EDWARD J. BLAKELY 
Executive Director for Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans 
In January 2007, Edward J. Blakely was appointed Executive Director for Recovery Management for the City of New Orleans. Blakely is nationally and internationally recognized for his extensive experience in the design of recovery strategies for cities across the United States. In 1999, Blakely, while serving as Dean of the Milano Graduate School at the New School University in New York, was on hand for the devastating disaster at the World Trade Center.
He coordinated the New School’s recovery strategy, and provided policy guidance for 100 Black Men of New York with respect to participation of minorities in the recovery. In 1989, Blakely guided recovery efforts in Oakland following the Loma Prieta earthquake. Blakely held academic positions in teaching, research, administration, and policy development for more than twenty-five years. He is a leading scholar in the fields of planning, infrastructure, transportation, and local economic development. Prior to his post at New School University in New York City, Blakely was Dean and the Lusk Professor of Planning and Development for the School of Urban Planning and Development at the University of Southern California (1994-1999). Previously he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley (1986-1994). Blakely remains as the Chair of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Sydney. He has also held senior positions at Pacific Telephone company and as a U.S. Foreign Service officer. |
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