Presenters: Eleanor Hollander, Manager of the City’s Office of Economic Development, and Elizabeth Redman Cleveland, Chief Strategist of Sustainable Growth, City of Berkeley.

Please join us in person for this discussion of Berkeley’s most dynamic economic district, where R&D industries are driving economic opportunity in Berkeley. The presentation will include a snapshot of R&D activities taking place in Berkeley today, the zoning challenges R&D companies face when trying to grow locally, and changes to Berkeley land use regulations that may be on the horizon.

For more information, download OED’s presentation to BDA.

Meeting Location: Spats, 1974 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Biographies

Eleanor Hollander has presented previously to BDA and is the Manager of OED and leader of the City of Berkeley's 'Civic Center Vision and Implementation Plan', the 'Path to Permanence' legislation for Outdoor Dining and Commerce, and has been serving as the business liaison in the City of Berkeley's COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center since March 2020. She oversees the City of Berkeley's Revolving Loan Fund for small businesses, supports multiple commercial districts, and prepares citywide data and reports on the commercial climate in Berkeley.

Prior to joining the City in 2014, she was the Economic Development Director of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, where she organized the monthly economic development forum at the chamber and was the liaison to the city of Oakland regarding a variety of planning and development issues. Eleanor holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning from U.C. Berkeley, a BA in Urban Studies from Brown University and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

Elizabeth Redman Cleveland, also at OED, draws on her past cross-sector experience to design city policies and programs to ensure socially and environmentally responsible economic growth, using her partnership development, stakeholder engagement, project management, facilitation, and research skills, Before joining city government, Elizabeth led IHS Markit’s Economic Strategy Solutions regional competitiveness consulting practice and launched the corporate Sustainable Customer Solutions initiative to help clients leverage IHS’ information, analytics and insight to achieve their own sustainability objectives. In the last decade, Elizabeth has also founded her own consulting firm (Cross Sector Strategies); designed regional industry cluster development strategies at the Economic Competitiveness Group; and advised many business associations, academic institutions, philanthropies, and non-profit organizations on a broad range of economic and workforce development topics.