Please join us to mark the Georgetown Urban and Regional Planning program's tenth-year anniversary!
This in-person event includes thought leadership dialogues, reflections and special guests. This convening is designed to bring together the individuals, organizations, and networks who represent the extended community of practice embodied by the GeorgetownURP program.
This is an in-person event and we look forward to seeing you at 640 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
The colloquium agenda will be conducted in a peer-to-peer interview format designed to foster a provocative dialogue with the audience. The reception will be hosted in the atrium network-building experience that culminates in a once-a-decade reception! A final confirmation of speakers will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Agenda Overview:
2:00 Emerging as Leaders: Students Identifying 10-year Goals for Urban and Community Development
2:30 Grounded Visionaries: Alumni Reflect on the State of Professional Practice
3:15 Proven Innovators: Faculty Reflect on the Next Decade of Innovation of Professional Practice
4:00 Responsible Stewards: Special Guests Reflect on Responsible Community Development
4:30 Keynote: City Leadership in Times of Change
5:00 A Toast to Our First Decade: Reception in the Atrium
AGENDA
2:00 Emerging as Leaders (Existing Students)
Madeline Samet, Masters Candidate, 2023 (moderator)
Tara Brown, Masters Candidate, 2024
Lev Boonin, Masters Candidate, 2024
Eduardo Plasencia, Masters Candidate, 2024
Priscilla Forde, Masters Candidate, 2024
Jess Eliot Myhre, Masters Candidate, 2024
Dion Thompson-Davoli, Masters Candidate, 2023
Sooin Jessica Choi, Masters Candidate, 2023
2:30 Grounded Visionaries (Program Alumni)
Shubhada Varde, Class of 2019; Geospatial Analyst, ESRI (moderator)
Izzy Youngs, Class of 2022; Urban Planner, HDR
Zach Baldwin, Class of 2020; Associate Director of Mobility, Data & Research, SWBID
Fadrique Iglesias, Class of 2020; Planner, Town of Herndon
Shayna Rose, Class of 2019; Toward Zero Manager, City of Baltimore
Justin Brown, Class of 2018; Deputy Administrator, DC Department of Human Services
Alyia Gaskins, Class of 2018; Councilmember, City of Alexandria
Andrea Wise, Class of 2017; Equitable Development Consultant
Jonathan Bush, Class of 2017; Policy Analyst; US-HHS
Maura Brophy, Class of 2016; President, NOMA BID
Granville Woodson, Class of 2015; DC Department of Housing & Community Development
Arianna Koudounas, Class of 2015; Transportation Planning Lead, WSP
3:15 Proven Innovators (Program Faculty)
On the future of sustainability and resilience...
Joshua Murphy, Program Faculty; Learning Product Development Program Manager, NOAA
Lianne Plass, Program Faculty; Senior Manager of Urban Resilience, Urban Land Institute
Christopher Pyke, Program Faculty; Chief Innovation Officer, GRESB
On the future of working...
Chris Zimmerman, Program Faculty; Advisor, Smart Growth America
Norman Dong, Program Faculty; Partner, FD Stonewater
Michael Stevens, Former CEO, Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District
On the future of dwelling...
Jenny Schuetz, Program Faculty; Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Brian McCabe, Program Faculty; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, HUD
Andrew Trueblood, Program Faculty; Consultant, Trueblood.City
On the future of inclusion...
Don Edwards, Program Faculty; CEO, Justice & Sustainability Associates
Ellen McCarthy, Program Faculty; Consultant, The Urban Partnership
Jamie Kralovec, Program Faculty; Associate Director for Mission Advancement, Georgetown University
4:00 Responsible Stewards (Special Guests)
Ethan Kent, Executive Director, PlacemakingX
Steve Moore, Executive Director, Southwest Business Improvement District
Monica Ray, President, Congress Heights Community Training and Development Corporation
Anita Cozart, Director, District of Columbia Office of Planning
Marcel Acosta, Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission
J. Peter Byrne, J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr., Chair In Real Property Law, Georgetown Law
4:30 Keynote Presentation: The City We Need
Hon. Thomas Murphy, Former Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, 1994-2006; Former Senior Resident Fellow in Urban Development at the Urban Land Institute, 2008-2023
5:00 A Toast to Our First Decade (Networking Reception with Light Refreshments)
Rabbi Rachel Gartner, Office of Mission & Ministry, Georgetown University
Kelly Otter, Ph.D. Dean, Georgetown School of Continuing Studies
Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director, Georgetown Urban & Regional Planning Program
All members of the University and the general public are most welcome. The proceedings will be recorded and archived for future public access. Light refreshments will be served at the reception.
