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ph: +1347 354 1749
Ed@Blakelyglobal.net
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Accomplishments:
Dr. Edward J. Blakely is the Professor of Urban Policy at
the United States Studies Centre, Sydney, Australia. He
was named by Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans in
2007 as the Mayor’s Executive Director for Recovery.
His post includes coordinating all aspects of the City
and Parish’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. He
reported directly to the Mayor and has coordinating
responsibilities for the use of all City resources to
accomplish this task. Dr. Blakely is currently Professor
of Urban Planning and Chair at the University of
Sydney. He also Chaired the Reference Panel for the
Sydney Metropolitan Plan. He has been featured in
several Australian periodical for his planning work and
most recently in the Australian 2026 forecast for the
nation. Prior to this post he was Dean of the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban
Policy, New School University He was Dean and Lusk
Professor of Planning and Development in the School
of Urban Planning and Development at the University of
Southern California (1994-1999). Previously he
served as Professor and Chair of the Department of
City and Regional Planning at the University of
California at Berkeley (1986-1994). In 2003, the
University of California, Riverside dedicated a new
Center for Suburban Sustainable Development in honor
of Professor Blakely.
He is a Hall of Fame Athlete UC Riverside as well as co-
Athlete of the Year 1959 for the University of California
campuses.
Dr. Blakely has extensive experience in Europe, Latin
America and Africa as well as his background in Asia .
He was selected for the French American Urban
Exchange program for the summer of 2002 in Paris and
Lyon, France.
He has been an advisor to local and regional
governments in the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia,
Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, the Sudan Korea , Japan ,
Australia Indonesia, and New Zealand Vietnam and
most recently China, India, Turkey, Russia and Armenia,
Dr. Edward J. Blakely is the Professor of Urban Policy at
the United States Studies Centre, Sydney, Australia. He
was named by Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans in
2007 as the Mayor’s Executive Director for Recovery.
His post includes coordinating all aspects of the City
and Parish’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. He
reported directly to the Mayor and has coordinating
responsibilities for the use of all City resources to
accomplish this task. Dr. Blakely is currently Professor
of Urban Planning and Chair at the University of
Sydney. He also Chaired the Reference Panel for the
Sydney Metropolitan Plan. He has been featured in
several Australian periodical for his planning work and
most recently in the Australian 2026 forecast for the
nation. Prior to this post he was Dean of the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban
Policy, New School University He was Dean and Lusk
Professor of Planning and Development in the School
of Urban Planning and Development at the University of
Southern California (1994-1999). Previously he
served as Professor and Chair of the Department of
City and Regional Planning at the University of
California at Berkeley (1986-1994). In 2003, the
University of California, Riverside dedicated a new
Center for Suburban Sustainable Development in honor
of Professor Blakely.
He is a Hall of Fame Athlete UC Riverside as well as co-
Athlete of the Year 1959 for the University of California
campuses.
Dr. Blakely has extensive experience in Europe, Latin
America and Africa as well as his background in Asia .
He was selected for the French American Urban
Exchange program for the summer of 2002 in Paris and
Lyon, France.
He has been an advisor to local and regional
governments in the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia,
Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, the Sudan Korea , Japan ,
Australia Indonesia, and New Zealand Vietnam and
most recently China, India, Turkey, Russia and Armenia,
Significant Achievements:
Edward J.Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban
Development dedicated on the University of California
at Riverside Feb 4, 2003
Chair for the Western Region Oxford University Rhodes
Scholarship Committee 1998
Elected Fellow National Academy of Public
Administration 2001
Appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Presidio Trust
in 1997
Lincoln Land Policy Institute Senior Fellow and Harvard
University Visitor for Spring 1995
Received the Samuel Guggenheim Fellowship 1995
Winner of the Paul Davidoff Award, Best Book in
Planning, 1993
Symposium Leader, U.S.Congress Committee on
Agriculture Agricultural Communities: The
Interrelationship of Agriculture, Business, Industry and
the Government in the Rural Economy, 1982.
Edward J.Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban
Development dedicated on the University of California
at Riverside Feb 4, 2003
Chair for the Western Region Oxford University Rhodes
Scholarship Committee 1998
Elected Fellow National Academy of Public
Administration 2001
Appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Presidio Trust
in 1997
Lincoln Land Policy Institute Senior Fellow and Harvard
University Visitor for Spring 1995
Received the Samuel Guggenheim Fellowship 1995
Winner of the Paul Davidoff Award, Best Book in
Planning, 1993
Symposium Leader, U.S.Congress Committee on
Agriculture Agricultural Communities: The
Interrelationship of Agriculture, Business, Industry and
the Government in the Rural Economy, 1982.
Invitations:
Visiting Scholar at keynote speaker at the Helsinki
Technical University at the 50th Anniversary of the new
Town of Tapiola, Finland September 2003
Honored as First Speaker at the University of Western
Sydney Annual Sir Ian Turbott Lecture July 2003
Riverside California Black History Day Grand Marshall
for Black History and Pioneers Parade in Riverside,
Calif. Feb. 4, 2003
Keynote Speaker at the Annual Conference of the
American Planning Association April 2002
Visiting Scholar at keynote speaker at the Helsinki
Technical University at the 50th Anniversary of the new
Town of Tapiola, Finland September 2003
Honored as First Speaker at the University of Western
Sydney Annual Sir Ian Turbott Lecture July 2003
Riverside California Black History Day Grand Marshall
for Black History and Pioneers Parade in Riverside,
Calif. Feb. 4, 2003
Keynote Speaker at the Annual Conference of the
American Planning Association April 2002
Major Awards and Honours:
Highest Recognition for Service to the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning in the US.
Charles Connerly of the ACSP, and chair of the award
committee said: “Professor Blakely was selected for this
award because he exemplifies ACSP’s mission to extend the
education of planners beyond the classroom and into the
world of practice working closely with practicing professionals
and communities.”
Urban Leadership Award, University of Pennsylvania for
leadership in urban policy in reshaping New Orleans, 2008
The Eliot Richardson Award of the American Academy of
Public Administration for Ethics and Service in Public
Administration, 2008
Alumnus of the Year at the University of California at
Riverside 2007
New South Wales Chapter of the Planning Institute of
Australia Research Prize with Nicole Gurran for Seachange
Research, 2006
Community Development Society Award for Lifetime
Research Achievement 2002
One of 40 Achievers recognized by the University of
California-Riverside on its 40th AnniversaryOctober 1994
Presented the Palme Academic by the Republic of Francefor
contributions to international education
Distinguished Contribution, American Planning Association,
1992
Outstanding Faculty Member, UC Berkeley graduating from
UC Riverside, voted by the Faculty Alumni and Faculty,
Riverside, 1992
Athletic Hall of Fame UC Riverside Athletic Foundation,
University of California , for football, basketball, track &
rugby, 1991
Candube Lecturer, Rutgers University Distinguished
Lecturer, 1991
San Francisco Foundation Award, San Francisco Foundation
for Human Relations in the Bay Area, 1990
Distinguished Service Award, Community Development
Society of America , 1989
Special Service Award, City of Oakland, California 1989
Fulbright Fellow, Industrial Policy; Urban and Rural 1986,
Visiting Fellow, Australian Institute Urban Affairs, 1985
Visiting Scholar, Germany Today: Politics, Economy, Culture,
The German Academic Exchange Deutscher Adademischer
Austauschdienst, 1984
Regents Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1983
U.S. Rural Service Award (1968); NAACP Service Award
(1970); Community Service Awards from cities in U.S.and
Australia
Highest Recognition for Service to the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning in the US.
Charles Connerly of the ACSP, and chair of the award
committee said: “Professor Blakely was selected for this
award because he exemplifies ACSP’s mission to extend the
education of planners beyond the classroom and into the
world of practice working closely with practicing professionals
and communities.”
Urban Leadership Award, University of Pennsylvania for
leadership in urban policy in reshaping New Orleans, 2008
The Eliot Richardson Award of the American Academy of
Public Administration for Ethics and Service in Public
Administration, 2008
Alumnus of the Year at the University of California at
Riverside 2007
New South Wales Chapter of the Planning Institute of
Australia Research Prize with Nicole Gurran for Seachange
Research, 2006
Community Development Society Award for Lifetime
Research Achievement 2002
One of 40 Achievers recognized by the University of
California-Riverside on its 40th AnniversaryOctober 1994
Presented the Palme Academic by the Republic of Francefor
contributions to international education
Distinguished Contribution, American Planning Association,
1992
Outstanding Faculty Member, UC Berkeley graduating from
UC Riverside, voted by the Faculty Alumni and Faculty,
Riverside, 1992
Athletic Hall of Fame UC Riverside Athletic Foundation,
University of California , for football, basketball, track &
rugby, 1991
Candube Lecturer, Rutgers University Distinguished
Lecturer, 1991
San Francisco Foundation Award, San Francisco Foundation
for Human Relations in the Bay Area, 1990
Distinguished Service Award, Community Development
Society of America , 1989
Special Service Award, City of Oakland, California 1989
Fulbright Fellow, Industrial Policy; Urban and Rural 1986,
Visiting Fellow, Australian Institute Urban Affairs, 1985
Visiting Scholar, Germany Today: Politics, Economy, Culture,
The German Academic Exchange Deutscher Adademischer
Austauschdienst, 1984
Regents Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1983
U.S. Rural Service Award (1968); NAACP Service Award
(1970); Community Service Awards from cities in U.S.and
Australia
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