28 GIL KELLEY

GENERAL MANAGER, PLANNING, URBAN DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY, CITY OF VANCOUVER PREVIOUSLY #33,2017

Kelley has a reputation as being a more consultative planner than some of his predecessors—a trait that became apparent in revised community plans for Chinatown, presented to council (after months of heated debate) in June. Still, the San Francisco native isn’t afraid to challenge city orthodoxy—such as intruding on Vancouver’s sacred “view corridors” with the massive Northeast False Creek redevelopment. Perhaps Kelley’s biggest test will come in implementing the city’s 10-year housing strategy, released last November, and its call to transform Vancouver’s low-density neighbourhoods.