4- Resumes
Bio
Albert A. Bogdan
[email protected]
313 445-1843
Qualifications
r. Bogdan is a dynamic leader who has the
huge diversity of skills required to succeed
in managing development projects, using
public private partnerships strategies. He
has over 40 years of experience in community and
economic development, real estate, land use and finance. He is considered an
expert in federal and state programs and in private sector development financing
partnerships. He has directed several nonprofit organizations as its Executive
Director or Chair and has a successful track record working with boards in
establishing their Vision, Goals, Objectives and Programs.
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He is presently the Chief Business Development Officer of the Michigan Magnet
Fund, a statewide New Market Tax Credit allocatee (established by MEDC,
MSHDA, & GLCF) and has managed the investment of over $145 million in
twenty projects located in ten communities in Michigan. Seven of the project
used historic tax credits. He recently prepared and managed the the publicprivate financing and development of a supportive affordable housing project, is
presently acting as project manager for a downtown Detroit office building and
is the Project Manager for the renovation of a 158 unit project based section 8
senior apartment project in Bay City. He completed a Land Use Plan &
Development Strategy for the Brightmoor neighborhood. The plan focused on
changing city policies to create a strong, innovative and well managed land
management system to preserve and improve its quality intact neighborhoods
and put the abandoned land to new economic uses.
He proved his management skills when he was promoted to head Michigan’s 80
person Office of Economic Development. He established and implemented a
strategic plan that totally reorganized it to focus on small business,
entrepreneurism, growth industries, venture capital and reorganized his staff to
bring SBIR and other Research funds to Michigan. He reorganized the
marketing program to focus on growing firms already operating in the state.
He has excellent relations with state, county and city political bodies and has
generally been able to sell his projects. He has strong organizational and time
management skills as shown by his management of the state’s economic
development organization, several CDCs, the county’s housing and brownfield
program. He can communicate in open meetings, groups, living rooms, Council
Chambers, and the press.
11/1/05 – to present Principal of AAB
Development Strategies, LLC
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fter leaving Wayne County, Mr.
Bogdan
formed
his
own
Development Consulting firm and
established a web site that is used by
many as a reference site. He served as
consultant to the Wayne County-Detroit
CDE in placing the $27 million he obtained.
He presently serves as administrator of the
Michigan Magnet Fund where he manages
the Board of Directors meetings and
prepares all of the underwriting. He has
managed the closing of its 19 mixed finance
Track Record for
Bring Money into
Michigan &
Communities
Dynamic,
Knowledgeable
Leader & Project
Uses Modern
Manager
Technology to
Manage
Efficiently
Completed Land
Use Plan
Recommending
Knows to
Housing
Policies
Programs City’s
Strengthen
Quality
Neighborhoods
Proposed
Innovative
Approaches to
Honed
His
Implementing
a
New Land Use
Management
Strategy
Skills
at GE
Focusing on
Strong
Neighborhoods
He
Has Proven
Record to Develop
and Initiate a
Considered
an at
Strong
Strategy
Expert
on
Real
Problems
Federal & State
Programs
Has Excellent
investment projects in seven Michigan
cities. Six of the projects included historic
tax credits, all included brownfield tax
credits, and some included tax increment
financing. He is anages the MMF Board
of Directors
using modern internet
management
and
teleconferencing
techniques.
He was promptly hired by the troubled
Detroit Housing Commission to provide
program management support for its
replacement housing factor program. He
assisted in pulling together several of its
housing projects. He was a consultant to
Lutheran Child and Family Services to
implement its LIHTC project and is
leading its initiative to build supportive
affordable housing for homeless youth
aging out of the foster care system.
Obtained minority business financing.
Member of a microloan loan committee.
Hired by LISC, he led a team of planners,
market analysts, and engineers, to prepare
a Land Use Plan and Strategy for the
Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit. One
of the key proposals was for the City to
establish a strong land management system
to assemble and manage its property and to
focus the city’s development process to
create a stronger city. He strongly urged the
city to refocus its strategies and priorities to
protect
and
strengthen
its
strong
neighborhoods using its capital outlay
procedures, focusing its HOME and CDBG
programs on rehabilitation and home
improvement
in
those
targeted
neighborhoods. He proposed major changes
in land assembly, management and land
control. As a pilot, he proposed the creation
of a suburban style New Economy Business
Park to bring jobs back to Detroit.
In addition, as an expert consultant, he has
prepared LIHTC applications, a brownfield
plan for Focus Hope and others, has acted as
program advisor to Presbyterian Village,
prepared a Wayne County HUD 108
application for Techtown, worked with the
plaintiffs in the discrimination suit against
the City of Hamtramck. As part of this plan
he has met regularly with Judge Damone
Keith.
Consulting Service Provided by AABDS - Al Bogdan
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Project Management
Land Use Studies
Neighborhood Development Strategies
Brownfield Plans
NSP, HOME, CDBG
Market Studies
Economic Development Strategies
Community Organizing
New Markets Tax Credit
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LIHTC Development
Public Private Partnerships
Downtown Development Strategies
HUD 108 Applications
Housing Strategies & Development
New Markets Tax Credits
Strategic Plans
Tax Reverted Property Issues
Business Investment
10/1/96 – 11/1/05 CD Director, Housing Dir. Planning Director, Brownfield
Project Mgr, President of Wayne County-Detroit CDE
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acilitated and raised the funds to
help initiate a program to settle a 40
year old discrimination suit. This
included moving Hamtramck, Highland
Park, and Inkster from the “balance of
state” into the Wayne County CDBG
Primary Jurisdiction, preparing the first
HUD 108 loan and obtaining BEDI
grants, using the City Water & Sewer
Funds, and Public Act 51 Funds to totally
rebuild the infrastructure of the
neighborhood.
Established
a
homeownership program and built for
sale homes for the plaintiffs.
He established the Wayne County
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority – the
first in the state. Raised millions of dollars
from the EPA for environmental
assessment and remediation primarily used
by CDCs to evaluate tax reverted
properties. Established a scattered site
homeownership program using NEZ. He
structured a Brownfield TIF program using
a HUD 202 project to finance a mixedincome condo project. Established and
chaired a nonprofit corporation to
rehabilitate houses for sale to homeowners
in Highland Park using innovative
resources of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and
Very
Entrepreneurial
in Approach to
Leadership
Raised Millions in
Public Private
Partnerships
Has Prepared
Strategic Plans
for Communities
as part of Master
Plans
Knows how to Use
State, Federal,
and Private
Financing
Broad Area of
Expertise
Charter One Bank. He learned what to do
and not to do for a successful rehab
program.
He
established
a
Homeownership
Crusade
program
providing down payment assistance for
existing for-sale housing. Established the
Wayne County-Detroit CDE, became its
President and applied for and obtained
$27 million in new market tax credit
allocation – the first in the state. Knows
and implemented HUD Environmental
Reviews.
Established the Project SAVED program
to transfer tax reverted properties to
Detroit nonprofits and wrote an article
attacking the tax reversion system that
caused legislature to change the entire
system. Helped establish and finance
three new subdivision projects using
mixed income housing in Ecorse,
Melvindale, and Inkster.
4/88 – 9/30/96 Economic Development
Director, McKenna Associates
cted as development consultant
for Michigan communities in
regard to preparation of market
studies, using vision based strategic
planning, and structuring development
projects for such projects as Bay City
downtown, Midland Street, Ferndale
downtown, Meridian Township master
plan.
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Some of the projects included the land assembly and development
of shopping centers in Royal Oak Township and Hazel Park;
redeveloping the John R corridor in Hazel Park; using senior
housing to redevelop part of downtown Fenton, and preparing the
Vision and strategy for Eight Mile Boulevard, including establishing
a new corridor organization.
Prepared market studies leading to the establishment of a Housing
Development Corporation in Bay County and Hazel Park; organized
and raised the private funding. He raised millions in tax increment
financing funded projects. Did community organizing and prepared
and obtained approval of the Renaissance Zone Application for
Saginaw. Bogdan prepared a market-rate housing market study for
Flint, including the use of focus groups to define the housing
product and neighborhood design. He structured the tax increment
financing for the Vining Road - I-94 intersection in Romulus - the
first privately financed interstate interchange in the U.S.
Miscellaneous
rior to 1988, Mr. Bogdan served as Executive Vice President
of Energy Conversion Devices preparing business plans for
photovoltaic systems, flat panel displays, and other products
as part of soliciting joint venture partnerships. As an Urban
Coalition director, he set up and financed a regional transit
authority, developed and raised the funds for a housing development
corp, a regional economic development program, and set up and
managed the public employment program, business training
program and communty college based training skills. He organized
a minority procurement program. As Michigan;s Detroit Regional
EconomicDevelopment Director he built 2 office buildings in
exchange for a missile plant that now operates as an assembly plant.
He is credited for selling GM on building the Poletown GM plant
and for organizing the Oakland Technology Park. At one stage of
his career he hosted a political interview cable TV show in
Massachusett.
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Go to http://www.AABDS.com Projects to review all of Bogdan’s
activities.
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Business Telephone:
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www.utilityservicesofamerica.com
(313) 491-8411
2014-Present
Majority Shareholder RSC Realty
2008-2012
Director of Strategic Development
S.E. Michigan Minority Electrical Worker Caucus
2008-2014
Managing Director,
Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan
2006- Present
Shareholder, Maize Investments
2006-Present
Shareholder, Mays Printing
2005- Present
Shareholder, American Home Course Developers
2002-Present
Chairman & Majority Shareholder, Utility Services of America
1998-2000
Vice Chair, Community Heath Appropriations
Michigan House of Representatives
1997-2000
Vice Chair, Transportation Appropriations
Michigan House of Representatives
1997- Present
CEO & Majority Shareholder, The Energy Group
1995- Present
CEO & Majority Shareholder, Energy Construction
1995- 2000
Member, Committee on Appropriations
Michigan House of Representatives
1993- Present
Shareholder & Director, Pink Lake Resort & Development,
Dakar, Senegal
1993-1998
President & Majority, Stallworth Entertainment, Inc.
1992- Present
CEO & Majority Shareholder, Energy Clearance Corporation
1990-1995
Managing Director,
Stallworth & Lindenbeck Commercial Insurance Agency
1987-1990
Vice President, Large Line Property & Casualty Accounts
Liberty Risk Management Insurance Holding Company
1984- 1987
State Marketing Executive, Michigan Bureau of State Lottery
1981-1984
Deputy Director of State & Federal Relations
Michigan Department of Commerce
1980-1981
Operations Executive, Domestic Marketing & Foreign Syndication
Divisions; Scott Fetzer Corporation
1979-1980
Chicago Regional Manager, Direct Marketing Division
Time Incorporated
1978- 1979
Indiana Harbor Sales Manager, Raw Materials Division
Inland Steel Corporation
1975- 1978
Congressional Aide, United States House of Representatives
1974-1978
Instructor, Lansing Tennis Club
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE ALDRIDGE, JD
24293 Telegraph Rd., Suite 280, Southfield, MI 48033
C (248) 595-2674 O (248) 233-7870 ext 104
[email protected]
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EXPERIENCE
Community Development Consulting
Distressed Asset Workouts
Community Development Lending
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Distressed Asset Acquisitions
Budgeting and Forecasting
Pricing and Service Management
ITG Advisors, Southfield, MI
2005 –present
Partner, Strategic Planning & Consulting, 2005-2016
Accomplishments:
 Set Up Non-Profit REO Program for Stabilization Trust increased market sales 500%
 Arranged CRA loans for Community Bank that met critical shortfall.
 Arranged Acquisition of 50 REO properties for various NSP Projects.
 Developed Pilot Land Contract Program to liquidate orphaned rental portfolio- 30% ROI
 Secured $50 million financial commitment for portfolio transfer.
 Authored 3 successful Proposals for HUD NSP Projects
 Managed Public Filing process for reverse merger.
 Managed sale of publically traded company and spin off of consulting arm.
 Launched Public Entity Insurance Program Cutting Client Expense an average of 35%.
FIMCO, Southfield MI
METROCITIES Mortgage, Irvine CA
2003-2005
Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning & Sales, 2003-2005
Financial Services and Mortgage Lending Business focused on marketing through strategic
alliances.
Accomplishments:
 Established 3 Affinity Programs generating $100 mm in volume within 6 months.
 Established Affinity Marketing relationships with two national groups representing over 10
million people.
 Managed Staff of 20 across 5 states
Charter One Community Development Corporation, Cleveland OH
2001-2003
President, 2001-2003
$500 million Business Unit focused on builder strategic alliances, commercial lending, and
CDBG and HOME funded project finance.
Accomplishments:
 Grew business from $40 million in assets to $500 million over an 18 month period while
increasing ROI by 40% through a direct purchasing and vulture acquisition tactics.
 Restructured NPA’s to Maintain 0 defaults in core portfolio
 Established preferred mortgage provider relationship with the pre-eminent low mod
developer in Ohio displacing a 15 year incumbent that was three times larger.
 Managed Staff of 12 professionals and 4 support staff.
American General Life & Annuity
Western National Life, Houston TX
1994-2000
Senior Vice President, National Sales Manager
$40 Billion Financial Services Corporation focused on sales through institutional partners.
Accomplishments:
 Grew annual sales from $186 million to $1.8 billion in three years by working with actuarial
and investment departments to develop holistic Proprietary Fixed Product Program.
 Worked with client senior management to integrate product into strategic business plans
and developed template for ease of planning.
 Developed implementation program to train client personnel on operational processes and
ongoing program management.
 Launched first successful foray into institutional funding contracts in American Generals
history generating over $1 billion in placements.
 Managed professional staff of 11 sales
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Ford Motor Credit Corporation, Vice President, Finance Ford Life &
Annuity
Shearson, Lehman Brothers, Analyst
J.D. Wayne State University
B.A. Harvard College
 Board of Directors, DRI Funding
 Board Member Black Caucus Foundation
 Board Member TREDCO
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
1988-1994
1986-1988
1990 – 1994
1982 – 1986
Andrew J. Munro
1480 Suffield
Birmingham, MI 48009
248-563-6922
CEO
Realty Service Company, LLC
November 2012 – Present
Chief Legal Counsel
Orlans
February 2012 – December 2012
General Counsel and Exec. VP for Administration
U.S. Medical Management, LLC
October 2010 – March 2012 (1 year 6 months)
Partner
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
January 2009 – October 2010 (1 year 10 months)
Attorney
Munro and Zack, PC
1985 – December 2008 (23 years)
CEO
Audiocom, Inc.
1982 – 1984 (2 years)
Staff Accountant
PriceWaterhouse & Co.
1979 – 1981 (2 years)
DARRYL J. CHIMKO
2567 METROPOLITAN PARKWAY, SUITE 100
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48310
(248) 284-1661
[email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2004 – Present: Chimko & Associates, P.C.
(specializing in Creditor/Debtor Law and Real Estate Law),
 Senior Partner
 Managing Partner
 Majority Shareholder
2012-Present: Motor City Law, PLLC
(specializing in Creditor/Debtor Law, Real Estate Law, Business Law and Transactional Law)
 Member
2012-Present: RSC Realty, LLC
(dedicated to consumer single family home category of real estate and multiple sales of homes)
 Associate Broker (licensee as associate broker for this limited liability company)
 Chief Operating Officer
 Manage rental properties for landlords
2014-Present: Motor City Collections, LLC,
(collect delinquent taxes and other debt of a select group of public and private entities)
 Chief Operating Officer
 Manages land contract servicing for Realty Services Company, LLC’s subsidiaries and 3rd parties
 Licensed Mortgage Servicer (Pending Approval)
 Operates under the dba of RSC Servicing
1983-2004: Shermeta, Chimko& Adams, P.C.
(specialized in Creditor collection and bankruptcy law practice)
 Shareholder
 Managed all of the Bankruptcy Practice
 Co-Managed Collection Practice
 During tenure at this firm, the firm population went from 5 to 160 Employees
1980 – 1983: Douglass H. Shermeta, P.C.
(specializing in Creditor/Debtor law)
 Associate Attorney and founder of the Bankruptcy Litigation practice of the firm
MEMBERSHIPS
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State Bar of Michigan (1980-present)
American Bar Association, (1994-present)
American Bankruptcy Institute (past and one of original founding members)
1985 – Present - State of Michigan licensed Real Estate Broker
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EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, Detroit College of Law (now the Michigan State University School of Law), 1979
 3 year member of the Student Body Government
 For one year served as Secretary
 Student Representative for all guest lecturers and guest speakers
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1976.
 Double Major: Criminal Justice and Psychology
 Degree: Criminal Justice
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
State Bar of Michigan, all State and Federal Courts
Federal Bar Admissions:
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, United States District Court for the
Western District of Michigan, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, United
States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, United States District Court for the Southern
District of Indiana, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, United States District
Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of
California.
AUTHOR
Several hands-on practical educational materials for the State Bar of Michigan's Continuing Legal
Education arm and for other non-profit post-graduate seminar driven companies.
LECTURER
Nationwide guest lecturer on the subject of Creditor/Debtor rights throughout professional career
AWARDS
1985 - 2012 “AV” rated attorney through Martindale Hubbell (highest rating for professional and ethical
practices)
2009 - received highest rating from Detroit Business, as one of the top 5 Corporate/Creditor Rights
attorneys in southeastern Michigan.
2001 - “Croney Award” for distinguished service representing VISA USA (a one time award presented
to five individuals in honor of Kenneth Crone, father of the European credit card industry and vicepresident of VISA USA
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6- McKenna Qualifications
McKENNA BACKGROUND
McKenna’s downtown Northville, Michigan headquarters – a repurposed Ford Motor Company plant designed by
Albert Kahn, built in the 1930s. Our authentic and environmentally conscious office spaces reflect McKenna’s
commitment to our people, our communities, sustainable design and the rich technology heritage of the Midwest.
McKenna Associates is a corporation formed under the laws of Michigan on May 2, 1978 and has offices in
Northville and Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio.
235 East Main Street, Suite 105
Northville, MI 48167
Ph (248) 596-0920
Fax (248) 596-0930
Email: [email protected]
151 South Rose Street, Suite 920
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Ph (269) 382-4443
Fax (269) 382-4540
Website: www.mcka.com
The Ford Building
615 Griswold, Suite 712
Detroit, MI 48226
Ph (888) 226-4326
Fax (248) 596-0930
History
McKenna Associates helps community leaders and private investors create more vital, competitive, safe,
functional and prosperous places to enjoy, live, work, shop, play and do business. We provide planning,
zoning, landscape architecture, community and economic development and design assistance to cities,
villages, townships, counties, and regional agencies, as well as select private clients. Our success can be
measured by the physical improvements to hundreds of McKenna client communities, and by our 35 year
record of client satisfaction and on-time, on-budget delivery.
McKenna currently provides project services to more than 200 communities and private land investors in
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Leaders of these organizations count on McKenna for:
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Technical excellence in plans, design, and project management;
Change anticipation and innovative alternatives;
Highly creative professionals, skilled at communicating and engaging;
Unmatched responsiveness to client needs, from clerical staff to president.
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Fitzgerald Neighborhood Redevelopment
Detroit, Michigan
McKENNA QUALIFICATIONS
We propose a multi-disciplinary team ideally matched to the City of Detroit’s needs in creating the most
effective redevelopment of the Fitzgerald Neighborhood and arrest the decline of property values. Our
combined expertise on redevelopment planning, citizen engagement, implementation and federal grant
programs will effectively assist the City in furthering its goal of creating a stronger Fitzgerald with improved
image and resident “buy-in”.
In this section, we highlight our team’s organization philosophies, strengths
and skills. Members of our team are industry leaders in organizing an
efficient and effective public process leading to compelling and
comprehensive plans with a strong implementation focus.
Our professionals embrace:
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Highly effective public processes
Walkability, bicycling facilities, greenways, trails, complete streets,
healthy streets
Active living, active transportation
Place making
Parks and open space
Livable communities
Environmental preservation
Land use and conservation
Traffic and intersection analysis, especially to determine minimal
lane needs, circulation and multi-modal mix
Context–sensitive design solutions
We customize our work to reflect local economies, environments and
politics, and our approach to all projects is sensitive to history, size, scale,
population, demographics and diversity of people and place. This
sensitivity extends to the challenges of older cities like Detroit -- including
economies, topography, climate, people, and culture.
SARAH TRAXLER
PROJECT MANAGER
Ms. Traxler has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Master of Urban Planning
from the University of Michigan. She is a frequent speaker on community development and redevelopment
topics, recently addressing professional meetings in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Kalamazoo. Sarah
was voted a 2010 - 2012 Board Member for the Michigan Community Development Association. She is a certified
citizens participation specialist by the National Charette Institute.
In the past three years, Sarah has completed neighborhood plans in Benton Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana and
Detroit.
Ms. Traxler presently functions as project manager and directs a 33-acre regional retail redevelopment project in
an urban community from its negotiated acquisition to the site design, through local, State and Federal financing
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of public improvements. She also successfully manages the Community Development, Planning program and
Building Department for a City of 30,000.
Based on her accumulated knowledge and understanding of project funding and experience working with project
team members, (engineers, real estate, attorneys, real estate brokers, market analysts, environmentalists,
contractors, retailers, educational institutions, citizens, non-profits and appointed and elected officials), Ms.
Traxler will provide the necessary consultation and skill set for the Detroit project.
CHRISTOPHER KHOREY
PROJECT PLANNER
Chris will be the Project Planner for the Fitzgerald Neighborhood Plan. He will be assisting with data collection,
market analysis, and the development of the plan documents under the supervision of the Project Manager.
Mr. Khorey has experience administering federal NSP grants in mid-sized entitlement communities, including
ensuring compliance with State and Federal standards for acquisition, rehabilitation, and demolition of foreclosed
homes. He has also, through analytical data mining, analyzed the effectiveness of Land Banking and other local
stabilization programs, worked toward the rehabilitation of aging business corridors, assisted in the master planning
of several communities throughout the state, and revised ordinance language to be more user-friendly.
Additionally, he has extensive experience in the creation of easy-to-understand planning documents, including
layout, writing, and graphic displays.
Mr. Khorey holds a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor
of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.
MICHAEL CAMPBELL, AIA,
SENIOR URBAN DESIGNER
Michael was Director of Planning for Gibbs Planning Group in Birmingham, Michigan, directing design and staff
for urban retail, town planning, and form-based codes for four years and an architect and planner at Nederveld
Inc. in Grand Rapids for an additional five years before establishing Campbell Planning & Architecture (CPA).
He partners with McKenna (3 days per week) to provide design services. Mr. Campbell is an active member of
The Congress for The New Urbanism and is a graduate of The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Development. He is currently an adjunct professor of urban design at Lawrence
Technological University.
JAMES ALLEN, LLA, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN DESIGN SPECIALIST
A registered landscape architect for McKenna Associates, Mr. Allen’s design expertise can be seen throughout
Michigan where it has enhanced a wide array of municipal and DDA projects, streetscapes and bike paths for
MDOT (and others), parks, new urbanist and hybrid, mixed-use redevelopments and ‘lifestyle’ centers. Jim
also has considerable success in sustainable site planning and design, including LEED-compliant sites.
His landscape architectural portfolio includes urban plazas, pocket parks, trails, streetscapes, institutional sites,
athletic facilities and architectural features as well as award-winning urban and suburban redevelopment site
planning. Mr. Allen’s experience in both design and construction makes him especially valuable to
communities looking to incorporate innovative and buildable community design elements, streetscapes, and
urban civic spaces.
Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University.
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Fitzgerald Neighborhood Redevelopment
Detroit, Michigan
SABAH ABOODY-KEER, SENIOR URBAN DESIGNER
GIS SPECIALIST
Ms. Keer will prepare maps and graphics for the Fitzgerald Neighborhood Plan. Sabah has extensive experience
in mapping for federal grant programs, including for Consolidated Plans for Elyria, Alliance, and Lima, Ohio plus
the Consolidated Plans for Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Wayne County, East Lansing, and the 2010 Michigan City,
Indiana Analysis of Impediments.
Ms. Aboody-Keer has more than 20 years of success as a map designer with significant involvement in numerous
urban design, downtown, corridor and streetscape projects. She is an effective CAD and GIS technician and
planner. Ms. Aboody-Keer is a graduate of the University of Baghdad.
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