{"73416":{"#nid":"73416","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross invited to White House Clean Energy Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine L. Ross, Harry West Professor and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to the White House, in partnership with DOT and HUD, Clean Energy Forum. Secretary Ray LaHood (DOT) and Secretary Shaun Donovan (HUD) will speak about why action for a clean energy future is of vital importance and will then illicit responses and experiences from stakeholders regarding the issue.  Ross has extensive experience in regional planning, infrastructure planning, and development. She is the author of the recently released \u0022Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness,\u0022 published by Island Press in July 2009. Ross co-authored \u0022The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century,\u0022 published by Transaction Press. Ross advises the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs .It is headed by Director Adolfo Carri\u00c3\u00b3n, Jr., who is charged with reporting directly to President Obama and concurrently to both Valerie Jarrett and to Melody Barnes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Ross will attend the Clean Energy Forum, hosted by US DOT and HUD, this week at the White House.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Ross will attend the Clean Energy Forum at White House."}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2010-03-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:33","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/portal.hud.gov\/portal\/page\/portal\/HUD","title":"US Department of Housing and Urban Development"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/","title":"U.S. Department of Transportation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michelle.marcus@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}