Participatory Budgeting and Planning

Bio: I am a member of the Chicago, Illinois, City Council, having represented Chicago's 49th Ward since 1991. I was the first elected official in the United States to implement a participatory budgeting process in his jurisdiction.

Education: J.D. DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1983 B.A. Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1980

Past Assignments: I have have given lectures on the topic of participatory budgeting at numerous academic institutions, including the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I've also spoken on the topic at the 2011 World Association of Major Metropolises Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and several conferences of the National League of Cities.

Education: Boston University, Psychology & Philosophy, B.A., 1975 Washington University, Law & Social Psychology, J.D., Ph.D., 1984

Key Publications: Herian, M. N., Hamm, J. A., Tomkins, A. J., & PytlikZillig, L. M. (2012). Public participation, procedural fairness and evaluations of local governance: The moderating role of uncertainty. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 22, 815-840. PytlikZillig, L. M., Tomkins, A. J., Herian, M. N., Hamm, J. A., & Abdel-Monem, T. (2012). Public input methods impacting confidence in government. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 6, 92-111. [Special issue, Collaborative e-Government, S. A. Chun, L.F. Luna-Reyes & R. Sandoval-Almazán, eds., 5-125].

Other Publications: PytlikZillig, L. M., Tomkins, A.. J., Muhlberger, P. M., Pardy, R. L., Morris, T. J., Dzenis, Y. A., Turner, J. A., &. Collins, T. P. (2011). Using public engagements to provide input and insights into policy, legal, ethical, and other impacts of science. International Journal of Science in Society 2(3), 293-290. PytlikZillig, L. M., & Tomkins, A. J. (2011). Public engagement for informing science and technology policy: What do we know, and what do we need to know, and how will we get there? Review of Policy Research, 28, 197–217.

Bio: Have been serving as Interim Academic Coordinator, Pratt Institute graduate program in Historic Preservation since Summer 2012 (Pratt Programs for Sustainable Planning & Development - pratt.edu/pspd). Before this I served as Assistant to the Chair of the PSPD for three years. Previous: various positions related to planning and preservation at the Municipal Art Society, the Pratt Center for Community Development, AECOM Environment, and the Federation to Preserve the Greenwich Village Waterfront & Great Port.

Education: Master of Science, City & Regional Planning, Pratt Institute, 2012 Thesis: Democracy in Action: an Analysis of Participatory Budgeting in New York City Master of Science, Historic Preservation, Pratt Institute, 2007 Bachelor of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2003

Past Assignments: “NYCHA Housing in East Harlem: the Role of Community Participation” at Seventh Annual Erasing Boundaries Symposium, at Hunter College, Spring 2011 "Preservation Campaigns and Neighborhoods: Williamsburg and Greenpoint Post-Rezoning" to be presented at Historic Districts Council 2013 Preservation Conference, at New York Law School, March 2, 2013

Bio: Professor

Education: Cornell University, MRP and PhD Brown University, BA

Key Publications: Rachel Weber, Rebecca Hendrick and Jeremy Thompson, “The Effect of Tax Increment Financing on School District Revenues: Regional Variation and Interjurisdictional Competition,” State and Local Government Review, 40(1), 27-41, 2008. Rachel Weber and Laura Goddeeris, “Tax Increment Financing: A Property-Based Tool for Local Regeneration?” Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal 1(1), 2007. Rachel Weber, Saurav Dev Bhatta and David Merriman, “The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Residential Property Values,” Regional Science and Urban Economics 37(2), 259-281, 2007. Rachel Weber, David Merriman, and Saurav Dev Bhatta “Does Tax Increment Financing Increase the Value of Urban Industrial Property?” Urban Studies 40:10, September 2003 [reprinted in State Tax Notes, 2005 and in Urban Planning Overseas 21(4), 2006]. Rachel Weber, “Equity and Entrepreneurialism: The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on School District Finances,” Urban Affairs Review 38:5, May 2003.

Other Publications: Rachel Weber and Randall Crane (eds), Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012

Bio: *Marti Brown *is a Councilmember in the City of Vallejo. During her tenure on the Council, she has focused on civic innovation including Participatory Budgeting, exiting municipal bankruptcy and balancing the city's budget; building a healthy Vallejo through a comprehensive General Plan Update and preparing the city's first-ever Health Element; and restructuring how the city does business including exploring best practices in public safety and other local government services. Marti spearheaded efforts to bring participatory budgeting to Vallejo, California; the city was first in the U.S. to adopt PB at a city-wide level. In addition to her council work, Marti is also the Executive Director of the North Franklin District Business Association in South Sacramento representing 156 property owners and 600 local businesses. Prior to this position, she worked in redevelopment for the past decade in the Cities of Sacramento and Berkeley.

Education: Marti holds a MA in Geography with a concentration in Resource Management and Environmental Planning and a MBA.