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Carlton Eley is an internationally recognized expert on smart growth and equitable development. He works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation in Washington, DC. In 2003, Carlton participated in the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowship in Public Policy.Carlton is the first American to conduct research on the topic of smart growth in New Zealand. Carlton is a member of the Planning and the Black Community Division of the American Planning Association as well as the National Organization of Minority Architects. Craig Engerman has a passion for working with inner city youth. Over the years he has provided mentorship. guidance and advocacy for young people of all ethnicities. Born and raised in Boston. MA. Craig is a product of the Boston Public Schools. He earned a full athletic scholarship to South Plains College in Levelland. TX. After starting his own business. Craig began working In the Boston Public School system. where he was instrumental in the development and administration of Community Academy, an alternative school for inner city students in grades 8 to 12. He held a variety of positions. including Community Field Coordinator,Team Leader and Ultimately Program Director. Since 1998, Craig has worked with Dr. Roger Harris and his team at the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School in a series of administrative and operations positions. He is currently Chief Operating Officer.
Matthew Frederick is an internationally recognized architect, urban designer, planner, and author. He has authored four books, including the bestselling 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, which has sold over 120,000 English language copies and been translated into twelve languages. He is the founder of the Radical Urbanism Movement, which advocates for organic, home entrepreneur-based urban development, and is at work on a new book, Radical Urbanism. He has written for Architect magazine and Architecture Boston, and speaks frequently on urbanism to professional, academic, and lay audiences. Bradford Grant, M.Arch, AIA, Design Director, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Science, Howard University, is the former Chair and Endowed University Professor of Hampton University’s Architecture Department. Grant ‘s urban and community design studies earned him national and local awards. He was President of ACSA from 2001 to 2004, and is a member of the Board of the Hermitage Foundation, Museum and Slone Collections, Norfolk, VA. He current commissioned projects and planning assignments include an addition at the Guiding Light Church, Portsmouth, VA, the Blair Middle School addition, Norfolk, VA and Arbor Music, a site specific environmental sculpture for the Botanical Gardens, Norfolk, VA.
Kevin Harbour is the CEO of JLH Holdings, a Real Estate, IT and Business Development Services Company. Kevin’s professional role(s) are as a Senior Business Development Executive, Real Estate Investor and Developer who currently resides in California with offices in Houston and Los Angeles. Over the last (22) years Kevin’s been involved in rehabilitating/ developing urban Commercial, Income-Investment, and Residential Real Estate and has been planning “The Green Village Project” for the last 10 years as an investor and consultant. JLH’s value proposition focuses on Real Estate, Financial, IT and Business Development opportunities with the flagship being the “The Green Village Project”. Roger F, Harris, Ph,D , has devoted 36 years working with youth in Boston’s public schools. He presently serves as the Superintendent, Chief Executive Officer, and member of the Board of Trustees for the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, the largest charter school in the city of Boston. He is co-founder of the awardwinning Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, founder and President of Urban School Specialists. LLC. and Executive Producer of “It Takes a Village” an educational video series aired on the Boston Neighborhood Network’s cable channel. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Boston University, a Masters Degree from Boston State College and Doctor of Philosophy Degree from Boston College. He has traveled for speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad.
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