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
Bio: Lesley is an architect and urban designer and a Principal at Weinstein A|U in Seattle.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, Master of Architecture; Yale University, BA, urban planning
Key Publications: Living Streets: Strategies for Crafting Public Space, John Wiley and Sons, 2012
Other Publications: City of Seattle Citywide Design Guidelines, consultant to City of Seattle; Transit-Friendly Design Guidelines, consultant to City of Seattle and King County Metro
Past Assignments: Land8 Webinar, September 2012; Pro-walk Pro-bike Conference, Long Beach CA, September 2012; Living Futures Conference 2012 Portland OR 2012 Government Confluence, Portland OR 2011 Pacific Regional Conference, Society for College and University Planning, Seattle Sustainable Cities Design Academy, Philadelphia PA, 2011 Railvolution 2010, Portland OR
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