Jane Jacobs Lecture: Sara Bronin

Sara C. Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, George Washington University professor, and changemaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. She wrote Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, and she founded and leads the National Zoning Atlas and the National Preservation Atlas, which illuminate land-use rules that influence our economy, society, health, and happiness. She also served in a Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed role, chairing the federal historic preservation agency. Sara holds a J.D. from Yale (Harry S Truman Scholarship), M.Sc. from the University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship), Bachelor of Architecture and B.A. in Architecture & Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin. A seventh-generation Texan, Sara is a native Houstonian. This event is co-sponsored by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics.