Jay Parker

Biography: Jay Parker Principal ParkerRodriguez, Inc. Alexandria, VA Jay Parker is a principal of ParkerRodriguez, Inc., a multi-disciplined urban design, planning, landscape architectural firm in Alexandria, Virginia. For 20 years he was principal and president of Harman O'Donnell and Henninger, Inc. (HOH), founded in Denver, and with offices across the Country. First with HOH and then with his own company, Mr. Parker has been the planner/designer for landmark urban infill and redevelopment projects, as well as new urbanism projects throughout the United States. He has served as master planner and design advisor to the 10,000 acre St. Charles, new town near Washington, now 2/3rds complete. He was selected by Disney Development to undertake the original master planning of Celebration, Florida and together with Cooper Robertson of New York completed the final Master Plan. His current work includes: redevelopment of the Southeast Washington, D.C. Anacostia Waterfront, establishing the landscape architectural/urban design guidelines for National Harbor, a multi-billion dollar urban retail/entertainment/hotel complex on the Potomac River, planning and design for Market Common at Clarendon, a 2003 ULI Award of Excellence winner, and TOD redevelopment master plans around 12 Washington Metro stations. Mr. Parker is an architect and planner by training, Past Chairman of the 1,200 member Washington ULI District Council, has served on ten previous ULI Advisory Panels and was elected to Lambda Alpha International, an honor society of land economists. June 2011