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Planning and Policy Alumni
Nori Bleiman, MUPP '98
I am now working for the City of Chicago as a project coordinator in
the Department of Planning. (1/99)
Eden Hurd, MUPP '98
After graduating in May, I secured a position as Director of non-profit
organization and also do consulting on proposal/grant writing,
incorporation, and 501(c)3 status. (1/99)
Rachel M. Johnston, MUPP '98
I am developing affordable housing for a private developer. (1/99)
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Steven Matkovich, MUPP '97
After becoming engaged in April, 1998, I plan to be happily married in
July, 1999. I am working for a marketing research company where I
specialize in media evaluation, market intelligence and business led
development programs. (1/99)
Tim Bleuher, MUPP '96
I worked for the City of Overland Park, Kansas, as Assistant Planner
for a year and a half. The city was voted as "Best Place to Raise a
Family" in 1987. I have worked for the City of Chandler, Arizona as
Planner I since January 1998. The city was named second fastest growing
city in the nation in 1998, population now 160,000. I specialized in
urban design and architecture at both positions. I intend on continuing
in urban design planning. (1/99)
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Tim Lohrentz, MUPP '96
After graduating in 1996, I spent 15 months in West Africa
(Guinea-Bissau), working for the US Agency for International
Development. I worked on an environmental impact study and offered
technical assistance to market vendors in design and management. I have
been working at UICUED since January, 1998 on a variety of economic
development projects. (1/99)
Thomas Reid Mackin, MUPP '96
I was hired by my current company, Singer Safety, while I was assisting
it in relocation planning, as the industrial field representative of
the Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation. (1/99)
Virginia Pace, MUPP '96
I am ecstatic on being part of the team, Holsten Development, partners
with Kenard Development, which was recently selected by the City of
Chicago to redevelop the first portion of the Cabrini Green area into a
mixed income community. The development will have many challenges in
building consensus and developing long term community relationships.
(1/99)
Edwin E. Pawlowski, MUPP '96
I am currently the Executive Director of a community development
corporation in the Lehigh Valley area of middle-eastern Pennsylvania
serving the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, Reading and Easton. (1/99)
Tom Kaiser, MUPP '95
I am an Aviation Consultant at Landrum and Brown. I specialize in
developing financial models for airport clients and participate in land
use projects (e.g. consolidated rental car facilities). (1/99)
Jana Carp, MUPP '94, PPA '99
I am almost finished with my Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis at UIC. I
will be presenting my theoretical work on planning practice at the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) annual meetings in
Pasadena. (1/99)
Erik Glass, MUPP '94
I purchased a two-flat in Logan Square in June. I have been promoted to
Manager of the Data Analysis Unit of the Chicago Police department, and
I am working very hard to promote the "community" in community policing
(1/99)
Jennifer Healy Thornton, MUPP '94
I am the Director of the South King County Tech Prep Consortium, a
partnership of eight school districts, three community/technical
colleges, one four -year university, businesses, labor and the
community. The consortium manages regional tech prep and school - to -
work activities. I married Jay Thornton in 1997 and reside in Seattle.
(1/99)
Thomas R. Warne, MUPP '94
I am a second year medical student at the University of Chicago. I
spent the summer of 1998 in South Africa doing community research in
preparation for HIV vaccine trials; I was named a 1998 Chicago
Schweitzer Urban Fellow by the Health and Medicine Policy Research
Group. (1/99)
Lidan Yang, MUPP '94
I have been working for Metra for four years now. It was a great ride,
as they say: "the way to really fly!" (1/99)
Elizabeth (Kitty) Gilbert, MUPP '93
I am working as a community development planner for Cook County, where
I've been employed for just over two years. (1/99)
Geoff Graves, MUPP ‘93
continues to career along the path since graduation. He first
began working for the LEED Council of the YMCA as a program director
for research and program development. He remained there until 1994 when
he moved to Sydney, Australia, and became the executive director of the
Canterbury Bankstown Economic Development Centre. Subsequently he moved
to the NSW State Emergency Management Committee, writing flood and
bushfire plans and parts of the National Disaster Mitigation Strategy.
Other "highlights" include the Plan for the Re-Entry of Radioactive
Space Debris (!) and the Y2K plan. At that point he moved to East Timor
for 18 months spent in various roles facilitating the reconstruction of
Oecussi, the enclave of East Timor that suffered most in the conflict
and as Special Assistant to the Deputy Special Representative of the
Secretary General of the United Nations in East Timor. In East Timor,
Rebecca and Geoff were visited by Chris Hall (MUPP '92?) and a
calamitous motorcycle accident. The former event is remembered with
pleasure, the latter put him in hospital for months. In Timor Leste, he
played a tiny role in the transition of the country from a colony
through occupation to successful independence. He is now coordinating
the Palestine Programme for Oxfam GB, where he hopes to fulfil a
similar role for another occupied country.
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Ruth Broder, MUPP '92
For the past four years, I have been a Community Development
Coordinator for the City of Des Plaines, IL. I manage the city's
Community Development Block Grant and home repair programs. (1/99)
Laurel Lipkin, MUPP '92
I formed LL Consulting in 1994. The firm focused on planning projects,
special needs housing and supportive services, community development
and fundraising. (1/99)
Joseph L. Simmons Jr., MUPP '92
I ran for Alderman of the 18th Ward in 1995, and will run again
in
February, 1999. I have worked in public finance for nearly ten years,
prior to joining the Chicago Public Schools. I now work on creating
partnerships between corporations and individual public schools. (1/99)
John Dempsey, MUPP '91
I am now working as a computer consultant as a system
administrator/programmer. (1/99)
Robert Kaplan, MUPP '91
I manage transportation issues related to employee services and new
development for Microsoft. I also manage the facilities departments of
move, audio-visual, furniture, janitorial and landscaping. (1/99)
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Arthur Horton, PPA '90
Published two studies: Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: New Evidence
to Consider; and Prevention of School Violence: New Evidence to
Consider. Both of them are in the Journal of Human Behavior in the
Social Environment . I started a mentoring program for elementary
school children in the Chicago Public School System. We are always
looking for volunteers - academics, professionals and students. Please
contact me at hortonar@lewis.edu
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Anthony Jones, MUPP '90
I am currently coordinator of a program that provides technical
assistance to emerging, minority construction firms in Portland,
Oregon. I also manage construction of affordable housing projects. The
rest of my time is spent with my wife and our two children, ages three
and five. (1/99)
Janet McBride, MUPP '90
I've been at the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for eight
years now. Time flies! I'm currently the Project Manager for the San
Francisco Bay Trail Project. It is a 400+ mile continuous shoreline
path that will eventually ring San Francisco Bay. It is quite a
challenge as it traverses nine counties, forty-seven cities and crosses
seven toll bridges. (1/99)
Jill Holtzman Larson, MUPP '89
After working in the Kane County Development Department as the Permit
Manager for six years, I decided to be an at-home Mom after my second
child was born. Now I work at my local library, which provides my
entire household with all the reading material we could ever desire!
(1/99)
Anthony E. Waller, MUPP '89
After an initial period as a planner for Chicago's Metra system, I have
been a rail operations consultant, first with Booz Allen and Hamilton,
in the LA Office, and presently with LSTS in its Boston Office. This
fall, I will relocate to NYC to plan the rail operation for the East
Side Access Project, the rerouting of some Long Island railroad trains
from Penn Station to Grand Central. (1/99)
John Duffy, MUPP '87
After serving as the Borough's Planning Director for over ten years,
I've recently been "moved up the ladder" to Assistant Borough Manager.
(1/99)
Scott Gelzer, MUPP '87
I am fund advisor to a 14-funder confederation investing in management
related projects of non-profit organizations. I am coordinating several
projects including activities in social entrepreneurship, technology,
and board development. Drop me a line at mgt4npo@execpc.com .
David L. Browne, MUPP '86
Although my studies at UIC were in Urban Planning, I find I have used
many of those skills in my current job at the IRS. The current effort
to plan an IRS that is more service-oriented has required that I rely
on many of the lessons I learned at UIC on project management,
prioritization and resource identification. My work at the Voorhees
Center on resident management of public housing has been particularly
useful. (1/99)
Susan Campbell, MUPP '86
I recently have been involved in the preparation of comprehensive land
use plans and site plan analysis for redevelopment areas in Chicago,
Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and New Orleans, Louisiana. (1/99)
Mariano A. Santos, MUPP '85
I am the managing editor of UIA Times, a new monthly magazine about
Filipino Americans in the Midwest. (1/99)
Steve Manue, '84
I am happily residing outside of Nevada City, CA, in the foothills of
the Sierras. I work as a manager, serving customers at Earth Song
Café, a fine vegetarian restaurant in town. All is well. (1/99)
Bill Eyring, MUPP '83
I am working with the Des Plaines Watershed Team to initiate projects
that reduce flood hazards by changing landscapes to reduce runoff to
streams. (1/99)
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James M. Woliaski, MUPP '82
I have been the Community Development Director in Evanston since 1994,
and am currently completing my master's degree in Communication from
Northwestern University.
Joel Bookman, MUPP '81
I just completed twenty years with the North River Commission as
Executive Director of the Lawrence Avenue Development Corporation, its
community development corporation. For the past fifteen years, I was a
consultant in community planning, economic and community development.
In the past year, I became Executive Director of the North River
Commission. At NRC, I recently completed the $30 million planned
redevelopment of the former Bankers Life Insurance west site into
senior housing, condos, library, office center, restaurants and light
industry. (1/99)
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Jim Heald, MUPP '81
After a 10 year stint working for the City of Austin, Texas as GIS
Coordinator for the Planning Department, my wife and I moved to
Washington DC in 1996. I am currently working as a GIS Specialist with
the US Department of Agriculture, working on the design and
implementation of a large distributed GIS database system that will
link all USDA local offices (over 2500) and contain (probably long
after I'm gone) all farm field boundaries in the country. I'm still
playing guitar and performing on a regular basis and released a CD of
original music in 1997. My wife Laura (Metro - 1982) works as a
Performance Evaluation Specialist for the US Department of Labor. She
is part of an effort to streamline Federal Employment programs and make
them more accountable. In our Austin years, she worked for the City
Resource Management Department, had her own business writing Grant
Proposals for Non-Profit agencies and worked in Performance for Job
programs with the State of Texas. (1/99)
Patricia Vile, MUPP '80
I am the Director of Business Development, National Trade Association
in Niles, IL. (1/99)
Nadine Hamilton, MUPP '79
I have been
promoted to serve as Director of Congressional Affairs with
responsibility for the development and implementation of the
Department's legislative agenda. I formerly held a senior staff
position with the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
where I handled surface transportation and related environmental and
safety legislation. I was previously Deputy Director of Congressional
Affairs at the Department, and I am replacing Peter Halpin, currently
with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Robert Giloth, MUPP '78
I just edited
the volume: Jobs and Economic Development: Strategies
and Practices. Sage Publications, 1998. (1/99)
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