Building Sustainable Communities: Next Steps in Transforming Public Housing

Wednesday, October 21^st

Marriott Renaissance Hotel

999 9^th St. N.W.

Washington, D.C.

Meeting Room 12

8:00                 Registration

Breakfast  --  Sponsored by 3M Company

9:00                 Welcome

·         Sunia Zaterman, CLPHA Executive Director

·         Michael Kelly, New York City Housing Authority General Manager and CLPHA President

9:15                 Going Green: What it Means for Residents, Communities, and Housing Agencies

·         Stephen Norman, Executive Director, King County Housing Authority, Moderator

• Ed Lowndes, Executive Director, Housing Authority of Kansas City
• Julie Livingston, Planning & Design Manager, Housing Authority of Portland
• Margarita López, New York City Housing Authority Commissioner

10:30               A New Day at HUD

·         Deputy Secretary Ron Sims

11:30               Design and Development: Green Inside and Out

• Michael Kelly, General Manager, NYCHA, Moderator
• Stephanie Bothwell, Board, Congress for the New Urbanism
• Rebecca Morley, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Homes
• Christopher Stennet, Director of Development/Modernization, D.C. Housing Authority

12:30              Lunch

Meeting Room 8

1:30                 Interagency Federal Programs

·        Michael Freedberg, Director, Affordable Housing Research and Technology Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development

·        Daniel Sze, Recovery Act Liaison, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy

2:00                 Building the Kansas City Green Impact Zone: Blueprint for the Future

·         U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO)

2:45                 Green Job Development and Training: New Partnerships

• Tony Perez, Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Moderator

§         Kerry Knodle, Executive Director and Founder, Comprehensive Community Solutions; President of Illinois YouthBuild Coalition

• Ladan Sobhani, Green For All, Program Manager for the Communities of Practice

4:00                 Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Forward

• David Abromowitz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Moderator
• Doris Koo, President & Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Community Partners
• Casius Pealer, Home Depot Affordable Housing Fellow, U.S. Green Building Council

4:45                Next Steps: Where We Go From Here

§         Sunia Zaterman

5:00 – 7:00      Reception -- Sponsored by Tax Credit Asset Management