Rating Your Community’s Sustainability Efforts

Bio: Executive Director, Institute fir Sustainable Infrastructure; former executive director Water Environment Federation, American Public Works Association, Rebuild America Coalition. Senior positions with the National Solid Wastes Management Association, the International City Management Association and the National Association of Counties.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Master of Public Administration, Urban Studies

Bio: Kim Lundgren is the Director of Sustainability for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Ms. Lundgren has over 15 years of professional experience, the last 12 of which have been spent driving the development and implementation of local climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and sustainability programs around the country. In working with her clients, Ms. Lundgren promotes a comprehensive approach to sustainability and encourages deep engagement with key stakeholders in the community including, residents, businesses, and institutions. Ms. Lundgren also has significant experience with various energy baseline, building benchmarking, and greenhouse gas protocols and accounting tools. Ms. Lundgren is responsible for the development of the first municipal climate action plan in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was one of the first municipal sustainability directors in that state. Prior to joining, VHB, Ms. Lundgren was a senior director at ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Inc. While at ICLEI USA, Ms. Lundgren successfully delivered technical assistance and capacity building to hundreds of local governments around the country related to greenhouse gas management, strategic energy planning, sustainability planning, climate vulnerabilities, and climate adaptation planning. While at ICLEI, Ms. Lundgren led the development of ICLEI’s Climate Resilient Communities Program and one of the first municipal climate adaptation plans in the country. Ms. Lundgren is a member of the American Public Work Association Center for Sustainability and the American Planning Association.

Education: Ms. Lundgren has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University.

Past Assignments: Ms. Lundgren has been a featured speaker at the last two national APA Conferences as well as the APWA Sustainability Conference.

Bio: Douglas Melnick, AICP is Director of Planning and Sustainability for the City of Albany where he oversees land use, neighborhood, & long-range planning, as well as all of the City’s climate protection efforts, including the development and management of Albany's municipal Office of Energy and Sustainability. This office developed the City’s baseline ghg inventory and the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, which was incorporated into Albany 2030, the city’s first comprehensive plan. He serves on NYSDEC's Sea-Level Rise Task Force Infrastructure Work Group and Hudson River Estuary Management Advisory Committee, New York State’s Climate Smart Communities Certification Advisory Committee, ICLEI's Climate Resilient Community Task Force, and the NYS Sustainable Shoreline's Advisory Committee. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Urban Sustainability Directors Network and a National Charrette Institute Certified Facilitator. He previously worked in the non-profit sector in land conservation and urban revitalization and has served as Executive Director of the Albany County Land Conservancy and as a Planner for Capital District Community Gardens in Troy, NY.

Past Assignments: "Sustainability and Climate Change" – Upstate NY APA - Capital District Planners Association - 5/14/09 "Albany Bike Master Plan Update" -The Association of NYS MPO’s - 6/14/09 "Local Government Response to Climate Change" – NY Upstate Chapter of the APA Conference - 10/2/09 "Route 5 Bus Rapid Transit Project" – FHWA Transportation and Planning Symposium - 11/2/09 "Does Your Comprehensive Plan Cover it All? Asset-based & Sustainable Approaches" – Upstate NYU APA Conference "Sustainable Comprehensive Planning & Systems" - 2011 APA National Planning Conference, 4/11/11 "Integrating Climate Adaptation into Planning" - 2011 APA National Planning Conference, 4/12/11 "Increasing Energy Efficiency & Alternative Energy in the Transportation Sector" – Hudson Valley Climate Change Network, 7/25/11 "Albany 2030: Process, Overview, and Green Infrastructure" – NY Water Environment Association Annual Meeting, 10/5/11 "Twenty First Century Comprehensive Plans – Capitol Ideas from Austin and Albany" – 2012 APA National Conference, 4/16/12 "The Nuts and Bolts of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning" – 2012 APA National Conference, 4/17/12