Advisory Board
The USC Master of Planning program is governed by a prestigious advisory board. These individuals provide direction to the program, establish residency training, serve as guest speakers in classes and seminars, contribute financial support and assist in student placement.
Ki Suh Park, Co-Board Chair
Managing Partner, Gruen Associates
Susan DeSantis, Co-Board Chair
Affiliate, IBI Group
Lawrence Baird
David Barsotti
CEO, European Motors, Ltd.
Marva Smith Battle-Bey
Executive Director,Vermont Slauson Economic Development Corporation
Linda Bohlinger
Vice President & Director of Management Consulting, HNTB Corporation
Don Cotton
Sr. Principal, Cotton Bridges Associates
James Goodell
President, Public Private Ventures, Inc.
Clifford Graves
General Manager, Los Angeles Community Development Department
Stanley R. Hoffman
President, Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc.
Con Howe
Managing Director, New Housing Fund, City View
Shelby Jordan
Executive Director/President, Community Resource Talent Development
Jack Kyser
Chief Economist, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Todd Larner
Managing Partner, Chevelier, Allen & Lichman, LLP
Barbara Lichman, Esquire
Principal, William Hezmalhalch Architects, Inc.
Margarita McCoy
Professor Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
John Molloy
Principal, John Molloy & Associates
Mark Pisano
Retired Executive Director, Southern California Association of Governments
Marsha V. Rood
Principal, Urban Reinventions
Frank Villalobos
President, Barrio Planners
Eddie S. Wang
President, GLC Enterprises, LLC
Michael K. Woo
Member, Los Angeles City Planning Commission
USC Representatives
Jack H. Knott
C. Irwin and Ione L. Piper Dean, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
Tridib Banerjee
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and Director, Graduate Programs in Urban Planning,
USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development