Candidate for
Council Member; City of Larkspur

Born- Granite City, Illinois, Elementary and High School - Edwardsville, Illinois B.S.(Architecture) and M.Arch.(Urban Design), U. of Illinois Licensed CA Architect, 1982-current

Dan Hillmer, urban designer and architect, has twenty five years of experience in public and private development projects throughout California. He has taught at the University of Illinois and served as guest design lecturer at Stanford University.

Hillmer is currently Mayor and a City Councilmember in Larkspur, and has served three terms as Mayor. He currently represents Larkspur to Twin Cities Police Authority as President, and is past Chairperson of the Marin Telecommunications Agency, a joint powers authority composed of the 11 towns and cities within the County of Marin. Additional public service includes speaking engagements on pedestrian and transit-oriented planning for the League of California Cities Planners Institute, and advisor to the City of Oakland for the rebuilding of its fire-damaged hillside neighborhoods.

Representative projects as Principal-in-charge include the Agnews Mixed-Use Area Plan for the State of California in Silicon Valley (National League of Cities "All American Cities Award"), San Rafael Hillside Design Guidelines (American Planning Association "National Planning Implementation Award"), San Rafael Downtown Community Plan (Honor Award from the Ahwahnee Conference on Smart Growth), Marin County Residential Design Guidelines, Cow Palace Master Plan for the City of Daly City with the State Fairs Commission, and Bayfront Specific Plan for the Town of Corte Madera, California.

Prior to starting his practice, Hillmer worked with the firms of RMW (formerly Robinson, Mills & Williams) Architects, San Francisco; George V. Banning AIA, Marin County, CA; and Hall, Goodhue, Haisley, Barker (HGHB) Architects and Urban Designers, San Francisco. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he completed his Masters degree in Architecture and Urban Design.