Renee Kemp-Rotan 1st black woman to graduate Syracuse U in Architecture, studied at the Architectural Association/London for 2 years under the great cultural geographer Paul Oliver and later served as contributing editor to his Encyclopedia of World Vernacular Architecture, Cambridge U. Press. As Urban Design Master Planner has served 10 US Mayors on issues of design and development. Served as Director of Natl Design Completions Natl Endowment Arts; senior master Planner 1996 Olympics, Atlanta; Director, Economic Development; later Chief of Urban Design Urban Development, Atlanta. In Birmingham, headed Capital Projects with $200M budget. Directed Masterplans for award winning Rail Road Reservation Park and designed Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail. At 2019 discovery of the last slave ship Clotilda, Mobile, Alabama, Kemp-Rotan initiated and led the much celebrated Africatown International Design Idea Competition by securing financial support from American Institute of Architects and National Organization of Minority Architects, ( She has served both organizations over the lifetime of her career.) In Africatown, she programmed 4 sites and 16 venues around this underserved community's needs. When launched, the competition was the largest Afro-centric multi-site competition the world had ever seen. The website garnered 22,000 hits and secured 169 design boards from world-class designers.