Principal, Urban Design & Planning
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Oakland, California
Ellen Lou, SOM’s Principal of Urban Design and Planning, has directed world-renowned urban design and planning efforts in the US and Pacific Rim countries. In a time when cities represent the greatest hope for a sustainable future, she is leading the creation of groundbreaking development strategies for vital metropolitan centers. Her plans for the regeneration of brownfield and waterfronts as well as new towns frame sustainable, humane responses to global population growth, provide critical tools for reversing climate change, and drive long-term economic resiliency.
A sought-after speaker and advisor nationally and internationally, she consults regularly with planning officials and has lectured before more than 150 mayors and government leaders. Ellen serves on the boards of the Institute for Transportation Development Policy (a global NGO), SPUR, a San Francisco Bay Area urban policy thinktank, and the Visiting Committee for the Department of Urban Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Friday, April 28, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CDT