Katherine Perez

Katherine Aguilar Perez Katherine Aguilar Perez is executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Urban Land Institute, a post she assumed after serving as vice president of development for Forest City Development. Her focus is on transit oriented development and development in emerging communities. She is a professional transportation planner with experience in national transportation policy, regional planning and local government. She was recently recognized as an “Outstanding Leader” in Business Life Magazine.

Perez was the co-founder and executive director of the Transportation and Land Use Collaborative (TLUC) of Southern California, a nationally recognized non-profit that promotes greater civic involvement in planning and development. While at TLUC, she created the Latino New Urbanism project to promote more culturally sensitive development and planning practices. Previously, she was a deputy to Pasadena Mayor William Bogaard. With a professional background in transportation, she was able to work with the community on many developments including the Gold Line Light Rail Extension, a 13 mile project from Los Angeles to Pasadena.

Perez currently serves on the Board of Directors of CORO, a national leadership training organization. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship, a national non-profit committed to improved regionalism “as a means for advancing economic, social and environmental progress, while maintaining a sense of place, in America’s metropolitan regions.”

Perez is a frequent speaker at national, state and local conferences on the issues pertaining to land use, development, transportation, community planning, and civic engagement.

Last updated January 27, 2009