Kiki Bolender, AIA, LEED AP, leads Bolender Architects, a full service firm centered on architecture, design and urbanism.  She is chair of the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia and is a member of the People’s Editorial Board of the Daily…

Paul Boni is a Philadelphia land use attorney focusing on zoning, historic preservation and environmental law.  He's a graduate of Emory University (undergrad) and of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  Paul lives in downtown Philadelphia in the Society Hill neighborhood. …

As Executive Director since June, 1999, Ms. Bornfriend has overseen PPA’s activist role on behalf of Philadelphia’s parks. A native Philadelphian with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Ms. Bornfriend founded and served…

On January 3, 2013 Congressman Robert A. Brady was sworn into office for his 9th term representing the people of Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District. The First Congressional District includes portions of South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, Northwest…

Jared Brey writes about development, zoning policy, and city government for PlanPhilly.com. He wasn't interested in being a reporter until halfway through a master's program in journalism at Temple University that he intended to parlay into an academic career. His work…

David B. Brownlee is an architectural historian at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor. His seven authored and co-authored books include studies of English Victorian architecture, German neoclassicism, the architecture and city planning of Philadelphia, and the…

Fran joined PICA as Executive Director on June 5, 2012.

Prior to her appointment at PICA, Fran served almost four years as Commissioner of the Department of Licenses and Inspections for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Michael Nutter.   Fran has…