Experience

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Planner

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Staff Management and Agency Administration: Supervises, supports, and coaches a team of planners and project managers with skill development, problem solving, and advancing agency priorities while also collaborating with agency and Planning Division management team on administration and operations to advance agency and division goals. Regional Economic Collaboration: Leads the agency’s regional economic collaboration efforts, including programming economic development technical assistance, pursing funding, and assessing the region's economic competitive position. Planning Technical Assistance: Manages and participates in various planning technical assistance projects throughout the region, including projects that focus on transportation planning, economic development, real estate development and construction guidance, and implementation efforts. Agency External Ambassador and Subject Matter Expert: Cultivates and maintains open communications and partnerships with external partner agencies, including economic development organizations, transportation agencies, non-profits, advocacy groups, elected officials and municipal staff, developers and development experts to help advance agency principles and efforts. Show less

• Senior Planner

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2022

  Local Planning: works with community partners to provide guidance on land development, economic development, and transportation planning issues. Partner Coordination: Establishes and maintains open communications with external partner agencies including transportation agencies, non-profits, advocacy groups, elected officials and municipal staff, developers and development experts to help advance agency principles and efforts.Agency Ambassador and Subject Matter Expert: Represents the agency externally on various steering committees, advisory councils, and external events as a subject matter expert for economic development, TOD, transportation, capital infrastructure funding. Show less



Regional Transportation Authority

• United States
• Urban Transit Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Analyst, Local Planning & Programs

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2015

  Plan Implementation: Created a program to provide funding and assistance to previous Community Planning program sponsors to assist with implementing economic development plan recommendations for all completed long-range Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and transportation planning studies. Partner Coordination: Developed and maintained open communications with RTA Service Boards, project contacts, community officials and staff, developers and development experts (both private and non-profit) to help promote TOD and multimodal transportation throughout the RTA Region. Agency Ambassador; Represented the RTA on various local and regional committees focusing on local transportation planning and transportation/land use relationships. Grant Assistance: Assisted with securing Unified Work Program (UWP) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant funding for planning implementation, economic development and capital project projects. Show less



Norwood Builders, Inc.

• Planning Associate

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2010

  Site-Selection and Zoning: Primary support to Director of Planning and President from site selection through final approvals including obtaining all zoning entitlements, ordinances and financial incentives for residential condominium, townhome/rowhome, retail and mixed-use developments; Secured approvals for 500+ new residential units and 25,000SF of new retail space. Project Management: Managed and prepared all zoning applications, preliminary plans (site plans, landscape plans and preliminary engineering), elevations, with internal and external team members. Municipal Coordination: Developed and maintained positive relationships with elected officials, municipal staff and community stakeholders. Facilitated communication between Norwood and the municipality to address and resolve issues and/or concerns regarding proposed redevelopment activities. Development Finance: TIF analysis, pro forma budget development, redevelopment agreement tracking. Show less


Meyers Group
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Associate

  • Aug 2000 - Jun 2004