Spring 2021 Issue - 14

ceoperspective
Looking toward the Future
The ULI Foundation
is intrinsically linked
with the ability of the
Institute to deliver on its
mission of shaping the
future of the built environment for transformative
impact in communities
worldwide. Not only
does the Foundation
raise the funds that are
critical to strengthening
Ed Walter
and expanding programs
ULI Global Chief Executive Officer
such as UrbanPlan and
Advisory Services, it also acts as a focal point
for our mission impact, bringing together
members' time and talent to deliver lasting
change in our communities. Over the past 50
years, the ULI Foundation has raised more
than $135 million to support ULI's missionled work, and last year alone, thanks to the
generosity of our members, we raised over
$9 million from individual and institutional
donors to continue funding our communityshaping impact.
As we look beyond the current pandemic,
we believe there is even more potential to
increase the resources available and focus
them where they will make the biggest difference. To help us achieve this objective,
we have recently appointed Janice Periquet
as the new president of the ULI Foundation,
where she will oversee all aspects of the
Foundation's comprehensive fundraising
strategy and execution. Janice has over 25
years of fundraising experience, with expertise across major and planned gifts, annual
funds, and foundation grants and has been
a part of three separate billion-dollar campaigns, from design to implementation. You
can find an interview with Janice discussing
our plans for the ULI Foundation on page 26
of this issue.
Elsewhere at ULI, we also are looking forward to the gradual return to more normal
operations once the pandemic subsides. Over
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the past year, we have been focused on supporting you by finding new ways to connect
members in a virtual world and by providing
timely and applicable insights that can help
your business succeed. At the same time,
we have always had one eye on the future,
assessing which of the new programs and
technologies we have introduced in response
to the pandemic we will retain to further
strengthen our membership proposition.
As we return to in-person events later in the
year, we intend to continue activities such as
the enhanced webinar series in each of our
three regions, as well as the recently launched
ULI OnPoint, a live online discussion with
expert panelists discussing the latest developments in geopolitics and the economy followed by a deep dive into a specific industry
segment. We also are actively exploring ways
in which our major global events can continue
to incorporate a virtual element to enable a
wider audience to participate in and benefit
from the events' content.
We have a busy calendar of online events
over the next few months. Our Spring Meeting in May will once again be a virtual event
combining online networking and virtual
tours with extensive programming that will
include leading keynote speakers such as
Bozoma Saint John, chief marketing officer
at Netflix, and Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz and president of
Queens' College, Cambridge. The Asia Pacific
Summit, also in May, will combine an extensive online program with a small-scale inperson event in Tokyo for members based in
Japan. While we know there is no substitute
for the experience of meeting in person, we
believe that these events will continue to provide high-quality content alongside valuable
networking opportunities.
At the heart of our virtual offering is an
extensive program of webinars across all
three regions, which showcase ULI's latest
research reports or bring together senior
leaders to tackle topics that are most relevant

W H O ' S W H O AT U L I
A N D T H E U L I F O U N DAT I O N
The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit education
and research organization that was founded in
1936. Its mission is to shape the future of the
built environment for transformative impact in
communities worldwide.
U L I G LO B A L B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Owen D. Thomas, ULI Global Chair
Thomas W. Toomey, Immediate Past Global Chair
Douglas D. Abbey, ULI Foundation Chair
Jonathan Brinsden, ULI Americas Chair
Marnix Galle, ULI EMEA Chair
Nicholas Brooke, ULI Asia Chairman
W. Edward Walter, ULI Global Chief Executive Officer
Thomas R. Arnold, Treasurer
Peter Ballon, Secretary
Marty Burger, At Large
Goodwin Gaw, At Large
Diane Hoskins, At Large
Anne Kavanagh, At Large
Roy March, At Large
Amy Price, At Large
Kristina Raspe, At Large
Ralph Rosenberg, At Large
François X. Trausch, At Large
U L I G LO B A L G OV E R N I N G T R U S T E E S

Douglas D. Abbey; Clarissa Alfrink; Tetsuji Arimori; Thomas R.
Arnold; Peter Ballon; Patricia Barrigan; Gero Bergmann; Kenneth
F. Bernstein; Michael K. Berry; Stephan Bone-Winkel; Jonathan
H. Brinsden; Marty Burger; Robert G. Byron; Joseph C. Canizaro;
Daniel M. Cashdan; Benjamin Cha; James J. Chaffin; John R.
Chandler; Nathalie Charles; Hei Ming Cheng; Christopher Choa;
Frank Cohen; Sarah Cooper; Fernando Costa; Clare De Briere;
Xavier Denis; Rushabh Desai; Jeffrey A. Dritley; Sigrid Duhamel;
Scott Christopher Dunn; Ame Engelhart; David Faulkner;
Rosemary Feenan; Juergen Fenk; Antonio Fiol-Silva; Harry H.
Frampton; Michael J. Franco; Marnix Galle; Goodwin Gaw;
Jonathan Geanakos; Alexander Gebauer; Derek Goring; Greenlaw
Grupe; Manfred Guenterberg; Mary M. Hager; Vanessa Hale;
Sophie Henley-Price; George Hongchoy; Jeffrey D. Horowitz;
Karen Horstmann; Diane Hoskins; Lars Huber; Brad M. Hutensky;
Yu-Ning Hwang; Chris Igwe; Linda J. Isaacson; Brian A. Jackson;
Xavier Jongen; Louise Kavanagh; Anne Kavanagh; Michael F.
Kelly; Richard A. Kessler; Teng Chye Khoo; James D. Klingbeil;
Henrie W. Koetter; Bryan J. Koop; Xiaomei Lee; Jane Lloyd;
Keith M. Locker; Bethany Logan Ropa; William C. MacDonald;
Susan MacDonald; Ian Mackie; Todd W. Mansfield; Roy Hilton
March; Steven Marsh; Jodie W. McLean; Susan Meaney; Stuart
Mercier; Sharmil Modi; Hiroo Mori; Kelly Sewell Nagel; Timothy
J. Naughton; Daniel M. Neidich; Jeremy Newsum; Robert O'Brien;
Blake G. Olafson; Junho Pok; Lee A. Polisano; Amy G. Price; I.
Rocke Ransen; Kristina Raspe; Georg Reutter; Alan F. Riffkin;
Susheela Rivers; Joseph B. Rose; Ralph Rosenberg; Randall K.
Rowe; Raymond D. Rufino; Peter S. Rummell; Eiji Sakaguchi;
Christian Schede; Ngee Huat Seek; Edward Siskind; John So; KK
So; Hilary J. Spann; Gayle Starr; Jon Tanaka; William S. Taubman;
Marilyn Jordan Taylor; J. Ronald Terwilliger; Owen D. Thomas;
Lynn Thurber; Thomas W. Toomey; François X. Trausch; Bob van
der Zande; D. Michael Van Konynenburg; Sophie van Oosterom;
Coen van Oostrom; Guido Verhoef; W. Edward Walter; Megan
Walters; Wei Wang; Tim Wang; Lin Wang; K. Jay Weaver; Adam
Christopher Weers; Delfin Angelo Wenceslao; Birgit Werner; Greg
T. West; Michele Wheeler; Kavindi Wickremage; Cynthia Wilusz
Lovell; James Wong; Takashi Yamamoto; Smedes York; Jon H.
Zehner; Kevork A. Zoryan
ULI LIFE TRUSTEES
Joseph Brown; Nicholas Brooke; James Curtis (deceased);
James DeFrancia; Wayne Doran; Robert Engstrom; Gerald Hines
(deceased); Frederick Kober (deceased); Walt Koelbel; Robert
Larson (deceased); Stuart Lipton; Bowen McCoy; Roger Orf;
Alexander Otto; Henry Paparazzo; Wayne Ratkovich; Stan Ross
(deceased); Mel Simon (deceased); James Todd
U L I F O U N DAT I O N B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Douglas D. Abbey, ULI Foundation Chairman
Owen D. Thomas, ULI Global Chairman
W. Edward Walter, ULI Global Chief Executive Officer
Ralph Rosenberg, Treasurer
Greg Vogel, Secretary
Stephen C. Conley, Annual Fund Chair
Thomas W. Toomey, Capital Campaign Chair and ULI Global
Board of Directors Member
Andy Martin, Europe Charitable Trust Chair
James D. Klingbeil, Chairman Emeritus
Bruce Etkin, At Large
Mary Hager, At Large
Constance B. Moore, At Large
Stephen R. Quazzo, At Large
Hilary Spann, At Large
U L I E X E C U T I V E S TA F F T E A M
W. Edward Walter, Global Chief Executive Officer
Mary Beth Corrigan, Executive Vice President, Global Leadership
Gwyneth Coté, President, Americas
Adam Smolyar, Chief Marketing and Technology Officer
Michael Terseck, Chief Financial Officer
Lisette van Doorn, Chief Executive Officer, ULI EMEA
David Faulkner, President, Asia Pacific
Janice Periquet, President, ULI Foundation
U L I F E L LOW
Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow, ULI/Klingbeil Family Chair
for Urban Development

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