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Conversations with infrastructure experts and stakeholders from around the U.S.

Guest on The Infra Blog: Serafin Fernandez, New National President, National Board of Directors, The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
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Serafin Fernandez, LEED® AP, Senior Project Manager for Harris & Associates recently became the newly elected President of the National Board of Directors of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). During his two-year term, Fernandez will work with other board members to develop a strategic plan and move the organization forward in its mission […]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Deputy Director, The Partnership for Working Families

Thursday, July 14th, 2011
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Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel is the Deputy Director of The Partnership for Working Families. She has deep roots in accountable development work, having served as a founding co-chair and primary staff lead for the Good Jobs & Livable Neighborhoods coalition in Milwaukee while a coordinator of the Working Families Project at the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Nicholas Santero, Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Nicholas Santero is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research uses life-cycle assessment (LCA) to improve the sustainability of engineered systems. At MIT, Dr. Santero is part of a team that is working to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and pavements using cost-effective approaches. He has a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. from the University of California, Davis, all in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer in California.

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Adolfo Carrión, HUD Regional Administrator, Announces “Sustainable Communities” Initiative

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Adolfo Carrión, HUD Regional Administrator, announced the “New York-Connecticut Sustainable Communities” initiative at Regional Plan Association’s 21st annual Regional Assembly, “Innovation and the Global City,” on April 15th in New York City. Steven C.F. Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA, spoke with Mr. Carrión and Joel Ettinger, Executive Director, NYMTC, at the event.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jay Walder, Chairman & CEO, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Jay H. Walder joined the MTA as chairman and chief executive officer on October 5, 2009. In his first year in charge of the country’s largest public transportation system, Walder has overseen an agenda of change that included the most aggressive cost-cutting initiative in the history of the MTA and numerous customer improvements.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Governor Dannel Malloy, Connecticut

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
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Governor Malloy was Stamford’s longest serving Mayor, serving for 14 years from 1995 to 2009. Under his leadership, Stamford underwent a drastic transformation and became one of the country’s top ten most livable cities, according to Forbes magazine…On November 2, 2010, Dannel P. Malloy was elected the 88th Governor of the State of Connecticut and the first governor to have been elected under the state’s clean elections program.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: David C. Chavern, Executive Vice President & COO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
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David C. Chavern is executive vice president and chief operating officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He serves as chair of the Chamber’s Management Committee and is responsible for day-to-day operations as well as long-term planning. This includes responsibility for a range of policy, financial, administrative, and legal operations. Chavern also oversees several revenue operations, including corporate partnerships and small business outreach and membership.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Hon. Steve Israel, U.S. Congressman, Long Island

Monday, April 4th, 2011
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Steven C.F. Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA, spoke with Hon. Steve Israel at Banking on the Future, a conference presented by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, in cooperation with Bernard L. Schwartz, Congressman Steve Israel and the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute. The event took place on March 14th, at the William and Anita […]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
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Steven C.F. Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA, spoke with Hon. Scott M. Stringer at Banking on the Future, a conference presented by the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, in cooperation with Bernard L. Schwartz, Congressman Steve Israel and the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute. The event took place on March 14th, at the William and Anita Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, City University of New York.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Maya Wiley, Director, Center for Social Inclusion

Monday, March 28th, 2011
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Maya Wiley is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Social Inclusion…She was a contributing author to the National Urban League’s 2006 State of Black America, and authored a chapter on Race, Equity and Land Use Planning in Columbia, South Carolina recently published in Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice and Regional Equity, R. Bullard, ed. The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA (2007). She was named a NY Moves magazine 2009 Power Woman.

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