Program - Society of Architectural Historians

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/ Historic Preservation Seminar • wednesday \
Burney Johnson, Deputy Director, Michigan State
Housing Development Authority
As deputy director of the Michigan State Housing
Development Authority (MSHDA), Burney Johnson leads a variety of
initiatives that drive the implementation of the agency’s mission to create
and preserve affordable housing in Michigan. Johnson has been
involved in urban planning and public service for more than twenty
years. Before joining MSHDA, she was the deputy director responsible
for planning activities for the City of Detroit Planning and Development
Department. She also has held a number of planning positions in California.
Johnson is active with a number of professional, community,
and civic groups, including the American Institute of Certified Planners.
A native of Detroit, Johnson and holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology
from Fisk University and a master’s degree in urban planning from
Wayne State University.
Scott Lowell, Developer and Entrepreneur
Scott Lowell is the president of Traffic Jam and Snug of
Michigan, Inc, a Midtown Detroit landmark restaurant for more than
thirty-five years. He is also president of Pied A Terre, Inc., a real estate
investment, holding, and operating company that is entirely focused on
the revival of the midtown area in which it operates; and a partner in
the Bronx Bar, LLC as well as Cliff Bells, two landmarks located in the
city of Detroit. Lowell holds a B.A. in finance from Wayne State University.
He is the past chairman of North Cass Community Union, a local
community organization that is best known for producing Dally in the
Alley, one of Detroit’s most well-known street fairs. Lowell also chairs
the Midtown Alliance, a civic group of residents and business leaders
involved in local issues of importance to residents, and is currently on
the board of Midtown Detroit, Inc. He was recently appointed to the
board of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network and serves as the
network’s public policy co-chair.
Susan T. Mosey, President, Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Susan T. Mosey has been the president of Midtown
Detroit, Inc. (formerly known as the University Cultural Center association)
in Detroit for twenty-four years. This nonprofit organization
is responsible for community development, marketing, public space
maintenance, security services, real estate and small business development,
and arts programming within Detroit’s University Cultural
Center and New Center districts—an area now known as Midtown.
Prior to joining the University Cultural Center Association in 1987,
Mosey was the executive director of the Ypsilanti Downtown Development
Authority and a commercial development manager/community
organizer for the Michigan Avenue Community Organization in Detroit.
She is a graduate of Wayne State University with a degree in urban
planning.
Laura J. Trudeau, Senior Program Director,
The Kresge Foundation
Laura Trudeau leads the Kresge Foundation’s Detroit
Program and Community Development Team and is a member of the
Foundation’s Management Team. Prior to joining Kresge in 2001, she
was employed by Bank One and its Detroit predecessor, NBD Bank,