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October 17
Time's Up

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October 15
Plans Emerge

October 14
Focus on Design

October 13
Teams Visit Communities

October 12
Historic Forum Begins

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The People

The Mississippi Renewal Forum is an unprecedented gathering of over 200 community leaders and committed professionals seeking responsible design options for the rebuilding of the homes, neighborhoods and communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
It includes:

MAYORS
Matthew J. Avara, Jr., Mayor
City of Pascagoula

Xavier Z. Bishop,Mayor
City of Moss Point

Edward A. Favre, Mayor
City of Bay St. Louis

A. J. Holloway, Mayor
City of Biloxi

William McDonald, Mayor
City of Pass Christian

Tommy Longo, Mayor
City of Waveland

Connie Moran, Mayor
City of Ocean Springs

Pete Pope, Mayor
City of Gautier

Rusty Quave, Mayor
City of D'Iberville

William Skellie, Jr., Mayor
City of Long Beach

Brent Warr, Mayor
City of Gulfport

COUNTY SUPERVISORS
Jay Cuevas, Supervisor
Hancock

Steve Seymour, Supervisor
Hancock

Lisa Cowand, Supervisor
Hancock

David Yarborough, Supervisor
Hancock

Rodrick Pullman, Supervisor
Hancock

Bobby Eleuterius, Supervisor
Harrison

Connie Rockco, Supervisor
Harrison

William Martin, Supervisor
Harrison

Larry Benefield, Supervisor
Harrison

Marlin Ladner, Supervisor
Harrison

Frank Leach, Supervisor
Jackson

John McKay, Supervisor
Jackson

Tim Broussard, Supervisor
Jackson

Robert Norvel, Supervisor
Jackson

Manly Barton, Supervisor
Jackson

LOCAL TEAM
Michael Barranco, Local Coordinator
Leland Speed, Director, Mississippi Development Authority

WAVELAND
Allison Anderson,Unabridged Architecture
Keith Bumpers, Compton Engineering

BAY ST. LOUIS
Michael Reeves, Michael Reeves Architects
Bruce Newton, engineer
Bill Hessel, planner

PASS CHRISTIAN
Theresa Jones, Dunn & Associates
John Campton, engineer
Bill Hessel, planner

LONG BEACH
Mark Lishen, Guild Hardy Architects
John Campton, engineer
Bill Hessel, planner

GULFPORT
Taylor Guild, Guild Hardy Architects
Phillip Shaw, Shaw Design Group
Ferdie Walker, F. Walker & Associates
Gary Dunn, Dunn & Associates
Josie Holden, FWA Group
Bill Mitchell, Bill Knesal; engineers
George Carbo, planner

BILOXI
David Hardy, Guild Hardy Architects
Leonard Collins, Guild Hardy Architects
Frank Genzer, Frank Genzer, Jr. Architects
Walter Bolton, W.T. Bolton Associates
Daria Pizzetta, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
Dreux Seagars, Terry Moran; engineers
Jerry Creel, Ed Shambra; planners

D'IBERVILLE
Buddy Fountain H.F. Fountain Jr., Architect
Mark Seymour, engineer
Jeff Taylor, Richard Rose; engineers

OCEAN SPRINGS
Stephen Stojcich, Guild Hardy Architects
Henry Furr, HH Furr Architecture & Development
George Denmark, Tolar Lebatard Denmark Architects
Carl Germany, Carl Germany Architects
Mark Seymour, engineer
Donovan Scruggs, planner

GAUTIER
Bruce Tolar, Tolar Lebatard Denmark Architects
Charles Garrison, Charles Garrison, Architect
David Compton, Compton Engineering
Christy Wheeler, planner

MOSS POINT
Mitch McNabb, Allred Mcnabb Architects
Keith Bumpers, Compton Engineering
Linda Rosa, planner

PASCAGOULA
Hoppy Allred, Allred Mcnabb Architects
Thomas Habeeb, Habeeb & Associates
Keith Bumpers, Compton Engineering
Kay Kell, planner

GULF REGIONAL PLANNING
Elaine Wilkerson
South MS Planning & Development
Jeff Taylor

COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS
Hancock: Judy Steckler, Larry Lewis, Vaughn McGee
Harrison: Judy Steckler, Larry Lewis
Jackson: Judy Steckler, Larry Lewis

COUNTY PLANNERS
Hancock: Janell Tompkins, Sue Chamberlain
Harrison: Danny Boudreaux Patrick Bonck, Jeff Taylor
Jackson: Michelle Bishop

NATIONAL TEAM
ARCHITECTURE
Ann Somers, Mississippi
David Perkes, Mississippi
David Trigiani, Mississippi
Christine Franck, New York
John Anderson, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Louisiana
Gary Justiss, Alabama
Milton Grenfell, District of Columbia
James Wassell, Connecticut
Marianne Cusato, New York
Michael Imber, Texas
Eric Moser, Moser Design Group, South Carolina
Susan Henderson, Placemakers, New Mexico
Steve Mouzon, Placemakers, Florida
Allison Anderson, Unabridged Architects, Mississippi

CODING
William Wright, Balch & Bingham, Alabama
Chad Emerson, Alabama
Paul Crawford, Crawford Multari & Clark Associates, California
Sandy Sorlien, Pennsylvania
Dennis Hector, University of Miami, Florida
David Csont, Urban Design Associates, Pennsylvania
Ivette Mongalo, Urban Design Associates, Pennsylvania
Rob Robinson, Urban Design Associates, Pennsylvania

COMMERCIAL
Robert Gibbs, Gibbs Planning Group, Michigan
Seth Harry, Seth Harry & Associates, Maryland

COMMUNICATION
Ben Brown, North Carolina
Steve Filmanowicz, CNU, Illinois
Irina Woelfle, IWPR Group, Florida
John Chamberlain, Florida
Scott Doyon, PlaceMakers, Georgia
Laurence Aurbach, The Town Paper, Maryland
Diane Dorney, The Town Paper, Maryland
Jason Miller, The Town Paper, Washington
Willie Mason, Florida
Leah Strobel, Florida
Rob Althouse, Althouse Productions, New Mexico
Nancy Kenney, Althouse Productions, New Mexico

PRESS
Robert Ivy, Architectural Record, New York
Phil Langdon, New Urban News, Connecticut
Robert Steuteville, New Urban News, New York
David Goldberg, Smart Growth America, Georgia

ENVIRONMENTAL
Doug Farr, Farr Associates, Illinois
Dan Slone, McGuire Woods LLP, Virginia

FEMA
Randy Jorgensen, FEMA, Mississippi
Gavin Smith, FEMA, Mississippi
Ann Terranova, FEMA, Mississippi

MANAGEMENT
John Norquist, Congress for the New Urbanism, Illinois
Heather Smith, Congress for the New Urbanism, Illinois
Sandrine Milanello, Congress for the New Urbanism, Illinois
Torika Alonso-Burford, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Katharine Burgess, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Andrés Duany, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Debra Hempel, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Shannon Tracy, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Michael Liss, Moab Mesa Land Company, Utah
Charles Bohl, University of Miami, Florida
Buff Chace, Rhode Island

PLANNING, BAY ST. LOUIS
Bill Dennis, B. Dennis Town & Building Design, Rhode Island
Bruce Donnelly, Ohio
Geoff Dyer, Florida
Michael Mehaffy, Prince of Wales Foundation, Florida

PLANNING, BILOXI
Orlando Gonzales, Moule & Polyzoides, California
Xiaojian He, Moule & Polyzoides, California
Liz Moule, Moule & Polyzoides, California
Stefanos Polyzoides, Moule & Polyzoides, California
Dave Siegel, Parametrix, Florida
Andre Brumfield, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Illinois

PLANNING, D'IBERVILLE
Jaime Correa, Jaime Correa & Associates, Florida
Manuel deLemos, Jaime Correa & Associates, Florida
Grace Dillon, Jaime Correa & Associates, Florida

PLANNING, GAUTIER
Tony Sease, Civitech, LLC, North Carolina
Charles Moore, Torti Gallas & Partners, Maryland
Neal Payton, Torti Gallas & Partners, California
Murphy Antoine, Torti Gallas & Partners, Maryland

PLANNING, GULFPORT
Robert Alminana, HDR / LCA Sargent Town Planning , Florida
Steve Coyle, HDR/LCA Sargent Town Planning, Florida
James Moore, HDR/LCA Sargent Town Planning, Florida
David Sargent , HDR/LCA Sargent Town Planning, Florida

PLANNING, LONG BEACH
Sarah Lewis, Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc., District of Columbia
Katie Poindexter, Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc., District of Columbia
Dhiru Thadani, Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc., District of Columbia
Bill Lennertz, National Charrette Institute, Oregon

PLANNING, MOSS POINT
Clyde Judson, Florida
Dhaval Barbhaya, HOK Planning Group, Missouri
Todd Meyer, HOK Planning Group, Illinois
Steve Schukraft, HOK Planning Group, District of Columbia

PLANNING, OCEAN SPRINGS
Maricé Chael, Chael Cooper & Associates, Florida
Milt Rhodes, Dover Kohl & Partners, Florida
Victor Dover, Dover Kohl & Partners, Florida
James Dougherty, Dover Kohl & Partners, Florida
Joseph Kohl, Dover Kohl & Partners, Florida

PLANNING, PASCAGOULA
Dorian Moore, Archive Design Studio, Michigan
Mark Nickita, Archive Design Studio, Michigan
Joanna Alimanestianu, Brussels
Dan Solomon, WRT Solomon E.T.C , California
Jim Stickley, WRT Solomon E.T.C., California
John Ellis, WRT Solomon E.T.C., California

PLANNING, PASS CHRISTIAN
Ann Daigle, California
Laura Hall, Fisher & Hall Urban Design, California
Howard Blackson, California
Ben Pentreath, Prince of Wales Foundation, London

PLANNING, WAVELAND
Catherine Johnson, Florida
John Massengale, John Massengale Architect, New York
Pat Pinnell, Patrick L. Pinnell AIA/ Architecture & Planing, Connecticut
Robert Orr, Robert Orr & Associates, Connecticut

COORDINATION
Tom Low, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, North Carolina
Lizz Plater Zyberk, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Galina Tahchieva, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Michael Watkins, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Maryland

REGIONAL
Eric Main, Criterion Planners/Engineers Inc., Oregon
Thom York, Criterion Planners/Engineers Inc., Oregon
Eliot Allen, Criterion Planners/Engineers Inc., Oregon
Harriet Tregonig, Smart Growth America, District of Columbia
Geoffrey Anderson, US EPA, District of Columbia

SOCIAL ISSUES
Emily Talen, Dept.Urban & Regional Planning University of Illinois, Illinois
David Brain, New College of Florida, Florida

TECH SUPPORT
Matt Lambert, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida
Peter Quintanilla, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Florida

TRANSPORTATION
Billy Hattaway, Hall Planning & Engineering , Florida
Rick Hall, Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc., Florida
Andy Cameron, Prince of Wales Foundation, London
Chester Chellman, TND Engineering, Oregon
Shelley Poticha, Reconnecting America, California
Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut, Connecticut