Biography
Dr. Ned Murray, AICP, is the Associate Director of the Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center at Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Murray has over 25 years of professional and academic experience in economic development and urban planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a professionally certified planner with the American Planning Association. He has authored many of the landmark economic development and housing studies and plans completed in South Florida over the past twenty years.
He has served as principal investigator on many economic development strategic plans including recently completed plans for the cities of Coral Gables, North Miami Beach, Doral, Fort Myers, and Boynton Beach. Recent housing plans include the Broward County 10-Year Affordable Housing Master Plan, Palm Beach County Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, and City of Miami Affordable Housing Master Plan.
Dr. Murray is the former editor of American Planning Association Economic Development Division (APA/EDD) publication, News and Views and has presented and written numerous articles on urban planning, affordable housing and economic development including published articles in Economic Development Quarterly, the Economic Development Journal and the Journal of Public Affairs Education.