About David G Wallace

“Public-Private Real Estate Investments” Panel presentation, ICSC RECon Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2011

“Positioning Your Community – Bridging the Gap with Public-Private Partnerships”  Keynote presentation, ICSC Washington State Alliance Program, Bellevue, Washington, February 2011

“Vision, Leadership, Commitment, Flexibility and Experience – A Model Public-Private-Partnership, ICSC Retail Property Insights Vol. 18, No. 1, 2011

“Retail Development- Have it Our Way, The Economic Planners’ Perspective” Panel Speaker, ICSC Pathway to the Future Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2010

“Positioning Your Community – Bridging the Gap with Public-Private Partnerships” Keynote presentation, ICSC Colorado Alliance Program, Denver, Colorado, October 2010

“Positioning Your Community – Bridging the Gap with Public-Private Partnerships”  Keynote presentation, ICSC Illinois Alliance Program and Midwest Idea Exchange, Chicago, Illinois, February 2010

“Changing the Economics of Retail Development with Public-Sector Capital” ICSC Research Review, Vol. 16, No.2, 2009

“Getting Ahead of the Green Mandate” Invited speaker, ICSC ReTel Conference Call Series, November 2009

“PPP – The Often Overlooked Solution”  Workshop presentation, More than Meets the Eye: Bringing Investment into Previously Overlooked Markets, National League of Cities Congress of Cities and Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, November 2009

“Working Together to Create Economic Vitality” Panel speaker, ICSC Atlanta Alliance Program, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2009

“Show Me the Money: Bridging the Gap in Public Private Partnerships.” ICSC Alliance Program speaker, ICSC Texas Conference and Deal Making, San Antonio, Texas, November 2009

“Public-Private Deals in a Credit Crunch World” Panel presentation, ICSC RECon Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2009

“Economic Development Tools and Capital Available for Retail Development” Invited presentation, ICSC North Texas Alliance Program, Addison, Texas, March 2009

Invited speaker on behalf of ICSC, First Tier Suburbs Council Session, National League of Cities Congress of Cities and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 2008

“City of Sugar Land, Texas—A Storied Past with a Vision for the Future…” Panel presentation at ICSC RECon Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2008

“Development Issues in Town Centers and Mixed-Use Projects” Panel presentation at ICSC REvent Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 2008

“The Art and Science of the Perfect Retail Development” Panel speaker, ICSC Texas Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 2007

“Navigating City Hall.” Panel presentation, ICSC Texas Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 2004

BOOKS

Retail Development Through Public-Private Partnerships, 2011 (Published by International Council of Shopping Centers, New York, NY)

ONE NATION UNDER BLOG Forget the Facts…Believe What I Say, 2008 (Brown Books Publishing, Dallas, Texas)

Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors and Mayors Speak Out, 2009 (Springer Publishing) Chapter for book by Dr. Simon Hakim, Temple University   “Local Government Contingency Planning for Public Security and Public Safety—Innovative and Remedial Efforts,” 2008

Shame Happens … The Cancel Culture – 12 Steps of Resilience on Your Path to Redemption (Ingram Publishing) 2020

OTHER PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

1. “Joplin, Missouri…After the Storm”, Invited Speaker, Tulsa Trends Event, Tulsa, OK, October 2013
2. “Lessons from Joplin’s Recovery”, Pannelist, 2013 MEDFA Conference, Kansas City, MO, Ocotber 2013
3. “Disaster Recovery Financing Solutions”, Invited Speaker, 2013 CDFA National Development Finance Summit ,Washington, DC, August 2013
4. “Joplin Recovery” Invited speaker, Greater St. Louis Construction Specification Institute, St. Louis, MO, May 2013
5. “What it Takes to Get a Real Estate Deal Done” Invited speaker, Peer Span Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 2012
6. “A Real P3 Case Study” Invited speaker, Spring 2012 Owner, Architect, Engineer & Contractor Leadership Forum, Irving, Texas, April 2012
7. “Case Studies & Utilizing Tools to Support P3 Activities” Invited speaker, Architect, Engineer & Contractor Leadership Forum, Austin, Texas, January 2012
8. “Public Private Partnerships…The best way to predict the future if to create it” Invited speaker, ULI San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, January 2012
9. “ Positioning Your Community- Bridging the Gap With Public Private Partnerships” Invited panel presentation, Texas Economic Development Public Private Partnership Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 2011
10. “The Future isn’t what it used to be… Charting your own course to success in real estate” Invited speaker, Fort Worth CREW, Fort Worth, Texas, July 2011
11. “Charting a course to tomorrow… The best way to predict the future is to create it” Invited panel presentation, The Mayor’s Development Roundtable, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 2011
12. “The Future isn’t what it used to be… Charting your own course to success in real estate” Invited speaker, North Texas commercial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals, Dallas, Texas, April 2011
13. “Banks’ New Policy: No to American Family Homeownership”  Op Ed piece March 2011
14. “PPPs – We Must Break the Status Quo” Student Housing Business, What’s On My Mind, July/August 2010
15. “Winning, Structuring, Executing and Financing On-Campus Public-Private Partnerships” Invited panelist, InterFace Student Housing Real Estate Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 2010
16. “Forget the “Inside the Beltway” Political Discussion – How About the “Inside the Room” Political Discussion?” Invited Speaker, National Advisors Trust Company Conference, Naples, Florida, May 2010
17. “One Nation Under Blog…Forget the Facts, Believe What I Say”  Invited speaker, Fort Bend Shrine Club, May 2010
18. “The Power of Prayer”  Invited speaker, St. Laurence Catholic Church, Sugar Land, Texas, April 2010
19. “PPP – The Often Overlooked Solution: Mastering the Public/Private Partnership”  Invited presentation, Texas Municipal League Retail Summit, Round Rock, Texas, December 2009
20. “One Nation Under Blog…Forget the Facts, Believe What I Say”  Invited speaker, Richmond Rotary Club, Richmond, Texas, December 2009
21. “PPP – The Often Overlooked Solution”  Panel presentation, Urban Land Institute North Texas – Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010, Irving, Texas, November 2009
22. “Business 2.0 – Social Media, Social Networking”  Invited speaker, Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, Sugar Land, Texas, October 2009
23. “Public-Private Deals in a Credit Crunch World” Invited presentation, Rice University training program for Libyan engineers with AECOM, Houston, Texas, July 2009
24. “Livable Centers as a Business Strategy”  Invited presentation, H-GAC Conference Livable Centers Forum: Smart, Sustainable Solutions for Regional Growth and Mobility, Houston, Texas, July 2009
25. “A Community’s Response in a Time of Need”  Keynote speaker, Keep Texas Beautiful Conference, Houston, Texas, June 2009
26. “Social Media, Social Networking” Invited speaker, Rotary District 5890 Assembly, Houston, Texas, April 2009
27. “Welcome to the World of Turnarounds – the 12 Steps to Success”  Invited presentation, Accretive Solutions CPE Seminar: Business Turnaround, Houston, Texas, March 2009
28. “A Path to National Financial Security” Invited presentation, 2^nd Annual National Public Private Partnerships Symposium, Huntington Beach, California, March 2008
29. “Sugar Land… A City With ‘Your’ Vision”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, March 2008
30. “Why would EPA Derail Clean Air Progress of Texas Cities?”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, December 2007
31. Water Tour 2007, Paris, France, December 2007
32. “Uniting as a Nation”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, July 2007
33. “Eyes on the Future” Panelist, 2007 Greater Rochester Region Economic Summit, Hosted by the Small Business Council of Rochester and the Greater Rochester Enterprise, Rochester, New York, June 2007
34. “Homeland Security Task Force”  Keynote speaker, 75^th Annual Conference of Mayors, Los Angeles, California, June 2007
35. “Rudy Giuliani Visits Sugar Land”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, June 2007
36. “How Safe is a Chat Room?”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, April 2007
37. “Where do Water and Money Meet?” Invited presentation, Global Water Intelligence Conference, Barcelona, Spain, April 2007
38. “Energy Independence is Key to Addressing Energy Challenges” Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, February 2007
39. “Sugar Land’s Internet Safety Program” Invited presentation, Department of Justice Summit, Washington, D.C., December 2006
40. “Congress Working to Keep Economy Strong, Address High Cost of Living”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, November 2006
41. “The Best is Yet to Come!” Keynote speaker, Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce—Governmental Relations, Sugar Land, Texas, November 2006
42. “The Power of Prayer and its Impact on a Community”  Invited speaker, Rice University Catholic Student Association, Houston, Texas, November 2006
43. “Suburban Agenda Making Its Way Through Congress” Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, October 2006
44. “Smoke-Free Sugar Land—A Comprehensive Smoking Ban” Keynote presentation to the City of Sugar Land, Sugar Land, Texas, October 2006
45. “Drug and Alcohol Recovery Month” Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, September 2006
46. “CONOPS Update for the 2006 Hurricane Season”  Keynote presentation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C., September 2006
47. “Israeli Position Paper”  Op-Ed piece, July 2006
48. “Are America’s Cities Ready for the Next Disaster?” Panelist, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Forum, Held by the United States Conference of Mayors, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., July 2006
49. “The Water Infrastructure Challenge”  United States Conference of Mayors Urban Water Council, May 2006
50. “YOUTH—A Priority in Sugar Land” Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, February 2006
51. “Water Infrastructure Investment at Critical Crossroads”  Luncheon keynote speaker, Annual National Water Resources Symposium, La Jolla, California, February 2006
52. “What Candidates Must Do To Win Elections”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, January 2006
53. “Building a Bridge Over Troubled Water—Water in the Middle East” Panelist, Peace-Dream or Vision Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2005
54. “Tragedy Hits Close to Home”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, October 2005
55. “Written Testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security United States House of Representatives”  October 2005
56. “Oral Testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security United States House of Representatives” October 2005
57. “National Strategy Rollout” Keynote presentation, U.S. Conference of Mayors Leadership Summit—Disaster Response and Homeland Security Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 2005
58. “Economic Development—The Total Community Package” Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, September 2005
59. “Opportunities for Private Sector Investing in the Water Infrastructure Markets”  Speaker, 2005 Global Water Conference, New York, New York, September 2005
60. “Guidelines for Contract Development” Panelist, The National Council of Public Private Partnerships, Augusta, Georgia, September 2005
61. “Challenge of Economic Tides” Panel presentation, Leading Through Shifting Economic Scenarios panel, Black &Veatch 2005 Utility Executive Leadership Institute, Half Moon Bay, California, August 2005
62. “Regional Logistics Center—A One-Year Update of Activity”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, July 2005
63. “A Best Practice Approach to Homeland Security”  Keynote presentation, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Regional Logistics Center, Chicago, Illinois, June 2005
64. “Striving for ‘Leak-Free’ Management”  Panel discussion, World City Forum—International Rendezvous for Political Leaders and Economic Players of the City, Paris, France, June 2005
65. “To Cap…Or Not To Cap. That is the Question”  Fort Bend Lifestyles, June 2005
66. “EDC…What  A Great Three-Letter Word”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, May 2005
67. “Legislative Update”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, March 2005
68. “The City of Sugar Land—No Longer an Edge City but a City on the Leading Edge”  Keynote presentation, Urban Land Institute Luncheon, Houston, Texas, March 2005
69. “Water, A Precious Resource”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, February 2005
70. “Water 2015 Conference Briefing”  Invited presentation, General Electric Senior Board and Leadership, Washington, D.C., December 2004
71. “Sugar Land …Home…Safe and Sound”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, October 2004
72. “Water Infrastructure—Investment at a Critical Crossroad” Keynote presentation, National Association of Water Companies, Palm Springs, California, October 2004
73. “Local Government Tax and Spending” Invited presentation, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association—Annual membership meeting, Austin, Texas, October 2004
74. “The Houston-Galveston Regional Summit on Homeland Security” Keynote address, Houston-Galveston Area Council membership meeting, Sugar Land, Texas, October 2004
75. “Reducing Drug and Alcohol Abuse…Have dinner with your kids?”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, September 2004
76. “Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships”  Panel presentation, H₂O Water and Energy Forum, Black & Veatch 2004 Utility Executive Leadership Institute, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, September 2004
77. “Public-Private Partnerships as a Valuable Tool”  Workshop presentation, National Council for Public-Private Partnerships—Partnerships for Water Infrastructure Workshop, Austin, Texas, August 2004
78. “Life Is Grand…In Sugar Land”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, August 2004
79. “Homeland Security—What’s happened since 9-11 A Regional and Efficient Response”  Op Ed piece August 2004
80. “Tapping the ‘3 T’s’ In Our Community”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, July 2004
81. “US 90A Corridor”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, June 2004
82. “Overview of Water/Wastewater Public-Private Partnership Project Financing”  Keynote presentation, 3^rd Annual National Water Resources Symposium, Lehman Brothers clients and guests, New York, New York, June 2004
83. “Fort Bend’s Spotlight on Diversity”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, May 2004
84. “Presidential Politics and Our National Economy”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, April 2004
85. “Homeland Security—A Regional and Efficient Response”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, March 2004
86. “Certified Capital Company Briefing”  Keynote presentation, Texas Safekeeping Trust Company, Austin, Texas, 2004
87. “Two Years Later—Sugar Land’s Response to 9-11”  Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes, September 2003

Additionally, in his leadership capacity on numerous boards, appointed committees and as an elected official, Mayor Wallace has made hundreds of presentations and speeches throughout the world on economic, geo-political and international policy issues.