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Little Rock, Arkansas, Us

Working as the lead urban planner on a variety of brownfields reuse and local revitalization projects.

Sabbatical: May - September 2024

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

Served as the planning lead for reuse/redevelopment projects within Stantec’s Brownfields and Revitalization team. Managed project scopes, technical teams, and deliverables. Assisted clients/communities to define a vision and action plan for specific neighborhoods/districts and underutilized properties. Led community engagement activities, prepared conceptual plans, defined site-reuse strategies, wrote redevelopment feasibility studies, and authored long-range planning documents. Co-led multiple zoning code rewrites; performed code analysis (to identify barriers and challenges to redevelopment and housing options). Provided analytical and support for state/federal grant writing. Participated in business development, marketing pursuits, and staff hiring. Supervised direct reports and project staff. Managed contracts.

Tacoma, Wa, Us

I worked as a Planning Project Manager focused on project design and securing land use entitlements for development projects. I authored master plans for public jurisdictions which involves community outreach, project strategy, conceptual design, and implementation. I also managed project budgets and play a role in our team's business development efforts including marketing, RFP responses, and client outreach.

Fortitude Valley, Qld, Au

Worked as a Planning Project Manager focused on project design and implementation strategies for clients across North American and international markets. / Planned, designed, and secured land use entitlements for development projects. / Authored master plans for public jurisdictions which involves community outreach, project strategy, conceptual design, and implementation. / Wrote project proposals and responses to official requests for proposals. / Wrote contract scopes and prepares project budgets. / Participated in firm’s business development and recruiting.

Fortitude Valley, Qld, Au

Worked as a Planning Project Manager focused on project design and implementation strategies for clients across North American and international markets. / Planned, designed, and secured land use entitlements for development projects. / Authored master plans for public jurisdictions which involves community outreach, project strategy, conceptual design, and implementation. / Wrote project proposals and responses to official requests for proposals. / Wrote contract scopes and prepares project budgets. / Participated in firm’s business development and recruiting.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Worked with a team of planners and managed support staff to provide land development consulting for public and private clients. Provided project design and land use entitlement services for master planned communities and urban infill redevelopment projects. Conducted due diligence and site feasibility studies for private developments. Directly managed one land-use planner, and supervised designers on specific projects. Responsible for project budgets, contracts and client relations.

Bartow, Fl, Us

Worked as a public planner focused on long-range community planning and redevelopment initiatives in a rapidly growing rural county in Central Florida. Led and authored multiple subarea plans focused on redevelopment and growth management. Performed development review and facilitated amendments to the County’s Comprehensive Plan.

Us

Worked as a city planner focused on development review and urban revitalization. Worked to implement the City’s downtown and beachfront redevelopment plans which included public involvement, community visioning, an implementation strategy, and development standards. Worked to implement the City’s redevelopment goals through development review of private proposals. Authored development standards focused on infill redevelopment..

Bachelor'S Degree Urban & Regional Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Certificate, Le Francais Pour Les Non-Francophones

Associates, English, Public Adminstration, & French