The SPUR Planning and Architecture Council (SPAC) is composed of SPUR business members from planning, architecture and design firms. This group meets quarterly and brings together firms for relevant and timely policy conversations.

Membership in SPAC is open to all planning, architecture and design firms supporting SPUR at our standard business membership levels.

If you are interested in joining, please email April Gubatina at [email protected] for more information.

Co-Chairs

• Eri Suzuki, Senior Associate, SITELAB urban studio
• Jeffrey Till, Principal, Hart Howerton

2023 Speakers + Topics:

• Ben Grant, SITELAB urban studio, Geeti Silwal, Perkins&Will, and Adam Varat, Port of San Francisco – Waterfront Adaptability and Resilience
• Deb Castles, BART, Alisa Shen, City of Berkeley, and Erika Pinto, SPUR – Transit-Oriented Communities Policy and Ashby BART Site Planning

2022 Speakers + Topics:

• Abigail Thorne-Lyman, BART and Laura Tolkoff, SPUR – Parking Policy
• Michael Boland, Presidio Trust – Tour of Presidio Tunnel Tops
• David Smith and Kelly Stockton, Plant Construction – Tour of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island
• Lynette Dias, Urban Planning Partners and Greg Pasquali, Carmel Partners – Downtown Oakland Specific Plan Program + Tour

2021 Speakers + Topics:

• Claire Maxfield, Atelier Ten, Panama Bartholomy, Investor Confidence Project and Laura Feinstein, SPUR – Building Electrification
• Regina Celestin Williams, First Community Housing – Affordable Housing + Mass Timber
• Denise Pinkston, Casita Coalition and TMG Partners and Michael Lane, SPUR – Impacts of Single Family Zoning + Policy Interventions
• Gabrielle Bullock, Perkins+Will and Julia Witherspoon, SFNOMA – Equity in Architecture