environmentally responsible farming practices and local food systems across the Missouri as well as parts of Illinois through her work directing the St. Louis Food Policy Coalition.
ordinance, obtaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions inventories and developing the first Climate Action & Adaptation Plan for the City of St. Louis. Catherine has also worked as an environmental attorney, green building consultant, natural resources specialist and environmental educator. Jim Wild was appointed in October 2015 as the executive director of the East-West Gateway Council ofGovernments, the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the St. Louis region. EastWest Gateway is responsible for approximately $ 900 million annually in transportation and other regional projects that require federal funding. Jim began at EastWest Gateway in June 1993 as a transportation analyst. He was appointed manager of project programming in 1994, division manager in 2000, and senior manager in 2009. He was appointed as the assistant executive director in May 2012. Jim sees regional collaboration among local governments as one of his highest priorities so that financially constrained municipalities and counties can better serve their citizens. He also sees a growing role for East-West Gateway in bolstering the region’s economy, particularly through the support of regional economic development initiatives and supporting the growth and success of the recently established Regional Freight District.
Catherine L. Werner, JD, LEED AP was appointed as the first Sustainability Director for the City of St. Louis by Mayor Francis Slay in 2009. She spearheaded the development of an award-winning Sustainability Plan for the City of St. Louis and oversees implementation of the Mayor’s Sustainability Action Agenda of priorities. Catherine has been a champion of triple bottom line sustainability principles – balancing social, economic and environmental issues. She oversaw the City’s $3.7 Million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and has been leading the City’s climate protection efforts, such as helping the City win City Energy Project award and pass an energy benchmarking
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SUSTAINABILITY AT THE SUMMIT OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION We are committed to removing barriers to allow for the full participation of all community members and creating an equitable conference environment for all. We strive to ensure that our conference venue and organizational structure meets the needs of all participants regardless of age, ability, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and income level. A conference organizer is available to meet or talk with you to address any ADA questions, issues, or concerns and if requested. A coordinator may be able to walk you through a courtesy visit prior to the event. Organizers aim to create a climate of respect, fairness, cooperation and professionalism in order to promote innovation and leadership by utilizing the talents and abilities of all.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY We have planned the conference to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. We encourage you to consider doing the following things to help us with this effort: Promote Zero Waste. Recycling and composting will be available at the Summit - look for the self-service stations and sort waste accordingly. Bring a refillable coffee mug and refillable water bottle. Name tags will be provided for attendees. Return your name badge to the registration desk at the end of the day. Bring your own pens, paper or laptop/tablet for notes. Utilize Sustainable Transport. Consider taking public transport or cycling (it’s much less expensive and easier than parking). Alternatively, carpool with a friend or colleague! Promote a Collaborative Space. Meet someone new. Turn your phone on silent.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS NOTE: AIA, LEED, ASLA, APWA, ACSE, Professional Engineers and other professionals can self-report continuing education for attending this conference. Sign in sheets will be available at each breakout session and archived. If attendees participate in the entire conference, organizers recommend reporting 5 hours of continuing education (1.5 for opening plenary, 1 hour for each of 2 breakout sessions, and 1.5 for keynote). The conference is approved for AICP credits.
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SUMMIT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS
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SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE SUMMIT EventBase
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The Conference App
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COMMENTS WELCOME We are ready to hear from you! There is a post-event survey available for comments that can be quickly found on the Bonfyre site or by directing your browser to the SurveyMonkey tool at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/onestlsummitday1. We’d love your feedback - your suggestions will make future events even better!
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