I work with people and nations to develop, recover, and steward a variety of places and territories. My professional skillset combines technical competencies, research expertise, and the ability to create customized plans, land use projects, and capacity development programs appropriate to each of out clients’ unique contexts. Critical approaches to place, governance, and knowledge creation enrich my ability to assist in working with emerging economies and meaningful landscapes. In addition, a thoughtful engagement with our First Nation clients creates opportunities to build capacity in land use decision making, local planning, and community-based remote-sensing. This is complemented by an approach to data collection, analysis, and sovereignty that places precedence on local values and knowledge, and how those are safeguarded and transmitted within community. As a Coastal Planner, my goal is to help stakeholder groups avoid missed opportunities and add value by bringing clients comprehensive location information, spatial data, and planning options.My academic focus as an urban and cultural geographer is centered on questions of how people find meaning and make great cities through the arts, culture, and hospitality. Currently, my research is concerned with the ways that craft breweries can positively impact small cities. I examine the ways that this happens through a consideration of multiple theoretical frameworks, including spatial imaginaries, habitus and urban fit, and the ways that dwelling and phenomenologies of the city can inform meaningful development outcomes.