While I wear these different hats, my drive remains the same: process and people. The planning and design process is a time to exchange ideas. My passion is in working with stakeholders--neighborhood groups, municipalities, and private groups--in a manner that aligns with the community's history and vision. I take ideas, synthesize them, create more ideas, and bring those back to the people. It's about iterative exchange.

 

I take a systems approach to planning and design--the process is a chance to think about physical infrastructure ("hard" systems) with an emphasis on social infrastructure ("soft" systems) that fill those spaces. 

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For the past 30 years, my responsibilities have included strategic planning, conceptual design, consensus-building, and project management roles throughout the public and private sectors. My projects include developing and managing pedestrian-oriented land use and transportation plans, creating graphic-friendly design guidelines and form-based codes, and facilitating public workshops and visioning exercises that bring to life the shared goals of all who live, work, and play in the community.