Steering Committee
 Marie
L. York, FAICP, is the Associate Director
for Northern Campuses of the Center for Urban and Environmental
Solutions. She is a founding member of the Florida Public
Officials Design Institute at Abacoa and directs the program.
Ms. York is a Knight Fellow in Community Building, which is
directed by the University of Miami's School of Architecture.
She served on the Executive Committee of the American Planning
Association Chapter Presidents' Council, is past president
of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association
and chairs the committee on Growth Management Review. Ms.
York is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners,
Leadership Florida, and the Urban Land Institute (former Vice
Chair for Academia for the District Council). Her research
includes urban design, urban economics, growth management,
environmental preservation, transportation, housing, and education.
myork@fau.edu
Lester Abberger
of Tallahassee is a senior consultant to the D. A. Davidson
investment banking firm, managing partner of Florida Lobby
Associates, and vice president of Hometown Neighborhoods,
a new urbanist real estate consulting and development concern.
He is a trustee of the National Trust for the Humanities,
chairman of the City of Tallahassee's Urban Design Commission,
the Trust for Public Land Florida Advisory Council and the
Florida Conservation Campaign. He serves on the boards of
Fugelberg Koch Architects, M & S Bank, the Museum of Florida
History, the Leon County Public Library System, the Seaside
Institute and the LeRoy Collins Institute. He is a graduate
of Davidson College and is a Knight Fellow at the University
of Miami School of Architecture.
 David
L. Barth, AICP, ASLA, is the Principal-in-Charge of
the West Palm Beach office of Glatting Jackson, a 100 + person
community-planning firm with offices in West Palm Beach, Orlando
and Philadelphia. Mr. Barth specializes in community visioning,
strategic planning, parks and open space system planning,
redevelopment planning and natural resource management planning.
Representative projects include the Martin County Sustainable
Communities Vision Plan; City of Coral Gables Parks and Open
Space Plan; Jupiter Inlet Village Redevelopment Plan; Indian
Riverside Park Master Plan; and the Suwannee River Water Management
District Strategic Recreation Plan. dbarth@glatting.com
Michael Busha has spent
20 years with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council—the
last seven years as its Executive Director. In this capacity,
he was the principal author of Council’s landmark Strategic
Regional Policy Plan for Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and
Indian River counties, which includes concepts and principles
on urban design, regional planning, and downtown redevelopment
that have gained acceptance nationally. Michael has been involved
in 62 different public planning charrettes for Council over
the last 13 years, which have contributed to making cities
like Fort Pierce, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, North Miami Beach,
and West Palm Beach more desirable places to live and invest.
Michael has spoken from coast to coast on topics of smart
growth, new urbanism, and the land use/transportation connection.
admin@tcrpc.org
 Nancy
C. Graham is the President and Chief Operating Officer
of the Centre City Development Corporation in downtown San
Diego, California. Ms. Graham was previously the Executive
Director of West Palm Beach's Downtown Development Authority
(DDA) and President of Urban Principles, LLC, located in West
Palm Beach, Florida, which provided consulting services for
cities and developers on urban redevelopment strategies.
Nancy Graham served as the first elected strong mayor of West
Palm Beach, Florida from 1991 to 1999. Under her visionary
and entrepreneurial leadership, West Palm Beach experienced
a remarkable renaissance. During Nancy's tenure as Mayor,
her cornerstone vision for West Palm Beach was enterprise
investment in the downtown and adjacent older neighborhoods.
Under Nancy Graham's stewardship, West Palm Beach embarked
on a major downtown revitalization effort through the acquisition
of 75-acres that now serves as the site of City Place (a 2.4
million SF mixed-use project). graham@ccdc.com
 Joseph
Minicozzi served as the Urban Designer for the City
of West Palm Beach Florida from 1998 through 2002. He was
a team member on various charrettes around the country as
a town planner in addition to working in real estate investment
at John Hancock Real Estate Investment in Boston. He received
his Masters of Architecture and Urban Design from Harvard
University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture
from the University of Miami. Joe was the recipient of the
1992 National Wood Council Honor Award for his design of a
modular homeless shelter, a work which was selected for the
1992-1993 traveling exhibition on the "New Public Realm" sponsored
by Progressive Architecture. Before returning for his Masters
degree, he was a project architect at Zyscovich Inc. and a
designer at Duany Plater-Zyberk in Miami. He is currently
living in Asheville, NC. aliasjoe@att.net
Jeff
Perlman
served on the Delray Beach City Commission from 2000 through
2007, serving as mayor for four years and directing the effort
to adopt a downtown master plan and passing a $24 million
parks, recreation and cultural bond. During his tenure, the
city won a record second All America City Award in 2001. Delray
Beach has been recognized by Governing Magazine ,
USA Today , CBS News, ABC’s Nightline, The Boston
Globe , New York Times and other publications
for a variety of its programs. Perlman has appeared on National
Public Radio’s “Smart City” program. In 2005, he was a finalist
for Florida Mayor of the Year and one of 40 finalists for
World Mayor, an international competition honoring innovative
mayoral leadership. Today, he is president Community Ventures
Inc., a public relations, governmental relations and communications
firm. He is also founder and President of the Delray Beach
Institute, a non-profit organization that works with other
communities on how to build and sustain great cities. delcommish@hotmail.com
 Commissioner
Doug Smith has served as a Martin County Commissioner
in District 1 since November of 2000. In addition, Doug Smith
has served as a Board of County Commissioners Representative
on the following boards: the Business Development Board, Continuing
Florida Aviation Systems Planning Process, Indian River Lagoon/National
Estuary Advisory Committee, Metropolitan Planning Organization,
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and the Treasure
Coast Council of Local Governments. He is also active with
the Rio Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) and the Jensen
Beach NAC. dsmith@martin.fl.us
 Frank
Wacha, registered Real Estate Broker since 1975, has
been active in the development and redevelopment of property
for the past 30 years. Frank is a current member of the Stuart
CRA, the Martin County LPA/P&Z, and a founding member
and past chairperson of the Jensen Beach NAC. He contributed
to the first CRA master plan and zoning overlay district in
Martin County. Frank has been a board member of the
Martin County Taxpayers Association and for two years he served
as its President. Other past board positions includes the
Business Development Board of Martin County, Director of the
Martin County Board of Realtors, Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce,
Keep Martin Beautiful, Fl. Oceanographic Society and the
United Way. frank@mainstusa.com
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