2021-22 Wetmore Lecture Series: Mike Davis, AICP, LEED AP BD+C

2021-22 Wetmore Lecture Series: Mike Davis, AICP, LEED AP BD+C

2021-22 Wetmore Lecture Series: Mike Davis, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
Executive Director
Central IL Land Bank Authority

March 23, 2022
Wednesday, 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Room 225 Temple Buell Hall

Please join us for the final Wetmore lecture of the 2021-2022 academic year. Mike Davis will be speaking on his career trajectory and professional development. Mike is currently the Executive Director of the Central Illinois Land Bank Authority. Before his transition to Illinois, he worked as a Senior Program Officer for LISC Boston. During his time at LISC from 2012-19, he provided affordable housing owners across the state with technical assistance on energy efficiency, clean energy and healthy housing. Additionally, Mike led LISC’s lending for community development projects across Massachusetts. Previously, he worked for five years at New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development as a Director of Operations for the Division of Architecture + Engineering and as a Senior Planner for the Bronx Planning Unit. Mike also spent three years as grassroots organizer on drinking water/watershed protection for Clean Water Action in MA and a year in AmeriCorps with MA Community Water Watch.

Mike has a Master of Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a BA in English and a BS in Earth Science from Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialty in Building Design and Construction.