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Planning and Policy Alumni
As of 01/11
2010
Bridget Murphy, MUPP ‘10
Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA)
2840 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
tel: 773/384-4370 ext. 41
fax: 773/384-0624
www.lsna.net
2007
Michael McDermott, MUPP ‘07
Michael McDermott is an Associate, Strategic Consulting with Grubb & Ellis. He is responsible for performing business location analysis, incentives research and negotiation, and portfolio analysis to fulfill client engagements. Recent projects include business location and logistics analysis for a renewable energy company, multi-state incentives negotiation, and scenario building for a metropolitan real estate portfolio. He has assisted in the development of proprietary planning tools including the Thinking Tool and Portfolio Pulse. Recently, Mr. McDermott wrote articles on topics such as global logistics challenges and best practices in site selection.
Michael McDermott
Grubb & Ellis
Michael.mcdermott@grubb-ellis.com
2006
Jose Torres, MUPP ‘06
After graduation Jose Torres worked as Director of Education and Human Development at Jane Addams Resource Corporation. He was in charge of the day to day operations of his department including: grant writing, program evaluation, staff development, and strategic planning. Jose is currently working as a Research and Planning Associate for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He enjoys playing chess in his free time and is involved in the mayoral elections.
Jose Torres
Research and Planning Associate Archdiocese of Chicago
jtorres@archchicago.org
312-534-8834
2001
Helene Berlin, MUPP ‘01
Helene Berlin is currently the President of the CUPPA Alumni Association Board, and
the Principal of Market & Feasibility Advisors in Chicago.
Helene Berlin, Principal
Market & Feasibility Advisors (MFA)
One South Dearborn, Suite 2100
Office: 312-212-4451
Cell: 312-437-0111
hberlin@marketfeasibilityllc.com
www.marketfeasibilityllc.com
2000
Mari Gallagher, MUPP ‘00
Mari Gallagher, MUPP 2000, was a featured speaker for the Windy City TEDx (technology, entertainment, and design) Conference. The event took place on October 6th at the Museum of Science and Industry for a sold out crowd of 425 people. TEDx is a global speaking platform using the Internet and videos of speeches to share “ideas worth spreading.” Examples of past speakers include Al Gore and Bill Gates. Gallagher presented on improving information on food and health for the public good and food deserts. The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ED72624222C8684E.
1999
Nasutsa Mabwa, MUPP ’99
Nasutsa Mabwa was named one of Crain’s Chicago Business Weekly 40 Persons Under the Age of 40. The article can be found at the following link: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/40under40-2010/#mabwa
Nasutsa Mabwa has sold City Hall on her company’s plan to redevelop the former South Works steel mill site, a nearly 600-acre expanse on the south lakefront that has been vacant for almost two decades.
Now Ms. Mabwa needs to sell the rest of the world on the South Shore project, which is estimated to cost $4 billion over 40 years. City officials recently approved McCaffery Interests’ plans for 13,575 homes, 17.5 million square feet of retail/commercial space and a 1,500-slip marina, one of the biggest, most complicated developments in the city’s history.
It’s a huge challenge for the former social worker and urban planner, who got the South Works job in 2006. After finagling a 15-minute interview with Dan McCaffery, president of the Chicago-based developer, Ms. Mabwa kept calling him until he hired her. “She was clearly the most persistent of anyone I’ve ever hired,” Mr. McCaffery recalls.
She’ll need persistence in today’s depressed real estate market to find retail tenants for the centerpiece of the project’s first phase: an 844,000-square-foot shopping center that McCaffery aims to start building in 2012.
But she’s got the work ethic to pull it off, says George Manos, president of real estate at Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel Corp., the owner of the South Works site and a partner in the redevelopment. He recalls receiving work-related text messages from Ms. Mabwa just hours before she gave birth to her son.
Ms. Mabwa grew up in Evanston, where her father, an immigrant from Kenya, taught at Northwestern University. Tragedy struck in 1985, when her father murdered her mother and then took his own life.
“I was forced to grow up very quickly,” says Ms. Mabwa, who went on to Miami University in Ohio and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she earned a master’s in urban planning. “There was no option.”
1991
Adam Burck, MUPP ‘91
Executive Director of the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Burck and colleague Jamie Simone (MUPP ’04) were approached by Street Films regarding the organization’s bus tracker screens. The two initiated a program that puts bus tracker screens in local businesses that provides real-time information on local bus lines. A two-minute video clip can be viewed here: http://www.streetfilms.org/chicagos-bus-tracker-taking-the-guesswork-out-of-waiting-for-the-bus/
1983
John Duffy, MUPP ’83
After graduating from the UIC MUPP program, John returned to Alaska, worked in the private sector for a short white, and then began work at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a Planning Technician. He has served as the Borough's Planning Director for about 10 years.
1977
Elaine Soloway, MUPP ’77
Soloway has launched her rejuvenated agency, Elaine Soloway Public Relations. She first started the Public Relations agency in 1985 after stints as press aide to Mayor Jane Byrne, communications director for School Superintendent Ruth Love, and account executive for Jasculca/Terman and Associates. She left the industry in 2006 to research, write, publish, and market “The Division Street Princess.” The coming-of-age story of a girl, a store, and an immigrant Chicago neighborhood was named a 2006 Chicago Tribune Book of the Year. Soloway writes blogs “Never Too Old to Talk Tech,” and “She’s Not the Type.” To complement her tech savvy, Soloway worked as a Specialist at the Apple Store in Old Orchard, Skokie, IL.
Elainesoloway@gmail.com
http://elainesolowaypr.com
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updated information! Jodi
White Jones, Assistant Dean for Advancement
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
412 S. Peoria Street, Suite 115
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 413-9127
(312) 413-8095 (fax)
jmwhite@uic.edu
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