Alumni Profiles
We invite all Alumni of the Urban Studies and Planning Program to submit a description of your job and any accomplishments you wish to share, so that we may add you to this listing. Please include the year you graduated and contact information in your submission to the URSP webmaster, who will update our directory.
Link to a specific year of Urban Studies and Planning alumni profiles. Alumni profiles include graduates from the years 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Thomas Dwyer - BS, 1985
Thomas is Senior Vice President at Allied Capital in Washington , DC
and manages the REO department. He is married with two children and
lives in Ellicott City , MD. (Summer, 2005)
Tom Fletcher - MCP, 1989
Tom is an Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies and
Geography, Bishops University, Lennoxville , Quebec . Tom continued his
education at McGill University as a Fulbright Scholar and completed a
Ph.D. in Geography. With the publication of, From Love Canal to Environmental Justice he is now working on his next book, Environment and Society. (Summer, 2005)
John Cook
- MCP, 1991
Senior Community Planning and Development Representative
HUD, Los Angeles Area Office
Daniel McCarthy
- MCP, 1991
Daniel is Executive Director of Episcopal Housing Corporation (EHC), a
faith based housing and community development non-profit in Baltimore.
EHC’s justice based mission has focused on the development of special
needs housing with an emphasis on those in
recovery from the disease of substance abuse. (May 2007)
Linda Oravecz -
MCP, 1993
Linda is an Assistant Professor for Family Studies and Community Development at Towson University. (April 2007)
Steve Pardue - MCP, 1994
Steve and Colin Visering (also graduating in 1994) have formed Vissering-Pardue and
Associates, and are engaged in hazard mitigation planning, natural and
manmade hazard risk assessment, and NEPA compliance work in different
areas of the country.
(February 2006)
Colin Visering - MCP, 1994
Colin and Steve Pardue (also graduating in 1994) have formed Vissering-Pardue and
Associates, and are engaged in hazard mitigation planning, natural and
manmade hazard risk assessment, and NEPA compliance work in different
areas of the country.
(February 2006)
Daniel
Trimble - MCP, 1995
Daniel Trimble is employed as an Program Manager for the City of Newport
Beach, California. He is one of two Senior Planners in the Economic
Development division. He is responsible for staffing Business
Improvement Districts; providing staff support for the City's Economic
Development Committee; and providing general revitalization support for
the Balboa Peninsula. Daniel works on projects ranging from a $7.5 million streetscape and
pedestrian improvement plan for one of the city's older commercial areas
to development of a 120 senior affordable housing project and 10 acre
park. He also participates in the Chamber of Commerce's Leadership
Tomorrow program, the City's Relay for Life annual cancer fundraiser;
and is a Newport Beach 2006 Centennial Committee member, chairing the
Rose Parade Float Sub-Committee (January 2006).
Matt Campbell - MCP, 1995
Matt is a Branch Chief for the Long Term Community Recovery Branch in
FEMA’s Disaster Assistance Directorate. He's happy to be back working
in the planning field again. He has a (very) small staff, but if anyone
is interested in an internship he'd be happy to talk to them. (April 2007).
Brian J. Dyson - MCP, 1996
Brian Dyson's specialization in the Urban Studies and Planning Program was economic
development. Upon graduation, he was hired at the National Association of Home
Builders Research Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. Since it operated as a small consulting
firm for the home building industry, responsibilities included feasibility studies,
market research, report writing, and presentations. The firm focused on new and
existing construction materials used in the home building industry, as well as
home energy conservation and green building. While there, he found a place in
the planning and management of family housing construction for the United States
Department of the Army. After over four years at the Research Center, he was hired
by TRW to assist in the management of the military housing program for the Department
of the Air Force at the Pentagon. Brian is a housing program planner and data
analyst with responsibilities that include Congressional reporting of construction
projects and financials, coordination of housing development plans with Air Force
needs and requirements, and review of construction projects and monies for consistency.
(March 2002)
Kevin Harris -
MCP, 1996
Kevin is Director of Columbia Heights YouthBuild, a program of the
Latin American Youth Center in Washington, D.C. The organization
acquires abandoned nuisance properties while training young people in
construction skills. Students participate in a three-part program
consisting of academic, construction, and leadership training, designed
to provide them with job skills needed to advance in life. Prior to
entering the planning program, he was Organizing Director of the U.S.
Student Association, and the Founder and Director of the Student to
Student Exchange program.
Tay (Gieseman) Harris – MCP, 1996
Tay currently
works for the County of Hudson, New Jersey as a Principal Planner. She participates
in the implementation of the County's CDBG program, which involves monitoring
and reporting on more than 300 CDBG projects and 4 ESG projects. Tay also oversees
the implementation of the County's Lead Hazard Control Grant Program. Tay is
also an apprentice to become an appraiser for commercial properties. She mostly
works on condemnation properties for municipalities. Tay says that her biggest
accomplishment of 2001 was having a baby, Logan Harris, born August 10, 2001.
Although not a professional accomplishment, it was her most rewarding. (December
2001)
Becky Himlin
- MCP, 1996
Becky is a Executive Director of the Planact in Johannesburg, South
Africa. Planact is a facilitator for participatory development
processes that target the poorest of the poor. Her kids are 9, 6 and 2
and all doing great. She plans to move back to the U.S. in 2008, and
hopes to connect with colleagues then!(April 2007)
Carl Morgan - MCP, 1996
Carl directs current planning activities in Springville, UT. He is married to Annie and has a three year old daughter Emma. (Summer 2004)
Edward
Strocko, AICP -
MCP, 1996
Ed Strocko is a transportation and land use planner with the Maryland Department
of Transportation. He is currently finishing an update of Maryland Transportation
Plan and development of a Report on Transportation System Performance. Other
recent projects include Transit Oriented Development, Smart Growth and Smart
Codes policies, and work on local comprehensive plans. Prior to joining MDOT,
Ed worked for the Maryland Department of Planning developing and implementing
Smart Growth initiatives with a focus on revitalization issues. Ed has also
worked as a community planner for Harford and Montgomery Counties. (February
2002)
David J.
Sylvester - MCP, 1996
David
Sylvester's specialization in the Urban Studies and Planning Program
was housing and community development. After graduation, he worked for
a small economic development consulting firm, where his
responsibilities included feasibility studies, cash-flow analyses,
market research, report writing and presentations. The firm specialized
in developing public-private partnerships to spur development. Later,
David worked as a housing planner and data analyst for Metropolitan Washington Council
of Governments
(MWCOG), responsible for the maintenance and analysis of the largest
housing database in the region. David was mobilized with the Army
Reserve and served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Upon his return he went
to work for the Department of Defense. He currently works as an analyst
for a defense contractor in Virginia . (Summer, 2005)
Kui Zhao
- MCP, 1996
Kui
returned to her “beloved Baltimore Office of Planning” as a senior
planner and assistant division chief. She is mainly responsible for
demographic research, development capacity analysis, forecasting,
school reports and maps. She took the AICP examination a week before
Thanksgiving in 2005 and has become an AICP member. Kui and her family
live in Howard County, MD.(February 2006)
Polly (Peterson) Stout - MCP, 1996
Polly is on an adjunct faculty at Owens Community College . “It's
great! No computer to sit at all day, no direct boss, no office phone
ringing all the time.” She and Brian live in Carey , OH where they are
completing a major renovation of their farmhouse.
Stephanie vonFeck - MCP, 1996
Stephanie is a Program Manager for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She recently led a panel
discussion at the “Paying for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference,”
in Atlanta on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. (April 2007)
Anne L.
Corbett -
MCP, 1997
Anne is Executive Director for the Cultural Development Corporation.
She is working on a number of exciting projects, including preparing a
concept paper for an arts center in DCs Ward 7, working with Manna Inc.
to developer affordable work / live condominiums in NE D.C. and finally
developing plans to renovate the Source Theater property in NW DC. (April 2007)
Zebulon
Hall - MCP, 1997
Zebulon works in the Office
of Public and Indian Housing Information Resource Center, managed by JBS, Inc.
through a grant from HUD. JBS, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business, management
consulting firm. It offers consulting services to Federal agencies, State and
local governments, private industry, and community-based programs. The major
business areas include health care management and organization, housing and
staff development. The Resource Center gets calls from public housing authorities,
resident management councils, and other people who deal with public and Indian
housing to get the latest information released by HUD and to assist them with
grant application. General questions include homeownership programs and HUD
regulations interpretations. Zebulon's job is to answer questions and distribute
the correct information.
Michael
Lester – MCP, 1997
Michael Lester has been a
planner for six years, experienced in transportation and regional planning,
resource protection, community development, and geographic information systems
(GIS). Michael is the principal of Willowbrook Systems, a comprehensive planning,
mapping and GIS consulting firm for business, nonprofit and government clients.
He is managing the TRANUS transportation model project for the Baltimore
Metropolitan Council. Michael also managed the Vision 2030 project for the
Baltimore Regional Partnership, a coalition of civic groups including the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation (CBF), Baltimore Urban League, and other civic groups. At CBF
Michael wrote draft legislation, testified before federal officials, managed
consultants and planned events. He trained local government and nonprofit staffs
around the country on HUD's Community 2020 software in conjunction with organizers'
strategies to maintain community block grant funding. Other
recent clients include the Affordable Housing Initiative, the Prince Charitable
Trusts, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Michael
began his planning career interning at the Maryland Office of Planning, Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Jubilee Baltimore, a nonprofit developer. (February
2002)
Carl Morgan
- MCP, 1997
Carl lives in Springville , UT with his wife Annie, four-year old
daughter Emma, and new born son Nicholas. He directs current planning
activities for the City of Springville and recently joined the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. (Summer 2005)
Jeffrey Osmond - MCP, 1997
Jeffrey manages design contracts at the State Department's Headquarters. His wife gave birth to their second son in August. (Summer 2005)
Melissa Bird, AICP
- MCP, 1998
Melissa Bird began her planning career with Maryland National Capital Parks
and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) for Montgomery County from 1998-2000. In March
2000, she began working as a planner in the Washington D.C. office of The
Louis Berger Group, Inc. This private consulting firm is an international,
multi-disciplinary group of professionals specializing in engineering and environmental
work. Melissa became a certified planner (AICP) in July 2001, and she currently
spends most of her time working on the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative for the
D.C. Office of Planning. (February 2002)
Kristen
Forsyth -
MCP, 1998
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Kristen Forsyth was the Program
Manager for 1000 Friends of Maryland, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
promoting alternatives to sprawl development. After leaving 1000 Friends, she
worked briefly for the Maryland Department
of Planning in the local planning unit before becoming the Department's
Public Information Officer in 2001. As the Public Information Officer, Kristen
is responsible for internal and external communications, and she enjoys the
challenge of translating"planning" into issues that resonate with people on
a personal level. She works to instill a new ethic of Smart Growth in the State
of Maryland through outreach to citizens, elected officials, and government
agencies. (February 2002)
Sehyung Kim -
MCP, 1998
Sehyung lives in Los Angeles and works with a commercial real estate
brokerage in and around downtown. Her projects include adaptive reuse
buildings and large-scale redevelopment projects of industrial
buildings. Previously, Sehyung worked with ProActivity, a business
process management company and Ernst and Young Real Estate Consulting
in Boston.(May 2007)
Chuck Kines -
MCP, 1998
Chuck
is a transportation planning coordinator with the Countywide Planning Division
of M-NCPPC, Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning where he is the
agency's bikeways planner as well as its transportation demand management (TDM)
coordinator. Prior to Park and Planning, he was a community planner with Howard
County, Maryland's Department of Planning and Zoning. Chuck also has worked
as a Natural Resources Planner with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
and as the volunteer programs coordinator for American Hiking Society. Chuck
is currently vice-president of the Maryland APA Executive Committee and was
the SPA president in 1998. He lives in Rockville, Maryland. (December 2004)
Jennifer Bland Lester - MCP, 1998
Jennifer graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in
May 2004, was sworn into Maryland 's Bar in December 2004 and has
started her own land use law practice. She and husband, Michael (MCP,
1997) have a three-year old daughter, Ann. (Summer 2005)
Carol Maggio - MCP, 1998
Carol is a Project Urban Planner at URS Corporation in Gaithersburg ,
Maryland and recently passed the AICP exam. She and husband, Mike now
live in Virginia . (Summer 2005)
Sara Merriman - MCP, 1998
Sara works for the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce and was
recently promoted to Manager, Policy & Planning Initiatives. She
is the departmental policy liaison for several hospitality and
cultural projects, including planning the redevelopment of
Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the relocation of the
Barnes Foundation museum repositioning Philadelphia's national image
through a new marketing campaign and the city's possible bid for the
2016 Olympics. In addition, her responsibilities include developing
and monitoring the implementation of the city's strategic plan for
economic development, the Economic Development Blueprint. She
represents the department at several boards and committees including
the Philadelphia Historical Commission and the Philadelphia Sports
Congress. Prior to joining the City in 2001 as Special Assistant to
the Director of Commerce, Sara worked as Projects Manager for the
Schuylkill River Development Corporation, a nonprofit focused on
planning and redevelopment of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River
waterfront. She received her AICP certification in 2004. (February 2006)
Dana Stoogenke - MCP, 1998
Dana is Regional Planning Director for the Mid-Carolina Council of Governments in Fayetteville, NC. (March 2006)
Erica (Todd) Kagle - MCP, 1999
Erica is Senior Planner and Project Manager for Gannett Fleming,
headquartered in Harrisburg , PA. She and Tim are expecting their first
child in mid-August.
Suzanne Fontanesi - MCP, 1999
Suzanne is an Oncology RN at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She went to
nursing school after becoming interested in the impact of planning and
community development on health. She's lived in Baltimore City for
about 4 years with her husband Jeff and now with their 2 year old son
Leo. Another baby is due to make an appearance in July. (April 2007)
Jeff LaNoue - MCP, 1999
Jeff is Project Manager at Jubilee Baltimore. He is working on several
real estate development projects and help run the "healthy
neighborhoods" program for Midtown. He just bought a condo in the
Woodberry neighborhood in Baltimore City.(April 2007)
Nadejda Mishkovsky - MCP, 1999
Nadejda has been living in Miami (well, Coral Gables, really) for a
year now. She's working half time for ICMA. Aside from mother stuff
(PTA, etc), she's also active on several local urban
planning/health-related organizations' boards and taking landscape
painting classes. (April 2007)
Nancy Schaffstall
- MCP, 1999
Nancy is an architect and planner working for Baker
Associates in Alexandria, VA. She is part of a team that surveys military
family housing for all Air Force bases throughout the world. This team
is responsible for preparing a profile for each family housing unit that is
used for Congressional appropriation of funds for improvements and upgrades.
Baker & Associates is part of a large, international corporation, Michael
Baker Jr. Corporation, which provides engineering and energy solutions, as well
as planning and architectural support. As a student in the Urban Studies
and Planning Program, she participated in the neighborhood study in Capetown,
South Africa and interned at the Neighborhood Design Center in Baltimore, MD.
Erica Todd
- MCP, 1999
Erica is a Community Planner, AICP, with Pashek Associates, a
community planning and landscape architecture firm, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Erica specializes in comprehensive planning, and transportation and land use
planning, applying green conservation principles to subdivision, land development,
and zoning ordinances. She also holds expertise in park, trail, pedestrian,
and bicycle planning. Her profile includes managing multi-municipal comprehensive
plans, conducting corridor studies, facilitating focus groups and public meetings,
and grant writing. Erica previously was a regional planner for the metropolitan
planning agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1999-2001.
Janine Benjamin - MCP, 2000
Janine is a Federal Planner with Michael Baker Jr., Inc. He is working
on a variety of projects including Outdoor Recreation Plans for Army
bases in the Southeast Region and the National Capital Region
Evacuation and Sheltering Plan. (April 2007)
Laura Burden - MCP, 2000
Laura notes, “I’m not currently in an urban planning position, but I am
involved in family planning.” She and her husband just had their third
(“and final!”) child last October, Isabella Alta. (Summer 2005)
Nicole
Lacoste
- MCP, 2000
Nicole is an attorney with Ballard Spahr Andrews and
Ingersoll LLP in Baltimore, Maryland. She concentrates her practice in
the areas of zoning, land use, and environmental law. Nicole was
elected chair of the APA's Planning & Law Division for the 2006-2008
term (January, 2006)
Lori Gutman - MCP, 2000
Lorie is an Environmental Planner at the Louis Berger Group, Inc.
(Berger). Berger is an architecture and Engineering firm that offers
professional services in the areas of civil, structural, mechanical,
electrical and environmental engineering; program management; planning;
environmental sciences; cultural resources; information services;
economics; policy and management analysis; and construction management
and support. Lori is part of the Environmental Services and Planning
division where she assists federal clients in complying with
environmental laws. The largest component of Lori's work is creating
Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental assessments to help
federal agencies comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
Lori has the opportunity to work with clients such as the District of
Columbia, Army Corps of Engineers, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, and the General Services Administration. She lives in the
District and is currently chairing the Student Affairs Committee with
the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association.
(Summer 2005)
Julie Herlands
- MCP, 2000
Julie is a consultant with TischlerBise. She is still working with
clients across the country on fiscal impact analysis and impact fees.
She recently spoke at National APA conference, April 2007 on voluntary
mitigation payments. On the personal front, she has been enjoying every
minute with her son Everett, who's "grown into a toddler before our
eyes". (April 2007)
Allison Ladd
- MCP, 2000
Allison is an Associate Executive Director for the District of Columbia
Housing Finance Agency. She still enjoys her home is southwest DC and
is excited that she now works where she lives.(April 2007)
Nicole M. Lacoste
- MCP, 2000
Nicole is an Attorney at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP in
Baltimore City. She remains involved in land use and zoning issues in
Maryland. She currently serves as the Chair, APA's Planning & Law
Division and as a Board member of the Neighborhood Design Center.(April 2007)
Christine Melekian - MCP, 2000
Christine is the Director of Business Operations for Colleague
Consulting LLC. She and her family live in Washington, DC where they
are enjoying the continued rejuvenation of the city thanks to the
efforts of the DC Office of Planning and, of course, some of her fellow
URSP alums! (April 2007)
Kristen (Ward) Millwood -MCP, 2000
Kristen has married and is now working in Louisville , KY. (Summer 2005)
Devon Rager
-
MCP, 2000
After serving a year as the Urban Program Coordinator and Project Manager of
the United States-Asia Environmental Partnership in Washington, D.C. Devon returned home to her home state of California
and took a job in San Francisco as an Associate Planner with an environmental
consulting company, Brown, Vence and Associates. (www.brownvence.org).
Brown, Vence and Associates specializes in solid waste planning and management
as well as demand and supply side energy issues. Devon
is currently the company's international liaison and land use planner responsible
for assisting municipalities in project coordination and development,
CEQA requirements, grant writing, due diligence and public outreach. (December
2001)
Tanya (Wilson) Sejour - MCP, 2000
Tanya is a Planner with the City of North Miami. Her duties include
comprehensive planning, rezoning, land use plan amendments, development
of regional impacts, and transportation planning. (April 2007)
Erica Sklar
MCP, 2000
Erica Sklar is a part-time Project Manager at Napa
Valley Community Housing. She brings project management, historic preservation,
housing and community design experience to the agency. As a Project Manager
for Housing Development, Erica will be looking for new affordable housing opportunities,
especially up-valley in the cities of Yountville, St. Helena, and Calistoga,
California. She will assist in the completion of on-going developments and will
also be focusing on housing policy issues. Napa Valley
Community Housing (NVCH) is a private, non-profit agency serving the needs of
low-income individuals and families throughout Napa County. The agency's primary
focus in meeting those needs is to develop, rehabilitate and manage the County’s
affordable housing stock. It has also run a pilot project aimed at helping tenants
improve their quality of life through on-site access to health care, job training
and educational services. NVCH
has many years of experience developing new and rehabilitating older affordable
housing units. Over the past ten years, NVCH has developed or preserved 19 projects
of 650 units of low income housing worth over $40 million dollars. NVCH has
built large apartment complexes and single family rental homes. It has purchased
and renovated small apartments and cottages and guided new homeowners towards
self-help home building development. (October 2001)
Kevin
White
- MCP, 2000
Kevin is the Real Estate Development Director for Volunteers of America
, providing financial and project management for their affordable
housing development activities. He and his wife live in Washington ,
D.C. (Summer 2005 )
Jennifer Willman, AICP
- MCP, 2000
Jennifer is an Entitlement Planner at Ballast Point Group, a Sembler
Investments Company, in St. Petersburg, FL. She is working on urban
redevelopment mixed-use and apartment projects. She is also a
Professional Development Officer with the Florida APA Sun Coast
Section. (April 2007)
Karin Foley -
MCP, 2001
Karin was recently awarded the Public Interest Public Service
Scholarship from the UMD Alumni Association in 2004 and is currently
pursuing a law degree.(Summer 2005 )
Lori Gutman -
MCP, 2001
Louris is a Planner with Louis Berger Group, Inc. She recently moved to
Denver to help open a new office to further work with the National Park
Service. She continues to do environmental planning and compliance
work. This year has been excited on other fronts as Lori also got
engaged and by September 2007 will be Lori Fox! (April 2007)
Ilana Preuss
-
MCP, 2001
Ilana works with the Smart Growth office at the US EPA providing
technical assistance to local communities. She lives in Takoma Park
with her husband and son and has the newest addition to the family on
the way and due this summer. (Summer 2005)
Brad C. Boese - MCP, 2002
Brad works as a Planner for the
Village of Grafton
in Wisconsin. Brad passed his AICP Exam in May 2005. (May 2006)
Katherine Kelly - MCP, 2002
Katherine is a Transportation Planner for the City of Rockville. She passed the AICP certification last November (April 2007)
Amber Widmayer - MCP, 2002
Amber is finishing up the second of three years toward completing her
J.D. at the University of Maryland School of Law in the Environmental
Law Program, and this summer she will be working in law clerk for the
Administrative Law Judges of EPA
. Last summer she worked as a law clerk for the Maryland Office of the
Attorney General in the Department of Natural Resources. (May 2006)
Elin Zurbrigg - MCP, 2002
Elin is Project Director, Mi Casa, Inc. (Summer 2003)
Adriane Aul - MCP, 2003
Adriene is Program Manager, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group
(PCRG) coordinating a vacant property recycling program. In December,
2006 Adriane was named one of Pittsburgh Magazine's "40 Under 40" for
individuals under the age of 40 making an impact in the region. Adriane
resides in Pittsburgh, PA and recently purchased a rowhouse in the
City's historic South Side (April 2007)
Ken Aloisio - MCP, 2003
Ken is Principal Planner for Transportation for Bergen County, NJ, and
is a member of the Advisory Committee for the regional MPO, the North
Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. He is living in Northern NJ.
Ken recently obtained his AICP certification. (February 2006)
Josh Bokee - MCP, 2003
Josh currently works as a legislative and policy analyst for the Office
of Montgomery County Councilmember Mike Knapp. His areas of focus
include land use and public safety related issues. It is his
responsibility to review, track and make recommendations to the
Councilmember concerning upcoming master plans, zoning text amendments
and most land use initiatives. In addition, Josh assists with
analyzing the budgetary needs and resources of the County's Fire and
Rescue and Police departments. Josh and Katie live in Frederick City
with their Great Dane, Tessa, and their cat, Calvin (who actually is
the one that runs the household). (January 2006)
Samantha and Jonathan BrownMCP, 2003
Samantha is a Housing Development Officer with Community Housing
Partners. Jonathan is a Community Planner with the VA DHCD. The Browns
are doing well in Richmond Virginia. Theylive in the beautiful museum
district and love it. Their daughter, Rose will be entering the first
grade in the fall and will be in the gifted program. (Of Course!). (April 2007)
Jeff Davis - MCP, 2003
Jeff is a Ward 6 Neighborhood Planner for the DC Office of Planning. He
will be taking the AICP exam in May, and hopes he won't be taking it
again in November.
(April 2007)
Peter Fogec - MCP, 2003
Peter
is an Associate Planner for Development, Design & Engineering, Inc.
in El Centro, California. He is part of a team of planners who manage
real estate projects for developers. They represent clients in front
of councils and commissions in the Imperial Valley, from conceptual map
phase to final map approval, all the while involving appropriate
stakeholders, such as
government agencies, utilities, and existing residents. (January 2006)
Elizabeth Holler - MCP, 2003
Elizabeth is a Planner for the City of Orlando. She has been living in
Orlando for the last three years, working for the City's Comprehensive
Planning Studio and watching high rises appear on the horizon. She is
thinking about remodeling the kitchen, and counting the days until Ikea
opens!(April 2007)
Jennie Gallardy - MCP, 2003
Jennie is working in Caroll County, MD as a comprehensive planner. The
county is updating their comprehensive plan and Jennie is heavily
involved in the process. Her son, Eli, will be four in May. (January 2006)
Elizabeth Kelley - MCP, 2003
Elizabeth is a Program Analyst for the Logistics Branch of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency Headquarters and works on national disaster
housing issues. She lives in Old Town, Alexandria and is active in
historical organizations.(April 2007)
Monica Meade - MCP, 2003
Monica is a Planner for Parsons Brinckerhoff, a transportation planning
company in Baltimore. She also works at the Maryland Transit
Administration's Environmental Office of Planning. (October 2005)
Aimee McHale- MCP, 2003
Aimee recently returned to Washington, DC to join NHT/Enterprise
Preservation Corporation, a national affordable housing real estate
development group, as an Assitant Vice President. (January 2006)
Noushin Rashtian - MCP, 2003
Noushin is a Senior Planner, Urban Design, Development Review Division
(DRD), Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission in
Prince George's County, MD. I'm involved in the design review process
and approval of proposed developments within the County(April 2007)
Monica (Murphy) Robyns - MCP, 2003
Monica married in May, 2003, and began working as a Development Review
Planner II for the City of Frederick in September. She and her husband,
Nate, had their first child, Benjamin Dennis Robyns, on May 23, 2005.
Monica is taking some time off from planning to stay home with him in
Frederick. (April 2006)
Aimee (LaMontagne) Baumiller - MCP, 2004
Aimee is a Program Analyst, Market Research, PNC Bank - Real Estate
Finance. Her husband Larry works for the City's Legal Department.
They're enjoying living in Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh and fixing up
their new-old home. (April 2007)
Brian Dylong - MCP, 2004
Since July, Brian has been working at a real estate market research
firm, Real Property Research Group, in Columbia, MD. Real Property
primarily conducts residential rental and for-sale market studies,
particularly for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit projects. Brian's
projects have been in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
Georgia. (March 2006)
Mike Goodno - MCP, 2004
Mike is working as a bicycle program specialist for the District
Department of Transportation. Since graduation, his wife and 4-year old
son are happy to have him at home most evenings. (January 2006)
T.J. Lehman - MCP, 2004
T. J. has settled into Seattle where he is a development associate at
Holland Partners, a regional multifamily real estate developer. (Summer 2005)
Colleen Mitchell - MCP, 2004
Colleen is a Transportation Planner with Toole Design Group. She is
currently Project Manager for the District of Columbia's Pedestrian
Master Plan. She has developed a niche in campus planning and has
spoken at several conferenced nation-wide on the topic. Last year she
received APA's New Planner award for Maryland.(April 2007)
Keith Murphy - MCP, 2004
Keith is working as a Community Planner in Plymouth, New Hampshire. (Summer 2005)
Ann Piesen - MCP, 2004
Ann is a Manager for the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program, and
Policy Analyst with the Public Assistance (Infrastructure) Program at
Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters. She lives in Silver
Spring, MD with her husband, and two dogs, and is actively involved
with several non-profit animal rescue organizations. (April 2007)
Deborah Albert - MCP, 2005
Deborah is an Environmental Planner with Fairfax County Department of
Planning and Zoning. She has worked primarily on development review,
but spent the last eight months working on a Plan Amendment that added
guidelines for Transit-Oriented Development to the company's Policy
Plan.(April, 2007)
Michelle Ashley - MCP, 2005
Michelle is a Program Manager at Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC). She manages a project team in support of federal
advisory board activities at the Department of Defense. She and her
husband live in Arlington, VA.
(March 2006)
Anne Baum - MCP, 2005
Anne is a Community Developer with the Community Planning and
Development Division of the Prince George's Department of Housing and
Community Development. (February 2006)
Ethan Bindernagel - MCP, 2005
Ethan is an Associate Planner for Walnut Creek in San Francisco Bay
Area. Ethan and Becca are planning their wedding later this year on
December 29, 2007 in Burlington, VT, Becca's hometown. Ethan would love
to hear from classmates, and can be reached at
ethan_bindernagel@yahoo.com. (April 2007)
Chalita Brandly -MCP, 2005
Chalita is a Planner with the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission on the Prince George's County Planning Department
side. She is in their Research Section currently working on a housing
study for the County and working with our economic fiscal impact model.
(April 2007)
Kellie (Bethke) Brown - MCP, 2005
Kellie is a Consultant at BBP Associates in Annapolis. She is currently
working on developing a parking plan for a private mixed use, a TOD
project in Prince George's County, crafting an economic development
plan for the City of Virginia Beach, advising/assisting the City of
Fredericksburg to redevelop an underutilized parcel in its downtown
area. (April 2007).
Otto Clemente - MCP, 2005
Otto is a transportation planning engineer at HNTB Corporation in
Arlington, VA. He is working on a wide range of transportation related
projects such as transit plans, neighborhood transportation plans,
airport landside master plans, and traffic simulation and
visualization. (March 2006)
Margaret (Clune) Giblin - MCP, 2005
Margaret is a Lecturer in the Environmental Science and Policy Program
and Director of the College Park Scholars in Environmental Studies at
the University of Maryland, beginning of Fall 2007. She volunteers as a
Primate Interpreter at the National Zoo, and as the Secretary for the
non-profit Orangutan Conservancy(April 2007)
Sam Erickson - MCP, 2005
Sam is a Transportation Planner for KFH Group, Inc. Recently he began
helping Maryland plan how to comply with new federal regulations under
SAFETEA-LU. He says "It’s a great company and I have a great job". (April 2007)
Mike Goodno - MCP, 2005
Mike is a bicycle program specialist for the DC Department of
Transportation. His main focus is to promote cycling as a viable mode
of transportation by implementing the objectives of the city's 2005
bicycle master plan.(April 2007)
David Kanthor - MCP, 2005
David is a Project coordinator for the Center City District in
Philadelphia. He works on making public space accessible, safe, and
clean to both visitors and residents of Center City Philadelphia.(April 2007)
Julie (Mirvis) Morris - MCP, 2005
Julie is a Planner for the Town of Vienna, VA. She will be
participating in Bike to Work Day. She says "If I can do it, all the
way from Maryland, with a folding bike and hour-long metro ride, anyone
can!" She and her husband Adam brought home a Goldendoodle (Golden
Retriever/Standard Poodle mix) puppy, Marley. (April 2007)
Francis McLaughlin - MCP, 2005
Francis is an Associate Planner in Anchorage, AK. I am learning the
city code, reviewing subdivision proposals, and working on the city’s
new downtown comprehensive plan. I feels at home in Anchorage. I’m
originally from North Pole, which is about 400 miles north of Anchorage
by road. (April 2007)
Carrie Sanders - MCP, 2005
Carrie is a Transportation Planner for the City of Rockville, Maryland.
She manages citywide transportation projects, and recently received a
federal grant to improve transportation facilities in the vicinity of
Rockville's schools. (April 2007)
Jason Sartori - MCP, 2005
Jason is a Principal with Integrated Planning Consultants, LLC. IPC
provides project management services for a variety of planning-related
efforts. Jason is also currently the program director for the
Partnership for Land Use Success and serving in a leadership capacity
for the Maryland Scenario Project. He and his wife Michele welcomed
their second daughter, Kristin, into the world this year. (May 2007)
Kate Shiflet - MCP, 2005
Kate is an Associate at Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, a
public/private real estate and planning advisory firm in Annapolis. She
just purchased her first house in historic downtown Frederick. (April 2007)
David Traggorth - MCP, 2005
David is Project Manager with the Salvation Army World Service Office.
He currently lives in Sri Lanka and works as a consultant for the
overseeing of the island-wide planning and construction effort to
rebuild after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. (April 2007)
Magdalena Vicuna - MCP, 2005
Magdalena is a Professor and Planner. She's teaching a course of
urbanism (undergraduate) at the School of Architecture of the
Universidad Católica de Chile. She's also working on planning projects
for local governments through the same institution. (April 2007)
Megan Zadecky - MCP, 2005
Megan is a Transportation Director with the National Association of
Regional Councils. She is responsible for technical assistance programs
and transportation policy efforts. She's still in DC and lives in
Columbia Heights with her husband and dog. (April 2007)
Ilana Branda - MCP, 2006
Ilana is a Program Associate with the Cultural Development Corporation.
They are creating a concept paper for a cultural arts center in Ward 7
in the District, working with Manna Inc. to develop work/live housing
for artists, and developing plans to renovate the Source Theater
property in NW DC. (April 2007)
Catherine Brown - MCP, 2006
Catherine is a Project Analyst, Bozzuto, Inc. She is learning a ton
about the development process for Howard County and Montgomery County
and also working on an infill site in Towson and a TOD project in
Odenton. She mentioned that every other month a few alumni meet up in
Baltimore for happy hour. Email cathyabrown@gmail.com if you would like
to be on the invite list.(April 2007)
Jessica Solomon - MCP, 2006
Jessica is a Program Manager for the Public Health Infrastructure and
Systems Team of the National Association of County and City Health
Officials. She continues to keep her finger on the pulse of the
connection between planning and public health and enjoys living,
working, and playing in Washington, DC. (April 2007)