Manikka leads the District Council in policy and content management and connects members to ULI’s national initiatives. Manikka also serves as an elected official on the Cambridge School Committee. In this role, she serves on Buildings and Grounds Committee where she leads the school district in the management of 1.6 million square feet of educational facilities and leads ongoing conversations ab

Larry DiCara is among Boston’s most recognized attorneys and civic leaders. A frequent speaker at colleges, universities and other venues, as well as a regular go-to source in Boston media, Larry has taught at Harvard, Boston University and the University of Massachusetts.Larry practices real estate and administrative law and has been intimately involved with the development process in and around

Richard Dimino has served as President and CEO of A Better City (ABC) since 1995. Under his leadership, ABC’s major accomplishments have included keeping Boston open for business during construction of one of the country’s most complex highway projects, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Additionally, he influenced the planning, design and development of a 27-acre corridor along Boston’s waterfro

Jim is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations in support of Suffolk’s mission and vision, and enhancing internal organizational processes and infrastructure in the Northeast headquarters to ensure continuous growth. He is also responsible for managing work acquisition, client relationships and projects for Suffolk’s commercial and government projects. Jim has more than 25 years of ex

Nancy Ludwig, FAIA, LEED AP is the President of ICON Architecture, a 50-person Boston-based, women-owned firm. Her work focuses on sustainable urban projects that create new paradigms for city living, and range from transit-oriented development to innovative adaptive reuse, and from low-rise to high-rise construction. She has contributed to the design and construction of over 15,000 housing unit