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Baltimore’sSDGsExecutiveTeam(SDGET)CompositionoftheExecutiveTeamBelowistheproposedSDGExecutiveCommitteeforBaltimore.ThisteamwillbecomprisedofrepresentativesofkeyorganizationswhocanprovidegeneralknowledgeofsustainabledevelopmentstrategiesandsustainabledevelopmentdataonBaltimore,andwhocanprovidesubstantiveinputintosettingquantitativetargetsforsustainabledevelopmentinBaltimore.InvitedParticipants:

• TonyBridges,TBridgesCommunications• JamesParks,BaltimorePresbytery• SheriParks,UniversityofMaryland• JeannieHowe,GreaterBaltimoreCulturalAlliance• JohnH.Morris,SchoolofPlanningandCommunityDevelopment,Sojourner

DouglasCollege• JessicaVarsa,BaltimoreOfficeofSustainability• DanaCooper,Mayor’sOffice• CarolGilbert,DHCD• BethHarber,AbellFoundation• BenjaminOrr,MarylandCenterforEconomicPolicy• ScotSpencer,AnnieE.CaseyFoundation• RoniNeff,CenterforLivableFuture,JohnsHopkinsUniversity• IvanSaschaSheehan,UniversityofBaltimore• SeemaD.Iyer,UniversityofBaltimore• JosephS.Wood,PhD,UniversityofBaltimore• RogerHartley,UniversityofBaltimore• GerritKnapp,UniversityofMaryland• JohnnyMack,CommunitiesWithoutBoundariesInternational• SandyRuckstuhl,SustainableDevelopmentSolutionsNetwork• PaulaBoland,UnitedNationsAssociation• StephenMoseley,UnitedNationsAssociation• EdElmendorf,UnitedNationsAssociation• KevinDeBell,EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

FirstconveningofSDGETonDecember3TheSDGETwillbeconvenedfromthefirsttimefrom11AM-1PMon12/3/2015attheUniversityofBaltimore.Thepurposeofthesessionwillbetoexaminepreliminary

stocktakingefforts(aBaltimore-SDGmappingspreadsheet).TheSDGETwillprovideadditionalideasintowhatelsecouldbeincludedonthespreadsheet.Theresultsofthatdiscussionwillbeaddedtothespreadsheet.3SDGWorkingSub-groupsandOutputsAfterthe12/3eventtheSDGETwillbedividedinto3workinggroupstoperformtwotasks:(1)additionalstrategyanddatastocktakingbasedontheirareasofworkandexpertiseonsustainabledevelopmentinBaltimore,and(2)setquantifiablesustainabledevelopmenttargetsforBaltimore-basedontheprinciplesoftheSDGs.Thegroupswillconvenefortwoworkingsessionstoperformthesetasksandproduceoutputreportsontheprioritiesandquantitativetargetsthattheyhaveidentified(furtherdetailsontheseoutputsTBD).Theschedulefortheworkingsessionswillbediscussedatthemeeting.TheUniversityofBaltimore,asconvenor,willlaterrecommendthese“sustainabilitygoals”beincludedinBaltimore’sComprehensiveMasterPlan.