JOSH BROWER - Commission Chair
Partner, Tupper Mack Brower PLLC; land use and real estate law attorney focusing on complex project permitting, growth management, comprehensive planning and renewable energy. Community activities include ElderHealth Northwest, Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center and Leadership Tomorrow. (Beacon Hill)

LESLIE MILLER- Vice-Chair
Partner, Girl Friday Productions; Experience in community organizing and outreach, specifically related to growth, equitable development, and transportation. President of Southeast District Council from 2005-present. (Seward Park)

LINDA AMATO
ICF Jones & Stokes; extensive professional and volunteer experience in multi-modal transportation planning and environmental analysis. Strong background in economic development, historic preservation, and community design. (Haller Lake)

CATHERINE BENOTTO
Principal, Weber Thompson; passionate about creating sustainable communities, combining expertise in urban design, architecture and landscape architecture; formerly served as Chair for the West Seattle Design Review Board. (West Seattle)

DAVID CUTLER
Associate, GGLO; experience with residential, institutional, and mixed-use architecture efforts; specializes in urban design projects that include rapid transit components, public-private partnerships, form-based codes and alternative funding sources such as HOPE VI. (Capitol Hill)

JERRY FINROW
Professor of Architecture, UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning; provides a valuable mix of academic and research experience focused on community development, on the redevelopment of brownfields sites, and on planning, design and development of housing. (Eastlake)

CHRIS FIORI
Associate Project Manager, Heartland; experience in real estate valuation, public-private developments, affordable housing policy and finance, and public transit planning. (Uptown)

COLIE HOUGH-BECK - LUT Co-Chair
President/Owner, Hough Beck & Baird Inc; expertise in land use, development, urban design and landscape architecture. Formerly served on the Seattle Review Board and has a passionate commitment to sustainability and livable communities. (South Lake Union)

MARK S. JOHNSON - HNUC Co-Chair
Environmental Planner, ESA Adolfson; experience in land use and environmental regulation, natural resource planning, and community organizing and outreach. Expert on Seattle's land use code and policies. Chaired Team Wallingford's neighborhood planning effort. (Central Area)

MARTIN HENRY KAPLAN
Principal, Martin Henry Kaplan, Architects AIA; expertise in architecture, real estate, and community development in Seattle. Active in neighborhood planning issues. Served on Historical Commission and several non-profit and community boards. (Queen Anne)

KAY KNAPTON
Consultant; experience in land use planning, community and economic development and program evaluation. Specializing in creating vibrant neighborhood business districts and providing small business assistance culminating in lively community activity centers. (Queen Anne)

AMALIA LEIGHTON - HNUC Co-Chair
Civil Engineer, SvR Design Company; experience in infrastructure, transportation, environmental planning and design and environmental permitting. Interested in affordable, livable communities that include housing variety, open space, green infrastructure, and transportation options. (Wallingford)

KEVIN McDONALD - LUT Co-Chair
Senior Transportation Planner, City of Bellevue;
A diverse professional background includes land use
and transportation planning, environmental
sustainability, and forest management. (Capitol Hill)

CHRISTOPHER PERSONS
Director, Capitol Hill Housing; experience in affordable housing, community development and organizing, and homeless services. Current Chair Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce and board member of the Housing Development Consortium. (Rainier Beach)

MATT ROEWE
Design Director, Via Architecture; experience in transit rich mixed-use developments and station area urban design and planning. Involved with many civic and community organizations including the Seattle Great City Initiative and the Seattle Streetcar Alliance. Former Chair of the Queen Anne/South Lake Union Design Review Board. (Queen Anne)

MICHELLE ZEIDMAN
Get Engaged Member, Graduate Student, Public Affairs and Urban Planning, UW; experience in land use and transportation policy including growth management, community economic development, and regional and neighborhood planning. Interested in sustainable urban development that benefits all people. (North Green Lake)