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Rashida Abdulhaqq is a member of FRDC’s Board of Directors who is also raising her grandchildren in the Fairfax neighborhood. Her community activism extends beyond FRDC to work with the Cleveland Hunger Network and the Cleveland Schools.
Charles Frederick is a landscape architect whose practice is based in Kent, Ohio, where he also teaches courses in landscape design, architecture and site planning for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University. His professional work focuses on sustainable design solutions for urban sites, as well as landscape conservation and restoration. He has helped design and implement sustainable solutions for watershed planning and waterway naturalization throughout the Cuyahoga watershed. Frederick received is Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Virginia and his bachelors in architecture from Kent State.
Jay D. Gardner is Community Development Director for FRDC. He is project manager for Fairfax Intergenerational, supervising the planning, design, financing and implementation of the project. Before joining the FRDC staff, he worked on planning and development projects for a variety of non-profits and municipalities in Cleveland and its suburbs.
Leroy Harlem is a Fairfax resident who is raising two grandchildren in the neighborhood.
Delores Lynch is the Director of Senior Outreach Services, a non-profit organization that provides support services to seniors who live in the eastern part of Cleveland, as well the cities of Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland.
Fred Pollack, AIA, LEED AP is a partner and founder of Van Meter Williams Pollack in San Francisco. For over two decades, he has worked at the forefront of mixed-use pedestrian and transit-oriented planning and urban design. His focus as a leader in green and sustainable architecture has been designing urban infill on a scale that ranges from individual buildings to blocks, and includes mixed-use communities, adaptive re-use of buildings, and multifamily affordable housing. A LEED-Accredited Professional, he has worked closely with municipal and nonprofit organizations to implement sustainable building practices. He is a technical advisor for Global Green USA, and serves on several technical advisory committees for developing green and sustainable architecture, including the Multi Family Green Building Guidelines Committee for the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the steering committees for the Green Affordable Housing Coalition and the Zero Net Energy Housing Project in California.
Dr. Nina M. Silverstein is Professor of Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Public and Community Service. Dr. Silverstein has gained a national reputation for her research into the social impact of Alzheimer's disease. Over the past decade, she has worked closely National Alzheimer's Association on projects relating to the Association's Helpline, its Safe Return Program, respite care, support groups for family caregivers, and home safety adaptations for people with dementia. She is currently working with the Association on their Acute Care Initiative. She is a former chairperson of Board of Directors of the Association's Massachusetts Chapter, and now serves on its Advisory Board. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Aging in Needham, Massachusetts. Another area of her research is currently focusing on transportation and aging, specifically older driver issues. A graduate of the Heller School, Brandeis University, Dr. Silverstein has been publishing and presenting on aging issues at major national conferences since the outset of her career over 20 years ago.
Denise VanLeer is the Assistant Executive Director of Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation.