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Dan Kirby, AIA, AICP, LEED AP, NCARB is a registered architect and certified urban planner. He is also an NCARB-certified architect and a LEED Accredited Professional. Dan has had management and design responsibilities on a variety of projects including mixed-use, multi-family communities, hospitality, renovations, campus planning, retail and convention facilities. Dan has been responsible for development, design, scheduling, and management of projects in throughout the United States and abroad.

Dan is managing principal of Premiere Cities Group and also a member of the five-member governing board for OUC, Florida’s second largest municipally-owned utility provider.    He was previously the director of development services for Hill International, an international multidisciplinary construction consulting firm.  His experience also includes work as a design studio director for an architecture firm and with City of Orlando’s Bureau of City Planning. In addition, he was as an adjunct instructor in the project management program at the Keller Graduate School of Management. One of Dan’s more unique job experiences included a brief stint as co-host of a radio talk show.

He also serves as Vice President of the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects. Previously, he served as an advisory member of the national board of directors for the American Planning Association and Chair of the Alumni Board of Governors for the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. At the local government level, Dan has served as a member of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s Downtown Strategic Transition Team, Historic Preservation Board, Mayor’s Committee on Sustainability, 3-term Chair of the Maitland Planning & Zoning Commission, and as Vice Chair of the Orange County Urban Design Commission.

Specialties
high-performing project teams, collaborative development strategy, entertainment and hospitality, mixed-use, multi-family, entitlement process management, land use planning, government coordination, integrated project delivery, design and construction team selection, sustainable design, urban design