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Partners for Livable Communities

Annual Summary 2008

Partners for Livable Communities is a non-profit leadership organization working to improve the livability of communi-ties by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity. Since its founding in 1977, Partners has helped communities set a common vision for the future, discover and use new resources for community and eco-nomic development and build public/private coalitions to further their goals.

Partners promotes livable communities through technical assistance, leadership training, workshops, charettes, re-search and publications. More than 1,200 individuals and groups from local, state, national, international, public and private and media organizations make up Partners’ re-source network and share innovative ideas on livability and community improvement.

Partners’ governing board includes a distinguished roster of leaders from local government, banking, arts and culture and the philanthropy industry. Foundations, corporations and fees for services fund the organization.

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Table of ContentsEvents of the Year ��4

Event of the Year #1: Shifting Sands Initiative ..................................................................................................4Event of the Year #2: Celebration of Vision and Community Spirit ...................................................................4Event of the Year #3: 10th Annual Bridge Builders Awards ...............................................................................5Event of the Year #4: Convening for a Movemiento La Comunidad .................................................................6

Local Activities ��7

Carlsbad, CA: Open Space ...............................................................................................................................7Washington, DC: Cultural Tourism DC ..............................................................................................................7Aging in Place Initiative .....................................................................................................................................7

San Diego: Enhancing Lifelong Learning .............................................................................................7Chicago: Engaging Older Adults through Arts and Culture ...................................................................8Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties: Increasing Transportation and Mobility Options ..............................8

Cutting Edge ��9

City of Riverside, CA: Development of a Clergy Network .................................................................................9Arts and Health: A New Type of Partnership .....................................................................................................9

Partnering & Outreach ��9

Livability Coalition .............................................................................................................................................9Crossway Community: Social Equity - Livability needs for the American Community ......................................9

International Outreach ��10

American Academy in Rome ...........................................................................................................................10Basque Heritage .............................................................................................................................................10

In Memoriam 2008 �� 11

Appendix: Organization Leadership, Support, and Staff �� 15

Board of Trustees ............................................................................................................................................16New Leadership Welcomed in 2008 ...............................................................................................................17Danah Fayman Fellowship Program Launched ..............................................................................................22Institutional Sources of Support ......................................................................................................................22Individual Sources of Support .........................................................................................................................23Partners Staff ..................................................................................................................................................23Interns .............................................................................................................................................................23

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Event of the Year #1Shifting Sands Initiative: Opportunity for Dialogue and Peer ConveningNew Orleans, LouisianaAs part of the ongoing Shifting Sands Initiative, a program managed by Partners for Livable Communities (Partners) and funded by the Ford Foundation, Partners held two concurrent and overlapping events at the Ashé Cultur-al Arts Center in New Orleans, LA from January 23-25, 2008. The first event was a gathering of arts, culture, and community development funders interested in exploring potential connections between the two fields of arts/cul-ture and community development work. These funders were exposed to the theory and results of the Shifting Sands Initiative and encouraged to talk about how these connections may be grown in the future as a result of the success this program has found.

At the same time, the Shifting Sands cohort, which in-cludes technical advisors and grantees of the Shifting Sands Initiative, met for the third time under the goal of peer learning. This learning took place through open conversations and presentations on issues as diverse as aesthetics, community organizing, and community devel-opment finance institutions. The cohort and the funders had the opportunity to share learning experiences through combined tours, presentations, and evening activities de-signed to promote dialogue between the two groups.

The tours in particular had a powerful effect on most par-ticipants, as they showed many of the difficult battles

being fought in New Orleans over housing, redevel-opment, and cul-tural preservation.

The conference also included plen-ty of time to soak up some of the Big Easy, with river-boat tours, dinner

and jazz at Basin Street Station, film showings, and po-etry slams by some of the artists connected to Ashé. Par-ticipants had the opportunity to meet Mardi Gras Indians, join a “second line”, and hear inspirational stories from this community still struggling with the aftermath of Hur-ricane Katrina. Altogether, the events and conversations helped to reinforce the message that the arts and culture of a community and its social and economic goals are intricately connected, and that this new field of arts, cul-ture, and community development is beginning to rapidly expand and be understood not just by practitioners, but by funders and policymakers as well.

Event of the Year #2Celebration of Vision and Community Spirit Awards Ceremony & DinnerThis year’s Celebration of Vision and Community Spirit awards ceremony honored six outstanding individuals and one community, all of whom exemplified extraordi-nary community building strategies. The event was held on March 5th, 2008 at the Hotel Monaco in Washington, DC and proved to be a successful fundraiser and net-working event for Partners.

Entrepreneurial American Leadership AwardThe Honorable Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel received a Lifetime Achievement award for her 40-plus years of unbroken public service at the federal, state, and local levels helping to make visible the historic built envi-ronment of New York City by serving as a leading voice on some of the defining urban issues of our time.

The Honorable Amanda M� Burden, for her unparal-leled passion for urban design and vision that has held developers to strict design standards that benefit all of New York City.

Dr� Marilyn Perry, for her passion for heritage and dedi-cation to the study, enjoyment, and protection of impor-tant sites that matter to communities.

Robb Nansel and Jason Kulbel for their contributions to Omaha’s music culture and economic development, as seen in their redevelopment project, which has spurred a multimillion-dollar, mixed-use development in a previ-ously depressed northern downtown area.

Founders Award for Civic LeadershipGordon Binder for his continued dedication and passion in support of conservation of our country’s natural resources and in promoting access to clean water in the developing world.

Award recipient Gordon Binder

Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

(Left to right)Partners’ President Robert McNulty, Amanda Burden, Long-time Partners’ Trustee Bill Reilly, Dr. Marilyn Perry, and Barbaralee Diamondstein-Spielvogel


Entrepreneurial American Community AwardCumberland County, Pennsylvania, for taking a proac-tive stance in forming local and regional collaborations to address balanced growth and preservation.

Posthumous TributeJohn Lewis, who earned the nickname “Mr. Fayetteville,” for his efforts in the growth and development of his home-town community, Fayetteville and the Northwest Arkan-sas region.

Event of the Year #3Tenth Annual Bridge Builders Awards Ceremony & DinnerPartners honored six partnerships at our Tenth Annual Bridge Builders Awards Ceremony & Dinner on April 10th, 2008 at the Willard Intercontinental in Washington, DC. Partners’ current Board Chair and President of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, Rich-ard C.D. Fleming, served as emcee for the evening. The event was generously underwritten by Anheuser-Busch.The Tenth Annual Bridge Builders Honorees are:

TPG Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co�, Environ-mental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council for collaborating during the $45 billion buyout of TXU Corp on an environmentally-conscious pact, which will reposition the embattled power company, now Ener-gy Future Holdings, Corp., as the new model for environ-mental responsibility.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, for building a greener America by collaborating with numerous national partners on ini-tiatives that make the company a leader in environmen-tally friendly programs and fuel-efficient vehicles, includ-ing a partnership with the National Arbor Day Foundation, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening and Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whit-man for their collaboration to create a resource, the Gov-ernors’ Institute on Community Design, that advises and guides governors and other state leaders on addressing issues of growth and development in their states.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cal-ifornia Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez for collaborat-ing across party lines to enact a bipartisan environmental agenda that disregarded the political maneuvering and biased criticism that often stalls progress and that will ul-timately reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

Greater Homewood Community Corporation and The Johns Hopkins University Center on Aging and Health for developing a unique, ten-year partnership that has resulted in the Baltimore Experience Corps, a model program that brings the time, experience, and wisdom of older adults to bear in improving the academic and behav-ioral outcome of children in Baltimore City Public Schools.

The National Children’s Museum and The Peterson Companies, Developer for National Harbor, for work-ing together to create a stronger region through the de-velopment of a successful mixed-use destination for resi-dents and tourists in Prince George’s County, and helping link National Harbor, a new riverfront project, to the na-tion’s capital.

Milt Peterson of Peterson Companies, the developer of National Harbor and Kathy Dywer Southern of the National Children’s Museum

Partners’ Chairman and Emcee Dick Fleming with award recipients, The Honorable Parris N. Glendening and The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman


Event of the Year #4Convening for a Movimiento: La Comunidad National Strategic Leadership ForumPhiladelphia, PAOn Match 31-April 1, 2008 Partners for Livable Commu-nities and the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (HACE) hosted a groundbreaking leader-ship forum, Convening for Movimiento: La Comunidad National Strategic Leadership Forum, on asset-based community development in Latino communities. Partners and HACE defined these assets as the arts and cultural organizations, institutions, retail, and gathering places that promote Latino heritage through arts, food, festivi-ties, folklore, stories, and history of the Latino population.

The event attracted 100 participants including represen-tatives from community development organizations, arts and cultural organizations, civil rights organizations, civic institutions, funders, and tourism groups who gathered to discuss:

1) how to use arts, culture, and heritage assets as cata-lysts for economic development, social development, political development, youth development, and neigh-borhood cohesion in inner city, suburban, and rural en-vironments

2) why more organizations are not adopting cultural-based strategies to achieve these goals.

Conference participants identified the following major concepts as the biggest challenges that they think could be addressed using arts, culture, and heritage as assets:

• Focusing on art as a tool for job training and labor force preparedness.

• Increasing ethnic ownership of homes and other prop-erty is essential to reversing the negative impact of gen-

trification and becoming active participants in the devel-opment of one’s community.

• Understanding neighborhood indicators of gentrification and working with artists and cultural organizations to comprehend neighborhood changes.

• Identifying what prevents Latinos from participating in community planning– finding areas for interaction.

Conference participants identified the following actions as ways that arts, culture, and heritage can be used in ad-dressing the identified challenges:

• Utilize what is inherent in a community.

• It’s crucial to promote, educate, and persuade govern-mental agencies and funding institutions of the signifi-cance art and culture have in developing communities and retaining their social and economic vibrancy.

• Art and cultural organizations must establish sound working relationships with community development organizations, civic groups, faith-based groups and programs, and other institutions proficient in the facets of community development (housing, loans, infrastruc-ture, etc).

• Tourism is a critical economic tool, yet may not work ef-fectively if infrastructure or partnerships are inadequate or flawed.

• Gentrification does not necessarily need to be detri-mental to community revitalization if it becomes an inclusionary process.

• Cultural inclusion is significant in empowering ethnic groups and strengthening relationships with different communities.

Philadelphia Youth discussing the role of arts and culture in community development at La Comunidad

President and Founder of HACE, Bill Salas and Robert McNulty welcome participants at the (evening program of La Comunidad).


Local ActivitiesCarlsbad, California: Open SpacePartners was hired by the community of Carlsbad, Cali-fornia to facilitate community–wide discussions about what to do with a large piece of open space land that could benefit and connect together the entire community. The City of Carlsbad wanted Partners to help determine the community’s interest and desire for the most appropri-ate open space uses: active versus passive, recreational, agricultural, cultural/civic, etc.

During the fall of 2007 and the spring of 2008, Partners worked in Carlsbad to engage and empower the commu-nity to imagine verbally and visually how they could de-fine the best open space uses for the land in a way that connects the community and creates a place for all its citizens to enjoy. During this process, Partners worked with the community in the formation of a Citizens Process Committee, a public workshop that identified key com-munity issues, and community focus groups on how this unique open space could be an asset. Unfortunately, due to budgetary cuts in the city, the contract was prematurely cancelled and Partners was unable to complete the rest of the work which included a design charrette that would identify a scenario with community consensus and a com-munity report and presentation to the City Council. We wish the city the best of luck and hope that we are able to resume work on the project in the near future!

Washington, DC: Cultural Tourism DCPartners was hired by local nonprofit Cultural Tourism DC (CTdc) to provide research and advice for their re-cent strategic planning process. CTdc was created a de-cade ago and has faced a challenge that many cultural tourism organizations have had to address: finding the balance between serving the local communities they are highlighting, serving the region’s economic development goals, and serving the history that they seek to preserve. Partners provided expertise on the community building potential of cultural tourism development, in addition to research on major governmental and nonprofit cultural tourism organizations and how they are addressing com-munity building goals. Partners also spoke with many lo-cal groups that had shared interests with CTdc to gain insight on the organization’s unique role in the DC com-munity. The report, completed in the spring of 2008, was one of the major tools that helped shape a new strategic plan approved by the board of CTdc in the fall.

Aging In Place on the road��Partners continues to develop the Aging in Place Initiative through collaboration with the National Area Agencies on Aging and the MetLife Foundation. After completing A Blueprint for Action: Developing Livable Communities for All Ages in 2007, Partners and the Aging in Place team have hit the road for a series of dynamic and engaging regional workshops designed to highlight the opportunity to improve livability for all ages spun around the catalyst of the growing age demographic.

Below are a few highlights from some of the workshops that were held in 2008. At each workshop, participants had the opportunity to apply for JumpStart Grants around the theme of the workshop.

Detailed reports and a listing of JumpStart Grant recipi-ents from all of the Aging in Place Initiative Workshops can be found at: www.aginginplaceinitiative.org

Enhancing Lifelong Learning: Developing a Livable San Diego County for All AgesSan Diego, California March 2008The Aging in Place team convened on March 12, 2008 in San Diego, California to discuss the strategies and challenges to developing valuable lifelong learning op-portunities for older adults. The event drew a large and diverse audience of community stakeholders and ex-perts eager to discuss the future of lifelong learning op-portunities for older adults in the community.

Key Findings from Workshop:

•Olderadultsareclamoringtofindfulfilling lifelonglearningop-portunitiesforavarietyofreasons

•Lifelonglearningexperiencesprovide importantbenefitstobothcommunitiesandindividuals

•Educationalinstitutionsneedtotake measurestoensurethatolderadultsfeelwelcomedandcomfortableoncollegecam-puses

•Structuralbarrierssuchastransportation andinadequatecoordinationbetween serviceproviderscanlimitolderadults’accesstolifelonglearning

•Partnershipsbetweencollegesandemployerscanhelpolderadultswhowanttoretrainforwork

Partners’ Senior Program officer Penny Cuff presents at the San Diego Aging in Place

workshop


After remarks from a handful of local leaders and national hosts, workshop attendees were treated to a presentation by Professor Joaquin Anguera of San Diego State Univer-sity, a leading expert on lifelong learning for older adults. Following this presentation, the workshop participants di-vided into small groups to further discuss the challenges and opportunities related to Lifelong Learning and Older Adults. The four breakout groups were:

•RetrainingforWork•Volunteerism,CivicEngagement,andPersonalEnrichment•LearningtoAdvocateforHealthandWellbeing• ImprovingAccesstoLearningand Information

Engaging Older Adults through Arts and Culture: Developing a Livable Chicago for All AgesChicago, IllinoisMarch 2008On March 17, 2008, a concerned group of stakehold-ers gathered together at the Chicago Cultural Center in downtown Chicago to discuss a pressing Aging in Place issue: how to enhance and expand the cultural and artis-tic opportunities available for older adults. This half-day workshop drew a large and diverse group of community arts advocates and aging services providers eager to dis-cuss how Chicago can enhance and expand its arts and culture offerings for older adults.

The workshop featured brief remarks about the national Aging in Place Initiative, a conversation with older adult stage actors, and a panel discussion with local leaders in the arts and the older adult services sector, including representatives from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Department of Senior Services, and Hyde Park Art Center.


•Researchindicatesthatolderadultswhoparticipateinartsandculturalactivitiesreporthigheroverallhealth

•Olderadultserviceorganizationscanformcreativepartner-shipswiththeaters andculturalorganizationstoexposeolder-adultstothearts

•Artanddramatherapyprogramsprovide particularbenefitstomanyolderadults

•Artsandculturalorganizationscanpartnerwiththebusinesscommunitytoenhancetheircapacitiesandreachouttoolderadults

Increasing Transportation and Mobility Options: Creating Livable Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties for All AgesMiami, FloridaNovember 2008The Aging in Place team travelled to sunny Miami, Florida in November to discuss an issue of great importance to livability and older adults: Transportation and Mobility. The participants at the workshop were health and senior ser-vice professionals, planning organizations (both private and public and regionally focused), bike experts, safety advocates, community philanthropists, and researchers from local universities.

Jennifer Wieland, a planner from the Seattle Department of Transportation and an expert on that city’s Walkable Streets Master Plan, gave a very detailed and informative presentation on her city’s vision and provided general sta-tistics on transportation and demographics from around the country. Following a Q&A with her, the workshop then hosted a diverse panel of experts and an interactive dis-cussion on everything from Older Driver Safety and Se-nior Transportation to the challenges and opportunities of planning transportation in Miami-Dade Counties and the State of Florida. Each of the panelists provided great in-formation and resources for the audience, as well as stim-ulated discussion on what could further be done in their community on the issue of mobility and transportation.


•Programsthatassistseniorstoprolongtheirabilitytodrivesafelymakeaveryimportantcontributiontotheircontinuedmobilityandindependence

•Transportationandlanduseplanners, andfundingfortranspor-tation,must providegreatersupporttoalternativesto driving.

•Publictransportationprovidersshould offerenhancedservice

Mature H.O.T Women Dancers in class at The Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. The H.O.T program, “Health Conscious, Optimistic, and Triumphant”, was launched in 2007 due to the increasing demand among active older adults and baby boomers for the dance class.

Audience members of the San Diego Aging in Place workshop listen to experts on Lifelong Learning.


andeducate seniorsabouttheadvantagesofusingpublictransit

•Seniorshaveanincreasingneedfordoor-through-door,es-cortedservice.

•Volunteerdriverscanbeanimportant solutionforprovidingmobilityoptionsforolderadults

•Mixed-use,walkablecommunitiesmeetmanyoftheneedsofolderadultsforconvenientmobilityoptions

Cutting Edge

City of Riverside, CA – Development of a Clergy NetworkPartners formed a relationship in 2007 with the Califor-nia Institute for Local Government’s Inclusive Engage-ment Initiative to help cities and regions around the Inland Empire create strategies that will help their governmen-tal processes become more inclusive to the growing di-versity of the population. In addition to consulting with a few smaller communities, Partners worked with the City of Riverside, CA in particular on a topic they identified as having great potential for their community engagement efforts: connecting to residents through local congrega-tions and the clergy that represent them. To accomplish this, Partners and the Institute brought in Rabbi Jay Miller of the Peninsula Clergy Network to put together a series of workshops with local clergy and elected and civic offi-cials. The Peninsula Clergy Network had been formed to help mobilize local congregations by connecting profes-sional clergy around civic issues, as opposed to value-based or faith-based issues, and had proven to be a suc-cessful model for organizing disaster preparedness plans and achieving community educational goals. Eventually, the goal is to set up a similar network in Riverside as a way of providing voice through their clergy to a number of communities that do not currently have representation in government decision-making and planning.

Arts & Health: A New Type of PartnershipSince 2002, Partners has had a grant from the Ford Foun-dation to work with community-based arts organizations

seeking to apply their assets towards community agendas. Recently, two of the organiza-tions- the Queens Museum of Art in New York City and The Arts at Marks Garage in Honolulu- have created programs that address local public health goals such as eating healthily, getting tested for diseases, and signing up for health insurance. To help promote the idea of these

two fields partnering together, Partners gathered the two groups along with public health representatives and other arts organizations in a small day-long convening at the Queens Museum of Art in November to explore the chal-lenges and opportunities of arts organizations partnering with public health organizations to advance public health goals. Using the information and insight from this con-vening along with research in both the arts and public health fields, Partners is now working with an arts and public health consultant to put together a primer for arts and public health organizations that are seeking or might benefit from creating a partnership and are unsure of how to begin or what roadblocks to anticipate. Partners ex-pects this primer to be released in March of 2009.

Partnering & OutreachLivability CoalitionIn September 2008, Partners sent 95 surveys to mem-bers of the Livability Coalition, a group of 100 non-prof-its concerned with livability, in hopes of finding out what types of programs or activities they had implemented or were planning on implementing related to the needs of older adults.

Over half of these organizations responded that they cur-rently have programs that focused on the needs of older adults. Others have programs that indirectly affect old-er adults in a positive way and relate to their needs and wants. Of those that stated they had programs geared toward older adults, the most common needs they ad-dressed include health & wellness, civic engagement, culture/recreation, and local leadership. As discovered during the survey process, there is a lot of work to be done in the coming years to get the general public up to speed on the needs, wants, and opportunities relating to older adults. Partners found that many non-profits across this country that have a general concern with livability are not recognizing older adults as a specific group in need of special consideration when developing new strate-gies or restructuring old programs. Several organizations surveyed, who did not have programs relating to older adults, specifically noted such things as “big changes are coming” and “they know they should be aware of these issues” and that they look forward to seeing the informa-tion that Partners gathered to glean insight on how other nonprofits are adapting to this demographic shift.

Crossway Community: Social Equity…Livability needs for the American CommunityPartners was pleased to be selected as a strategic con-sultant by Kathleen Guinan to join the Crossway Com-

The Queens Museum of Art partnered with local residents and restaurants to create a healthy cookbook as part of the Heart of Corona Initiative


munity team in Montgomery County, Maryland. Crossway Community was selected as one of three organizations (out of 100 possible candidates) to receive development funding from the Kellogg Foundation to explore intergen-erational mentoring by adding housing for seniors on their campus in Hyattsville in order to augment their existing Montessori school and their housing for mothers and chil-dren. The concept was developed as a prototype by a nonprofit called Generations of Hope in Ohio. With Kel-logg’s support, they are expanding their prototype to see if they can foster intervention through intergenerational association with a variety of groups from former addicts to offenders returning to society to low- income women and children.

Partners will be helping Crossway Community to develop its plan, expand its relationship with Generations of Hope, and raise some $30 million to restructure the existing setting as a civic and intergenerational community with families, children, adults, and seniors. As part of the plan, there will also be outreach to the surrounding neighbor-hood allowing all to participate in the enrichment of life, which will benefit and bring value to its residents and neighbors. This project substantially expands Partners’ ability to serve as a broker on social equity, to use our knowledge of “new civics” and public/private partnership, and to more deeply understand the equity needs for liv-ability across the American community.

International OutreachRobert McNulty serves on the U.S. Board of Visitors of Griffith University in Brisbane and Partners has been working as a consultant to Ipswich in Queensland (a rail-road/mining town which is now a market creative econo-my center of a fast-burgeoning fast-growing area in that state).

Partners has also developed a series of concepts that would relate to helping the Chinese urban regions not re-peat the same planning, design, and development errors made by their colleagues in the West over 30 years ago, jeopardizing opportunities for livability. The hope is that learning from America and Europe on the errors we have made can help soften the impact of rapid development in Asian-Pacific cities.

American Academy in RomeAwarded a Visiting Scholar’s position at the American Academy in Rome, Robert McNulty spent three weeks throughout November and December exploring the pos-sibilities of new simulation technology such as Google Rome, which would involve the re-creation of some 4,000 historic buildings many of which could be 3-dimensional. Innovations to simulation technology could impact the de-clining tourism numbers in Rome by creating unique inter-

pretations of history and heritage to the lay visitor. More to follow in 2009!

Basque HeritagePartners continues its joint venture with the Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History to develop a ma-jor exhibit on the Basque heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador that exemplifies not only a conservation theme but a multicultural theme and an international exploration of energy theme. We are working in association with Bill Fitzhugh, director of Arctic studies at the Smithsonian and the Basque Museum of Boise, Idaho.


In Memoriam 2008 Stories of those who have passed away in 2008, told through the memories of Partners’ President Robert Mc-Nulty.

Joel Bloom Joel Bloom passed away in September at the age of 83. He was the director of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and for one year served as the Chair-man of the American Association of Museums. He said he wanted to do something that looked at racism and inequity in Philadelphia, using the mu-

seum as a resource that could challenge itself on doing a better job at addressing these core issues.

Joel, working with the current Vice Chairman of Partners’ Board, then vice president of the American Association of Museums, Kathy Dwyer Southern, put together a proj-ect with funding from the Pew Endowment for Partners to begin, under Joel’s leadership, a 3-year program of challenging all the museums in Philadelphia to open their eyes, to see equity as an opportunity, to seek reaching out to diversity as an asset. Joel was a strong and force-ful individual who believed that civil rights and museums had much in common—they both needed to be more fully integrated into the lives of our community.

Ralph BurgardRalph Burgard at age 81, a pioneer in arts management and arts leadership, passed away on July 3rd in Duxbury, MA.

Ralph Burgard was the founding di-rector of one of the first arts councils in America, in Winston-Salem, NC as

his good friend Phil Hanes reminded us when we hon-ored Phil for his lifetime of service. I met Ralph early on at the National Endowment for the Arts and credit Ralph with the first conference, organized through the MIT Arts Council, on the business of arts, led by Jim Rouse that talked about the co-axial relationship between shopping and culture and the role of the arts in community building through shopping and socialization.

Paul ByardPaul Byard was an extraordinary indi-vidual. He served as my teaching part-ner at Columbia University’s School of Architecture from 1974-1979. We taught a course on land-use legisla-tion and “livability” in the Historic Pres-

ervation program. Paul was a distinguished lawyer, and member of an old and prestigious family. I once saw him at a Municipal Arts Society black tie event and I noted his handsome outfit ─ it was his grandfather’s tuxedo. Ex-traordinary! He was a member of the Century Club, and a respected lawyer, but later, went to Architectural School at Columbia, became a member of the James Polshek firm and then became the Director of the very program in which we taught, the Graduate Program in Historic Pres-ervation.

David ChallinorDavid Challinor passed away in March of 2008. David was a close as-sociate of Dillon Ripley at the Smith-sonian. He was the Assistant Sec-retary for Science and was a grand fellow, one I enjoyed working with during my Smithsonian days and lat-er when I was a senior researcher.

David Challinor was a champion rower up until his last five years in his age group; a unique individual who nor-mally wore hiking boots in the Smithsonian corridors of power and was an earthy and well-grounded individual.

Osborn ElliottOsborn Elliott, founding father of Newsweek’s rebirth passed away in September. He was Deputy Mayor of New York, serving for a $1 a year for economic development at a time when Partners grew out of the Na-tional Conference on Neighborhood Conservation and New York was coming out of near bankruptcy, led

by Donna Shalala of the Municipal Assistance Corpora-tion. He organized Save our Cities march on Washington in 1992.

Margot GayleMargot Gayle passed away in Sep-tember. She was the original cast-iron lady, finding shrewdness and the spunk to save the cast-iron build-ings of New York City. I met her dur-ing the Back to the City movement in the early 70s and she was an in-credible individual and participated in our 1975 Neighborhood Conser-vation conference in NYC.


Anne d’ HarmoncourtAnne was the first woman to lead a major museum when she tragically passed away from cardiac arrest at age 64. She is what I would call a traditional museum director; grace-ful, elegant, and imposing. She was the Director of the Philadelphia Mu-seum of Art and one that we had

some association with in our Museums and Service to Communities, though I must say that the Philadelphia Museum of Art was a bit removed from some of the cul-ture and community agendas but she was most graceful, I heard her speak recently, just before her passing, at an Anchor Institutions Forum sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.

George HartzogGeorge B. Hartzog Jr. died at age 88 in early July. George Hartzog was legendary; he was more than a public employee, he was the Na-tional Park Service. Between the time of my arrival in Washington, DC in 1968 and the formation of Partners in 1977, given Hartzog’s relationship Lawrence Rockefeller,

and his stewardship of resources under President John-son he was not a civil servant but the head of an institu-tion.

I remember going to his office once and it was like meet-ing a legend. He, in a good way, almost occupied the same sort of tenure as J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI.

Steve Kliment Steve Kliment passed away in Sep-tember at 78. I first met Steve in 1974 when we started developing an analysis of some 40 communi-ties across America on their neigh-borhood preservation / neighbor-hood conservation agendas. I hired Steve to serve as the ghost writer

and co-editor with myself of weaving all these stories to-gether into a book that was published as the workbook for the National Conference on Neighborhood Conserva-tion, September 1975 in New York from which Partners grew from a task force to follow up that conference. A hard cover and paperback edition were later published by the Whitney Library of Design and co-authored by Steve and myself. He was a graceful individual, had a unique background in both design and communications, and lat-er went on to become the editor of Architectural Record and had been previously editor of Architecture and Engi-neering Newsletter before I met him.

George KnightGeorge Knight died in early September. He was an or-dained Presbyterian minister and headed the Neighbor-hood Works America, then known as the Neighborhood

Reinvestment Corporation, for 10 years. Compassionate, a brilliant strategist, he took over a program, expanded it dramatically, and was a true believer of community equity and equal opportunity in America.

Dorothy MinerDorothy Miner tragically died at the young age of 72 in late October. Dorothy Miner was a good friend who together with Adele Chatfield-Taylor, we put National Confer-ence on Neighborhoods in 1975, the birthing of Partners. Dorothy was an astute and wide individual, a close friend of Adele, and was a

senior policy adviser. She continued as a lawyer and col-league of the Landmarks Commission and historic pres-ervation in NYC in general.

Tom MoodyTom Moody, past presi-dent of the National League of Cities and Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1972-84) passed away near the end of 2008. Tom was a col-league who I worked with on several occasions as

League president, but also my wife Penny Cuff’s best friend growing up in Orange County was Tom’s half sister.

Ham MortonHamilton Morton, husband of Terry Morton, long-term leader with the National Trust for Historic Preserva-tion, passed away in June at age 74. Ham Morton was

thoughtful, kind, and always a wonderful pair with Terry on the historic preservation and architectural conserva-tion scene of Washington, DC.

He worked with the Washington Preservation Roundtable and in that vehicle I met him early in my tenure at the National Endowment for the Arts working as the assistant director to the Architecture and Design Program. He was a most distinguished individual.


Dick NetzerDick Netzer, an economist served on the Board for the Municipal As-sistance Corporation and in 1970 wrote a book about public support for the arts The Subsidized Muse. He served at NYU as Dean of its Graduate School in Public Adminis-tration with a special focus upon arts

and culture of which I was invited on several occasions to lecture. He was a pioneer in advancing government arts financing, prudently invested, with a proper training for leadership.

Claiborne PellClaiborne Pell passed away on January 1, 2009. Clairborne Pell was an extraordinary individual, Senator from Rhode Island, the name behind the college Pell Grants, but will be remembered as one of Nancy Hanks stron-gest supports of arts and cul-ture. His legislative director, Liv-

ingston Biddle became chairman after Nancy left in the change of administration, and Partners was able to honor Claiborne Pell in 2000 with our Kennedy Center awards as one of the building blocks of quality of life in America.

Ellen PickeringEllen Pickering, a long-term member of the Alexandria, Virginia City Council and an activist to preserve the wa-terfront in Alexandria passed away in early 2008. Part-

ners, with the support of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service in 1978-79 with Denny Reeder, then our Staff Director, undertook a series of forums and pro-grams on waterfront preservation in Alexandria, VA. I cer-tainly remember Ellen and her advocacy and leadership.

Ralph RapsonRalph Rapson, an architect whose son became head of the McKnight Foundation and now the Kresge Foundation, died at age 93. He was dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota in Minne-

apolis. He was a gifted architect primarily known for his cultural facility design and furniture. I met him through my tenure as the Assistant Director of Architecture and De-sign Arts at the National Endowment as Ralph served as one of our reviewers.

His obituary indicated that he was born in 1914 with a de-

formed right arm that was amputated at birth. When I met Ralph he always used what I thought was a clever joke as he would say, “Bob what time is it? When I lost my arm, I lost my watch”. He reminded me very much of a professor of art history I had at UC Berkeley who had a similar lack of an arm and a similar line about losing his watch.

He was an original; one of the greats of American archi-tecture and he died of a heart attack at his son’s home after retiring for the night.

Warren RobbinsWarren Robbins passed away this year at the age of 85. Warren was an extraordinary individual that in-dependently, in a small townhouse in Capitol Hill, created the seeds of the Smithsonian’s National Muse-um of African Art. He was a former Foreign Service officer, a cultural attaché with the State Department. In collecting, he used his own home

as a museum and lobbied ceaselessly to create recogni-tion with our Smithsonian that a Museum of African Art was inherent in its mission of diffuse of knowledge and value across our globe.

I met him early in the days of Nancy Hanks as he hosted several meetings of the National Council on the Arts at his collection and home on Capitol Hill and his energy is testimony that one individual can truly make a difference in defining what values we should be including in our set of values as citizens.

Michael H. RobinsonMichael H. Robinson, former di-rector of the National Zoo and my next door neighbor and a collaborator of helping to nego-tiate by Partners an exchange agreement between the Smith-sonian and the Government of

Queensland, Australia passed away of cancer on March 22nd.

Michael was a strange duck and as my next door neigh-bor, we had occasions to look over the fence into his yard and see that he did keep, in a large aquarium box outside, giant crab spiders and other rare and exotic insects that we were terrified might ever get loose in our neighbor-hood. One night he came over for dinner with his wife and somehow had taken a medicine which he said gave him triple vision; thus he had a hard time with the dinner utensils.


John F. SeiberlingJohn Seiberling died in August at age 89. He was a Congressman that sat on the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee that not only was involved with cultural heritage, overseeing pub-lic lands and national parks, but was a strong supporter of Nancy Hanks and the National Endowment for the Arts

and its role, also of architecture and design. Along with three or four other Senators and Congresspersons during the Nixon Administration, he became the bulwark of sup-porting the tremendous increases in funding of the En-dowment through the unique personality of Nancy Hanks. He was an extraordinary individual and sat on the boards of both the Wilderness Society and the National Trust for Historic Preservation and in 2001 President Bill Clinton presented him with a Presidential Citizens Medal.

Edgar Stern Jr.Edgar Stern passed away in Octo-ber in Seattle, WA at age 86. Edgar Stern was a legend in the commu-nity where our daughters live, Park City, as he was one of the initial developers of Park City Mountain Resort and also of Deer Valley, modeling after his investments in Aspen. He was also the developer of the Stanford Court Hotel in San

Francisco and, importantly enough, a relative of one of our founding trustees, Lee Adler of Savannah, the man behind the revitalization of Savannah and the affordable housing agenda in the Victorian neighborhood. Edgar Stern was Lee’s relative and some of the initial funds that Lee received for his bold ideas came from the Stern Fam-ily Foundation in New Orleans where the head of a media corporation of television was in that city.

J. Jackson WalterJack Walter was formerly head of the National Trust for Historic Pres-ervation and resident of Waterford, VA. Jack was appointed in 1984 the head of the National Trust, came from a background of government reform and ethics and introduced a relationship at the National Trust that Partners participated in on control of historic shipwrecks. Partners was re-

tained by the National Trust in writing a manual for State Management of Historic Maritime Resources during his tenure.

Y.C. WangY.C. Wang, 91, billionaire who cre-ated Formosa plastics passed away in 2008. This gives me a chance to tell a wonderful story. In 1984 under the leadership of trustee We Ming Lu of the Lowertown Development Corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota, I was invited through We Ming’s aus-pices by Mr. Wang to be a keynote speaker at an environmental confer-

ence sponsored by Formosa Plastics. Formosa Plastics was at that time a major polluter in Taiwan, but my wife and I were delighted to receive two roundtrip tickets to Taiwan which, for the same price, we were able to convert into Pan American’s round-the-world fare thus enabling us to make our first foray into Asia and home through Af-rica and Europe.

I arrived in Formosa. We had personal minders to take care of us. We were housed in the best hotel, taken to the best restaurants and on the appointed day I arrived at the conference to give my keynote presentation. I en-tered into the hall, 500 people were there, I was intro-duced, I gave my presentation in English (not speaking Cantonese) and there was polite applause and then I was asked to depart. As I departed from the podium, I asked was there going to be any further discussion or participa-tion and I was informed, no one speaks English and there was no translator, thus we are pleased you have given us opening remarks but it would be no use to participate as no one understands your words.

So much for my brief association with Y.C. Wang who, upon reflection, was seeking only an endorsement of “en-vironmental” concern, rather than any action.

William WarnerIn the spring of 2008, William War-ner, or Willie as he was known around the Smithsonian, passed away at age 88. He was a unique individual, having written his first book “Beautiful Swimmers: Water-men, Crabs and the Chesapeake

Bay”, winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.

William Warner was one of Dillon Ripley’s guys; a group of talented individuals all from privileged backgrounds working for the Smithsonian for a pittance as part of pub-lic service.

At the Smithsonian he started the Smithsonian Magazine, created the Smithsonian Associates and began the an-nual Folk Festival on the mall. I met him when I worked at the Smithsonian in the late 1960s at the Castle Building in a cadre of peers around Dillon Ripley.

Partners for Livable Communities Appendix: Organization

Leadership, Support, and Staff2008


Partners for Livable Communities Board of Trustees 2008Officers

Chairman

*Mr. Richard C.D. FlemingPresident & CEOSt. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth AssociationSt. Louis, MO

Vice Chairman

*Ms. Kathy Dwyer SouthernPresident & CEONational Children’s MuseumWashington, DC

Treasurer

*Mr. Peter HarknessEditor & PublisherGoverning MagazineWashington, DC

Secretary

*The Hon. Parris N. GlendeningFormer GovernorState of MarylandAnnapolis, MD

Chairman Emeritus

*The Hon. Glenda HoodFormer Florida Secretary of State and Mayor of OrlandoOrlando, FL

President

*Mr. Robert H. McNultyPresident & CEOPartners for Livable CommunitiesWashington, DC

*The Hon. David ArmstrongFormer Mayor of LouisvilleLouisville, KY

*Mr. Paul BrophyPrincipalBrophy and ReillyColumbia, MD

Mr. Ronnie BryantPresident & CEOCharlotte Regional PartnershipCharlotte, NC

Mr. Wayne A. CauthenCity ManagerCity of Kansas CityKansas City, MO

Mrs. Mary Alice CisnerosCouncilwoman Dist. #1City of San AntonioSan Antonio, TX

Mr. Gene DeprezDirector of InnovationCreative SheffieldSheffield, UK

Mr. Mick FlemingPresidentAmerican Chamber of Commerce ExecutivesAlexandria, VA

Mr. Alan FosterManagerBain & CompanyNew York, NY

Mr. Jose GarzaExecutive DirectorLULAC National Housing CommissionDallas, TX

Mr. Adam GordonChair, Board of DirectorsThe Next American CityPhiladelphia, PA

Ms. Jodi GrantExectuive DirectorAfterschool AllianceWashington, DC

Ms. Feather O. HoustounPresidentWilliam Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

Mr. Frank KeefePresidentThe Keefe CompanyBoston, MA

Mr. Richard KillingsworthDirector, Office of Strategic Planning and OperationsNemours - Health and Prevention ServicesNewar,k, DE

Mr. Isaiah “Ike” LeggettCounty ExecutiveMontgomery County, MarylandRockville, MD

The Hon. Ronald LoveridgeMayorCity of RiversideRiverside, CA

Mr. Henry Marsh, IIISenatorState of ViriginiaRichmond, VA

*Mr. Neal R. PeirceSyndicated ColumnistWashington, DC

Mr. Des PowerChairmanQueensland Events CorporationQueensland, Australia

Mr. Gordon QuanPartnerQuan, Burdette & Perez, P.C.Houston, TX

Mr. William K. ReillySenior AdvisorTPG Capital, L.P.San Francisco, CA

Mr. Joe RomanPresident & CEOGreater Cleveland PartnershipCleveland, OH

Mr. Carl “Bill” StrueverPresidentStruever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Inc.Baltimore, MD

Mr. Henry WebberExecutive Vice Chancellor for AdministrationWashington UniversitySt. Louis, MO

Mr. Sam A. WilliamsPresidentMetro Atlanta Chamber of CommerceAtlanta, GA

Mr. Kent ZimmermanPresident & CEOWallace House FoundationDes Moines, IA

Life Time Trustees / Chairman Emeritus

Mr. George Brady, Jr.Former ChairmanNat. Corp. of Housing PartnershipsWashington, DC

Mr. Wilbur GarrettFounderLa Ruta Maya Conservation FoundationFormer EditorNational GeographicGreat Falls, VA

Mr. William Johnson, Jr.ProfessorRochester Institute of TechnologyFormer Mayor of RochesterRochester, NY

The Hon. William MorrisFormer Mayor of Shelby County, TNMemphis, TN

The Hon. Jim RoutFormer Mayor of Shelby County, TNMemphis, TN

Mr. Alfred Wishart, Jr.Former PresidentThe Pittsburgh FoundationPittsburgh, PA

*Member of Partners’ Executive Committee

Effective December 2008

Board of Trustees


New LeadershipPartners is very proud to welcome 18 new Board Members in 2008. We look forward to working with our trustees in the coming years.

Ronnie Bryant, CEcD, FM, HLMPresident and CEOCharlotte Regional PartnershipCharlotte, North Carolina

As President and CEO of the Char-lotte Regional Partnership, Ronnie Bryant leads the economic devel-opment organization promoting the Charlotte, North Carolina region as a

prime location for business expansion or relocation. Prior to joining CRP, Ronnie was President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, before which he was Senior Vice President of the Economic Development Division at the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association.

Ronnie is nationally known for his proven track record of establishing and implementing successful economic de-velopment programs. Site Selection magazine named his organizations in Pittsburgh and St. Louis to its list of Top 10 economic development groups in the nation, while The City Magazine in Charlotte named him No. 30 in its list of Charlotte’s Fifty Most Powerful. Ronnie is a gradu-ate of Louisiana State University in Shreveport and the Economic Development Institute at the University of Okla-homa, and he currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the International Economic Development Council.

He and his wife, Sandra, have three children – Rarland, Remeka and Ronda.

Wayne A. CauthenCity ManagerCity of Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri

In April 2003, Wayne Cauthen was appointed City Manager of Kan-sas City, where he has focused on promoting downtown development,

increasing international investment, implementing a City-wide recycling program and improving basic services to citizens. Originally a native of Englewood, N.J., Wayne came to Kansas City from Denver, where he was chief of staff to Mayor Wellington E. Webb from 1997 to 2003. During his time in that position, Wayne managed eleven city agencies, as well as nine cabinet-level departments,

such as Aviation, Public Works and Parks and Recreation.

Before that, Wayne worked in a number of capacities with the city and county of Denver, including time as the in-terim director of the Finance Office and interim director of the office of Economic Development and International Trade. In 2000, Wayne was named the eighth most pow-erful person in Denver by 5280 magazine, an honor that complements numerous other awards he has received. Wayne holds a Bachelor’s of Political Science from Cen-tral State University in Ohio, along with a Master’s of Po-litical Science from the University of Colorado.

Mary Alice CisnerosCouncilwoman, District #1San Antonio, Texas

Mary Alice Cisneros, a life-long resi-dent of the district she represents, was elected to the San Antonio City Council in May 2007. She is the President of River City Management, a small family owned business, as

well as the cofounder of American Sunrise, a San Anto-nio nonprofit that revitalizes depressed neighborhoods by providing economic and educational opportunities to working families. Mary Alice is married to former San An-tonio mayor and HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros and has three grown children: daughters Teresa and Mer-cedes and son John Paul.

A graduate of San Antonio College and Our Lady of the Lake University, Mary Alice has long been dedicated to public service and giving back to her community. She has served as a trustee of the San Antonio Independent School Board, chair of the Southland College Scholarship Program and founder of the Women’s Employment Net-work Odyssey Awards, among other things. In honor of her service, she was named the Outstanding Democratic Woman of the Year in 1985, and she currently serves as Secretary for the Democratic Municipal Officials for the National League of Cities.


Milton Dohoney Jr.City Manager and Chief Executive OfficerCity of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio

Milton R. Dohoney, Jr. is the City Man-ager of Cincinnati, Ohio, a responsi-bility he assumed in August 2006. In

addition to overseeing a staff of more than 5,000 employ-ees and a combined budget of over $1 billion, Milton has established a number of new initiatives to invest in the city’s neighborhoods, improve public safety and provide excellent city services. For example, the Neighborhood Enhancement Program, begun in 2007, is a partnership of more than 30 city agencies and community groups that addresses neighborhood issues of blight and crime.

Milton has over 25 years of experience in local govern-ment, most of it spent in Louisville, Kentucky where he grew up. He has received numerous recognitions for his civic contributions, including the Indiana University Southeast Distinguished Alumni Award, the Distinguished Catholic School Alumni Award (Louisville) and the Lou-isville Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Partnership Award. Milton holds degrees from the University of Louisville and Indiana University Southeast, along with the Credentialed Manager designation from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).

Michael (Mick) FlemingPresidentAmerican Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)Alexandria, Virginia

As President of the American Chamber of Commerce Execu-tives, Mick Fleming serves the

needs of 1,400 chambers of commerce and related or-ganizations. His 25-person staff provides information, professional development, certifications, publications, conferences and networking opportunities for community leaders throughout North America. Prior to joining the ACCE in July of 2001, Mick served as Chief Executive of the Manufacturers Association of Central New York and spent 15 years in senior management, communications, economic development and government relations posi-tions with the Business Council of New York State.

Mick is a native of the Buffalo area and a graduate of Cor-nell University, where he majored in history and philoso-phy. His diverse career has included teaching, coaching,

publishing, management, marketing and lobbying posi-tions. He has written dozens of articles and papers on topics ranging from corporate civic engagement to busi-ness travel.

He resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Barbara. He has two grown children.

Alan FosterManagerBain & CompanyNew York, New York

Alan Foster is an experienced Manager with Bain & Company, a global strategy consultancy. He joined Bain in 1998 and has

worked in their London, Johannesburg and now New York offices. While at Bain, Alan has worked in more than 20 industries including financial services, consumer prod-ucts, private equity and pro-bono. Alan has assisted cli-ents in developing growth strategies, building high perfor-mance cultures, improving operational performance and evaluating acquisition & integration strategies. Alan is currently focused on reinforcing the culture among Bain’s 4000+ employees and is pursuing a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology at University of Pennsylvania in his spare time.

After serving as an intern with Partners for Livable Com-munities in 1994, Alan graduated with honors in Econom-ics from Cambridge University in England and earned his MBA from INSEAD in France. He loves traveling to far-flung places—most recently backpacking in Colombia and canoeing in Zambia—and once lived for a year in Zimbabwe setting up HIV awareness programs in rural secondary schools.

Jose S. GarzaExecutive DirectorLULAC National Housing CommissionDallas, Texas

In 2008, Jose S. Garza became the Executive Director of the LULAC Na-tional Housing Commission, a group

believing that home ownership is the key to the long-term economic progress and wealth accumulation of the Latino community. Through his work there, which has involved building technical, professional and political relationships with other organizations, he has fought for the idea that safe and stable neighborhoods are essential to individual achievement and community vitality.


Before coming to LULAC, Jose worked for several years as an independent consultant on issues of affordable housing and expanding Latino opportunity. Among his many accomplishments, he has worked with IMF Global Enterprises, Inc. to create the National Hispanic Housing Council and aided the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in establishing new transitional housing for the homeless. Additionally, he has helped numerous organizations and companies to expand their capacity and improve their operations—whether it be in advocacy, development or overall strategy—and he will certainly continue his inno-vative efforts far into the future.

Adam GordonChair and Co-founderThe Next American City, Inc.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Adam Gordon is the co-founder and Chair of the The Next Ameri-can City, Inc., a Philadelphia-based group that advances a vision of

socially and environmentally sustainable growth for cities and suburbs. He is also an attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow at Fair Share Housing Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he works to expand affordable hous-ing choices in high-opportunity communities.

Adam has served as a consultant on affordable housing finance to banks, non-profit organizations and founda-tions, spoken at forums ranging from the World Bank to the Harvard Center for European Studies in Berlin and published several articles on the history and current prac-tice of racial discrimination in the American housing mar-ket. A New Jersey native and resident, he holds a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Jodi GrantExecutive DirectorAfterschool AllianceWashington, DC

Since 2005, Jodi Grant has been Ex-ecutive Director of the Afterschool Al-liance, a non-profit public awareness and advocacy organization that seeks

to educate the public, the media and policy makers about the enormous need for quality afterschool programs. The Alliance provides resources and materials to more than 20,000 afterschool programs, organizes national and lo-cal afterschool events, conducts research and connects afterschool leaders to national, state and local opinion leaders. In just the past two years, Jodi has enlisted pow-erful new partners, including The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bright House Networks and the MetLife Foundation, be-

hind these worthy goals.Prior to joining the Afterschool Alliance, Jodi served as Di-rector of Work and Family Programs for the National Part-nership for Women & Families and was General Counsel to the Senate Budget Committee. She graduated from Yale University with honors in 1990 and subsequently re-ceived her law degree from Harvard University. As a stu-dent, she volunteered at a local afterschool program and was twice elected class president.

Jodi, her husband and two children live in Bethesda, Maryland.

Feather HoustounPresidentWilliam Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Feather Houstoun leads the William Penn Foundation, which invests $62 million a year in the Greater Philadel-phia region in support of children and

youth, arts and culture and environment and communities. She previously served as state Treasurer under Gover-nor Tom Kean in New Jersey, where she helped launch the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan, and as Secretary of Public Welfare under Governor Tom Ridge in Pennsylvania, where she managed large-scale change of several public bureaucracies.

Feather has also been Chief Financial Officer for the Philadelphia regional transit agency, an HMO executive and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught and conducted research on public man-agement issues. She has written and published exten-sively on growth management, gubernatorial leadership, housing, smart growth and community development, and served as an advisor to the Governors’ Institute on Com-munity Design. She was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 1991.

Frank KeefePresidentThe Keefe CompanyBoston, Massachusetts

Frank Keefe has since 1994 been the President of The Keefe Compa-ny, an urban planning and real estate consulting firm in Boston. Frank and

his partners have been major contributors to the ground-breaking redevelopment of that city, making their value known by managing the planning, design and construc-tion for projects ranging from academic buildings to sports arenas. Frank’s work with the company includes many of


Boston’s most lauded development projects, such as the four star Hotel Commonwealth and the mixed-use expan-sion of Joslin Diabetes Center.

Frank brings a wide range of experience to the job, having held numerous civic and professional positions. Among other things, he has been the Senior Vice President of JMB/Urban Development Partners, the Massachusetts Director of Planning and the state’s chief fiscal and ad-ministrative officer. Frank holds an undergraduate degree from Fordham College, as well as Bachelor’s and Mas-ter’s degrees from Merton College at Oxford University.

Richard E. KillingsworthExecutive DirectorHarvest FoundationMartinsville, Virginia

Richard Killingsworth is the Executive Director of the Harvest Foundation in Martinsville, Virginia, where he over-sees a $240 million private foundation

and administers grants in the areas of health, education and welfare. He is nationally recognized for his pioneer-ing efforts in cultivating the emerging domains of place-making and active living and serves on several national boards and committees. Through his work, he has also provided technical assistance to numerous federal agen-cies, national organizations, municipalities and elected officials.

Prior to Richard’s appointment to the Harvest Foundation, he was the Program Director for the Ruth Mott Founda-tion, National Director of Active Living by Design at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and an Associate Re-search Professor at the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health. Richard holds a Bachelor’s of Community Health Education from Indiana State Uni-versity and a Master’s of Public Health Education from Indiana University. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Architecture, Behavior and Culture from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Ike LeggettCounty ExecutiveMontgomery CountyRockville, Maryland

Isiah “Ike” Leggett, currently the Coun-ty Executive for Montgomery County, Maryland, has a long history of political service. He was elected four times to

the Montgomery County Council as an At-Large Member and was the first African American to be elected to the County Council. In addition to being named the Council’s

President three times and its Vice-President three times, he also chaired several important committees, namely the Transportation and Environment Committee and the Edu-cation Committee.

Ike has been an active board member for numerous civic and professional organizations, such as the Washing-ton Area Housing Partnership and the African American Business Council, and has earned several awards and honors, including the Advancement of Public Service Re-sponsibility Award from the Maryland Bar Foundation. He has earned four degrees of higher education, as well as the Bronze Star Medal, the Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals for his service in the Vietnam War. Ike and his wife, Catherine, currently reside in Burtonsville, Maryland.

Ronald O. LoveridgeMayorCity of RiversideRiverside, California

Ronald O. Loveridge is a motivated public servant who, in 2005, began an unprecedented fourth term as Mayor of Riverside. He is a long time

advocate of environmentally sound planning in southern California, and as a public servant he has heavily fo-cused on building coalitions around this issue. Among other things, he has spearheaded a historic summit on the environment between elected officials of Riverside and San Bernardino and was a key figure in the creation of the Santa Ana River Partnership. Ron’s long service on issues of clean water and clean air has not gone un-noticed—in 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger recognized his achievements by naming him to the California Air Re-sources Board.

Ron has also served with the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the National League of Cities, the League of California Cities and as a professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. As a historic homeowner, an avid reader and a hiking enthusi-ast, he shares his devotion to Riverside with his wife of 45 years, Marsha, and their two daughters.

Gordon QuanFounder and Managing PartnerQuan, Burdette and Perez, P.C.Houston, Texas

As the first Asian American to be elect-ed citywide to the Houston City Coun-cil and the first to serve as Mayor Pro Tem, Gordon Quan has a long history


of community activism. Born in China but raised in Hous-ton, Gordon has served in leadership positions with sev-eral organizations, such as the Houston Foundation and Asian American Democrats of Texas, and is currently on the board of many others, such as Catholic Charities and the Houston Coalition for the Homeless.

Professionally, Gordon is the founder and managing part-ner of Quan, Burdette and Perez, P.C., one of the largest and most respected U.S. immigration law firms in Amer-ica. He was a founding member of the Asian American Bar Association of Houston and of the Asian American Coalition, and earned degrees from the University of Tex-as, the University of Houston and the South Texas Col-lege of Law. He has shared his journey with his wife, Sylvia, and his three grown daughters – Caroline, Kristen and Katherine.

Joseph D. RomanPresident and CEOGreater Cleveland PartnershipCleveland, Ohio

Joe Roman is President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, one of the nation’s largest metropolitan chambers of commerce. He is com-

mitted to making an impact in several areas of focus for the organization, including high-growth business creation, physical development, workforce development, education and business retention, expansion and attraction. In his current position, Joe has pushed the organization to em-phasize advocacy, diversity and inclusion, member ser-vices and internationalization.

Joe previously served as Executive Director of Cleveland Tomorrow, a coalition of private CEOs committed to pur-suing projects and initiatives that were fundamental to the long-term economic vitality of Cleveland area. During his tenure, Cleveland Tomorrow was recognized by the Har-vard Business School as one of the most innovative and successful regional business organizations in the country. Joe has a Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Sam A. WilliamsPresidentMetro Atlanta Chamber of CommerceAtlanta, Georgia

President of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce since 1997, Sam Williams has pushed Atlanta’s top business leaders to embrace

new and innovative solutions to regional issues. One of

these has been the creation of a Quality of Life agenda, one that puts the Chamber’s work in quality of life on par with its work in business development. For example, Sam worked with the governor to improve the region’s transportation planning by creating the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, and also collaborated with the Metropolitan Arts and Cultural Coalition to promote arts and culture in the region.

Prior to joining the Chamber, Sam was President of Cen-tral Atlanta Progress (CAP), where he promoted down-town living, organized city leaders to improve infrastruc-ture before the Olympics and created a privatized security force. Along with his business endeavors, he sits on the boards of numerous civic groups and for over 20 years has been recognized by Georgia Trend in their list of Georgia’s Most Influential Leaders. A native of Tennes-see, Sam holds degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School.

Kent T. ZimmermanPresident and CEO Wallace House FoundationDes Moines, Iowa

Kent became president and CEO of the Wallace House Foundation in September 2007 following the death of his wife. At that time he merged

their consulting practice and integrated his unique Com-munity Success Program into Wallace House Founda-tion programming. Community Success is an intensive 2-year program, which helps communities, counties, and non-profits reinvent themselves. The program is now an integral part of his work at the Foundation. In the most recent year he turned the program into an undergraduate college course for non-traditional students at Des Moines’ AIB College of Business.

Much of Kent’s focus involves translating vision into ac-tion. He guided the Iowa Association of School Boards to fine tune its statewide vision for education. He developed the strategy and process that affirmed the Mercy health care brand in Iowa. He created a three-year business development plan for the Iowa Newspaper Association and worked with the Illinois Press Association to develop a multi-year strategic plan. He has worked for numerous national and regional brands.

Prior to establishing his consulting practice in 1995, Kent was founder and president of Zimmerman, Laurent & Richardson, Inc., a Des Moines advertising agency. Un-der his leadership, ZLR grew from a staff of three to mor-ethan 30 with capitalized billings of $15 million. than 30 with capitalized billings of $15 million.


Danah Fayman Fellowship Program Launched

Partners is excited to announce the launch of the new Da-nah Fayman Fellowship Program sponsored generously by Danah Fayman of San Diego.

Danah Fayman Intern Summer 2008Julia Harter,University of California-Berkley Urban Stud-ies Major, Class of 2009

“I want to take this opportunity to thank the entire Part-ners staff. You have all made my summer internship a

truly enriching experience. I have added to my arsenal of knowledge and honed my writ-ing and research skills, both of which will undoubtedly help me in my future studies and jobs. Many of my intern friends come home and complain about the unenviable tasks of cold call-ing, licking envelopes and go-ing through files. Unlike them, I felt like I was integrated into the Partners staff, completing

substantive work, participating in meetings, and learn-ing about the inner-workings of a nonprofit—all signs of a good internship experience.”

Julia was a tremendous asset to Partners’ staff during the summer of 2008. She helped in the research, organiza-tion, and development of several major programs that Partners hopes to launch in 2009, including Communi-ties in Transition: Institutions as Fulcrums of Change and Aging in Place & Town-Gown relationships. Additionally, Julia helped research and report on some key honorees that Partners will honor at our annual fundraising dinner on April 7, 2009 and wrote a survey that was sent to 100 members of the Livability Coalition to better understand what initiatives and programs they have that relate to Ag-ing in Place. Julia was in the top one percent of all interns who have come through Partners’ doors. She was a con-scientious staffmember, a dedicated researcher, a skilled writer, and a congenial team player. We wish her the best of luck in her studies and future endeavors!

Institutional Sources of Support

AARPAmerican Chamber of Commerce ExecutivesAmerican College of Sports MedicineArete FoundationAudrey & Martin Gruss FoundationBank of America FoundationBenificial FoundationBloomberg News Corp.City of CarlsbadCrabtree, Rohrbaugh & AssociatesCongressional QuarterlyCrossway Community, Inc. Cultural Tourism DcDurbin AssociatesEarle I. Mack FoundationEnterpriseEnterprise Rent-A-CarFleming Charitable TrustFord FoundationFrederick Doner New MediaGreater Cleveland PartnershipGreater Homewood Community CoporationGreater St. Louis Community FoundationHeyday FoundationHistoric Landmarks Preservation CenterInstitute for Local GovernmentIpswich AustraliaJane and Marc Nathanson Family FoundationJewish Communal FundJohns Hopkins UniversityJP Morgan ChaseJW Heller FoundationKohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co.Malcolm Hewitt Wiener FoundationMetlife FoundationMichael Haverland Architect, PcMonsanto FundNancy Jacobson ConsultingNational HarborPackard FoundationPiedmont Environmental CouncilPittsburgh History & LandmarkPNC Financial Service GroupRalph Applebaum Associates, Inc.Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LlpSamuel H. Kress FoundationSt. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth AssociationStruever Brothers Eccles RouseSulzberger Foundation, Inc.The David Bohnett FoundationTuckey Mechanical Services, Inc.Tyco ElectronicsWest Alabama Chamber of CommerceWorld Monuments Fund


Individual Sources of Support

Lisa AckermanAnne & Robert BassBrook Wheeler BerlindJohn BuchananGeorge BradyJason BurnettHenry & Mary Alice CisnerosSuzanne DelehantyGeorge DriverSuzanne ElsonIoana M. ErtegunDanah FaymanAlan FosterBill & Lucy GarrettParris GlendeningJodi GrantAlexandra GraubertJuana GuzmanJerry HagstromPeter HarknessRichard HirschBill HudnutJoanne JohnsonWilliam JohnsonGeorge MarshallMichael MacdougallSylvia MclaughlinPamela NelsonRonald OehlCraig PascalNeal PeirceWilliam K. ReillyW. Greg RothmanFred & Naomie RubinJoyce SchwartzKathy SloaneKathy SouthernPaul E. SteigerCarlisle ToweryMarian Van LandinghamRosemary S. VietorMargot Wellington

Partners Staff

Kendall AlexanderJason BulluckLyz CranePenelope CuffIrene GarnettLauren MerkerRobert McNultyRussell KoffJessica Rial

Interns

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