Faculty members consist of a core group of Hall Alminana, Inc. staff and a revolving staff of visiting faculty. Together they comprise a wealth of practical Smart Growth experience.
Core Faculty
Laura Hall, Smart Growth School Director
Principal, Hall Alminana, Inc.
Referred to as “[A]cclaimed CNU facilitator” by the editors of New Urban News, Laura Hall has brought divided communities to consensus visions for over 10 years. In 2004, she facilitated the community process for the Central Petaluma SmartCode, which resulted in one of the first adopted SmartCodes in the nation. She also headed the design team for the rebuilding and renewal efforts for the City of Pass Christian, Mississippi, in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed it. Hall received an M.A. in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Robert Alminana, AICP, LEED AP
Principal, Hall Alminana, Inc.
Robert Alminana has organized, managed, and participated in a diverse range of master planning, form-based coding, and architectural projects from 100 acres to 70 sq. miles in North America and Europe. His work has twice been honored with the prestigious Driehaus Form-Based Code Award from the Form-Based Codes Institute. Alminana co-authored The New Civic Art, Elements of Town Planning (Rizzoli, New York, Oct. 2003) with Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. He received an M.A. in Architecture from the University of Miami.
Gayle Goldstone, MBA
Principal, Hall Alminana, Inc.
Gayle Goldstone is a quantitative analyst who has spent the last twenty-five years advising business owners in matters relating to management and finance. Goldstone is the ‘business arm’ of Hall Alminana, Inc. She is also an instructor in the specialty of Entrepreneurship for the highly-regarded Business Administration Department of Santa Rosa Junior College. She will address the economic elements of Smart Growth. Goldstone received an M.B.A. in Management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
Visiting Faculty
Kevin Colin
Associate Planner, Lamphier-Gregory: Urban Planning & Environmental Analysis
Kevin Colin is a reformed Euclidean Zoner now practicing Smart Growth in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his prior 8 years of public sector employment, Colin gained an incisive understanding of city-making at the local government level. While with the City of Ventura, he facilitated many regulatory changes, including Form-Based Code calibration to implement a General Plan with Smart Growth policies. As a result of his efforts, the City approved higher quality projects in a system of improved clarity and consistency. Colin has a B.S. in Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation from Humboldt State University.
Sandy Sorlien
Principal, Bungalow Studio
Sandy Sorlien is the founding principal of Bungalow Studio, a consulting firm specializing in practical solutions for sustainable neighborhoods. She has been the managing editor of the model SmartCode since 2004 (with Andrés Duany) and is a principal co-author of the SmartCode Version 9 and Manual. Sorlien teaches the SmartCode Local master classes in Philadelphia and Rhode Island, has lectured at several SmartCode Workshops, and has calibrated SmartCodes for new urbanist charrettes nationally and internationally.
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