MATTHEW KIEFER is a partner in the Boston-based law firm of Goulston & Storrs, where he practices real estate development and land use law, with a particular focus on obtaining site control and public approvals for complex urban projects.  These include market-oriented and affordable housing, commercial and mixed-use developments, and facilities and master plans for educational, cultural and health-care institutions.  He coordinates the firm’s Green Practice Group.  He also teaches in the Urban Planning program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and has written on land use law and policy for Architecture Boston, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Harvard Design Magazine, Next American City, Urban Land, and other publications.  He is the President of Historic Boston, an historic preservation revolving fund, and serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Municipal Research Bureau and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and on the Board of Directors of the Boston Society of Architects.