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Minneapolis, Minnesota

Oversee the full range of community development and built environment topics, starting with visioning and strategic planning, through implementation and evaluation. Work to improve the Built Environment for communities of all complexity, size and scale throughout North America. These services include 25 communities specific to Blue Zones projects (see www.bluezones.com). Also provide support to all other communities of all size throughout North America, especially in advancing active transportation, active living and other elements of the built and natural environments.

Port Townsend, Washington

Assist communities throughout North America to build healthy, vibrant, prosperous communities; including Smart Growth, Complete Streets, aging in place, walkability, bicycling active living, place making, public engagement, main street development.

Co-Founder and Executive Director -- Along with co-founder, Sarah Bowman, our organization focused on combining land use with transportation, active transportation, sustainable transportation, smart growth, living in place, place making, main streets, security through design, complete streets, designing prosperous and vitality cities and walkability topics. Lectures, presentations, walkability audits, facilitation of charrettes and other public events, photography, report writing and related professional services.

High Springs, Florida

Thirty-five years of progressive work in transportation and land use, led to the creation of this nonprofit corporation; helping transform transportation and land use to become more sustainable, affordable, functional, holistic and complete. Includes health and wellness, social use of space, traffic calming, safety and appropriate design of open space, main streets, local streets, boulevards. Urban design, street connectivity, walkability and bicycling are also included.

Nonprofit corporation providing support for neighborhoods, communities, cities, regions, states wishing to become more walkable. Keynote presentations, lectures, walkability audits, charrettes and other professional services. Main Street, neighborhood redevelopment, healthy streets development, safe routes to school, waterfront, trails and related projects.

Bachelor Of Science, Forestry/ Recreation Planning

Additional activities beyond academics included work as a professional photographer, news photographer, yearbook editor, and related..

Liberal Arts, Religion, Philosophy, English