PATRICK M. STARR, Vice President and Director, S.E. PA Office.

Patrick Starr is Director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s southeast regional office (covering Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia Counties). He heads projects on brownfield redevelopment, redevelopment of the Delaware River waterfront and transit-oriented development and oversees project managers who deal with issues including watershed protection, land conservation and sprawl. He also has served on numerous committees, including the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Regional Citizens Committee, Regional Infrastructure for Sustaining Agriculture (Steering Committee 1997 to present), the Philadelphia Urban Resources Partnership (Executive Committee 1997 to 1999) and the Philadelphia City Council Select Committee on the Reuse of Vacant Land.

Prior to joining the Council, Mr. Starr was the public affairs director of the Philadelphia Streets Department (1988 to 1992), where he served as a policy advisor to the Streets Commissioner and as the primary department contact for media, community leaders and elected officials, including City Council. Before that, he was Director of Civic Issues for the Foundation for Architecture and the editor of CitySITES, their quarterly magazine.

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania cum laude with a major in urban studies.