experience

Publications

Speaking Engagements

(since 2010 only)

  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Leveraging Community Benefit Frameworks (2024)
  • Keynote Speaker, Toronto Community Benefits Network, Tenth Anniversary Celebration (2024)
  • California League of Cities Public Works Officers Institute, Project Labor Agreements 101 (2023 and 2024)
  • Northwest Offshore Wind Conference, Tools and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits from Offshore Wind Development (2024)
  • North Valley Thrive, Northern San Joaquin Valley collaborative for the CA Jobs First (2024)
  • U.C. Berkeley Center on Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE), CBA Forums (2023 and 2024)
  • Reimagine Appalachia, Community Benefits Virtual Summit (2023)
  • World Resources Institute (WRI) webinar: Creating an Equitable Clean Energy Future: Engaging Local Communities in Project Planning and Development (2023)
  • Housing Affordability Summit, National Building Museum (2023)
  • U.S. Department of Energy, CBAs 101 (video)(2022)
  • Harvard/Kennedy School, Ash Center for Democratic Governance (March 2019)
  • “Community Benefits for Health,” presentation at San Mateo County Health System’s Get Healthy San Mateo (May 2016)
  • “Leveraging Equity for Economic Growth,” presentation at PolicyLink’s Equity Institute (October 2015)
  • City Attorney’s Conference, League of California Cities (May 2014)
  • American Public Transportation Association Legal Affairs Seminar (February 2014)
  • Partnership for Working Families conference (February 2014)
  • McGill University, School of Urban Planning, Lecture Series (September 2013)
  • Transportation Equity Network / Gamaliel webinar, “Jobs for America” (September 2013)
  • Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs/Transportation Equity Network webinar re U.S. Executive Order 11246 (April 2013)
  • Lectures in Planning Series, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University (October 2012)
  • “Best Practices in Developing and Implementing Targeted Hiring Policies,” National Employment Law Project webinar (February 2012)
  • Presenter, Bay Area Contract Compliance Officers Association conference (January 2012)
  • Guest Lecturer, U.C. Hastings School of Law, Community Economic Development Course, San Francisco, CA (September 2011)
  • Presenter, Lincoln Institute Land Policy Conference, Boston, MA (May 2011)
  • Keynote speaker, Workshop on Community Benefits Agreements, Alliance for Community-University Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (February 2011)
  • Guest lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, School of Urban Planning, course on Community Benefits Agreements (February 2011)
  • Keynote speaker, Public Dialogue on Community Benefits Agreements, DTES, Vancouver, Canada (February 2011)
  • Presenter, Green for All Communities of Practice (January 2011)
  • Guest lecturer, Sustainable Rebuilding course, U.C. Berkeley Planning Department (October 2010)
  • Presenter, Shaking the Foundations conference, Stanford Law School (October 2010)
  • Presenter, BetterBuildings Community Workshop, Chicago, IL, (September 2010)
  • Guest lecturer, Community Economic Development course, U.C. Hastings School of Law (September 2010)
  • Presenter, Green for All national webinar on contracting and hiring agreement (October 2010)
  • Presenter, forum on community benefits agreements, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco’s public interest issues series, San Francisco (July 2010)
  • Presenter, U.C. Berkeley School of Law Symposium on federal procurement
  • Presenter, New York City Bar Association meeting on Community Benefits Agreements (May 2010)
  • Presenter, American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Conference (May 2010)

Teaching

  • University of California, Goldman School of Public Policy, 2016-2019 Guest Lecturer: course on “Tackling Inequality through Equitable Development: Perspectives on Race, Place and Class in the San Francisco Bay Area”
  • Stanford Law School, 2017 Guest Lecturer: Land Use Law; Public Interest Law and Practice
  • New York University, Wagner School of Public Service, 2015 Guest Lecturer: multi-disciplinary course: Race, Ethnicity & Class in American Cities
  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2014 Instructor, “Contract Drafting and Negotiation,” two-credit course. PACE evals: Global Index 4.52 out of 5; 19 out of 19 respondents “would recommend the course.”
  • McGill University, School of Urban Planning, 2013 Instructor, “Negotiation of Community Benefits: Power Dynamics and Practical Approaches,” two-credit course. Course evals: 100% of respondents rated overall course quality as 5 out of 5.
  • Yale University, School of Law, 2013 Guest Lecturer: Community Economic Development Clinic course
  • Stanford Law School, 2013 Guest Lecturer: Community Law Clinic
  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2008–2014 Guest Lecturer and 2009 Practitioner in Residence, Civil Justice Clinic, Community Economic Development course: annual guest lectures, supervision of clinical students during 2009 school year; ongoing consultation on clinic’s primary representation engagement in 2010–2013
  • University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Guest lecturer: Sustainable Rebuilding course