Recognitions:

1989 "Sertoman of the Year" - The Sertoma Club of Tampa

1988-1993 SERVE (School Enrichment Resource Volunteers in Education) "Certificates of Gratitude"

1996 "The Star of Loyalty" - Paralyzed Veterans of America

1996 "Certificate of Appreciation" - United Handicap Assembled Products

1998 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

1999 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Girl Scout Troop 1165

1999 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Sierra Club of Tampa Bay

2000 Nominated for "Moral Courage Award" for Hillsborough County

2000 "Gala 2000 Special Community Award" - Sierra Club of Tampa Bay

2000 "Oak Leaf Award" - Florida Chapter Sierra Club

2000 "Certificate of Gratitude" - Tampa/Hillsborough Census Count

2001 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Hillsborough County League of Women Voters

2001 "Community Design Award of Excellence" - Planning Commission (Lutz Train Depot)

2001 "Lutz Elementary Business Partner of the Year" - Lutz Elementary School (Lutz Civic Assoc.)

2001 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Florida Chapter of American Planning Association

2001 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Crestwood Elementary School

2001 "Certificate of Appreciation" - Lutz Nature Park

2003 Nominated for "Women of Distinction" Award – BPW/Tampa

2003 Certificate of Recognition from Hillsborough County BOCC for service on the Water Conservation Committee

2004 American Delegate to the 11^th International Handbell Ringing Symposium, Toronto, Canada, Bells of St. Mary’s, St. Mary Catholic Church

2005 Certificate of Service from University of Florida, Public Policy Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Service

KEN HEATHERINGTON, AICP, Planning Director, Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council

As Planning Director, Mr. Heatherington assists the Executive Director; David Burr in all aspects of managing the Regional Planning Council, as such, Ken serves as an advocate for the region and as professional staff manager for the Council. His responsibilities include directing programs and services of the council, such as staff development, grant writing, personnel management, fiscal allocation, strategic planning and community relations. Mr. Heatherington has over thirty years planning and leadership experience including team development, contract management and project implementation. Mr. Heatherington also serves as principal transportation planner responsible for overseeing regional transportation coordination and reviewing large-scale development transportation impacts. Mr. Heatherington holds a Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Public Science in Public Administration and Urban Affairs from the University of North Florida. His experience relates to metropolitan and regional efforts to promote intergovernmental coordination and the creation of multi-purpose information systems.

 

Prior to his position with the Planning Council, Mr. Heatherington served as the Program Manager for the Naples-Collier County Metropolitan Planning Organization and prior to the MPO served for eleven years as the Transportation Program Manager for the Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council. He has also worked for other planning organizations in Florida and overseas. Mr. Heatherington worked as a planner for the Development Management Division of the Broward County Office of Planning, as a planner with the City of Jacksonville Metropolitan Planning Organization, and as a Peace Corp Volunteer in the Philippines.

 

Mr. Heatherington has served as a representative to the Growth Management Data Coordinating Council, a state advisory body created in 1985 by the Florida Legislature to coordinate sharing of data and information required to respond to growth management issues in Florida. Ken is past-president of the Northeast Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and has served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Chapter of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). Mr. Heatherington is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

 

Session VII, July 27, 2005

 

David E. Cardwell

 

 

David E. Cardwell is experienced in local government and administrative law. His primary area of practice is public law with an emphasis on local government, infrastructure, public facilities, sports facilities, redevelopment and election law.  Mr. Cardwell is recognized by The Florida Bar as a Board Certified in the area of City, County, and Local Government Law.

He is recognized throughout the State of Florida and nationally in the area of redevelopment and tax increment financing and has been involved in many real estate redevelopment projects, including planning, development agreements and financing. He has also been actively involved in the development of public facilities and sports facilities such as stadiums and arenas, including facility development, lease negotiations with sports teams and financing.

Mr. Cardwell served as City Attorney for Lakeland, Florida, where he was responsible for drafting land development codes and ordinances, including implementation of the city's comprehensive plan and redevelopment plan. He also represented the city's Utilities Department in environmental, regulatory, and financing matters regarding its electric and water systems. Before becoming City Attorney, Mr. Cardwell was a staff director of the Florida House of Representatives and served as state elections director and legal counsel to the Department of State, where he participated in the initial administration of several new laws including the Administrative Procedure Act, the Election Code, and the General Corporation Act. Prior to joining state government, he was a litigation attorney with a law firm in Orlando.

Mr. Cardwell has written on the subjects of ethics and elections law, redevelopment and sports facilities development and lease negotiations. His book, Ethics and Elections: The Law in Florida was published by The Harrison Co., and he co-authored an article with Harold Bucholtz entitled "Tax Increment Financing in Florida," which appeared in the Stetson Law Review.  He has spoken at numerous state and national seminars and conferences on redevelopment, sports facilities and election law.

During the 2000 Presidential Election, Mr. Cardwell served as an election law analyst on CNN.  He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law where he has taught a course on Election Law.

Mr. Cardwell has served for many years as General Counsel to the Florida Redevelopment Association, whose members include community redevelopment agencies, cities, counties and persons involved in community redevelopment.    He also served as that Association's first Executive Director.

He also is a founder and the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Florida Grapefruit League Association, which consists of the spring training venues and Major League Baseball teams that conduct spring training in Florida.  Mr. Cardwell is currently an adjunct professor in the Graduate Sports Business Program at the University of Central Florida.

Mr. Cardwell is a recipient of the Ralph Marisicano Award from The Florida Bar for excellence in local government law.  He also received the Outstanding Ethics Attorney from The Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Law Section.

 

DEBORAH L. MARTOHUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAYES & Martohue, P.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah Martohue is currently a shareholder in Hayes & Martohue, P.A. concentrating in land use, zoning and appellate law.  Previously, Ms. Martohue practiced land use, zoning and appellate law as a senior associate with Bercow & Radell, P.A. in Miami-Dade County . Prior to her affiliation with Bercow & Radell, she was an associate with the Orlando office of Broad & Cassel in their real estate practice group. Ms. Martohue began her practice in land use, zoning and real estate law as an associate with Simmons, Hart and Sheehe in Ocala .  She served as a staff attorney for one year with 10th Judicial Circuit in Bartow, Florida , after graduation from UF College of Law.

Ms. Martohue has nine years of legal experience and five years of planning experience representing homeowners, landowners, wireless service providers, institutional clients, a statewide manufacturers' association, and corporate clients in connection with land use permitting matters in the areas of zoning approvals, amendments to the local government comprehensive plan, development of regional impact review, growth management, concurrency, vested rights, due diligence reviews with respect to land use and zoning issues, code enforcement proceedings, and related appellate litigation in all levels of state court and recently appeared before the Supreme Court of Florida.  She has represented clients in Broward, Collier, Flagler, Lee, Hillsborough, Marion, Miami-Dade, Orange, Pinellas, Palm Beach and Sarasota Counties .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Martohue graduated from the University of Florida College of Architecture (Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, 3.87/4.0 GPA, high honors, 1987) and the University of Florida College of Law (J.D.,3.27/4.0 GPA, Honors, 1995) where she was a member of both the Environmental Moot court team and the International Moot Court team.  She was a member of Phi Delta Phi serving as its vice president (1994) and president  (1995) and later named Phi Delta Phi's Florida Law Graduate of the Year in 1996.  She obtained her Landscape Architect's License in 1991 and became a member of the American Institute of Certified Pl anne rs in 1998.  Ms. Martohue was a member of the City of Ocala Advisory Committee for a wireless communications Ordinance as a citizen representative in 1997-98.  She also served as a member of the Miami-Dade Legislative Committee as well as the Planning, Zoning and Growth Management Subcommittee of the Builders Association of South Florida (“BASF”) in 1999-2001.  During her tenure as a member of BASF, she actively participated in the Miami-Dade County Zoning Code rewrite and Florida Home Builders school concurrency lobbying efforts in the Spring 2001 Florida Legislative session. Recently, Ms. Martohue participated in legislative drafting efforts in the Spring 2004 Legislative Session as a member of the Florida Telecommunications Industry Association drafting subcommittee. She graduated from the Saint Petersburg Council of Neighborhoods Association (CONA) program in May 2003 and participated as Co-Chair of a citizen Advisory Committee in 2003 assisting in the re-write of the City of Saint Petersburg Land Development Regulations . Ms. Martohue is a member of the Environmental and Land Use Law as well as the Appellate Practice Sections of the Florida Bar, the Saint Petersburg Bar Association, Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and volunteered as a Committee Chairwoman of the Grand Central District in 2001-2003, St. Petersburg, Florida , a designated Florida Mainstreet Community.  Her service to the Florida Bar includes two years as Secretary of the Student Education and Admissions to the Bar Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Martohue was elected in March 2004 and is currently serving a two-year term as City Commissioner, St. Pete Beach, Florida. She was recently elected Vice Mayor of St. Pete Beach. Deborah is currently serving a two year term on the Pinellas Planning Commission and was recently appointed to the 2025 Florida Transportation Steering Committee.

 

WIGHT GREGER is a Senior Technical Advisor for the Florida Housing Coalition. Ms. Greger currently serves as program manager for the delivery of technical assistance services under numerous programs, including the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s Predevelopment Loan Program, The Florida Community Development Initiative and Washington Mutual Foundation and Wachovia Bank’s technical assistance initiatives, as well as cultivates contractual relationships with new partnerships. Her responsibilities include providing direct technical assistance both on-site and by telephone to local governments, local nonprofits, and other community partners under the Affordable Housing Catalyst Program; the development, design and delivery of statewide workshops on a variety of affordable housing topics; and providing management support and oversight of the activities of other Technical Assistance staff. Ms. Greger has a strong background in public policy development, affordable housing development, organizational development and implementation of all aspects of affordable housing programs. During the past 14 years, Ms. Greger has assisted local governments and non-profit housing developers with program design to respond to community needs, leveraging public and private financing for both homeownership and rental projects, marketing and implementation strategies, and assessing project feasibility. Ms. Greger has a broad working knowledge of the state’s affordable housing programs, including SHIP, CDBG, HOME, and the Predevelopment Loan programs, and has worked extensively in the field to assist with evaluating management capacity, resolving program implementation issues, and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. Ms. Greger is currently serving as lead staff to the newly formed Florida Community Land Trust Institute, and has been providing technical assistance to organizations and local governments on vehicles to promote long-term affordability, including Community Land Trusts and Inclusionary Zoning.  Ms. Greger is a long time resident of Jacksonville, Florida, and is a graduate of the University of North Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in political science and public administration.
Email: greger@flhousing.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria M. Sajgo AICP
Principal Planner
Lee County Planning Division

Gloria has 18 years of experience in the planning profession in local government.  This experience includes comprehensive land use planning, affordable housing and historic preservation.   Where feasible she has worked to merge affordable housing efforts with historic preservation activities.

Her affordable housing experience includes administering the Lee County SHIP (State Housing Initiatives Partnership) Program; this is a $2.0 million affordable housing program which provides down-payment assistance and grant awards to non-profit housing providers throughout Lee County. This is only program in the state which incorporates universal design components to provide barrier free access to occupants. 

Currently she is working to establish a Community Land Trust and coordinating to with employers to encourage the establishment of employer assisted workforce housing.   

Education

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Master of Public Administration 1982,

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism/Spanish 1977

 

COREY MATHEWS

 

Corey Mathews is the Executive Director of the Florida Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, a position he has been proud to serve in since October of 2000.  Seasoned by years of association leadership and experience in the Executive Office of the Governor, Corey provides a profound perspective on association communication and strategy.   Corey worked closely with the FAHRO Board, volunteers, and governmental consultant to craft and execute a strategy to help the organization realize the changes to Chapter 421 that the industry has wanted for more than a decade.

 

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Florida, a Master's degree in Public Administration from Florida State University, is a graduate of the Tallahassee Society of Association Executives' Program for Association Leadership, and recently received his professional designation as a Certified Association Executive (CAE).

RICHARD J. LOGAN, AIA

MPA Architects, Inc. – President

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

·         1979 – Bachelor Design in Architecture, University of Florida

 

ARCHITECTURAL LICENSING:

 

·         1985 – New York

·         1989 – Florida

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: 

 

·         AIA since1991

·         Florida Architects Political Action Committee, Palm Beach Member, 1999 - Present

·         Florida Educational Facilities Planners’ Association

 

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:

 

·         AIA Palm Beach

o        John B. Stetson Award - Service to the Chapter – 1998

o        Hilliard T. Smith Award - Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Community – 2002

o        Gold Medal Award – 2003

 

AIA SERVICE:

 

·         Palm Beach Chapter AIA  - President 1997

·         The Florida Association of AIA

o        Director 1998 - Present

o        Educational Facilities Task Force, 2003

o        Chairman - Mandatory CA Task Force 2005

·         Joint Government Affairs Committee – Palm Beach AIA, South Florida AGC – 1993-Present

·         AIA Palm Beach Golf Tournament Chairman – 2001 - Present

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:                

     

·         Construction Industry Licensing Board, Palm Beach County, 1992-1998, Chairman, 1998

·         Village of Wellington

o        Architectural Review Board - Chairman, 1998-present

o        Code Enforcement Board - Member, 1996-1999

·         Kiwanis Club West Palm Beach

o        Member, 1990-Present; Board Member 1992-1997,

o        Foundation Board 1994-1992, Secretary 1996-1992

 

OTHER:         

     

·         State of Florida, Governor=s Task Force Educational Facilities - 1992-1994

·         Bilingual – English, Spanish

 

 

STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY:

 

With over 25 years of design experience, most of which is in Public Architecture in Palm Beach County, Florida, I understand the rigors of running a medium sized Architectural firm having been the principal partner and President of MPA Architects since 1992.

 

Since becoming a member of AIA I have dedicated myself toward the advancement of the profession at both the Chapter and the State Association levels by spearheading efforts in political effectiveness and public awareness. Most recently I helped lead an effort by AIA Palm Beach to overturn a highly punitive policy for Errors and Omissions by the local School District.

 

As Vice President I hope to further the mission of the State Association to unite, educate and position architects to lead the shaping of Florida's future. Public Awareness of our profession can only be realized through continuing efforts at the State level that put Architects at the forefront of visualizing the built environment of the communities that we live in. With a fellow AIA  Architect at the helm of the Department of Community Affairs we have a unique opportunity toward advancing these goals.

 

STEVEN L. CHITWOOD

 

Owner/Broker

Realty Showcase, REALTORS

Winter Park, Florida  32789

407-647-9932

 

Mr. Chitwood is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Real Estate Administration.  After graduation he remained at IU to teach real estate and as Asst. Director of Campus Development.  After leaving IU he served as Vice President of Corporation “R” in Dallas, Texas and then served as Coordinator for Dealership Real Estate with Ford Motor Company  in Dearborn, Michigan.

 

He came to Orlando in 1973 and has been active in the real estate market in the development of over 10,000 home sites in the Central Florida area.  Later he acquired the first Prudential Real Estate franchise in Orlando and expanded the firm to 160 sales associates.  After the sale of that firm, he served as Vice President and Executive Director of Housing and neighborhood Development Services of Central Florida, Inc. (HANDS), a non-profit specializing in affordable housing and was instrumental in the acquisition and development of over 1,100 affordable rental apartments.

 

He currently serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for the Orlando Regional Realtor Association and is the founder of “Art in and is a consultant in affordable housing issuesArchitecture”, an affordable housing program of the ORRA.  Additionally, he operates two local real estate firms and is a consultant in affordable housing issues.

 

Session VIII, August 3, 2005

 

JILL SCHWARTZ

Jill Schwartz is the director of marketing and communications for American Farmland Trust. In her position, Schwartz helps disseminate information about AFT’s key programs and policies to communities nationwide.

 

Schwartz has worked at AFT since 1994. In this time, she has helped communities throughout the country raise awareness about the value of agricultural land and create strategies for making farming and ranching economically viable and environmentally sustainable. In the late 1990s, she worked exclusively in the Mid-Atlantic, where she helped create Maryland’s Rural Legacy program and first strategic farmland map, served on the Pennsylvania Governor’s 21^st Century Environment Commission, and made presentations at numerous local, state and national conferences.

 

Before coming to AFT, Schwartz worked for eight years as a newspaper reporter and editor in Louisiana, California and Pennsylvania. She has a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a master of science degree from Antioch New England Graduate School.

 

Chuck Littlejohn began to blend his industrial, systems and environmental engineering expertise with governmental and regulatory affairs in 1975, when he directed the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation's legislative activities relating to water resource programs.  Following his representation of the Secretary on matters such as department policy, legislative initiatives, rule development and interagency coordination, Chuck formed his own governmental affairs consulting organization in 1982.  Since that time, he has provided environmental and governmental consulting services to industrial and trade associations, public interest organizations, governmental entities and private corporations. 

 

At the present time, Chuck serves as governmental relations and environmental consultant for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Engineering Society, Florida Land Council and Florida Ports Council.  Chuck also designs and annually produces the Environmental Permitting Short Course (1985-2005), Environmental Permitting Summer School (1987-2005), Growth Manage­ment Short Course (1990-2005), and Florida Environmental Network, an environmental and growth management reporting service, (1985-2005), under licensing agreements with the Florida Chamber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Pennington, Community Planner

 

Pennington is project manager for 1000 Friends of Florida's Florida Panhandle Initiative. This project is directed at improving the capacity of public interest groups, citizen organizations and local and state officials to influence land use decisions by providing better environmental impacts and cost of development information. The project aims to encourage the formation of business and environmental coalitions that coordinate economic development with appropriate land uses and natural resource protection.

Prior to this Pennington worked as project manager for the Waterfronts Florida Program at 1000 Friends. This effort was directed at the revitalization of smaller, economically depressed waterfront communities in the state by helping to direct resources to these areas and to educate local citizens on topics of environmental and cultural resource protection, hazard mitigation, economy and public access.

Pennington received his Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University with specializations in growth management and environmental planning. Prior to joining 1000 Friends of Florida, Pennington worked for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from 1984 to 1997 and was primarily involved in activities related to the review of local government comprehensive plans and their amendments, groundwater protection, federal projects, developments of regional impact and regional policy plans. He also managed a number of special projects such as local greenway development, military base closure planning and ecosystem management efforts within the Green Swamp and other environmentally sensitive areas within the state. While at DEP he served as editor of the Environmental Exchange Point, a newsletter addressing topics of interest to local and regional planners concerning natural resource protection, infrastructure planning and other land and water quality and management issues.