Director, Urban Design and Plan Review 2007- 2011
Directed design consultation and plan review practice for regional planning commission with jurisdiction over 2500 square mile region
- Member of senior leadership team
- Steered highly visible projects through complex planning and design review
- Supervised planning, design, and preservation professionals, and managed budget
- Advised politically diverse planning commission on major federal building and public space projects and national museums and memorials
- Resolved design and planning solutions among parties with divergent interests
- Contact with elected officials, agency heads, press, developers, and community- Expert in National Environmental Policy Act / National Historic Preservation Act
- Extensive experience balancing urban perimeter security with public space
Senior Urban Planner 2004-2007 - Member District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment - Developed planning policy - Conducted pre-development design consultation - Reviewed and analyzed complex development proposals - Presented recommendations for planning commission approval Transportation Planner 2001-2004 - Developed transportation and land use policy - Authored comprehensive plan transportation element - Led coalition of federal and local partners to plan Downtown Circulator network
Tazewell Street Studio, Norfolk, Virginia and Washington, DC 2000-2001
Design and Planning Consultant
- Designed small building and renovation projects
- Provided project liaison services - Oversaw document quality control and project expediting
Transit Development Manager - Architect member of Light Rail Transit project planning - Planned new rail and bus facilities - Served as liaison to local and regional government agencies - Conducted Public meetings - Performed construction administration services
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia 1994-1998
Assistant Architect for Construction
- Architect member of construction administration for $450 million medical center - Observed work in field and checked construction drawings - Negotiated change orders
Naval Facilities Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia 1988-1994
Community Planner
- Master planner for mixed-use developments, ports, and airfield
- Worked in U.S., Europe, Bermuda, and Okinawa, Japan - Led transportation planning efforts for light rail transit, HOV lanes
- Navy representative to regional planning board
Bachelor of Architecture (5 year)
Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Urban Planning Blacksburg, Virginia 1988 Fieldwork at the Washington/Alexandria Center Focus on human scale housing in the context of suburban freeways and freeway-integrated housing
2009
Served on peer review panel for NYPD’s Engineering Security: Protective Design for High Risk Buildings, published in 2009
2004-2009
Neighborhood representative for design of public realm improvements
Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
2002-2004
Developed zoning proposal for row house neighborhoods near Metrorail to preserve housing for families and the architectural character of the neighborhood.
Columbia Heights neighborhood, Washington, DC
2000
Organized community visioning process and charrette
Redevelopment of the Five Points Neighborhood, with AIA Young Architects Forum
Norfolk, Virginia
1999-2000
Directed community visioning process and charrette
Alternatives to downtown shopping mall proposal, with AIA Young Architects Forum
Norfolk, Virginia
