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Lydia Kennard, Mercedes Márquez, Jovana Lara,
Barbara Busse, and Pat Means featured at “Women
Who Shape Leadership” program.
On May 15 the initial ULI Infrastructure drop-in program was held at the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce concurrent with the release of the ULI publication “Infrastructure 2008: A Competitive
Advantage.” On May 22, a program on leadership was held at the Center for Democracy in relationship to
ULI Life Trustee Buzz McCoy’s new book “Living Into Leadership: A Journey in Ethics.” On April 28 a
program on women in leadership was held at Loyola Marymount University titled “Women Who Shape
Leadership in Los Angeles.” On May 1, Rand Corporation hosted a ULI LA program on “Surviving in
Uncertain Times” which was led by ULI Life Trustee Stan Ross. The Rand Corporation headquarters is
a recipient of the 2006 ULI Award for Excellence and is also a LEED Gold building. The ULI LA YLG
conducted an educational forum at SPF:a on the important topic of “Green Development.” Early in the
fiscal year on July 19, ULI LA held a successful program at Paul Hastings on “Do Real Planning” that
featured the City of LA Planning Commission and Planning Director Gail Goldberg. This program was
followed less than a week later with the Annual My ULI Night at the Wells Fargo Center in downtown LA
that attracted over 300 attendees for this thank-you and membership recruitment event. On November 28
the Annual ULI Emerging Trends conference took place at the Center for Democracy. On January 31 the
ULI LA YLG held a successful program on ‘Playa Vista’ which was attended by over 300 people.
During the course of the fiscal year, ULI LA was a co-sponsor or cooperating organization for
UCLA’s Sustainability Summit; the Los Angeles Business Council Mayoral Housing Summit;
the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Summit; the GreenXchange
Conference; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ‘Nuts & Bolts’ seminar on brownfields
development; and the USC Real Estate Law and Business Symposium.
ULI LA also participated in the planning committee for the Annual ULI Reinventing Retail Conference
that took place in February. In addition, ULI LA assisted the ULI West Region Office (WRO) with a
tour of Australian real estate developers that took place in June. ULI LA continued its key role with
other California District Councils in the California 2020 project. ULI LA also served as the host District
Council along with ULI WRO for the September Infrastructure Summit. ULI LA was also represented at
the ULI WRO Workforce and Affordable Housing Summit in Boulder, Colorado in April.
(Image 1) Stan Ross, Wayne Ratkovich, Jonathan Epstein and William Kame present at the “Surviving and Growing in a Down Market” Event. (Images 2 & 3) ULI members
at a YLG event. (Image 4) Infrastructure Program featuring Maureen McAvey.
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Under the able leadership of ULI LA Programs Chair David
Waite, Partner in the Law Firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler &
Marmaro, LLP, conducted a series of successful programs
this fiscal year. These programs included ones with a
focus on Infrastructure, Sustainability and Workforce and
Affordable Housing.