Alicia Berg

Biographie: Alicia Berg, AICP is assistant vice president for campus planning + sustainability at the University of Chicago where she manages campus planning, physical and capital budget planning, space planning and programming, design of the campus environment, and sustainability strategy. She joined the University in 2015 after serving more than a decade as vice president of campus environment at Columbia College Chicago where she created a cohesive campus through over 200 projects spanning 23 scattered buildings connected by urban streets. Her responsibilities included managing real estate transactions, capital budgeting and project delivery, space planning and design, master planning, community relations, campus safety and security, and sustainability initiatives. Prior to joining the college, she held increasingly responsible positions with the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, culminating in her mayoral appointment as the city’s top planning and economic development official in 2001. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Berg holds a M.S. in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has held leadership positions on numerous non-profit boards and civic organizations.