2010 Delaware-Maryland APA Regional Conference
Creating Liveable Communities For All Ages: From Theory To Reality

Rollins Conference Center at Dover Downs
Dover, Delaware
May 5th-7th, 2010

Co-sponsored by AIA Delaware and AARP Delaware

Keynote Speaker Information

As of 03/12/10

Thursday Lunch

Bob Chauncey
Portraying Hugh Gallagher

Bob has had at least four careers that he can remember.  He began as a sociologist, teaching and doing research for several years.  In fact, he has recently returned to that field, delighting and boring undergrads with his views on current social issues.  In career number two, Bob served in various human resources capacities for two Fortune 50 companies.  He likes to believe that his departure was the cause of one of those companies subsequently falling several steps in the Fortune ranking. Career number three, bicycling and pedestrian advocate began some ten years ago.  Bob was the first paid executive director for One Less Car in Maryland, then moved to the National Center for Bicycling and Walking for several years, and is now working as a consultant.  Career number four began with an interest in theatre.  Since one misguided director first cast him in a small role, Bob has performed numerous parts in various productions, tried his hand at directing, then joined the troupe of Motivational Theatre where he now serves as president. Bob is humbled and honored to portray award winning author, historian, and disability advocate Hugh Gallagher at various venues throughout the US.

Thursday Dinner

Catherine L. Ross, Ph.D.
Director and Harry West Chair
Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development
Georgia Tech University

Dr. Catherine L. Ross has extensive experience in both the public and private sector. She is the first endowed faculty member in Georgia Tech's College of Architecture where she serves as Harry West Professor and directs the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD). Dr. Ross has held several positions at Georgia Tech including that of Vice Provost. She was also the first Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA).

Dr. Ross served as Senior Policy Advisor on the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, on the boards of the Eno Foundation and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), and has held several other national leadership positions including President of the National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). Dr. Ross is an Urban Land Institute Fellow, a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Professor, and has recently been named a member of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

Dr. Ross has been widely recognized for the quality of her work and was the recipient of the "Find the Good and Praise It Award" presented in 1998 by Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater for her work on the National Personal Transportation Survey Team. She was selected in July 2009 to advise the Obama Administration on the first ever White House Office of Urban Affairs.

An internationally known transportation and urban planner, Dr. Ross has conducted research and has project experience at the local, national, and international levels. In addition, she co-founded Euquant, Inc., an Atlanta-based economic and planning consulting firm. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy-China, Federal Transit Administration, and many local, city, and state governments throughout the country. She has published extensively, including two books: The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century (January 1997) and the newly released Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness (July 2009).

Dr. Ross attended Kent State University for her undergraduate degree, completed the Master's of Regional Planning Program and Doctoral Degree at Cornell University, and conducted post-doctoral work at the University of California- Berkeley.

Dr. Ross's presentation is sponsored in part by the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Friday Lunch

ELINOR GINZLER
Senior Vice President of Livable Communities
AARP

As Senior Vice President of Livable Communities Strategies in AARP’s Office of Social Impact, Ms. Ginzler spearheads the association’s work on housing, community services and mobility options, including older driver issues and transportation alternatives to driving. She is frequently called upon to confer with industry leaders about aging issues and to address groups ranging from neighborhood associations to national organizations.

Ms. Ginzler, a national expert on aging issues, is AARP’s lead spokesperson on older driver safety, mobility options and caregiving. She has been featured on many national industry and consumer news outlets. Most recently, she has appeared on Good Morning American and the Today show. In addition, she is co-author with Hugh Delehanty of Caring for Your Parents – The Complete Family Guide, published by Sterling Publishing. She is also regularly tapped to provide expertise and strategic input on aging issues around housing and mobility.  Recently, she served on the planning committee for the TRB conference, Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System. 

Ms. Ginzler holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her graduate studies at the University of Maryland.

This program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.