About Pete Pointner
Over fifty years of professional experience beyond his mastersin city and regional planning including:
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
Over fifty years of professional experience beyond his mastersin city and regional planning including:
- Independent consultant, 2010 to date
- President of Corporate Services Inc. January 2000 to 2010
- 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
- American Planning Association
- American Institute of Certified Planners (elected to college of fellows)
- Association of Licensed Architects
- Historic Pullman Foundation
- Illinois Historical Society (1969-2001)
- Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (lifetime member)
- Lambda Alpha (1972-2010) retired
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (1970-2000)
- American Institute of Architects (1973-2000)
- 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., Marian Park Living and Learning Development Corporation, South Gate Home Owners Inc., Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
- Past President, Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals
- Past chairman of the Board of the Valley Improvement Association of N.M.
- Member, national APA sub-committee on Green infrastructure
- Member, Advisory Council, Conservation Foundation of DuPage County
- Past member: AIA National Historic Resource Committee
- AIA Committee on Historic Resources, NEI Chapter, 1994 chairman
- Member, 2011 APA jury for national planning awards
- Guest lecturer at the Universities of; Illinois – Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, Texas Tech, Northwestern, Iowa, Governor's Arizona State, Elmhurst College, and Illinois Institute of Technology
