Contact: Linda Stoll, 715-346-4853, lstoll@uwsp.edu

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Short  description of the activity and how it meets the CM criteria, what will be learned and why is this important to planners (up to 300 words)

The lecture by Marcel Acosta will provide an in depth look into the sustainable planning policies and issues currently taking place in the city of Washington D.C.  These policies will include local, state and federal mandates that structure the planning decision making process.   Some specific topics will include President Obama’s Sustainability for Federal Agencies Executive Order and the implementation of “Eco-Districts”.   The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes and include an additional 20 to 30 minutes of discussion.

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Marcel Acosta, Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission

Senior executive with over 20 years of large city and regional planning, urban redevelopment, public transportation and agency management experience.

Work Experience

National Capital Planning Commission, Washington, DC  Executive Director, 2007-present
Deputy Executive Director, 2001-2007

Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, IL
Senior Vice President of Planning and Development, 1996-2001

City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago, IL  
Deputy Commissioner, 1992-1996
Assistant Commissioner, 1990-1991
Director of Central Area Planning, 1988-1989
City Planner, 1985-1988

LOCAL BOARDS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Federal Director, Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Directors

Member, Chief Sustainability Officers Agency Council, White House Council on Environmental Quality

Member, District of Columbia Foreign Missions Board of Zoning Adjustment 

Director, Chesapeake Crescent Initiative Board of Directors

Federal Representative, Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board

Member, Greater Washington 2050 Coalition, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Member, Urban Land Institute

Member, American Planning Association

Member, Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society 

AWARDS
Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, Monumental Core Framework Plan, American Institute of Architects, 2010

Regional Partnership Award, Building the Region Together Initiative, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2009

Honor Award-Planning Category, Monumental Core Framework Plan, American Society of Landscape Architects, Potomac Chapter, 2009

Outstanding Federal Planning Award-Sustainability Planning, Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital—Federal Elements, American Planning Association, 2005

Outstanding Planning Award-Special Topic, National Capital Urban Design and Security Plan, American Planning Association, 2005

First Place, Low Cost Eyeglasses, 2001 Business Plan Competition, Harvard Business School

Citation for Excellence in Urban Design, Downtown Chicago River Guidelines, American Institute of Architects, 1991

Top Honor Award, Chicago River Guidelines, The Waterfront Center, 1991

Outstanding Planning Award, Chicago River Guidelines, American Planning Association, Illinois Chapter, 1990