Personal Statement

David Sluzky is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning in the School of Architecture, as well as a Research Associate Professor in the Science, Technology and Society Department of the School of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. At the School of Architecture, he regularly teaches a course on Brownfield Redevelopment. His main academic interests include land use policy and sustainable urban development, revitalization of environmentally impaired properties, electric vehicle technologies and environmental regulation.

Prof. Slutzky serves as President of Fermata, LLC, in the electric vehicle industry, as well as Chairman of Skeo Solutions, an innovative environmental think tank focusing primarily on environmental policy and urban revitalization. Prof. Slutzky also serves on the Board of LEAP, a local energy retrofit non-profit.

Professor Slutzky’s publications include: “Brownfields Uncertainty: A Proposal to Reform Superfund”, with A.J. Frey, in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Volume 12, Number 3, November 2010; “Systems Analysis and Adaptive Learning for Portfolio Management of Superfund Sites”, with Peter Beling, James Lambert, F. Rahman, and George Overstreet, in Reclaiming the Land: Rethinking Superfund Institutions, Methods and Practices, Macey, G. and Cannon, J., June, 2007; “EPA’s Brownfields Initiatives,” (Mortgage Banking, with Lawrence Jacobson, 1995), “Environmental Due Diligence: Past, Present, and Future.” (Handbook of Commercial Real Estate Finance, 1995), and “Lender’ Strategies for Environmental Liability,” (Mortgage Banking, 1995).

Before joining the faculty of UVA, Professor Slutzky served in the Clinton administration as a Senior Policy Advisor, first as Director of the Urban Initiative at EPA, then in the White House as Coordinator of the International Task Force of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development where he focused on the environmental implications of international capital flows, sustainable development, and urban environmental issues. Professor Slutzky also served in local government as an elected member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors form 2006-2010.