A Biographies of Committee Members
Jonathan Barnett (Chair) is an architect and planner, educator, and author of numerous books and articles on the theory and practice of city design. He has served as an urban design advisor to many U.S. cities, government agencies, and the National Capital Planning Commission. He is a professor of city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania, former professor of architecture and founder of the graduate program in Urban Design at the City College of New York, and he has been a visiting professor at several universities. Mr. Barnett is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from Yale University and an M.A. from the University of Cambridge. He is a former member of the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.
Max Bond is a partner in the architectural and planning firm of Davis, Brody, Bond, LLP located in New York City and has 40 years of experience in the practice of architecture. He is a former professor of architecture and environmental studies at the City College of New York and former chairman of the Division of Architecture at Columbia University. Mr. Bond has extensive experience in the design of numerous projects for institutional clients throughout New York as well as familiarity with historic and iconic structures. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M. Arch. from the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University. He is a former member of the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.
Robin Douthitt, dean of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2001, is an expert both in consumer and family issues and their impact on the workplace, and in public perceptions of individual and societal risk. Last year, she worked on the team that developed the National Science Foundation proposal to establish a Center for Building-Vulnerability Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to explore this emerging field from academic, public, professional, and government perspectives. Dr. Douthitt’s recent honors include being named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Council on Consumer Interests in spring 2002, in recognition of her leadership in the consumer field, and receiving the 2000 Wisconsin Alumni Association Cabinet 99 Recognition Award. In 1999 she was named the Vaughn Bascom Professor of Women in Philanthropy, the highest level of named professorship at the University. Her research interests span consumers’ perceptions of risk related to biotechnology, the cost of raising children, the value of volunteer work, the role of university mentoring and more. She holds a B.S. from the Ohio State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Douglas Sarno is a Principal with The Perspectives Group in Alexandria, Virginia. He has more than 15 years of experience promoting and implementing public participation throughout the
United States and the world. He regularly advises and provides training to government and not-for-profit organizations in areas including public participation, public education, communication, decision making, group dynamics, media relations, and strategic planning, and has written and spoken widely on these subjects. He designed and implemented the Certification Course in Public Participation of the International Association for Public Participation and wrote the public participation guidance for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mr. Sarno holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.
Eric Teicholz is president of Graphic Systems, Inc. (GSI), a Cambridge, Massachusetts firm specializing in facility management technology consulting and systems integration. He is a contributing editor for several magazines and the author of ten books. Mr. Teicholz lectures and writes extensively on CAFM and real estate technology. He was an Associate Professor in Architecture and a Co-Director of the Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis, which performed research and software development in the area of CAD and Geographic Information Systems at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. While at Harvard, Mr. Teicholz designed and helped develop the first commercial architectural CAD system. He received his architecture degrees from Harvard University. He is a former member of the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and has recently been appointed to the Secretary of the Navy’s Facility Management Panel.