An urban and regional planning professional with more than 15 years of experience serves as a city planning expert witness with specialized expertise in land use, zoning, and regulatory entitlements. Professional planning work addresses urban and community development policy, governmental planning services, and redevelopment initiatives within municipal and regional planning frameworks. For more than 5 years, this expert has provided city planning expert witness services including consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving zoning regulations, land use compatibility, and municipal planning decisions.

Core areas of planning practice include land use and zoning analysis, regulatory entitlement processes, and comprehensive planning activities associated with urban infill, redevelopment, and new development. Additional work involves Community Redevelopment Area planning and implementation, development of Tax Increment Financing structures, and brownfield planning initiatives supporting redevelopment of previously developed sites. The expert’s planning services also include facilitation of charrettes, public visioning initiatives, workshops, and community outreach processes used to evaluate redevelopment strategies and planning policy considerations. This work supports evaluation of regulatory procedures, community redevelopment plans, and land development regulations in disputes involving municipal planning policies and zoning compliance.

Professional leadership experience includes serving as a Principal responsible for providing urban, regional, and community planning services for public sector and private sector projects. Prior roles include Planning Practice Leader in a planning and engineering consulting environment and planning positions within municipal government addressing redevelopment initiatives, brownfield programs, and comprehensive planning activities. Responsibilities in these roles included management of redevelopment planning projects, coordination of land use and zoning initiatives, and oversight of planning studies addressing community redevelopment and economic development strategies.

Educational preparation includes a Master of Public Administration in Policy and Analysis and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, along with additional undergraduate study in liberal arts. Professional leadership and governance involvement includes board and committee service within multiple planning and redevelopment organizations, including roles on planning-related boards and professional associations addressing zoning policy, redevelopment planning, and community planning practices.