Mitchell Silver

Mitchell served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, a principal at McAdams planning and design firm, Chief Planning Officer in Raleigh, NC, president of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners, and president/co-chair of the City Parks Alliance.

Mitchell is one of America’s most celebrated urban thinkers. He was selected to Planetizen’s list of the 100 Most Influential Urbanists in the world. In addition, he has been honored as one of the top 100 City Innovators in the world by UBM Future Cities, and the Urban Times named him one of the top international thought leaders of the built environment. He was also selected by Avenue Magazine as one of five Urbanists on New York City’s Power List.

Mitchell is a contributing author and editor of the International City/County Management Association’s (ICMA) latest edition of “Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice,” a resource for local governments engaged in planning. He is also a contributing author of several books and the author of numerous articles. He currently serves as a Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.