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 Each month in 2005, ARS will be introducing its Board members and Associates. This month, we introduce Joan Riehm, Deputy Mayor of Louisville Metro (Louisville, Kentucky), and David Soule, Associate Director of Northeastern University's Center for Urban & Regional Policy.
 Joan Riehm, Louisville Metro Deputy Mayor, has had a successful career in communications and government for more than three decades in Louisville and Kentucky. She has been an active participant in community affairs as a reporter and editor for The Courier-Journal, press secretary and deputy mayor for City Government, communications director in State Government, manager of government relations for Humana Inc., public affairs consultant, and founding director of the Regional Leadership Coalition.
As a civic volunteer, she has also served the community on many nonprofit boards including Norton Healthcare, Operation Brightside, the Louisville Free Public Library and the Air Pollution Control Board. To encourage others to become involved in community service, she co-founded the Leadership Kentucky program and started Leadership Louisville's first alumni group.
Joan has included a charitable bequest in her Will to create the Joan Riehm Fund for Greater Louisville in the Foundation. "I believe in the Community Foundation's mission to help my hometown grow and thrive," says Joan. "Creating a fund for Greater Louisville continues support for my favorite causes far into the future, and helps support the important work of the Foundation in our community."
To learn more about Louisville Metro, please visit their website at www.loukymetro.org.
 Dr. David Soule is the Associate Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University where he conducts research on urban economic issues and tax policy He also teaches in the political science department. He is a former officer and current member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship. He is also the primary resource for the Regional Futures Institute of the National Association of Regional Councils.
He recently stepped down as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) after 15 + years of service. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Council, he was responsible for a budget which exceeded $8 million and a staff of more than 80 professional and support personnel. During his tenure, he oversaw the development of MetroPlan, a comprehensive plan for the future of the Boston metropolitan area. Prior or to joining MAPC, Soule served as the Executive Director of the Nashua Regional Planning Commission in Nashua, New Hampshire for 7 years. From 1971 to 1980, he served as deputy and planning director of the Capitol Region Council of Governments in Hartford, Connecticut.
In April 2003, Mr. Soule completed his Ph.D. in the Law, Policy, and Society program at Northeastern University, and has a Bachelor's degree from Trinity College. Soule is also the primary staff for the New England Initiative, serving as a senior research associate for the Initiative at the Center For Industrial Competitiveness at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Go to www.curp.neu.edu to learn more about the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University.
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