John Weis

John Weis has taught part-time at Boston University since 2010. In addition to his self-

created courses, he has worked with students on the Urban Symposium and numerous

theses, self-directed projects, and courses.

John spent much of his career with two of the most dynamic Public Development entities

in the United States, the Boston Redevelopment Agency (now the Boston Planning and

Development Agency) and the San Jose Redevelopment Agency. While at the BRA, John

was the Director of Community Planning and later created the Neighborhood

Development Agency for then Mayor Kevin White. From 1994 to 2010, he was with the

San Jose Redevelopment Agency where he held various positions, most recently as the

Assistant Executive Director. He was involved with a wide variety of projects including

the creation of over 5,000 housing units in the City’s downtown and Neighborhood

Business Districts, the retention or attraction of numerous companies including Cisco

Systems, Ebay and Adobe, and the creation of it’s Biotechnology Incubator. While in San

Jose, he taught and lectured at San Jose State University.

Between these two coastal careers, John was Vice President of Kenney Development

Company and was partner or project manager for over $100,000,000 in mixed use and

residential projects, most of which were historic rehabilitations. As a consultant to Boston

University, he was the project manager for the Campus Master Plan, which converted the

former Commonwealth Armory into housing and the new Agganis Arena. From 1982 to

1994, John taught part-time for the Master of City Planning Program at Boston

University.

John has been the Vice Chair and Chair of the Newbury Planning Board where he has

served since 2011, and also serves as Commissioner at the Merrimac Valley Planning

Commission.