Idaho Smart Growth

Doug Fowler - President, is the founder, President and CEO of Lenir Ltd., a company specializing in real estate development, project management, construction management, and project administration. Fowler has over 30+ years of real estate development, project management, and consulting for real estate related companies with an extensive background in developing new business partnerships, negotiating contracts, and managing business relationships. He has pursued a management career, building and leading business development initiatives and has international experience. Doug has most recently worked as project manager for the Harris Ranch development in east Boise. He is an Idaho native and graduate of Northwest Nazarene University.

Rob Hopper - Vice President, Rob is a member of the Caldwell City Council and the Chairman of the Valley Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors. Rob’s civic interests have included efforts to revitalize Caldwell ’s downtown core, improve pedestrian and bicycle transit in the community, and improve the service level Caldwell provides its citizens. As a community leader, Rob serves on many other boards and committees. Hopper is employed as an Information Technology consultant at Hewlett-Packard. The Hopper family has a long history in Canyon County. Rob’s great-grandfather was an early mayor of Caldwell and his father served on the Caldwell City Council in the ‘70’s.

Charles Hummel was born and raised in Boise. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Architecture, he became the senior principal of Hummel Architects. His professional and personal involvement in civic issues was recognized when his peers elected him to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He has served on both the Ada County and Boise City Planning and Zoning commissions. Charles is a founding member of the Idaho Conservation League, which was instrumental in the passage of the state’s Local Land Use Planning Act in 1972.

Jane Lloyd has been involved in civic issues for more than 20 years. She chaired the Boise Downtown Plan Committee, was a member of the Boise Comprehensive Plan Committee and organized the creation of the Business Improvement District and Downtown Boise Association. Before moving to Boise , she served as a city council member and planning and zoning commissioner in Montana. In addition to Idaho Smart Growth , Jane is a board member of the Boise Arts Commission, The Boise Contemporary Theater and the Treasure Valley Family YMCA.

Bill Clark leads Clark Development, a Boise based real estate development firm.  He has more than 20 years experience in managing commercial, residential and mixed-use development projects around the Northwest.  His recent projects include the mixed use Veltex Building, and The Jefferson and Crescent Rim condominium projects in and near downtown Boise.  The primary focal points of his projects are infill and close in locations, quality design, and creation of environments people enjoy for living and working. In addition to Idaho Smart Growth, Bill is a member of the Urban Land Institute and is assisting the YMCA with a new project.

Steve Lockwood was elected to the Sandpoint City Council in 2005 and served for three years. Steve Chaired Sandpoint's Downtown Revitalization (2001-2) and the City of Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission (2003-4). He also developed "Park Cottages," an award winning, infill housing project. Lockwood retired from Bell Telephone System as Operations Manager.

Gary Allen , Secretary and Treasurer, is a land use and environmental attorney and partner at Givens Pursley.  Gary is a lead author of the Idaho Land Use Handbook, which is a land use reference book widely used around the state.  He currently serves on the steering committee of the Blueprint for Good Growth, Ada County’s first county-wide land use planning effort.  Gary is active in local and state-wide community affairs.  Among other things, he is the past chair of the board of the ANSER charter school and the co-founder and president of the South Boise Village neighborhood association.  Gary is the past chair of the Educational Affairs Committee of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, and served as the Chamber of Commerce's representative on the Boise School District's Technology Task Force.

Glen Lanker

Bio coming.

Stacey Alexander is an assistant relationship manager at Western Capital Bank.  She grew up in Birmingham, AL and received her bachelor of arts in international political economy from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA.  After a short stint in the music business, Stacey moved to Aspen, CO where she began a career in commercial banking.  She and her husband recently relocated to Boise for its vibrant downtown, quality of life, and outdoor activities.  In her free time, Stacey enjoys hiking in the foothills with her husband and their dog, Ginger.

Michelle Groenevelt is the Community Development Director at the City of McCall. She joined the City of McCall in 2005 as the City Planner/GIS and has worked to create a progressive planning environment and continues to strive for innovative planning solutions.  She has a BS in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech. When not in public or committee meetings, Michelle enjoys running, biking, swimming, skiing, and baking sweet treats.

Laurie Barrera is a business woman who happens to love selling residential real estate and helping people discover the wonders of life in the Treasure Valley.  After 28 years in Southern California, Laurie's pursuit of new challenges brought her to the Sun Valley area for a few years and then to Boise in 1997. She was a 2005 Panelist for Key Bank’s Celebrating Women in Business, a Past Member of the Urban Land and Realtors Land Institutes, former Chair for the Boise Take-A-Hike event for Expedition Inspiration and former Board Director for that organization. She is currently a member of the Resource Development Committee for Neighborhood Housing Services. A member of the Ada County Association of Realtors Community Foundation 2007-2009, a Board Director 2005-2010, Laurie is affiliated with Group One Real Estate and is 2011 President of the Ada County Association of Realtors.

Sherry McKibben is a University of Idaho Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the University's Urban Research and Design Center (IURDC) in Boise.  When not teaching smart growth principals, Sherry is implementing them as a principal architect and urban designer with McKibben+Cooper Architects. The firm's work includes the1700 acre mixed use Harris Ranch master plan; Downtown Caldwell's Revitalization Strategy Plan including "day-lighting" Indian Creek; and Ada County's Parks Administration Building, a LEED certified green building with the first modern 'green roof' in Idaho.

A graduate of the University of Oregon, Sherry has a Masters degree from Yale University and is LEED accredited. She volunteers her professional expertise in many ways as an active member of Urban Land Institute Idaho, the American Institute of Architects and US Green Building Council of Idaho. She founded the U of I Integrated Design Lab to educate building professionals and promote energy efficiency and is a devoted public speaker. She and her husband live and work in a historic home in downtown Boise and walk/bike whenever possible

Brock Martinson is a LEED Accredited Project Manager with CSHQA Architects in Boise, ID. He has been involved with a number of noteworthy projects in the Treasure Valley area including the Caldwell Framework Masterplan and Treasure Valley Community College’s Downtown Campus. He is the current chair of Boise Young Professional’s Community and Civic Involvement Work Team and also serves as a member of BYP’s Leadership Team. He also serves as a member of the Ada County Building Board of Appeals and has previously been a member of the Urban Land Institute’s Young Leaders Board. Brock is a firm believer in the value of building strong, sustainable communities for the State of Idaho through good design and volunteer involvement.

Kate Eldridge was born and raised in a small town in northern New York.  As a competitive cross country ski racer, she attended Middlebury College where she graduated with a degree in Economics and Russian.  After a couple years working for a non-profit organization that fostered economic development in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Kate moved west in search of new adventures.  She landed in Boulder, Colorado where she worked for a software developer and earned an MBA from the University of Colorado.  A career change led Kate to Boise in 2002.  She is now a Vice President and Marketing Manager for HDR Engineering, responsible for business development in Idaho.