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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Save-the-Date: Massachusetts Distinguished Planner Lecture on April 4<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dear Massachusetts Planners and Planning Students,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">You are cordially invited to attend the 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Massachusetts Distinguished Planner Annual Lecture on April 4, 2024 at 4PM at UMass Boston and jointly
hosted by APA-MA and the Massachusetts Planning Schools (BU, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, UMass/Boston, UMass/Amherst, and Tufts).
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">After a long career, most planners have a lot to say to the next generation and we have launched this Lecture to provide a forum for one planner in the state per
year to reflect on their practice and speak openly and frankly about their experience in the profession. All Massachusetts planners and planning students are invited to attend the Lecture and the speaker will deliver remarks that offer words-of-wisdom for
emerging practitioners and reflections that even the most accomplished among us will be able to appreciate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We have selected
<a href="https://www.planning.org/blog/9254648/ralph-willmer-named-aicp-ethics-officer/">
Ralph Willmer</a>, FAICP, to deliver this year’s Massachusetts Distinguished Planner Lecture. Ralph has a long and impressive record as a planner, most recently with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. In retirement, he has been volunteering for the American
Institute of Certified Planners as the AICP Ethics Officer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We want to see this Lecture become a permanent part of the Massachusetts Planning Community calendar, so we are seeking contributions from planners to help endow a fund that would provide financial
resources to run this Lecture in perpetuity. To help support this endowment fund, please make your tax-deductible contribution here:
<a href="https://give.tufts.edu/campaigns/22193/donations/new?designation=MassDistinguishedPlannerLectureFund">
https://give.tufts.edu/campaigns/22193/donations/new?designation=MassDistinguishedPlannerLectureFund</a>.
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Justin Hollander, FAICP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Professor, Tufts University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ken Reardon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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