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JESSICA COGAN
MILLMAN
Washington, D.C.
AFFILIATION: Deputy Director of the Smart
Growth Leadership Institute
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Smart growth, land use
and environmental planning, Smart Growth project certification and recognition,
reducing barriers to implementing Smart Growth
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE:
Prior to joining the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, Jessica served as
chief of staff for the Governor’s Office of Smart Growth in Maryland. Before
that, she was director of Program and Policy Coordination at the Maryland
Department of Planning after serving as deputy director of the Urban and
Economic Development Division (UEDD) at the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). At UEDD, Jessica helped to
develop innovative Smart Growth policies and practices. Jessica also held
positions in EPA’s Office of Water. In 1998, Jessica was elected as an Advisory
Neighborhood Commissioner in Washington, D.C. She is currently on the Planning
and Zoning Committee responsible for approving Board of Zoning Appeals cases and
Historic Preservation issues.
RESEARCH INTEREST: As a member of the
fifteen-person Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Neighborhood
Development (LEED-ND) Core Committee, Jessica is part of the team responsible
for creating criteria that will be used to certify projects that meet certain
New Urban, Smart Growth, and green building principles. The Core Committee is
composed of five people representing each sector. Based on the initial months,
it is clear that while there is agreement on some core principles, there are
significant areas of disagreement.
As a result, Jessica’s research is designed to
further the work of the Core Committee by investigating the following:
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Threshold Criteria: Should there be
prerequisites in the certification system?
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Review Existing Scorecards: The state
of the art in scorecards and certification programs is advancing rapidly. Work
by Nathan Norris needs to be thoroughly examined and used by the Core Committee.
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Lessons Learned through Awards Programs:
In addition to reviewing the state of the art in scorecards, design awards
programs should be examined for successes and failures
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Certifying Plans and Built Projects:
How can the Committee certify plans but maintain authority to de-certify?
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Project Certification: Rating System
vs. Jury Review
E-MAIL:
jmillman@smartgrowthamerica.org
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