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Richard  Florida Director & Professor of Business and Creativity, Martin Prosperity Institute   Degrees   PhD, Urban Planning, Columbia University BA, Political Science, Rutgers College Email   Personal Web Site   http://creativeclass.com Curriculum Vitae   View Curriculum Vitae

Positions Held Academic Positions 2007-present   Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management 2007-present   Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management 2004-2007   Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University 2001-2005   Director, Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University 1996-2004   Heinz Professor of Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University 1993-1998   Director, Center for Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University 1995-1996   Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Non-Academic Positions 2002-present   Founder, Creative Class Group 2004-2007   Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Selected Articles and Papers "Where the Brains Are," Atlantic Monthly, October, 2006 "The World is Spiky," Arlantic Monthly, October , 2005 "Managing for Creativity," Richard Florida and James Goodnight, Harvard Business Review, July-August, 2005 Books/Chapters Who's Your City, Richard Florida, Random House Canada, 2008 The Flight of the Creative Class, Harper Collins, 2005 Cities and the Creative Class, Richard Florida, Routlledge, 2004 The Rise of the Creative Class, Basic Books, 2002 Beyond Mass Production, Martin Kenney and Richard Florida, Oxford University Press, 1993 The Breakthrough Illusion, Richard Florida and Martin Kenney, Basic Books, 1990

Honors/Awards 2006 Voices of Innovation, BusinessWeek 2005 Best and Brightest, Esquire Magazine 2005 Inaugural Parnes Creativity Award, Creative Problem-Solving Institute 2004 Breakthrough Idea of the Year, Harvard Business Review 2002 Book of the Year, Washington Monthly

Research and Teaching Interests Economic Development, Creativity, Location, Innovation