NBA ILLINOIS
Subcommittees
Membership & Sponsorship
Events
Policy and Legislative
Communications
Technical
Transaction
Communications Committee
This subcommittee is responsible for providing staff at NBA headquarters with state news and information on brownfield market trends, identifying people that can provide articles or perspectives on controversial topics, and identifying deals and business opportunities. The subcommittee also coordinates a quarterly newsletter for chapter members.
Chair
David Graham
City of Chicago
dgraham@cityofchicago.org
Events Committee
This subcommittee works to plan chapter conferences and identify workshop opportunities. NBA staff meeting and planning support is available to the subcommittee. The subcommittee is responsible for working with the Executive Committee to create a one-year event schedule, identify event themes, create program agendas, identify speakers and sponsors, and work with a city to host the event and organize a brownfield tour.
Chair
John Watson
Baker & McKenzie
john.w.watson@bakernet.com
Membership Committee
As a non-profit organization the NBA relies heavily on sponsor contributions and member dues to fund operations. NBA headquarters provides technical and administrative staff and handles accounting for each chapter. The focus of this subcommittee is to grow the chapter by increasing membership through attracting a balance of professional members from the four major market sectors (property owners, developers, service professionals and representatives from state and local government). The subcommittee also looks to secure a diverse group of public and private sector chapter sponsors that could provide financial contributions to help fund chapter operations.
Chair
Jay Truty
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
jtruty@bellboyd.com
Policy & Legislative Committee
The subcommittee is responsible for monitoring policy and legislature and providing analysis of state brownfield legislation. Following NBA procedures, the subcommittee will work with the chapter Executive Committee to draft comments on proposed regulations and legislation, provide input to state agencies, and create a brownfield agenda for the chapter.
Co-Chairs
Janine Landow-Esser
Quarles & Brady
je3@quarles.com
Sanford Stein
DrinkerBiddleGardnerCarton
sanford.stein@dbr.com
Technical Committee
This subcommittee is responsible for identifying technical issues and creating best practices and procedures for advancing the brownfield market. The subcommittee coordinates with the Executive Committee and NBA staff on activities such as preparing position papers, best practices, and working with academic institutions and Brownfield News to collect and publish data on the brownfield industry. The subcommittee may also collaborate with NBA HQ to develop workshop and training programs.
Co-Chairs
Greg Dunn
Illinois EPA
greg.dunn@epa.state.il.us
Michael Monteith
LFR, Inc.
michael.monteith@lfr.com
Transaction Committee
This subcommittee is responsible for identifying brownfield listings and sites for sale, reporting brownfield success stories, and working with both municipalities and private sector concerns to post RFPs for brownfield projects and related work. The subcommittee reports to the Executive Committee and NBA HQ to publicize information via website, magazine, newsletters, etc. The subcommittee also gives regular updates on deal flow at Executive Committee meetings and to members at chapter events.
Chair
Fred Reynolds
CenterPoint Properties
freynolds@centerpoint-prop.com
All members of NBA are welcome to join a subcommittee. If you are interested, or want more information, please contact Alison Benjamin at alisonb@brownfieldassociation.org or 773-714-0407 x115.
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