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Denver, Co, Us

Founded in 1969, Design Workshop is an international design studio integrating landscape architecture, urban design, economics and engagement.Key Highlights and Achievements• Recipient of APA Small Town and Rural Planning Division Award for Planning Excellence 2024.• Recipient of DW Legacy Design Honor Award 2023.• Project Manager and Planner for comprehensive plans, zoning code updates, capacity-building projects, and engagement and outreach initiatives.• Manages resources and teams across complex multi-year projects.• Design Workshop Foundation Studio Champion and Project Manager for 2024 Capacity Building Project in Chicago IL.

Denver, Co, Us

Thornton, Co, Us

Using IAP2’s Core Values and Ethics as a foundation, Ambassadors are meeting with public, private, and non-profit agencies throughout the U.S. to achieve program goals, which include:Raising the awareness of good P2,Building support for strategic alliances.Increasing institutional support for P2.Whether it’s presenting at conferences, showcasing Core Values on social media, meeting with public works and transportation agencies, spreading the word at trainings, and starting and growing local chapters, Ambassadors are showing the world what is possible with good P2.

City Explained, Inc. actively seeks to align itself with cities, counties and regions that appreciate and uphold the virtues of community-based planning. Our team emphasizes a process-driven approach to sustainable development and town-building; always with an eye toward sound technical analysis, meaningful public involvement, and creative solutions for realizing a community’s vision.Key Highlights and Achievements• Project Manager and Planner for HoCo By Design, Howard County MD's General Plan Update, 2024 NACo Best in Category Winner for Planning.

Aspen, Colorado, Us

Founded 15 years ago, Aspen Young Professional Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Aspen's emerging professionals by creating connections, facilitating career development, and promoting community involvement.

Aspen, Colorado, Us

Aspen, Colorado, Us

Local government Community Development Department handling current planning, long range planning, special projects, and Land Use Code enforcement.Key Highlights and Achievements• Recipient of five Après Ski Awards and one Black Diamond Award from the City of Aspen for community outreach initiatives• Project Manager for Off-Street Parking code amendments as part of a one year land use moratorium, and contributing author to final code amendments• Reviews and analyzes land use applications, written application materials, and other documents for consistency with applicable provisions of the City’s Land Use Code and Comprehensive Plans• Serves as ‘planner of the day’ providing customer service to the public by answering technical land use, zoning, and procedural questions• Assists Director and Deputy Director with current and long planning projects, Board presentations, and code implementation

Innovative community-centric Cambodian NGO working with urban poor providing technical expertise and facilitating relationships with all tiers of government to attain land tenancy and security.Key highlights and achievements:•Curated and delivered professional training program on urban planning best practice, international community engagement standards (IAP2), research and delivery methods, and innovative data collection techniques•Built capacity of management team through comprehensive and ongoing support •Consulted on project related website development, design, and materials

Collingwood, Victoria, Au

Urban planning engagement and facilitation specialists servicing public policy, regional and urban development, and infrastructure sectors.Key highlights and achievements:• Project event logistics and management of National Conversation for Change, Australia Post (2014-ongoing)• Community education, engagement delivery, and qualitative reporting on Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal, City of Melbourne (Phase 2, 2014) • Engagement delivery on All People Policy Engagement, City of Melbourne (2014) • Engagement planning, delivery, and reporting for Growing Winchelsea: Urban Design Framework, Surf Coast Shire (2014)• Portfolio available upon request

International NGO providing urban planning professionals and expertise to assist local, state, and federal government research and projects for local communities.Key highlights and achievements:•Completion of urban design framework and masterplan for pond reclamation projects addressing local flooding and waste management issues. •Research and completion of formative documents for foreshore development including property ownership and preliminary design ideas.•Extensive community engagement initiative including alliance with UNOps towards an educational platform and capacity building.•Planning and executing a working group consisting of Mannar Urban Council, UNOps, Urban Development Authority, National Physical Planning Department, Diaspora Lanka team. Outputs contributed to the Regional Development Plan.•Independent academic research and report writing on shared Urban Planning history of Sri Lanka and Australia, international aid and planning policies, and community engagement and planning in international settings.

Freelance consulting and facilitation training.Planner and FacilitatorActively managed studies with extracurricular networking and participation in various endeavors in order to gain experience across a variety of fields within Urban PlanningKey highlights and achievements:• Project manager for CoDesign Studios' Little Saigon Project (December 2015)• Freelance work for GTA Consultants gathering transport network data in outer suburbs (April –May 2013). • Facilitation training for Metropolitan Planning Strategy Forum through Capire Consultants (February-March 2013). • Forum facilitator for Sustainable Living Festival 2013/2014

Intern for Connecticut based non-profit focused on promoting sustainability legislation at the United Nations.Key highlights and accomplishments:• Organized United Nations sponsored events and formal functions for NGO Sustainability members in conjunction with the Sri Lankan Embassy in NYC. • Consistently attended meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the Rio+20 Summit Meeting in Rio, Brazil (June 2012).• Wrote formal reports for non-profit members.• Contributor to a formal proposal on behalf of NGO Sustainability that was accepted by the United Nations and incorporated in formal proposal for Rio+20 Conference.

Anthropological Consultant and Researcher Project based freelance anthropological researcher. Key highlights and achievements:• Responsible for a Anthropologically based market research and analysis• Created new filtering process for research initiatives and interpretation of Anthropological market data • Responsible for reports and analyses of data and computation in addition to materials for presentations with client

Masters Of Urban Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology

Archaeology Summer Program, Archaeology