Best Practices Advisory Committee

Modeling Collaboration and Innovation

We have invited experts from across the country to push us to think beyond the boundaries of standard design and operating procedures. They bring knowledge from different disciplines to ensure we are incorporating best practices and using state of the art approaches.

65 national experts representing 50 different organizations have given their time to support the creation of a thriving and healthy Medical District for the 21st Century.

Education & Research Experts

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Dr. Timothy Beatley

Professor of Sustainable Communities | University of Virginia

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Samantha Bradley

Cool Schools Manager | Texas Trees Foundation

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Dr. Wayne Cascio, MD

Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment | Environmental Protection Agency

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Lori Delacruz Lewis

Sustainability Education Coordinator | Dallas College

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Dr. Geoffrey Donovan

Research Forester | USDA Forest Service

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Donald Gatzke

Professor of Architecture | University of Texas at Arlington

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Dr. Abdulrahman Habid

Deputy Research Director | National Center for Artificial Intelligence at SDAIA

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Dr. Michelle Kondo

Research Social Scientist | USDA Forest Service

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Dr. Chanam Lee

Professor, Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning | Texas A&M University

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Dr. Adrian Parr

Dean, College of Design | University of Oregon

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Terri Scannell

Director of Social Responsibility and Community Benefit | Vizient

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Dr. Shannon Van Zandt

Professor & Executive Associate Dean, College of Architecture | Texas A&M University

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Dr. Cavin Ward-Caviness

Principal Investigator | Environmental Protection Agency

Environment Experts

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Dr. Richard Baldauf

Senior Research Engineer | Environmental Protection Agency

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Dr. Robert Brown

Professor, Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning | Texas A&M University

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Michael Carleton

Senior Project Manager | Arredondo, Zepeda & Brunz

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Dr. Fouad Jaber

Professor & Extension Specialist | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

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Dr. Kathy Jack

Director, Dallas Healthy Cities Program | The Nature Conservancy

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David Marquis

Consultant, Author & Activist

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Rachel McGregor

Urban Forestry Manager | Texas Trees Foundation

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Gretchen Riley

Urban & Community Forestry State Coordinator | Texas A&M Forest Service

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Dr. Aaron Roberts

Director, Advanced Environmental Research Institute | University of North Texas

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Matt Weaver

Whitacre Presidential Fellow , Land-use Planning, Management, & Design | Texas Tech University

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Paul Westbrook

President | RE:source

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Chariss York

Extension Program Director , Texas Community Watershed Partners | Texas AgriLife Extension

Arts & Humanities Experts

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Dr. Larry Allums

Executive Director Emeritus | Dallas Institute of Humanities

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DP Ayyappan

Owner & Principal | dP(A) Acoustics, Inc.

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Linda Blase

Adjunct Instructor, Meadows School of the Arts | Southern Methodist University

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Adriane Bulthuis

Former Public Programs Manager | Perot Museum of Nature and Science

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Courtney Crothers

Art Curator | UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Jill Magnuson

Director of External Affairs | Nasher Sculpture Center

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David Preziosi

Executive Director | Texas Historical Foundation

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Tamara Wootton Forsyth

Marcus-Rose Family Deputy Director | Dallas Museum of Art

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Dr. Jessie Zarazaga

Director, Sustainability & Development Program | Southern Methodist University

Economic Development Experts

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Dustin Bullard

Executive Vice President, Economic Development & Place | Downtown Dallas, Inc.

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Craig Davis

President & CEO | VisitDallas

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Lauren Fasic

Managing Partner | Delineator

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Eric Griffin

Managing Director, Research & Innovation | Dallas Regional Chamber

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Tipton Housewright

Principal | OMNIPLAN

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Brian Keith

Director, Urban Design & Planning | JHP

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Conners Ladner

Principal Landscape Architect | Design Workshop

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Lara Moffat

Business Development | Landscape Forms

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Dr. Daniel Oney

Director, Texas Real Estate Research Center

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Ann Podeszwa

Landscape Designer | Consulting Landscape Designer

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Carlton Schwab

President & CEO | Texas Economic Development Council

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Larry Speck

Architect & Professor | Page Southerland Page & University of Texas at Austin

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Vince Tam

Senior Planner | HNTB

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Steven Upchurch

Managing Director & Principal | Gensler

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Matt Shields

President | Shields Capital Group

Operations Experts

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Dr. Bruce Brown

Associate Vice President, Safety and Business Continuity | UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Jessica Burnham

Director, Masters of Arts in Design & Innovation | Southern Methodist University

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Reginald Christian

Director of Security | Children’s Health

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Michael Hellman

Retired Director | Parks Department of Sacramento, California

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Kevin Oden

Interim Director, Office of Homeless Solutions | City of Dallas

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Captain Richard Roebuck

Captain of Operations | Dallas County Hospital District Police Department

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Jennifer Sanders

Executive Director and Co-Founder | Dallas Innovation Alliance

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Lieutenant Wendi Laake

Lieutenant, Northwest Patrol Division | Dallas Police Department

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Major Catrina Shead

Assistant Chief of Police | Dallas Police Department

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Chief Marlin Suell

Chief of Police | Dallas County Hospital District Police Department

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Willis Winters

Retired Director, Department of Parks & Recreation | City of Dallas

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Kevin L. Dilliard, DLS

Assistant Director of Maintenance & Grounds Landscape | Southern Methodist University

Transportation & Mobility Experts

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Andrew Ittigson

Deputy Project Manager, Automated Bus Consortium | AECOM

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Alisyn Malek

CEO & Founder | Middle Third Co.

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Dr. Theresa Pohlkamp

Regeneron and Bike Enthusiast | UT Southwestern Medical Center

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