Judy Corbett

Executive Director

Judith A. Corbett is the founder and for the past 30 years has served as Executive Director of the Local Government Commission.  She holds an MS in Ecology from the University of California and was co-developer of the highly acclaimed Village Homes, a model for sustainable development located in Davis, CA.  Corbett has coauthored three books on resource efficient land use and building design, most recently Designing Sustainable Communities:  Learning from Village Homes.  With the Local Government Commission, she has published over 50 policy guidebooks for local government officials on topics including community water sustainability, hazardous waste reduction, recycling, energy conservation and alternative energy, sustainable economic development, and resource-efficient land use patterns.  The Ahwahnee Land Use Principles, spearheaded by Corbett, forecast the Smart Growth movement.  She has served as a featured speaker at conferences throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. She was named by Time Magazine as a "Hero for the Planet" and in 2005 received the National Leadership in Planning Award from the American Planning Association.  She serves as a Boardmember for the Rail-Volution Conference and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Congress for the New Urbanism for the past 15 years.