Urban leaders in the CEOs for Cities network head organizations whose success depends, in part, on the success of cities: mayors, corporate executives, university presidents, foundation officials, and heads of economic and civic development organizations.
National
Larry Acosta, President, Urban Youth Workers Institute
Don Borut, Executive Director, National League of Cities
Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO, CityView
David Feehan, President, International Downtown Association
Michelle Gilliard, Senior Director of Workforce Development & Education, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Darell Hammond, CEO and Co-Founder, KaBOOM!
Phillip Henderson, President, Surdna Foundation
Todd Hoffman, President, Collegia
Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Richmond McCoy, President and CEO, UrbanAmerica
James McNulty, Chairman and CEO, Parsons Corporation
Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Will Rogers, President, The Trust for Public Land
Michael Rubinger, President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Margaret Sans, Senior Director of Public Affairs, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Vickie Tassan, Senior Vice President for Community Development, Bank of America
Jody Turner, CEO, Culture of Future
Akron
Daniel Colantone, President and CEO, Greater Akron Chamber
Donald Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron
Ken Stapleton, Executive Director, University Park Alliance
Ann Arbor
Dan Gilmartin, Executive Director, Michigan Municipal League
Atlanta
Peggy McCormick, President, Atlanta Development Authority
Baltimore
Timothy Armbruster, President, Goldseker Foundation
Bill Struever, CEO, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Inc.
Birmingham
Charles Ball, Executive Director, Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
Boston
Joseph Aoun, President, Northeastern University
Michael Brown, CEO and Co-Founder, City Year, Inc.
Sandra Lopez Burke, Executive Director and Vice President, City Year Boston
Robin Chase, President, Go Loco
Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO, Year Up
Robert Gittens, Vice President of Public Affairs, Northeastern University
Paul Grogan, President and CEO, The Boston Foundation
Robert Hollister, Dean, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Mark Kramer, Founder and Managing Director, Foundation Strategy Group – Social Impact Advisors
David Luberoff, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations, and Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
James Rooney, Director of Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
Alan Stone, Vice President for Government Community and Public Affairs, Harvard University
Kirk Sykes, President and Managing Director, Urban Strategy America Fund
Charlotte
Stacey Brown-Randall, Vice President, IMR Research Group, Charlotte City Cluster Coordinator
Ronnie Bryant, President & CEO, Charlotte Regional Partnership
Philip L. Dubois, Chancellor, UNC-Charlotte
Suzanne Fetscher, President, Executive Director, McColl Center for Visual Art
Tom Gabbard, President, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Peter Gorman, Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Michael Marsicano, President & CEO, Foundation For The Carolinas
Bob Morgan, President, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Cyndee Patterson, President, The Lynwood Foundation
Susan Patterson, Director of Community Partners Program, The John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
Andrew Plepler, President, Bank of America Foundation
Mike Rizer, Senior Vice President, Community Relations, Wachovia Bank
Michael Smith, President, Charlotte Center City Partners
Curt Walton, City Manager, City of Charlotte
Chattanooga
Roger Brown, Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
James Catanzaro, President, Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Ron Littlefield, Mayor, City of Chattanooga
Chicago
Rita Athas, Executive Director, World Business Chicago
Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
Elnora Daniel, President, Chicago State University
Jonathan Fanton, President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Ronald Grzywinski, Chairman, ShoreBank Corporation
David Jacobson, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal LLP
Marilyn Katz, President, MK Communications
Michael Krauss, President, Market Strategy Group LLC
Dana Levenson, Managing Director, Head of North American Infrastructure, Royal Bank of Scotland
Sylvia Manning, Chancellor, University of Illinois - Chicago
Terry Mazany, President and CEO, Chicago Community Trust
Charles Middleton, President, Roosevelt University
George Ranney, President and CEO, Chicago Metropolis 2020
Mary Richardson-Lowry, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
John Sterling, President and CEO, Synch Solutions
Wayne Watson, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
David Weinstein, President, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Patrick Whitney, Director, Institute of Design
Robert Zimmer, President, University of Chicago
Cincinnati
Eric Avner, Vice President and Program Manager - Economic Development, The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile Jr./US Bank Foundation
David Ginsburg, President and CEO, Downtown Cincinnati Inc.
Gary Lindgren, Executive Director, Cincinnati Business Committee
Mark Mallory, Mayor, City of Cincinnati
Roxanne Qualls, Visiting Professor and Director of Public Leadership Initiatives, Northern Kentucky University
Nancy Zimpher, President, University of Cincinnati
Cleveland
David Abbott, Executive Director, The George Gund Foundation
Chuck Ratner, President and CEO, Forest City Enterprises
Ronn Richard, President and Executive Director, The Cleveland Foundation
Joseph Roman, Executive Director, The Greater Cleveland Partnership
Columbus
Michael Coleman, Mayor, City of Columbus
Gordon E. Gee, President, The Ohio State University
Doug Kridler, President and CEO, The Columbus Foundation
Bob Milbourne, President and CEO, The Columbus Partnership
Dayton
Sandy Gudorf, President, Downtown Dayton Partnership
Rhine McLin, Mayor, City of Dayton
Detroit
Brian Boyle, Partner, Issue Media Group
Irvin Reid, President, Wayne State University
Doug Rothwell, President, Detroit Renaissance
East Lansing
Lou Anna Simon, President, Michigan State University
Greenville, S.C.
Fred Baus, CEO/President, University Center of Greenville
Houston
Ann Lents, President and CEO, Center for Houston's Future
Indianapolis
Charles Bantz, Chancellor, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Brian Payne, President, Central Indiana Community Foundation
Lakeland, Fl.
Kathleen Munson, President, Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce
Steve Scruggs, Executive Director, Lakeland Economic Development Council
Lansing
Keith Molin, Interim Executive Director, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Lexington, K.Y.
James P. Gray III, Vice Mayor, City of Lexington
Los Angeles
Bob Bangham, Creative Director, RipBang Studios
Louisville
Joseph Reagan, President and CEO, Greater Louisville Inc.
Memphis
Ethele Hilliard, President, Partners in Public Education
Barbara Hyde, President, J.R. Hyde III Foundation
Tom Jones, Smart City Consulting
John Moore, President, Memphis Regional Chamber
Shirley Raines, President, University of Memphis
Teresa Sloyan, Director, The Hyde Family Foundations
Calvin Taylor, Vice President for Government Relations, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau
A C Wharton, Jr., Mayor, Shelby County
Miami
Manuel Diaz, Mayor, City of Miami
Eduardo Padron, President, Miami Dade College
Milwaukee
Daniel Bader, President and CEO, The Helen Bader Foundation
Tom Barrett, Mayor, City of Milwaukee
Carlos Santiago, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Steve Smith, Chairman and CEO, Journal Communications, Inc.
Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee
Minneapolis
Caren Dewar, Executive Director, ULI Minnesota
Rick Lincicome, CEO, Ellerbe Becket
Jennifer Reedy, Director, Itasca Project
New York
Adolfo Carrion, President, Bronx Borough
Diego Kolsky, Founder and Principal, Brandfields
Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association
Oklahoma City
Mick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma City
Roy Williams, President and CEO, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Philadelphia
Omar Blaik, President and CEO, U3 Ventures
Feather Houston, President, William Penn Foundation
Paul Levy, President and CEO, Center City District
Tom Morr, President, Select Greater Philadelphia
Michael A. Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Georgia Berner, President and CEO, Berner International Corporation
Donald Carter, President, Urban Design Associates
Aradhna Dhanda, President and CEO, Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.
Charles Dougherty, President, Duquesne University
Craig Dunham, Principal, The Rubinoff Company
Rebecca Flora, Executive Director, Green Building Alliance
William P. Getty, President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Paul Hennigan, President, Point Park University
Scott D. Izzo, Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation
Ellen Kight, President, Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development
F. Michael Langley, CEO, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Anne-Marie Lubenau, Executive Director, Community Design Center of Pittsburgh
Barbara Luderowski, Founder, Mattress Factory
Rich Lunak, CEO, Innovation Works
Petra Mitchell, President, Catalyst Connection
Sally Mizerak, President, Performance Drivers, Inc.
Mary Navarro, Senior Program Officer, The Heinz Endowments
Dan Onorato, Chief Executive, Allegheny County
Ronald Painter, CEO, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board
Bill Peduto, District 8 Councilman, City Council of Pittsburgh
Rob Pfaffmann, Founder, Pfaffmann and Associates
Eve Picker, President, No Wall Productions
Caryn Rubinoff, Principal, The Rubinoff Company
Audrey Russo, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council
Jon Shimm, Principal, Burt Hill
Ed Shriver, Jr., Principal, Strada LLC
Don Smith, Director, University Partnership of Pittsburgh
Anne Swager, Executive Director, AIA Pittsburgh
Sala Udin, President, Coro Center for Civic Leadership - Pittsburgh
Alan Weiskopf, Partner, Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel
Jane Werner, Executive Director, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Portland, Ore.
Mark Edlen, Managing Principal, Gerding & Edlen Development
Scott Gibson, Board Member, The Oregon Community Foundation
Eric Parsons, Chairman, President and CEO, StanCorp Financial, Inc., Standard Insurance Company
Michael Reardon, Interim President, Portland State University
Bruce Warner, Executive Director, Portland Development Commission
Providence
Kip Bergstrom, Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Policy Council
Richard Bready, Chairman and CEO, Nortek, Inc.
David Cicilline, Mayor, City of Providence
Roger Mandle, President, Rhode Island School of Design
Richmond
Gene Trani, President, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jim Ukrop, Chairman, Ukrop's Market / First Market Bank
Saint Paul
John Labosky, President, Capital City Partnership
San Diego
Scott Peters, Council President, City of San Diego
Reed Vickerman, Board Member, Move San Diego
San Francisco
Jasmin Aber, Senior Researcher & Research Coordinator, UC Berkeley Global Metropolitan Studies Program
Robert Corrigan, President, San Francisco State University
San José
Don Kassing, President, San José State University
Paul Krutko, Chief Development Officer, City of San José
Michelle Mann, Senior Group Manager, Adobe
Chuck Reed, Mayor, City of San José
Julie Vennewitz-Pierce, Program Manager, eBay Foundation
Kim Walesh, Assistant Director for Economic and Cultural Development, City of San Jose
Irene Wong, Executive Director, eBay Foundation
Seattle
Phyllis Campbell, President and CEO, The Seattle Foundation
South Bend
Steve Luecke, Mayor, City of South Bend
St. Louis
Ann Althoff, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy and Development, The HOK Planning Group
Richard Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar
Chip Crawford, Director, The HOK Planning Group
Dick Fleming, President and CEO, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association
David Luckes, President and CEO, Greater St. Louis Community Foundation
Francis Slay, Mayor, City of St. Louis
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Syracuse
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President, Syracuse University
Tampa
Christine Burdick, President, Tampa Downtown Partnership
George Gordon, Chairman, Tampa Bay Technology Forum
Pam Iorio, Mayor, City of Tampa
Donna Manion, Chairman, CreativeTampaBay
Deanne Roberts, President, Roberts Communications
Stuart Rogel, President and CEO, Tampa Bay Partnership
Jerome Ryans, President and CEO, Tampa Housing Authority
Karen White, Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg
Washington, D.C.
Michael Altman, Vice President for Brand Strategy, Cundari SFP
Erik Bolog, Managing Partner, Tenacity Group
Jeannette Hanna, Vice President for Brand Strategy, Cundari SFP