About Pete Pointner
Education:
B. Architecture, 1961, Illinois Institute of Technology
MCRP, 1962, Illinois Institute of Technology
Registration / Certification:
Architect, Illinois I-7951 inactive; NCARB No. 23710 retired
American Institute of Certified Planners, Elected to the College of Fellows
Experience:
Forty seven years of professional experience including:
- President of Corporate Services Inc. January 2000 to date
- Founder of Planning Resources Inc., president for fifteen years and
executive officer for three years
- Past vice president and chief of community and environmental planning for Chicago office of DeLeuw, Cather & Company
- Ten years teaching community planning/design at university level; author/lecturer in community planning, downtown revitalization, site plan review, historic preservation, public participation, environmental analysis, sustainable community design, and scenic highway design
Affiliations:
- American Planning Association
- Association of Licensed Architects
- Historic Pullman Foundation
- Illinois Historical Society (1969-2001)
- Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (lifetime member)
- International Association for Impact Assessment
- Lambda Alpha
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (1970-2000)
- American Institute of Architects (1973-2000)
Special Assignments:
- Charter member and past chairman, Beman Committee for the Preservation of Historic Pullman, a National Historic Landmark District
- Past board of directors membership: Historic Pullman Foundation; Marian Park, Inc. and Marian Park Living and Learning Development Corporation
- Past President, Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals
- Vice President of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
- Immediate past chairman of the Board of the Valley Improvement Association of N.M.
- Current board member, secretary, South Gate Home Owners, Inc.
- Member, Advisory Council, Conservation Foundation of DuPage County
- Past member: AIA National Historic Resource Committee
- AIA Committee on Historic Resources, NEI Chapter, 1994 chairman
- Guest lecturer at the Universities of; Illinois – Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Texas Tech, Northwestern, Iowa, Governor's SArizona State, Elmhurst College, and Illinois Institute of Technology