Bill Fulton

Director of Rice University'sKinder Institute for Urban Research; former vice president of policies and programs at Smart Growth America; publisher of the California Planning & Development Report and author of The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles and The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl; Founding president and CEO of Solimar Research Group, a public-policy research firm specializing in metropolitan growth, urban planning and economic development issues; former Mayor of Ventura and councilman of the Ventura City Council