Keynote Speaker
Cameron Davis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Facilitators
Jerry Adelmann, Openlands
Josh Ellis, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panelists
Ann Alexander, Natural Resources Defense Council
Joel Brammeier, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Claus Dunkelberg, Milwaukee Water Council
Martin Felsen, Archeworks, UrbanLab
Margaret Frisbie, Friends of the Chicago River
Todd Main, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Suzanne Malec-McKenna, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
Lynn McClure, National Parks Conservation Association
David Naftzger, Council of Great Lakes Governors
Sabina Shaikh, University of Chicago, RCF Economic & Financial Consulting
Jonah Smith, Alliance for the Great Lakes
John Swanson, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
Russell Van Herik, Great Lakes Protection Fund
Douglas Voigt, SOM, Urban Design and Planning
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Josh Ellis
Associate, Metropolitan Planning Council
Josh has been an associate with MPC since 2006. His focus is on advancing MPC’s environmental and economic goals through policy research, advocacy, and community engagement. He manages MPC’s water resources protection initiatives, co-authored Before the Wells Run Dry, and now works with state, regional and local leaders on strategies to sustainably manage Illinois' finite water resources. Through the Community Building Initiative, he provides technical assistance on transit-oriented development, energy efficiency, water supply, and stormwater. He co-authored Retail 1-2-3, one of MPC’s guidebooks for local elected officials and staff. He also manages MPC’s internal GIS for geospatial analysis of emerging environmental, economic and demographic trends. This work includes investigation into the jobs-housing mismatch, opportunities for transit expansion, and federal investment patterns.
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