Shelley Poticha
Shelley Poticha has led CNU since July, 1997. During her tenure, Ms. Poticha has guided CNU's growth into a nationwide coalition with a prominent voice in national debates on urban revitalization, growth policy, and sprawl. Before joining CNU, Ms. Poticha was a planner and consultant for 17 years, working with urban and suburban communities, regional agencies, nonprofit groups, community activists, and developers. She served as the San Francisco Bay Area representative for the Surface Transportation Policy Project and was also a Senior Associate with Calthorpe Associates. She has co-authored several significant HUD publications, Charter of the New Urbanism, and The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream, with Peter Calthorpe. She holds a Master of City Planning from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz.