The Jury

Jury Presentation Schedule

December 16, 2011
The Coliseum
535 Fourth Ave. North

The Jury

A Jury reflecting a diverse range of expertise and perspective has been assembled and approved by City Council to select the winning design. The Jury is comprised of an elected official from the City, a community representative appointed by the Mayor and three qualified professionals from outside the State of Florida. The three qualified professionals shall include, an expert in the field of Architecture, an expert in the field of Urban Design and Planning, and an expert in the field of Urban Development/Economics. 

• Stanley Saitowitz, San Francisco, CA
  Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and Principal of Stanley Saitowitz/ Natoma Architects Inc. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1975, and his Masters in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977. He began his practice in South Africa in 1975. Internationally recognized Architect and educator, and recipient of distinguished awards including, The American Institute of Architects 1998 Henry Bacon Medal for Memorial Architecture, and The Boston Society of Architects 1997 Harleston Parker Award. Stanley Saitowitz was also a finalist for the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award given by Laura Bush at the White House.The Transvaal House was declared a National Monument by the National Monuments Council of South Africa in 1997. In 2010 The Tampa Museum of Art won both AIA San Francisco and AIA Tampa Bay Awards. Publications include both local and international magazines, and the paintings, drawings and models exhibited in numerous galleries and museums.
   
• James Moore, Ph.D., AIA, AICP, LEED AP, Tampa, FL
  Senior Vice President and the national Community Planning & Urban Design Principal for HDR, a full-service architecture, engineering, planning and consulting company. A licensed architect, certified planner and LEED Accredited Professional, he received his Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and also holds graduate degrees from MIT, including an MS in Real Estate Development. Prior to joining HDR, he was an associate professor in the School of Architecture & Community Design at the University of South Florida, and served as Interim Dean of the School. He also spent five years as the Director of the Florida Center for Community Design & Research. He has led projects throughout North America, helping clients achieve integrated solutions to complex planning and urban design challenges, with a particular focus on urban redevelopment. He is part of HDR's national sustainability leadership team, and he writes and lectures extensively on the planning and design of cities.
  
• Susan S. Fainstein, Ph.D., Boston, MA
  Professor Fainstein received her A.B. from Harvard University, her M.A. from Boston University, and her Ph.D. in political science from MIT. She joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2006 as a professor of urban planning. Her teaching and research have focused on comparative urban public policy, planning theory, urban political economy, public participation, and urban redevelopment. Her book The Just City was published last summer by Cornell University Press. Among her published works are The City Builders: Property, Politics, and Planning in London and New York; Restructuring the City; and Urban Political Movements. She has co-edited volumes on urban tourism (The Tourist City and Cities and Visitors), planning theory (Readings in Planning Theory), urban theory (Readings in Urban Theory), and gender (Gender and Planning). She received the Distinguished Educator Award of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, which recognizes lifetime career achievement, and has been a resident fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Center for Scholars at Bellagio. Professor Fainstein has taught in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and at Rutgers University and been a visiting professor in a number of universities in the United States and abroad, including most recently at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. She led or participated in studies of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program, the rebuilding of Ground Zero, and the relationship between competitiveness, cohesion, and governance in cities in the United Kingdom.
  
• The Honorable Leslie Curran, Council Member and former Chair, St. Petersburg City Council
  Council Member Curran is the owner of Interior Motives, Inc., an art gallery and design business on Central Avenue, in St. Petersburg, FL. She is a founding member of Historic Kenwood Neighborhood Association and instrumental in the formation of several neighborhood organizations throughout the city. Founding member and committee chair of First Night St. Petersburg. Instrumental in the formation of Youth Build St. Petersburg, where she also served as a committee co-chair. Former board member of Boley Centers for Behavioral Health Care, Inc., the Arts Advisory Commission and the Public Arts Commission. Initially elected to St. Petersburg City Council, District 8, in 1989 and re-elected in 1993, having served an unexpired and a full term as City Council Chair. She was elected again in 2005 and re-elected in 2009 to a term expiring in 2014. Also represented the city on Florida League of Cities Board of Directors, serving on Urban Administrative and Legislative Committees. She served as a member of the Pier Advisory Task Force. Former chair of City Council Housing and Co-Sponsored Events, Community Relations and Communications, and Office Space subcommittees.
  
• The Honorable Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner
  Commissioner Welch was born in St. Petersburg and attended local schools, graduating from Lakewood Senior High School. He holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Florida A&M University. Commissioner Welch's corporate work experience includes 14 years in Accounting, Information Technology, and Financial Systems Administration with Florida Power Corporation (now Progress Energy). In November 2000, he was elected to the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, representing District 7. Commissioner Welch was reelected to the Commission in 2004, and 2008. In addition to his duties as a County Commissioner, Commissioner Welch also serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC), FAC Urban Caucus (Co-Chair), FAC Finance and Audit Committee, Pinellas County Business Technology Services Board, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), Pinellas Metropolitan Planning Organization, Health & Human Services Coordinating Council, Pinellas Homeless Leadership Network, and other local, state and national organizations. Prior to his election to the County Commission, Commissioner Welch was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the St. Petersburg Junior College Board of Trustees.