PROFILE

• President, two Sarasota Florida firms: Mary Anne G. Bowie Associates, Inc. and Sarasota Green Marketplace, Inc.
• Professional sustainability urban planner, considers social, economic and environmental factors before recommending any alternatives.
• Set the standard for urban planning eminent domain expert witness work.
• Successful in economic development, community visioning and site development.
• Revitalization work achieved national recognition and post-Katrina work earned her honorary citizenship.
• Creator of the Sarasota Green Connection economic development model that successfully grows the green economy through local green business promotion, on line and in print, six years of eco-forums.
• Owner green spec listed Sarasota Green Marketplace, a retail green building products and supplies store.

EXPERIENCE

President, Bowie Urban Planners, 1988 to the Present

• Public Speaker: Sustainable Planning Solutions, Growing the Green Economy, Making Your Business Green
• Team Leader, US 17 Sustainable Corridor Planning Study for Charlotte County
• FPL High Power Transmission Line Alternatives Impact Expert Witness
• Transportation Impact Eminent Domain Services for more than 1000 small business owners
• Greening the Economy through original Sarasota Green Connection Economic Development Model
• Post Katrina Redevelopment Planning Mandeville Louisiana
• Government Acquisition Cost Estimating Experience throughout Florida
• Base Realignment and Closure Study, Stewart International Airport, New York
• Venice US 41 Sustainable Vision Plan
• Englewood FL Interstate Connector Study
• Air Force Base Area Development Studies for Eglin, Little Rock and Laughlin, Texas
• Hill Air Force Base-East Side Development Plan, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Westover Air Reserve Base 2010 - A Sustainable Vision for Tomorrow
• North Ft. Myers Post US 41 widening Economic Redevelopment Plan
• Author, Estimating Planning Book and several papers, published and unpublished

President, Sarasota Green Marketplace Inc., 2002 to the Present

• Creator, Sarasota Green Connection Economic Development Model
  
• Founder, Sarasota Green Marketplace outdoor vendor events, January 11, 2003
  
• Founder, Sarasota Green World Café, ongoing monthly eco-forums September 2002.
  
• Incorporated January 2004
  
• Maintain 2000 person green community on-line network
  
• Maintain website directory of over 175 local green businesses; 15,000 visits per month.
  
• Authored and published Sarasota Green Pages™, licensed by Co-op America, publisher of National Green Pages™

Teacher of Sustainable Solutions, 1994 to the Presents

• Taught thousands about global, national, and local sustainable planning and economic development concepts to promote a sustainable future that will work for all.
  
• Presented sustainability and planning issues at 15 national planning and federal environmental conferences and variety of local, regional, and national events.
  
• Provide college students and new graduates with meaningful employment delivering sustainable planning and green product solutions.

Planner, Economist and Senior Consultant, Adley Associates, March 1983 to Oct. 1988

• Authored several Charlotte County DRI’s
  
• Evaluated several FDOT projects in depth, including 595 in Broward and Alligator Alley in Collier County

Senior Planner, Charlotte County-Punta Gorda Planning Council, Oct. 1980 to Sept. 1982

• Responsible for long range planning
  
• Authored several elements of the Comprehensive Plan
  

Agent, Southern Airlines, then Republic, now Northwest Airlines, May 1976 to May 1979

Planner, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Sept. 1971 to May 1976

Completed environmental impact statements and Section 4f analyses for MARTA in the early 1970’s.

• Established research library
  
• Initial expert witness work in regard to 4f implementation

EDUCATION

• Qualified as an expert witness in various Circuit Courts of Florida
  
• AICP - Professional Planner #4953, American Institute of Certified Planners of the American Planning Association, certified May 1985
  
• FAICP - Inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, April 2006.
  
• Florida Green Building Coalition, Green Home Certifying Agent
  
• Master of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1973 (Recipient of Mellon graduate tuition scholarship)
  
• Bachelor of Arts, English and Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, March 1970

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and SERVICE

• Association of Eminent Domain Professionals
• Co-op America Business Network Leader
• Florida Green Building Coalition Residential Certifying Agent
• Sarasota Homebuilders Association
• East West College of Natural Medicine, Advisory Board 2005 - present
  
• AICP Symposium Committee, 1999 - 2001
  
• AICP World Town Planning Day Committee, 1999 - 2001
  
• Federal Planning Division Consultants Representative, 1995 - 2007
  
• ULI - Associate Member, 1990 - 2003
  
• Inter-Professional Council of Environmental Design - ASCP representative,
  
• 1996 - 1999
  
• Livable Communities Participant, testified to Congressional Committee 1999 - 2000
  
• Planning Accreditation Board site visitor pool, Member Accreditation Team to Ohio State University, Eastern Washington University, Ball State University and Pratt Institute
• Circus Sarasota, Board Member, 2001 to 2002
  
• American Society of Consulting Planners, Board Member 1990- 2004; National President, 1996-1998; Currently Board member emeritus.
  
• American Planning Association, Planning and Women Division, Southeast U.S. Regional Representative, 1992-1996
  
• Florida House Foundation (Sarasota Sustainable House), Board of Directors, 1995-1996
  
• Sarasota Board of Community Commissioners Air & Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, 1992-1996 member, Chair, 1992
  
• Sarasota Unitarian Universalist Church, President, 1992-1994
  
• US Green Building Council Member, 2001-present
  
• World Business Academy Member, 2002-2003
  
• Corporate Member of Co-op America Business Network, 1994-present

AWARDS

• Chamber of Commerce, Sarasota Green Marketplace/Sarasota Green Connection, 2008 Think Green Finalist
• Council for Sustainable Florida 2006 Promising Practice Award for Sarasota Green Connection
• FAICP - Inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, April 2006.
  
• Recipient of Honorary Citizenship from the City of Mandeville LA for post-Katrina planning work, "Redevelopment Plan for Old Mandeville" 2006.
  
• Recipient of the 2002 American Society of Consulting Planners Smart Growth/Sustainability Award for the Venice Vision Plan.
• Recipient of the 1998 Divisions Council Achievement Award for increasing the APA Federal Planning Division membership four-fold and launching its successful Federal Planning workshop.
  
• Recipient of the APA National Divisions Council Award for co-authoring Estimating Planning Services: An APA/AICP/ASCP Handbook, with Roger D. Blevins, AICP; a handbook that professionalized the planning consultant process.
  
• Innovatively applied the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems approach to the concepts of Smart Growth and Sustainability in the 2002 Westover Air Force Reserve Base Plan.

PRESENTED WORKS

Sustainable Planning Solutions

• Sarasota Green World Café five years of monthly eco-forums, sponsored by Bowie’s Sarasota Green Connection, a division of Sarasota Green Marketplace: wide range of environmental, green economic and social environmental concerns, Sarasota, FL, October 2002 through present.
  
• Comcast TV programs on the Green Economy and Green living and building solutions: Sarasota, FL, 2007.
  
• Pre-Conference National Conference on Aging, World Café leader: "Co-Housing and other New Approaches to Aging," Ellenton, FL, Dec 2007.
  
• Natural Awakenings Conference: "Growing the Green Economy by Greening the Grey World" Keynote Speaker: Naples, FL, 1, June 2007.
  
• Make it Green Seminar, Selby Botanical Gardens: "Finding and Buying Green Products"; Sarasota, FL, March and October 2007.
  
• American Planning Association (APA) Heart of Florida Chapter Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker: "Creating a Future That Works for All"; Lakeland, FL, 9, March 2007.
  
• Florida Planning and Zoning Association: "Creating a Future That Works for All"; Orlando, FL, January 2007.
  
• Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce, International Committee: "Celebrating Sarasota’s Sustainability Efforts"; Sarasota, FL, December 2006.
  
• University of Florida Gators for a Sustainable Campus Keynote Speaker; Gainesville, FL, November 2006
  
• Land Development West, "Sustainable Planning Solutions"; Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 2006.
  
• Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association State Conference 2006: "Delivering Sustainable Solutions: Green Economic Development & Sustainable Planning in Sarasota County & City of Venice"; Marco Island, Florida, September 2006.
  
• Rethinking Sustainable Construction 2006 (RSC06): "Sarasota Green Connection Economic Development Model: Mainstreaming Green Products and Services"; Sarasota, FL, 19-22 September 2006
  
• "Wade Trim Going Green"; Tampa, FL, September 2006.
  
• American Planning Association (APA) National: "Sustainability, Planning, Design and Health"; San Antonio, TX, April 2006.
  
• Sustainable Sarasota, Keynote speaker, "Fast Forwarding Sustainability in Your Community." Sarasota, Florida, July 2005. (also presentations at Siesta Key Kiwanis and Englewood Rotary)
  
• Federal Planning Division, American Planning Association, "Fast Forwarding Sustainability in Your Community." San Francisco, California, March 2005.
  
• Joint Services Environmental Management Conference, "Our Mission: Delivering Sustainable Communities." San Antonio, Texas, August 2004.
  
• American Planning Association (APA) National: Sustainable Planning Solutions, New Orleans, LA April 2001.
  
• Western Planning Conference: "Sustainability from East to West", Santa Fe, NM, August 2001.

Federal Planning

• Hill Air Force Base, "East Side Area Development Plan", 7-13 March 2004.
  
• Laughlin Air Force Base, "Runway Alignment Study", 13-19 July 2003.
  
• Westover Air Force Base, "Sustainability Plan", 12-18 May 2002.
  
• Federal Planners APA Workshop: "Cost Estimating Planning Services", April 1998.
  
• Federal Planners APA Workshop: "Contract Management" and "Community Sustainability"; Orlando, April 1996.
  
• Air Force Community Planners Worldwide Workshop: sponsored by The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, The Design Group: "Necessary Environmental Attitudes for Land
• Stewardship"; San Francisco, April 1994.
  
• APA National: "Marketing Your Planning Firm" and "Student Planning Advice Session"; Orlando, April 1996.

Eminent Domain and Professional Practice Presentations

• Land Development West, "Eminent Domain: Friend or Foe; Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 2006.
  
• American Society of Appraisers (ASA) Chapter 50 "Urban Planning as it Relates to the Appraisal Profession"; Tampa, January 1999.
  
• American Planning Association (APA) National: ISRAEL STOLLMAN ETHICS SYMPOSIUM: "Conflicts in Public and Private Planning Ethics" and "APA/AICP Estimating Planning
• Services Planning Handbook", April 1998.
  
• APA National: "Work Agreements & Contracts"; San Diego, April 1997.
  
• APA Florida: "Planning Problems in the Caribbean"; Tampa, September 1995.
  
• APA National: "Community Sustainability"; Toronto, April 1995.
  
• Florida Planning, Vol. VI, No. 1, "Consistency With Culture Is Key to Land Use Decision-making."
  
• APA Florida: "What Is the Communitarian Movement" and "The Planning Consultant Process: How to Make it Work for You"; Ft. Lauderdale, November 1994.
  
• APA National: "Financial Management for Planning Firms"; San Francisco, April 1994.