Brad Segal has nearly 30 years of downtown management and community development experience as both a practitioner and consultant. He is one of the nation's leading authorities on downtown trends and issues, strategic planning for organizations involved in downtown and community development, and creating and renewing business improvement districts and pioneering efforts to create healthy communities.

Prior to establishing Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.), he designed and managed economic development programs as senior director of the Downtown Denver Partnership.

Brad holds a master's degree in business administration from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in urban analysis from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently serving his third term on the board of directors of the International Downtown Association and is a past president of Downtown Colorado, Inc.

Brad Segal helped guide the creation of the Downtown Wichita Self Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID). Since Segal's work, the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation has been the private sector entity responsible for cultivating investment in Downtown. Since it's creation, Downtown has witnessed approximately a billion dollars in investment.

Brad Segal's Fuel the Fire keynote is sponsored by Laham Development, GLMV Architecture, Cargill, Hite Fanning & Honeyman L.L.P., and the Law Offices of Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy, Chtd.

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