Experience

New Orleans Regional Planning Commission

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Planner

  • Jan 2019 - Present



Capital Area Regional Planning Commission

• Community Planner

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2018

  A Greater Madison Vision: 2020 Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan update. Currently, primary planning work is centered around the managing and updating of the county’s comprehensive plan, community engagement, planning tool development, and regional data reporting. Secondary work includes assisting in agencies regulatory and advisory role within the county in regards to urban service area management and environmental protection. Current tasks include: *Assisting with developing a population land demand projection model *Assisting in completing a GIS based land use inventory *Partnered in development of Hip Hop Architecture and Urban Design Camps pilot (now nationwide) *Research and development of values survey, and various community input surveys *Continued management of strategic plan and community outreach initiatives focused more on regional plan update *Developing strategic plan to better target underrepresented and underserved populations Show less



Capital Area Regional Planning

• Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2014 - May 2016

  Program Manager September 2014-May 2015 Plan 4 Health Grant and Active Living Places Initiative. As a grant manager I worked to lead a team in the development and monitoring of program and planning initiatives focused on complete street policies and food access. Primary tasks include: *HUD Fair Housing and Equity Assessment/Barriers to Opportunity report for the county *Development of interactive tool that scored communities conduciveness in supporting active living (Active Living Index) *Correlation analysis of Active Living Index and barriers to opportunity with emphasis on health outcomes *Neighborhood capacity building and coalition development *Facilitation of intergovernmental and interagency plans and agreements to implement complete street policies *Leading and managing stakeholder outreach and involvement *Tracking and monthly reporting to funders *Represent the commission on various committees connected to initiatives *Presentation of findings at various American Planning Association Conferences - state and national *Preparing various grant application to support efforts Show less



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Feb 2013 - May 2015



Federal Transit Administration

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Served with both the Office of Civil Rights and Transportation Planning. Primary tasks included working with directors, staff, and regional offices on development and evaluation of Title VI programs, Language Access Plans, tracking and auditing of American with Disability Act(ADA) requirements, and evaluation of federally funded transportation projects. -Created Title VI Program template for communities to use when developing local programs to ensure compliance -Monitored ADA complaints -Transit system audits and site design evaluation to ensure ADA compliance of federally funded projects -Evaluation of future transit plans and changes to ensure compliance in regards to equal access of disadvantaged communities (eliminate disparate impact) -Disenfranchised business compliance evaluation Show less



Who Data/ Neighborhood Associate Development

• New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

• Data Intern

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  As an intern with University of New Orleans Department of Urban and Regional Planning I worked to map the condition of the Hoffman Triangle Neighborhood and areas of the lower 9th ward for community information and development purposes.l *Collecting on the ground data of parcel condition in the lower 9th and Hoffman Triangle (overgrown parcels, streetlight function, vacancy, code violations) *Creating geodatabases of parcel condition data *Monitoring of progress of community parcels bought by AND *Data analysis and community reports *Presentation of findings at community meetings Show less