Brooke Roper Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Manage community development and growth through administering zoning map change applications and annexation petitions. • Coordinate local ordinance changes via text amendments initiated by staff, governing bodies, and private entities. • Present technical information to governing boards, staff members, and community groups.• Conduct special projects which include implementing the department’s Racial Equity Action Plan, conducting a bi-annual Planning Academy, and completing various departmental process improvements.

Durham

• Planned, managed, and led community-wide equitable engagement workshops and focus groups with government staff, elected officials, and community residents for the development of the Comprehensive Plan goals, policies, action items, and future place type map. • Designed accessible and informational flyers, videos, and website content for the Comprehensive Plan project.

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to research, propose and implement transportation plans and projects for the Town of Chapel Hill.• Planned and conducted outreach events for the Town to promote sustainable forms of transportation such as walking, bicycling, and utilizing public transit.

• Assisted in the development of maps and figures using GIS; interfaced with professionals and city representatives affected by flooding for a project to determine the fiscal impact of floodplain buyouts in North Carolina.

• Performed GIS mapping functions and analyses across five coastal states for a project aimed at determining the impacts of the US Coastal Barrier Resources Act on building development and population growth rates in flood-prone and vulnerable areas

• Performed a systematic review of various literature to compile a set of studies for a project focused on safe and active student travel to school in the US

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Nc

• Organized the WE Recycle and Carter Finley Composting efforts during all home NCSU football games• Coordinated outreach and educational efforts across campus

Honey Bee Biology Lab, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Nc

• Performed dual-extraction kit comparison for the improvement of lab practices• Analyzed gene expression of diseased honey bees using qualitative Polymerase Chain ReactionTechnical Paper:Ganser, B., Latham, D., & Li-Byarlay, H. (2018). Comparison of Two Methods for Dual Extraction of Nucleic Acids from Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).

Master Of City And Regional Planning (Mcrp), City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Technology And Management; Environmental Science

Minors in Applied Ecology; Toxicology; Biology