Places Journal Foundation

Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm is published by the Places Journal Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors from a range of academic institutions and organizations as well as design firms.

Places Journal Board of Directors
Harrison S. Fraker, University of California, Berkeley, president
James Lima, James Lima Planning + Development, New York City, treasurer
Richard Shepard, S/Q Design, Massachusetts, secretary

Douglas Allen, Georgia Institute of Technology
Banny Banerjee, Stanford University
Todd W. Bressi, Urban Design • Place Planning • Public Art, Philadelphia
Margaret Crawford, University of California, Berkeley
Martin Felsen, UrbanLab; Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota
Daniel S. Friedman, University of Washington
Donlyn Lyndon, University of California, Berkeley, emeritus/founding editor
Qingyun Ma, University of Southern California
Michael Maltzan, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles
Sacha Menz, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Darren Petrucci, Arizona State University
Garth Rockcastle, University of Maryland
Karen Rogers, Auburn University
Adèle Naudé Santos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas F. Schutte, Pratt Institute
John Shapiro, Pratt Institute
Richard Sommer, University of Toronto
Ralph Stern, University of Manitoba
Roy Strickland, University of Michigan
Lawrence J. Vale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Wright, Regional Plan Association, New York

Ex-Officio
William Drenttel, Editorial Director, Design Observer Group
Nancy Levinson, Editor, Places Journal

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