Our Advisory Panel
To ensure that we continue to live up to the highest standards, we've asked a few of our most respected member-bloggers to serve as an advisory panel for the site. They were selected for the outstanding quality of their work, their expertise across the spectrum of disciplines that make up our community, and most of all for their commitment to the ideals that drive us: inclusiveness, balance, community and civility.
Watch for original, exclusive posts from our advisory panel members. They'll enliven our podcast series, appear in our webinars, and cover events for us as the opportunities arise. And we look to them to be advocates for the community-at-large as well, keeping us focused on our mission as we expand, and making sure we don't forget...
Kaid
Benfield
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 http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/
 @Kaid_at_NRDC on Twitter
Director, Sustainable Communities, NRDC; co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There Were Greenfields (NRDC 1999), Solving Sprawl (Island Press 2001), Smart Growth In a Changing World (APA Planners Press 2007), Green Community (contributing author; APA Planners Press 2009); voted one of the "top urban thinkers" in 2009 poll on Planetizen.com and named one of "the most influential people in sustainable planning and development" in 2010 by the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Attorney, recovering litigator, cyclist, blogger, dreamer. You may access my full blog at www.kaidbenfield.com.
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Chris
Cheatham
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Chris is the managing partner of Cheatham Consulting, LLC. Chris provides consulting and dispute resolution services related to construction, surety, and green building projects. Chris uses his thorough understanding of the construction industry, surety underwriting, and cutting-edge green building trends to advise clients regarding market opportunities and disputes. Chris is a LEED Accredited Professional and green building authority who frequently speaks to groups and associations and is quoted in the press regarding these issues. His first published article was titled "What's Your Green Construction Strategy?" and he has worked with attorneys, contractors, sureties, architects, engineers, and owners regarding green building growth, and risk mitigation strategies. Chris is also the publisher of the widely-read Green Building Law Update, a blog dedicated to emerging legal and regulatory issues in the green building industry.
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Jared
Green
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http://www.asla.org/
Jared Green is Web Content and Strategy Manager at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
He is editor of The Dirt blog, a Planetizen top 10 Web site, and producer of ASLA's sustainability toolkit, resources guides, and interview series with leading designers and sustainability thought-leaders.
Previously, Green worked for the World Bank, Asia Society, and other non-profits to create free web-based resources and toolkits.
Green is also active in ideas and design competitions and recently served as a judge for the World Bank's Development Marketplace, Stanford University's Social e-Challenge, and the Intel Challenge.
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Rodrigo
Herrera Vegas
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http://sustentator.com/blog-en/blog/
Rodrigo is an industrial engineer and a huge fan of energy efficiency, recycling and proper management of resources. He likes the ocean, where he windsurfs and kitesurfs. He co-founded Sustentator and currently writes for one of Argentina's main newspapers; La Nación, on the relationships between technology and sustainability. He also has a radio show, started June 2009, where he addresses sustainability issues.
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Geoff
Wilkinson
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@geoffwilkinson on Twitter
Geoff is dually qualified as a Chartered Building Control Surveyor, a Fire Engineer, and is also a qualified manager. He is highly respected and experienced with over 25 years experience in the UK construction industry, in both public and private sectors. He is a former Vice Chair of the Association of Consulting Approved Inspectors, and Vice Chair of the Building Standards Faculty of the Chartered Institute of Building. Geoff writes a monthly column in Architects Journal and regularly appears as a guest speaker at events.
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Chuck
Wolfe
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http://www.crwolfelaw.com
@crwolfelaw on Twitter
 Facebook page
 LinkedIn profile
Charles R. Wolfe, M.R.P., J.D. is an attorney in Seattle, where he focuses on land use and environmental law and permitting, including the use of innovative land use regulatory tools and sustainable development techniques on behalf of both the private and public sectors and the successful redevelopment of infill properties under federal, state and local regulatory regimes.
He is an accomplished speaker and author on growth management and innovative zoning, “transit-oriented development”, and brownfield/sustainable development topics, regularly participates in regional and national seminars and serves as a reporter for the national publication, Planning & Environmental Law. He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, where he teaches land use law and a range of planning and development courses to planners and future design professionals and is a contributor to major research efforts addressing urban center, transit oriented and brownfield redevelopment.
Additionally, Chuck serves as Vice Chair, Fund Development for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Seattle District Council, is a Member of the Boards of Futurewise and Great City, and is a King County Trustee of the Cascade Land Conservancy.
He contributes regularly on urban development topics for several publications including The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, seattlepi.com, and Crosscut.com. He blogs regularly at myurbanist.com.
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About Social Media Today
Warren Karlenzig Warren Karlenzig is the founder and president of Common Current. More »
“I don't think you can extend the attitudes of a few Marin NIMBYs to the Bay Area as a whole. Walnut Creek, which is a pretty lively place with great access to transportation (and part of the Bay Area the last time I checked), extended a hand to the Lucas organization, offering a very nice suburban office park on which he could build his facility.”
“Hi Ben - This is Jay Grover (CNU-A guy from Chile). Just caught the live stream of Andres & Dan Solomon. Great to be able to watch it live from Chile! Will there be anymore live Streams from the CNU?Thanks! ”