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#Organizing Leadership

The original 'white paper' informing this work was produced more than a year ago and has been promoted by the directors of 4 UW Institutes.

Jonathan initially established contact with the most engaged donors for the initiative. 'Livable Cities' is also one of the four priority areas for the Global Health Institute, which Jonathan directs. GHI has received small gifts to pursue the development of this initiative and fund an internal (UW) grant process around Livable Cities.

During Jonathan's sabbatical, Paul has assumed a primary leadership role in guiding the discussion with donors.

Craig has been involved in some of the first larger meetings around Livable Cities, including helping to craft the initial idea. In the most recent meetings with the interested donor, he hasn't been engaged.

Mike was at the August Livable Cities meeting with David Ward. Mary Blanchard is the primary person who would be working on the initiative.

Tracey has been a consistent member of the leadership behind this initiative. She, along with Paul, have been the most important in developing the Livable Cities work in the past 3 months. She has been in direct contact with engaged donors.

Deb is primary contact between the UW (Foundation) and engaged donors. She has been actively engaged in the conversations internally, with donors, and other external partners regarding the direction and timing of the initiative. Among several important leads, Deb has fostered connections to the UW Arts Institute and local arts community to think about opportunities for Livable Cities to engage and embrace the arts.

Joel has only recently been engaged by Livable Cities leadership. He and COWS' experience and connections to political leaders and municipal administrators – as well as their perspective on urban process and change – is invaluable to the Initiative. Joel was introduced to Livable Cities through Tracey when they worked together on the EPA ACES grant proposal. Julie Snyder invited him to attend DMI Dinner in November 2014. Jason, Deb, and Julie followed up with Joel for breakfast on December 1, 2014.

John Nelson was involved in one of the first Livable Cities meetings in May 2013, and in meetings during June 2014 leading up to focused interactions with other donors. His guidance has been valuable in shaping the initiative and considering the donor perspective.

Chris was involved in one of the first Livable Cities meetings in May 2013. He is also the acting director of the Global Health Institute while Jonathan Patz is on sabbatical.

others included in the May 20, 2013 Major Gifts Interdisciplinary Themes meeting

David also attended a Livable Cities planning meeting in August 2014

#UW Faculty/Staff

Jim has done a tremendous amount of work with Madison Communities, The City, and Dane County. He is actively involved with Capital Region Sustainable Communities initiative. His document on the 'Pathways to Regional Sustainability' was commissioned as part of a $2 million HUD regional sustainability planning and implementation grant from the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities. The document outlines priorities for Madison's Capital Region. Jim is an important contact for thinking about operationalizing sustainability metrics for communities. He has studied and developed theories of change in the built and social environments of cities.

Satya and Jason have had one-on-one meetings and has been in larger meetings with Paul Robbins. She has lots of experience with local city government and many connections in Madison and Dane County. She has served on many committees for the city. Her expertise is around urban policy. She has not been involved in donor planning yet.

Jason and Eric attended school together. He has helped with writing earlier drafts on transportation. He is with the COWS team and his expertise is in transportation and planning policy. He has a number of contacts at DOTs across the country.

He is on sabbatical until fall 2015. He has been one of the most eager faculty members to sit down and discuss potential new projects to come out of Jason's connections outside the university. He has been very responsive providing narrative in planning stages for donors. He works on microgrids and energy. Giri has come to meetings with Jason and others at the city about performing experiments on city buildings, such as the Monroe Street library, discussions about using private buildings as research sites (like apartment buildings such as McGrath Properties). These research sites help building owners understand utility use. Also some discussion on developing apps on air quality, which has led to further conversations with other faculty members like Kristin Malecki.

Brian is the Faculty Director of UW's Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies (The CommNS). He and his team are very interested in helping achieve lasting improvements and changes in cites by empowering and enabling communities. I met with him and his postdoc in Dec. 2014 where we discussed drafting proposals for specific funding of his type or work for potential donors - alternatively, he could be involved with teams funding under the LC 'matching strategy'.

Steve has been contacted on multiple occasions by Jason and Tracey. Tracey approached him in December 2014 about leading the food Livable Cities group sometime in early 2015. Steve has agreed. Steve has many connections to CALS and food systems work in Milwaukee. He is a founder in the Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition.

Alfonso has been approached about Livable Cities in relation to food systems. Steve Ventura has asked Alfonso to help with write-ups. Alfonso spoke with Julie Snyder about an idea for repurposing an abandoned Green House near campus for student groups and food for campus.

She is a junior faculty member working on food and urban agriculture. She has been difficult to schedule with, but we have exchanged emails.

Teresa has been in contact with Tracey about the upcoming January 12 transportation meeting. She will likely be a key player from engineering on the initiative.

Jason spoke informally with Paul about Livable Cities in early September 2014. Tracey has also talked to Paul about working with ACI (Advance Computing Infrastructure).

Jason and Tracey have both spoken to Greg about Livable Cities. His work on energy will be directly relatable. He doesn't lead LaFollette workshops, as we previously thought.

Chris has not been contacted directly about involvement in Livable Cities, however, his projects as part of the Yahara 2070 relate to several aspects of Livable Cities. I am involved in an ancillary way with one project which examines Madison's urban heat island. The projects highlights expertise in dense urban environmental monitoring networks. We are exploring the option of expanding such work to other cities and combining this data with health endpoints.

Michael's name is consistently brought up in many discussions. He has worked in South Madison communities through a partnership with Badger Rock Neighborhood Center and the Center for Resilient Cities. Mike helped the center create and administer a neighborhood survey of social capital indicators and was also on a grant proposal to assess the local food/nutrition environment. The Department of Community & Environmental Sociology could be an important resource for Livable Cities. I do not believe he has been approached directly about Livable Cities.

Steve's expertise is in satellite monitoring and forecasting. He is a key figure in leading efforts toward 'weather-ready cities' and was included on the NSF-SRN proposal around this idea. I do not believe he has been approached directly about Livable Cities. Among the Leadership of Livable Cities, Tracey Holloway is in closest contact with Steve.

Susan is the Director of La Follette and had a meeting with Jason September 30, 2014. They were joined by Hilary Shager, Associate Director at La Follette. Susan mentioned the La Follete workshops, a graduate school requirement. Five or six students spend a semester to develop a report for a client (municipal departments, such as waste management in Milwaukee). They are always looking for new projects with real world clients each semester.

Donald is a faculty member in La Follette looking for workshop ideas. Jason was referred Jeanne Hoffman at the city of Madison. Jason and Don met on December 15, 2014 to let him know about Livable Cities.

Jamie is a frequent collaborator with Jonathan Patz and Tracey and knows about the Livable Cities initiative through them. His main interests include source specific (energy sector, transport sector) air pollution and health and economic impacts.

Post doctorate with Jonathan Patz at the Global Health Institute. She works mainly on active transportation, an interest of the donor. She is very familiar with the Livable Cities idea.

Tim was involved in a June 2014 Livable Cities meeting, but Mike Corradini seems to have taken over as primary contact from Wisconsin Energy Institute.

Harvey is a professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Department. His expertise is in land tenure and housing. Jason sat down with Harvey at the end of August 2014 to talk about Livable Cities. He has offered general guidance so far but has not been involved with the overall planning.

Our conversations with David have been mostly about getting him involved in efforts to expand Civil and Transportation engineering education at Ethiopian Universities. There are still plans for David to head over to Bahir Dar in 2015, perhaps while Jonathan is there. We have not engaged David directly in Livable Cities on campus, though he is aware of the initiative.

others invited to the Jan. 12, 2015 Transportation meeting

others invited to the Jan. 12, 2015 Energy meeting

#Non-University Contacts

  • Steve Cover - Madison Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development

Steve is the highest City contact next to the mayor. I was introduced to Steve via email by colleagues from Atlanta, where Steve was previously director of planning. Recently Ted Petith invited me to lunch with him and Steve (Dec 18, 2014). He is very interested in working on Livable Cities in Madison and is influential in assigning people at the city to work with students.

  • Katherine Cornwell - City of Madison, Director of the Planning Division

Katherine is key contact at the City. She already oversees two interns each year from URPL. She is always looking for help connecting her students to experts at the university. She and Steve Cover work closely together. If Steve isn't available, contact Katherine.

  • Jeanne Hoffman - City of Madison Engineering and Facilities, Sustainable Madison Committee

Jeanne is in charge of engineering and facilities for the city of Madison. Jason met with Jeanne on December 2, 2014 with Giri to discuss using city facilities for research. She is very interested in finding projects for students and working on Livable Cities in Madison. She often has students who work for her and frequently has then perform sustainability audits for the city, using ICLEI tool. She recommend Jason be in touch with Don Moynihan in La Follette to talk about workshop ideas. She also recommended getting in touch with Greg Harrington who is at the College of Engineering and the parks department. She also said Bernard Lesieutre at the University would also be a good contact.

Julie Snyder was introduced to Scott at the Downtown Madison, Inc. dinner (Nov. 19, 2014). Both of us met with Scott on (Dec. 3, 2014) to discuss Livable Cities. Scott is an important resource for thinking about civic computing and connections to the local IT industry as well as the city government.

  • Marcia Caton-Campbell - Executive Director of Center for Resilient Cities

Marcia is the primary contact for potential partnerships with Badger Rock Neighborhood Center. The Center is located in South Madison in an energy efficient building which also houses the Center for Resilient Cities and Badger Rock Middle School. We've discussed partnerships around food, energy, transport, health, art, and more with Marcia and the Center. Marcia has worked with others on campus including Steve Ventura and Mike Bell. Most recently I've communicated with Marcia regarding her involvement with a Baldwin Grant idea around food security in South Madison and the potential for a NIEHS Center grant examining chronic environmental exposures and educational outcomes (with Kristen Malecki - UW Faculty).

Beth is the Assistant Director of Community-based Learning at the Morgridge Center. She is directly involved with a new community space in the former Villager Mall in south Madison. Programming for the space is still being determined and it is ready for community engagement projects in south Madison. Jason and Beth met on December 5. Beth works with Karen Crossley and Kathy Cramer. Karen and Kathy will meet with Deb, Jason, and Julie on January 27.

  • Ted Petith - Independent Contractor through City, strong Freiburg connection, involved in 800 E. Wash development

Ted is an independent city consultant and he has expertise on green buildings. He has led delegations from Madison to Freiburg and fostered that sister city connection. He has been important for making other connections around Dane County and is involved with the Galaxy development 1800 East Washington. We've discussed the possibility of space in that building once it is built as well as opportunities for students to study that development. He had talked to Craig Benson on similar opportunities. He is very interested in Livable Cities as a way to capitalize Madison's connection to Freiburg and learning from that exchange.

Jason and Steve have met on several occasions. Jim LaGro works closely with Steve. Steven's organization could be an important partner on many Livable Cities projects in Dane Co.

  • Mike Metzger

We met Mike at the DMI dinner. Julie Snyder and Jason met him on December 3. He is the Director of Property Management at McGrath Property Group and is interested in building projects around parking, energy behavior, and more. They have a new development on East Washington that could be a potential study site.

  • Karl Van Lith

Karl is at the city of Madison, Division of Planning and a member of the Sustainable Madison committee. Jason met with Karl on October 31, 2014 with Steve Steinhoff and Bryant Moroder and Katherine Cornwell.

  • Bryant Moroder

Bryant is the former executive director of Sustain Dane and is now involved with several "green" redevelopment projects around Madison. He is highly networked in Madison, especially in circles useful to Livable Cities. Partnering with Baum Development. Jason and he have spoken mainly about potential space for a studio in the Madison Green Exchange. Baum may also redevelop the Garver Feed Mill site, which offers potential for Livable Cities projects around food, energy, transportation, water and others.

Jessie and Sustain Dane are planning to occupy some of the space in the new Galaxy Building at 800 E. Washington. I was put in touch with her by Ted Petith.

Lisa was referred to me after Maggie Grabow was introduced to her in