Mott Smith

Mott Smith is co‐founder of Amped Kitchens, the first large-scale multitenant kitchen developer/operator in the U.S., and principal of Civic Enterprise, an urban infill real estate development firm. He is chairman of the Council of Infill Builders and adjunct faculty in the Master of Real Estate Development Program and Ross Minority Program in Real Estate at the USC Price School of Public Policy. He also serves as Vice Chair of the City of Los Angeles Small Business Commission and sits on the boards of the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, affordable housing developer Restore Neighborhoods LA and community-based organization LA-Más. Earlier, he was Acting Director of Planning for the L.A. Unified School District during its multi-billion-dollar school construction program, following his service as founding Executive Director of New Schools‐Better Neighborhoods. He also worked as editor/business manager of The Planning Report.