Bret Bernard

As Director of Planning and Development for Milan, Bret Bernard is responsible for the environmental review, planning and building entitlements, and the processing and coordination for Milan’s land development projects. Bret has over 18 years of experience in the public sector, most of this tenure spent as the Planning and Building Safety Director for several cities in Southern California. This experience is complimented by several additional years in economic development, including two years as the Director of Economic Development for Downtown Los Angeles. Prior to joining Milan in 2008, he was a Senior Vice President for several real estate development companies, and was also a Chief Operating Officer for a land development and engineering consortium. Bret has significant experience working in planning and project management throughout California, with additional land development experience in other states and overseas. His projects have included many coastal, mixed-use, recreational and adaptive re-use projects in addition to single-family and commercial master planned communities.