Great Lakes Metros and the New Opportunity

Below please find the growing list of confirmed speakers:

• Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Fellow, Green For All
• Anthony Armstrong, Program Officer, LISC Buffalo
• Stephen Banko, Buffalo Field Office Director, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Aaron Bartley, Executive Director, PUSH Buffalo
• Charlie Bartsch, Vice President, ICF International
• Blaine Bonham, Senior Director, State and National Outreach, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
• Justin Booth, Green Options Buffalo
• Jennifer Bradley, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
• Walter Burlack, Regional Director, Pittsburgh Student Conservation Association
• Barbara Burnham, Senior Director of Federal Policy and Congressional Relations, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Cesar Cabrera, NYS Department of Labor Commissioner’s Regional Representative
• Arlo Chase, Senior Vice President for Policy Initiatives, NYS Housing Finance Agency
• Michael Clarke, Executive Director, LISC Buffalo
• Miquela Craytor, Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx
• David Cowgill, Chief of Technical Assistance and Analysis, US EPA, Great Lakes National Program Office
• Diane DeVaul, Director of Policy, Northeast-Midwest Institute
• David Dix, National Green Director, The League of Young Voters Education Fund
• Sheryl Duderwick, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of South Buffalo
• Allison Duwe, Executive Director, Coalition for Economic Justice
• Jordan Esteveo, Save the American Dream Campaign Director, National Training and Information Center
• Bruce Fisher, Director, Center for Economic and Policy Studies, Buffalo State College
• Luke Forrest, Public Policy Director, Michigan Suburbs Alliance
• Kathryn Foster, Director, Regional Institute at University at Buffalo
• Michael Gainer, Buffalo ReUse
• Emmaia Gelman, Senior Policy Organizer, Center for Working Families
• George Grasser, President, Partners for a Livable Western New York
• Lori Harris, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Community Renewal, NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal
• Sam Hoyt, New York Assemblymember
• William Hudnut, former Mayor of Indianapolis
• William Johnson, former Mayor of Rochester
• Jeff Jones, Director, NYS Apollo Alliance
• Phil Kidd, Community Organizer, Mahoning Valley Organizing Collective
• Chris Koch, Chief Operating Officer, GTECH Strategies
• Jean Lowe, President, Greater Rochester Housing Partnership
• Sam Magavern, Co-Director, Partnership for the Public Good
• John Maggiore, Policy Adviser to Attorney General Cuomo
• Rory Neuner, Urban Policy Specialist, Michigan Environmental Council
• Dom Nozzi, Executive Director, Walkable Streets
• Julie Barrett O’Neill, Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
• Diane Picard, Executive Director, Massachusetts Organizing Project (MAP)
• Satya Rhodes-Conway, Senior Associate, Center on Wisconsin Strategy
• Joan Roby-Davison, Director, Empire State Housing Alliance
• Joe Schilling, Associate Director, Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
• Darin Schulz, Director of Finance, Chautauqua County, NY
• Todd Scott, Detroit Greenways Coordinator, Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance
• Brian Segel, Director of Neighborhood Stabilization, NYS Housing Finance Agency
• Mark Seifert, Executive Director, Cleveland East Side Organizing Project
• Michael Skrebutenas, NYS Deputy Secretary for Economic Development
• Lenny Skrill, Upstate Director for Capital Development, NYS Department of Housing and Community Renewal
• Dave Stebbins, Senior Project Manager, Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA)
• Eric Walker, Director of Organizing, PUSH Buffalo
• Michael Weber, Director, NYS Office of Economic Recovery
• Maria Whyte, Erie County Legislator