SMPS Boston is pleased to have representatives from three major local institutions presenting in the Higher Ed Panel in January. Richard Yeager (Boston College; Assistant Director, Planning & Design, Capital Planning and Engineering), Richard Amsters (MIT; Director of Campus Planning, Engineering, and Construction for the Department of Facilities), and Clifford Resnick (Brown University; Director of Planning, Facilities Management) as our distinguished speakers. Please join us and learn more about what is on the horizon at each of these universities.

About Richard Yeager:
Mr. Yeager is currently the Assistant Director of Planning and Design at Boston College and leads a design staff that oversees Boston College's physical campus of over 120 buildings. He is responsible for all Annual Capital projects on campus as well as plays a critical role in the Major projects, including architect selection and design oversight. He also played an integral role with the development of BC's recently completed Campus Master Plan.

In 2007, Mr. Yeager was appointed to be a Commissioner with the Boston Landmarks Commission for the City of Boston; the official agency responsible for the stewardship of Boston's historic buildings, places and neighborhoods. He has been a member of SCUP for over ten years, and has presented at numerous conferences in the past. Recently selected to the Association of University Architects, Mr. Yeager majored in architecture at the University of Virginia and received his Masters of Architecture at Yale University.

About Richard Amster:
Dick Amster joined the MIT Department of Facilities in November of 2007, just as it was reformulated into two areas: Operations and Campus Planning, Engineering and Construction (CPEC). As Director of CPEC, Dick leads a staff of 60 plus employees in the delivery of capital, renewal, energy efficiency, and space reorganization projects. Prior to coming to MIT he spent 26 years with Turner Construction Company in Boston and New York City. Dick has an undergraduate degree in English from Harvard and an MBA from Columbia.

About Clifford Resnick:
Cliff Resnick is Director of Planning at Brown University, where he leads a team responsible for facilities planning and space management. Some of his major initiatives include planning for new research facilities, facilities and space utilization assessments, and developing a renewal master plan. Prior to arriving at Brown in 2007, he was Assistant Director in Facilities & Campus Planning at UMass Amherst, where he led planning on major capital projects and campus planning.initiatives. A registered architect, Cliff has also worked as a project architect with design firms in Boston and Washington, D.C. as well as in-house architect for a major medical center. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown and his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.