Fay Darmawi Fay Darmawi believes in making the process of changing the built environment more inclusive. She can be seen at the North Beach Farmer’s Market soliciting everyday people to support our local public parks and libraries. When she is not canvassing on street corners, she is a Community Development Finance banker for Silicon Valley Bank providing loans and equity investments for the construction of low income housing in the Bay Area. Her portfolio is valued currently around $100 million. Prior to banking, she was a project manager at Eden housing, Inc, a premier affordable housing developer based in the East Bay. Ms. Darmawi has a master’s degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (where she bumped into James Rojas at a “T Stop” on the first day of class and became fast friends for the next 25 years). She is committed to raising twin boys in the multi-layered urban environment that is North Beach. She also has earned a certificate in screenwriting from the UCLA Extension Film Program. fdarmawi@streetutopia.org Philip Millenbah Phil Millenbah is a city planner, trombonist and city photographer. He has over 20 years of public planning experience having worked in senior planning positions with the cities of San Diego, Imperial Beach, Oakland, Walnut Creek and San Leandro. His planning work has focused on managing complex development projects such as Horton Plaza and Symphony Tower in San Diego, and The Mercer, Walnut Creek’s innovative downtown mixed-use project. His most recent planning work involved developing San Leandro’s award-winning Transit Oriented Development Strategy and completing a new Station Area Plan for the city’s downtown BART station. He was awarded a special commendation by the City of San Diego for his urban design work on the city’s General Plan and was given an award by the American Planning Association, San Diego Chapter for the innovative General Plan he wrote for the City of Imperial Beach. Mr. Millenbah has a master’s degree in planning from the University of New Mexico, and a professional degree in real estate development from the University of California, San Diego. He is currently enrolled in both the graduate school and Advanced Project Management program at Stanford University. Phil is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). James Rojas James Rojas is an urban planner, and artist. He is one of the few nationally recognized urban planners to examine U.S. Latino cultural influences on urban design. He holds a master of city planning and a master of science of architecture studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His influential thesis on the Latino built environment has been widely cited. Mr. Rojas founded the Latino Urban Forum (LUF), a volunteer advocacy group, dedicated to understanding and improving the built environment of Los Angeles’ Latino communities. Mr. Rojas developed a process that improves community participation through engagement, creative thinking, celebration, but most importantly raises people's consciousness on the built environment around them and how it impacts their experience of place. It has been highly successful and replicated nationally. He has facilitate over 250 interactive workshops and created over 50 interactive urban diorama across the country. He has collaborated with municipalities, non-profits, health and educational institutions, museums and galleries to educate the public on urban planning. Contact Fay Darmawi: fdarmawi@streetutopia.org Phil Millenbah: phil@streetutopia.org James Rojas: jamestrojas@gmail.com

Fay Darmawi

Fay Darmawi believes in making the process of changing the built environment more inclusive. She can be seen at the North Beach Farmer’s Market soliciting everyday people to support our local public parks and libraries. When she is not canvassing on street corners, she is a Community Development Finance banker for Silicon Valley Bank providing loans and equity investments for the construction of low income housing in the Bay Area. Her portfolio is valued currently around $100 million. Prior to banking, she was a project manager at Eden housing, Inc, a premier affordable housing developer based in the East Bay.

Ms. Darmawi has a master’s degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (where she bumped into James Rojas at a “T Stop” on the first day of class and became fast friends for the next 25 years). She is committed to raising twin boys in the multi-layered urban environment that is North Beach. She also has earned a certificate in screenwriting from the UCLA Extension Film Program. fdarmawi@streetutopia.org

Philip Millenbah

Phil Millenbah is a city planner, trombonist and city photographer. He has over 20 years of public planning experience having worked in senior planning positions with the cities of San Diego, Imperial Beach, Oakland, Walnut Creek and San Leandro. His planning work has focused on managing complex development projects such as Horton Plaza and Symphony Tower in San Diego, and The Mercer, Walnut Creek’s innovative downtown mixed-use project. His most recent planning work involved developing San Leandro’s award-winning Transit Oriented Development Strategy and completing a new Station Area Plan for the city’s downtown BART station. He was awarded a special commendation by the City of San Diego for his urban design work on the city’s General Plan and was given an award by the American Planning Association, San Diego Chapter for the innovative General Plan he wrote for the City of Imperial Beach.

Mr. Millenbah has a master’s degree in planning from the University of New Mexico, and a professional degree in real estate development from the University of California, San Diego. He is currently enrolled in both the graduate school and Advanced Project Management program at Stanford University. Phil is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

James Rojas

James Rojas is an urban planner, and artist. He is one of the few nationally recognized urban planners to examine U.S. Latino cultural influences on urban design. He holds a master of city planning and a master of science of architecture studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His influential thesis on the Latino built environment has been widely cited.

Mr. Rojas founded the Latino Urban Forum (LUF), a volunteer advocacy group, dedicated to understanding and improving the built environment of Los Angeles’ Latino communities.

Mr. Rojas developed a process that improves community participation through engagement, creative thinking, celebration, but most importantly raises people's consciousness on the built environment around them and how it impacts their experience of place. It has been highly successful and replicated nationally. He has facilitate over 250 interactive workshops and created over 50 interactive urban diorama across the country. He has collaborated with municipalities, non-profits, health and educational institutions, museums and galleries to educate the public on urban planning.

Contact

Fay Darmawi: fdarmawi@streetutopia.org

Phil Millenbah: phil@streetutopia.org

James Rojas: jamestrojas@gmail.com