Dustin J. Clark Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I manage the development of Metra's Capital Program, which totals nearly $1.9 billion over the next five years. My core focus is to thoughtfully guide the investment strategy for our agency's assets to ensure access to affordable, reliable, and efficient public transportation is available across the northeast Illinois region. I analyze project funding needs and prioritize the hundreds of capital projects Metra undertakes. Additionally, I manage the pursuit of Metra's discretionary grant applications with a goal of capturing as much additional capital funding as possible.Metra is an essential resource that safely and reliably connects individuals to the thingsthat matter most in their lives — their work, their homes and their families. We provide public transit across a vast six-county area with more than 8.4 million residents.

Chicago Il

Guides real estate investors through the pre-development phases from site selection and permitting, through financial underwriting and proforma creation.Navigates Federal, state, and local grant opportunities for clients, maximizes project scoring, and manages proper documentation.Coordinates day-to-day relationships and meetings between architects, engineers, lenders, and investors.

Highland Park Il

Conducted ‘Administrative Design Reviews’ for facade, awing, patio, parking, and signage modifications to ensure re-developments adherence to Design Review Guidelines.Provided constituent service that exceeded expectations through timely and professional response to phone calls, emails, FOIAs, and counter walk-ins from residents, architects, and developers.Modeled zoning code impacts on infill development in Downtown Highland Park; analyzed policy alternatives and expected outcomes.Historic Preservation Outreach Program.Development and ideation of the Historic Resources and Outreach program to bolster interest and investment in City’s historic structures.Development of Historic Preservation Resources, including an interactive ESRI Story Map, website, and outreach program concepts.

Chicago Il

Support Coordinator for five municipal outreach workshops with village/city administrators across the Chicago-region leading the presentation of the 'Layers' concept.Facilitated an interactive community open house attended by 60 citizens, as part of the input process of the 2017 South Holland Master Plan.Design and layout of the “Calumet Park Planning Priorities” report and the “SSMMA Complete Streets and Trails Plan,” in Adobe InDesign. ‘ON TO 2050 Regional Comprehensive Plan’Project work for the ”Reinvestment and Infill” section, including data sourcing and GIS database management, and statistical analysis.Built spatial layers of priority industrial and mixed-use reinvestment areas across the Chicago-region for the “LIMA” and “IAA” projects.Produced GIS data layers, visualizations for presentations, and drafted policy memos detailing the ‘up-shot’ analysis of trends.‘2016 CMAP Municipal Plans, Programs, and Operations Survey’Conducted a data audit of open-ended responses; performed parsing controls and workflow executions to categorize responses. Classified, interpreted, and normalized responses; aggregated data correlations; summarized findings in an internal memorandum.

Chicago Il

Led an eighteen-employee team in a fast-paced environment at a top-20 Starbucks in the US, top-5 in Chicago (weekday transactions).Continuously coached team and developed inventory control strategies that grew revenues by 22% during my tenure as Shift Manager.

Chicago Il

Collected, disseminated, and classified data of on-campus student housing systems + student oriented off-campus markets.Conducted focus group sessions and electronic surveys; compiled results into quantifiable criteria with weight factors.Compiled data into demand-based program models to measure deficiencies and to forecast design capacity needs for housing facilities.

University Of Cincinnati

"Sustainable Business Models for Urban Agriculture Programs" won a competitive research grant from the University Research Council at UC.

Cincinnati Oh

Identified suitable land acquisition + expansion models, GIS mapped potential sites, detailed amenities + crop layout plans.Assembled formal Volunteer Program, categorized data base of volunteers, then developed web-based volunteer forms.Labored on-site with Apprentice Farmers, directed site enhancement projects, prepared and processed city permitting.

Cleveland Oh

Analyzed and documented USGBC LEED ND credits–project accredited LEED Silver in 2011, currently under construction.Drafted AutoCAD base drawings of site plan layouts, floor plans, elevations; configured programming for re-use structures.Generated new CAD drafts for Tenant Improvement Projects from X-Refs; edited ‘red-lined’ mark-ups on existing projects.

Cincinnati Oh

Projected essential data sets and maps for Green Hills OH Master Plan with ArcGIS Desktop and US Census informatics.Facilitated and orated at community meetings, planned and prepared Master Plan ‘working-group’ session materials.Reviewed development plans, authored Staff Reports; presented ‘staff findings’ during RPC/RZC/BZA Boards hearings.

Masters Of Public Administration, Financial Management Concentration

Masters Capstone – collaborated with Baker Tilly LLC. to administer a 56-point survey of municipal services and economic development.

Bachelors, Urban Planning, Certificate In Historic Preservation

Activities and Societies: SGA Cabinet of Transportation, Director (2011) Planning Student Org., President (2011)Senior Thesis – yearlong.