Christine Burdick

Biography: Christine Burdick President Tampa Downtown Partnership Tampa, FL With more than 30 years experience in retailing and urban development, Christine Burdick was chosen as the president of the Tampa Downtown Partnership in April of 2002. She came to Tampa from Chicago, where she worked first with Mayor Richard Daley and then as an independent consultant, creating strategies for revitalization and economic development in urban commercial settings. For the City of Chicago, she served as an Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Planning and Development, overseeing the implementation of the "State Street Vision Plan", and was the liaison to key community groups representing developers, retail and property owners, cultural and academic institutions involved in the redevelopment process in downtown Chicago. From 1993 to 1997, Christine initiated and was president of the Lincoln Road Partnership, an organization representing the interests of the business and cultural communities directing the revitalization of Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. Ms. Burdick has been a member of the Urban Land Institute since 1990, and has served as a participant on Advisory Panels, Mayor's Forum, as well as District Councils in two states. She was elected Chairman of the International Downtown Association for 1996-97 and also served as the interim president in 1997. Ms. Burdick is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the International Economic Development Council, and Lambda Alpha, a land economics society. Locally, Christine is a trustee of the University of Tampa, board member of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the Tampa Bay Convention and Visitor Bureau, the Florida Aquarium, and the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County. For the past five years, Christine and the Partnership's leadership has taken a lead role in planning for the transformation of the region's largest urban core