ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE BH&L GROUP'S PROPOSAL



ADVISORY BOARD TO THE BH&L GROUP FOR A

PAVILION AT THE 2010 SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO

(As of November 2008)

Our Advisory Board is a work in progress. In addition to the individuals listed below who have confirmed their willingness to serve on our Advisory Board, we have extended invitations to corporate, foundation, and public sector executives and the governors and mayors of state and local governments with a special interest in China, and especially Shanghai, as markets, trading partners, and “sister” governments. We expect to confirm additional Advisors who will further strengthen our ability to create, construct, and manage a Pavilion truly representative of our ideals and interests. Our Advisors are categorized on this list by their primary expertise, but each has diverse experience involving many fields of endeavor.

A. THEMATIC EXPERTS (“BETTER CITY, BETTER LIFE”)

Morton Bernstein, Deputy Director, Housing and Relocation Planning, Los Angeles Unified School District (representing himself, not LAUSD); Los Angeles

Cliff Figallo, Social Architect and Facilitator, Mill Valley, CA

Adam Greenfield, Instructor, NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program, Founder and Principal, Studies and Observations; New York City

Glen Hiemstra, Founder and Owner, ; Kirkland, WA

Fred Kent, Founder and President, Project for Public Spaces, Inc.; New York City

Paul Petrunia, Founder and Publisher, Archinect; and President/Creative Director, Extra Medium, Inc.; Los Angeles

Jennifer Siegal, Founder and Principal, Office of Mobile Design; Los Angeles

Walter Siembab, Principal, Siembab Planning Associates; Los Angeles

Dr. David Stea, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Texas State University; San Marcos, TX

Molly Wright Steenson, Design Researcher and Architectural Historian: Princeton, NJ

Chris Steins, Founder and CEO, Urban Insight, Inc.; Founder and supporter of Planetizen, the online regional- and urban-planning community newsletter; Los Angeles

Bruce Sterling, Author, Journalist, Editor, and Critic; Austin, TX

Dr. Martin Wachs, Director, Professor Emeritus, Former Chair, Department of Urban Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Los Angeles

B. EXPO, EXHIBITION, AND MEDIA DESIGN

Jake Barton, Principal, Local Projects; New York City

Michael Benedikt, Director, Center for American Architecture and Design, and ACSA Distinguished Professor, Hal Box Chair, University of Texas; Austin, TX

Julian Bleecker, Ph.D., Director, Mobile and Pervasive Lab, Annenberg Center for Communications, University of Southern California; Los Angeles

Urso Chappell, Founder, ; San Francisco

Clark Dodsworth, Founder and Principal, Osage Associates; Sacramento, CA

Jim Faris, Independent Design Consultant; Santa Cruz, CA

Nigel Holmes, Founder and Principal, Nigel Holmes/Explanation Graphics; former Graphics Director, Time magazine; Westport, CT

Alicia Imperiale, Architect, Artist, and Writer, New York City and Princeton, NJ.

Qingyun Ma, Dean, USC School of Architecture, and Founder and Design Principal, MADA s.p.a.m, Shanghai; Los Angeles and Shanghai

Phillip Reay, Principal, Metacosm Design Labs LLC; Seattle

Richard D. Titus, Partner and Executive Producer, Plinyminor LLC; Los Angeles; Baton Rouge, LA; London; Director and Producer, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

Richard Saul Wurman, Designer, Author, creator of the TED Conference; Newport, RI

C. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE AND CHINESE AFFAIRS

Mark Anderson, Founder and CEO, Strategic News Service and Technology Alliance Partners; Chairman, Future in Review (FIRe) Conferences; Friday Harbor, WA

Thomas Edwards, Founder and CEO, Englobe, Inc.; former Geographer and Senior Geopolitical Strategist, Microsoft, Inc.; Renton, WA

Fred Greguras, Esq., Of Counsel, K&L | Gates LLP, Palo Alto, CA

Sara A. Greenstein, SVP, Chief Commercial Officer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.; Northbrook, IL (also representing US-China Business Council)

Edgar G. Hotard, Chairman, Monitor Group (China); Senior Advisor, The Monitor Company; Venture Partner, ARCH Venture Partners; Beijing and Houston (also representing US-China Business Council)

Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Citigroup Inc. (investment banking); and Special Consultant to IMG Media and to Chinese National Government

Sidney Rittenberg, President, Rittenberg and Associates, lifetime expert on China; Fox Island, WA

John Rutledge, PhD, CEO, Rutledge Capital; Newport Beach, CA, Boston, Maui, HI, Beijing

Jon Staenberg, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners, Seattle

Dr. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine

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