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Brent Bucknum, Founder - Hyphae Design Lab

Brent founded the Hyphae Design Laboratory; an ecological engineering, research and design firm dedicated to bridging the gap between innovative architecture and ecological restoration.  He also founded and direct's The Urban Biofilter (urbanbiofilter.org), a West Oakland-based Green Infrastructure non-profit, which is part of the Earth Island Institute. Their work is focused on designing and advocating for innovative approaches to bioremediation of air, water and soil in communities with severe environmental justice issues. Brent currently lives and works in the former wetlands of West Oakland.

 

Mary Lucero-Dorst, Director of Asset Management - EBALDC

Ms. Lucero-Dorst came to EBALDC with over 8 years experience in Project Management with community based, non-profit developers in San Francisco and Berkeley. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with dual Masters in City and Regional Planning and Latin American Studies. Since coming to EBALDC in September 2004, Ms. Lucero-Dorst has shepherded four back-end tax credit deals for residential and commercial properties at a price of $1 each; overseen three rehabilitations of $100,000 to $950,000, as well as six smaller rehabs at occupied properties; provided Asset Management services to Preservation Park Center; refinanced two mortgages, and collaborated with other EBALDC departments for improved development, property management, and resident services provision. Ms. Lucero-Dorst was responsible for EBALDC receiving a 2006 MetLife Award for Excellence in Property and Asset Management for the Frank G. Mar Apartments