Frank Palermo
President
Frank Palermo is a Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planning, a Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, President and Director of the Cities and Environment Unit, and Chair of the Planning and Design Centre. He has served as Director of the Planning School and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning. Frank has broad experience working in the private sector and with all levels of government on community plans, infrastructure development, policy formulation, public engagement and placemaking. He was responsible for Calgary’s Downtown and Inner-City Plan which brought light rail transit to the city. He worked on Nova Scotia’s Sustainable Transportation Strategy, served as chair of the Halifax Planning Advisory Committee and was part of the HRM Urban Design Task Force. Frank was also a member of Canada’s National Capital Commission -Advisory Committee on Design and Real Asset Management. The Cities and Environment Unit (CEU) under his leadership has produced many widely recognized studies, community plans and policy documents including the First Nations Community Planning Model and Jordan’s National Urban Policy.