Erik De Kok, Aicp Email & Phone Number

Erik de Kok, AICP, is Director of Interdisciplinary Planning at Ascent. He has over 25 years of experience as a planner, project manager, and team leader. Most recently, he served as Deputy Director for Planning & Community Development in the Governor's Office of Planning & Research (OPR), where he managed and directed the preparation of guidance on environmental justice, wildfire hazard planning and the wildland-urban interface (WUI), evacuation planning, and streamlining for sustainable transportation and environmental leadership development projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). He also managed policy development, legislative review, and interagency coordination efforts across state government on a wide variety of planning-related issues, including climate change, transportation, housing, water, energy, and equity. He collaborated regularly with OPR's Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program (ICARP) staff and the ICARP Technical Advisory Council, and he also co-chaired the Fire-Adapted Communities Working Group under the Governor's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force.Erik brings to each project an intimate knowledge of the planning process in California, including local municipal planning and permitting, regional planning and collaboration, and statewide planning and regulatory compliance programs. Prior to joining OPR, his planning experience in both the public and private sectors included climate action, adaptation, resilience, and sustainability plans; neighborhood, community, and specific plans; and general plans and regional plans. He is an expert in state and local planning, policy, and compliance responses to climate change (both GHG emissions mitigation and climate adaptation), and he specializes in the integration of climate action and resilience into all stages of the planning process, from long range planning to project-level implementation. Erik also has extensive experience with the environmental review process under CEQA and he is familiar with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). He has direct experience managing or working on environmental documents for projects, plans and programs at all scales of government in California.**Disclaimer: This is a personal social media account. Any unique views expressed or comments provided are my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer, clients, or other organizations I may be affiliated with. Any information shared of official nature is shared voluntarily.**

Listed skills include Ceqa, Environmental Planning, Sustainability, Climate Change, and 35 others.