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 Each month in 2005, ARS will be introducing its Board members and Associates. This month, we introduce James Gibson, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Robert Grow, Founding Chair Emeritus of Envision Utah.
James O. Gibson is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gibson chairs the board of directors of PolicyLink, a national institution devoted to strengthening communities. He has been a Senior Associate of the Urban Institute since January 1993, and he was founding president of DC Agenda, a ten-year community initiative to improve services and strengthen governance and fiscal affairs in the District of Columbia. Mr. Gibson has also served as Director of the Equal Opportunity Program at The Rockefeller Foundation, President of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation in Washington, D.C., Assistant City Administrator for Planning and Development for the District of Columbia, Executive Associate of The Potomac Institute, and Executive Secretary of the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP. Mr. Gibson and his wife Kathryn DeFrantz Gibson live in Washington, DC. They have three grown children and grandchildren.
Robert Grow holds degrees in engineering and law and has had a diverse career, including practicing law, being president of a large manufacturing company, chairing a national trade association, and being recognized as Utah?s entrepreneur of the year.
Mr. Grow is founding chair emeritus of Envision Utah, a private/public quality growth partnership founded in 1997. Envision Utah is widely recognized as one of the country?s most successful public involvement efforts for the development of a broad-based, long-term growth strategy for a major metropolitan area. As a model for regional visioning efforts nationwide, Envision Utah has been recognized with the Urban Land Institute?s Award for Excellence, the Alliance for Regional Stewardship?s Gold Recognition Award, and the American Planning Association?s Daniel Burnham Award.
For his role in helping shape the strategy for the Salt Lake region?s future transportation system, Grow received the American Public Transportation Association?s (APTA) Distinguished Service Award in October 2003. Recently, Don Chen, executive director of Smart Growth America, a national coalition with goals similar to those of Envision Utah, said that Grow ?[is] the father of one of the greatest stories in the smart growth movement.?
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