Angela Brooks, FAICP

Director - IIllinois Program at Corporation for Supportive Housing

Angela is the director of the Illinois office of the Corporation for Supportive Housing. She currently serves on the Chicago Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Illinois Affordable Housing Advisory Commission, and is co-chair of the National Housing Supply Accelerator helping communities meet the housing needs of residents. Brooks is a native of Seattle and a graduate of Jackson State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, and the University of New Orleans, where she received a Master of Urban and Regional Planning.

An active member of APA since graduate school, Brooks has held numerous leadership positions and is currently president of APA. Angela began her term as president of the American Planning Association (APA) in 2023. She will serve two years as president, leading the 16-member APA Board of Directors in governing the association, setting strategic goals, and elevating the importance of planning across the U.S.

Annette Miller

Founder & CEO, EQT by Design

Annette's career spans decision-making roles across state and local government and as an executive in the private sector. She brings 25 years of strong professional policy and analytic skills, and a wide network of community, government, and business relationships, especially with Dane County’s diverse populations.

Annette launched EQT By Design to focus on developing diverse, inclusive, sustainable strategies in public engagement, equitable community development projects, and organizational cultural change management. EQT by Design does this work by engaging the community in equity centered efforts, disrupting and changing inequitable policies, systems, and structures, while consulting and modeling, to provide concrete action steps to increase impact and facilitate change.