Kyle is a planner with the City and County of Denver. His work includes managing the Denver code and the Denver Livability Partnership, and following legislative proposals in the Colorado legislature. He has served as the APA Colorado Legislative Committee Co-Chair since 2011 and has been a member of the Committee since 2006.

Sol has worked as a lobbyist at the Colorado Statehouse for over 5 years. During this time, he has served as APA Colorado’s legislative liaison. Sol has presented at APA Colorado conferences and helps to coordinate the annual APA Colorado Planners Day at the Statehouse.

Mr. Frank has worked for local government for over 30 years. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Design from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He officially started his career in the Chicago area but was quickly drawn to the Colorado Rockies, where he has spent the last 30+ years with the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, as a land use planner, Director of Advance Planning, and currently as the Director of Social Sustainability. Joe’s achievements have been recognized by local, state, and national awards honoring his efforts in growth management, community planning, historic preservation, and affordable housing. Through the years, he has been instrumental in maintaining Fort Collins as a national model of innovative planning and growth management.

Graham Billingsley has significant experience covering almost 40 years of practice. He was educated in planning, landscape architecture, and architecture, and has practiced in all three fields. For 23 years Graham was in the public sector, first as Chief Planner for Urban Design with the City of Dallas, Texas. In that position Graham was responsible for the areas of urban design and historic preservation as well as numerous neighborhood planning efforts. Graham left Dallas to become the Land Use Director for Boulder County, a position he held for 18 years. He had responsibility for a department of 57 employees in four divisions, Planning, Building Safety and Inspection Services, GIS, and Resource Conservation. Graham has developed land use codes, conducted studies or projects in comprehensive planning, economic development, downtown revitalization, demographic and economic analysis, opinion surveying, landscape architecture, architecture, historic preservation, urban design, process management, housing studies and has acted as an expert witness in numerous land use legal cases. He has worked throughout the United States, Middle East, and Northern Africa. Graham has spoken extensively on planning issues at national and state conferences. Graham is a previous President of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the professional institute of the American Planning Association.

Don Elliott is a Senior Consultant with Clarion Associates of Colorado, LLC, a land use consulting firm with offices in Denver, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. Don’s practice focuses on land planning and zoning, growth management, and international land and urban development issues. He has also advised numerous local governments in Russia on land use issues, served as the Democracy and Governance Advisor to the United States Agency for International Development in Uganda for two years, and performed independent research on Indian urbanization and slum upgrading in Delhi for two years. Mr. Elliott is the author of A Better Way to Zone (Island Press 2008), co-author of The Citizen’s Guide to Planning (APA 2009) and the editor of Colorado Land Planning and Development Law. Don has a bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Analysis from Yale University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a past national Chairman of the Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association, a past president of the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association, a past member of the Amicus Curiae Committee and the National Policy Committee of the American Planning Association, a member of the American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Derek has a wealth of professional experience in geographic research. Currently he is the lead GIS for the City of Centennial, Colorado in the area of Planning and Community Development and has been there almost 5 years. He started his as a Computer Operator for Western Geophysical, processing seismic data. He specialized in spatial data collection and inventory involving Cultural Resource sites for the U.S. Forest Service. Derek was also a Curriculum Designer and Geography Teacher for the Adams 12 School District, through the University of Colorado. He has a GIS Certificate from the University of Colorado Denver along with a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachelor in History and Geography.

Trip McLaughlin is a Principal and Project Manager with North Line GIS out of Breckenridge, CO. North Line GIS is an Esri business partner who specializes in local government GIS solutions and services. North Line GIS has developed solutions ranging from field collection methodologies to web based GIS tools. Trip has earned his GIS Professional Certification along with the Esri Certified Desktop Professional and is a graduate of the University of Denver. He has over 18 years experience in developing GIS solutions for public and private entities.

Mr. Folke has been the Manitou Springs Planning Director since 2006 and has more than 15 years planning experience working in local government and the private sector. He was the co-project manager of the Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan. The Manitou Springs Planning office provides a full range of services including building and site development review, administration of a National Register Historic Preservation District, Open Space program, transportation and park planning, Urban Renewal Authority and parking management services. In addition to the Manitou Incline project, Mr. Folke has managed a number of planning and development projects including the Red Mountain Stewardship Plan, Creek Walk Trail, El Paso Student Connector, Canon and Park Avenue Historic Bridge Restoration, the Soda Springs Park Master Plan and Phase 1 improvements. Dan has been successful at developing partnerships with the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County to complete a variety of planning and recreation projects including the Rainbow Falls Master Plan and Iron Mountain Open Space acquisition. Dan serves on the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Transportation Advisory Committee which recently completed the Pikes Peak Region Long Range Transportation Plan. For the past year Dan has been working with Manitou Springs Forward, a group of local residents to update the City’s Long Range Plan using a community based inclusive, collaborative and creative visioning process. Mr. Folke has a MS in Urban Studies from Georgia State University and has worked as the Planning Director, Morris-Depew Associates, Fort Myers, Florida; Community Development Director, Town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida; planner, Lee County, Florida; Assistant to the Mayor, City of Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Ms. Bryarly has been a landscape architect/planner for the City of Colorado Springs for over eight years. While working with the Parks and Recreation Department, Ms. Bryarly has had the opportunity to participate in the creation of several open space master plan processes, community and neighborhood park designs, extensive public processes, and has lead thousands of volunteers through various trail building projects. Projects such as the Red Rock Canyon Master Plan, the public process and master plan design of the John Venezia Community Park, the development of the High Meadows Neighborhood Park, and the Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan are just some of projects Ms. Bryarly’s has worked on over the past several years. Ms. Bryarly is also responsible for working closely with the development community, through the Parkland Dedication Ordinance, ensuring the City has adequate parkland. Ms. Bryarly co-managed the Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan and worked closely with the consultant team and various interest groups. In that role she served as: • The representative of the City of Colorado Springs, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department • Assisted with the community and stakeholder meetings • Established the Incline Friends Group • Coordinated with the various property owners and land managers for the executive agreement, license agreement, special use permit, and IGA, elements that are required prior to the legalization and opening of the Manitou Incline

Ms. Swetlik focuses on the strategic planning, design, and development of sustainable urban places through a balanced land use, transport, economic, and social approach. Her background in architecture, planning, and real estate finance provides a cognizant balance between planning issues, building scale and character, and financial realities and phasing of projects. She has 20 years experience working in over 15 states. Deana brings a keen understanding of the social and psychological aspects involved with creating place. Ms. Swetlik has focused her career on regeneration of America’s communities.

Bio Sarah Showalter has a unique background in urban planning and design that combines public and private sector experience. Drawn to the complex issues behind urban redevelopment, she has worked on a variety of projects at the planning and project development level, including mixed use, affordable housing, and corridor revitalization. Although she grew up in Denver and has worked in the metro area for the past five years, she also draws on her experience from living and working in Philadelphia and New York. As a planner for the City of Wheat Ridge, Sarah has worked on a variety of projects aimed at promoting new development and sustainable community design. She has overseen major updates to the City’s zoning and urban design regulations and created new mixed use zoning targeted for the community’s priority redevelopment corridors.

Carl’s responsibilities include revitalization planning, strategic transportation planning and funding, special financing districts, funding and governance options, major annexation issues, and coordination with entities including Colorado Springs Utilities and the military. Prior to joining the City in 2008, Carl was employed with El Paso County for 24 years, primarily in long range land use planning. Carl has a B.S. in Geography from Frostburg State University (MD) and a Masters of Regional Planning from the University of Michigan. He has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) since 1988.

Andy has worked for the Division of Local Government for over fifteen years. Her office focuses on providing clearinghouse support to communities on land use and economic development. CDO also manages the Colorado Main Street program, which his devoted to historic preservation and asset based economic development. Andy lives in Littleton with her husband and two children. She has a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver, but as a Colorado State University graduate, she will always be a Rams fan.

Russell currently serves as Town Manager for Snowmass Village, Colorado, and is the former planning director for Vail, Colorado. He has extensive economic development experience.

Bryan R. Treu is a magna cum laude graduate of Pepperdine University and a 1996 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law. Mr. Treu has represented Eagle County since 2001 and was appointed the County Attorney in 2005. Prior to joining Eagle County, he was an Assistant County Attorney for Larimer County and has spent the majority of his legal career representing public entities including counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts. Mr. Treu is currently the President of the Colorado County Attorneys Association. Bryan has presented a similar ethics presentation on several occasions at RMLUI and CCAA.

Dominic F. Mauriello holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida and a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mr. Mauriello has spent that last twelve years as a planning consultant largely representing resort development clients and local governments following ten years working as a planner in the public sector. Mr. Mauriello is the Principal of Mauriello Planning Group, LLC based in Eagle, Colorado.

Bryan R. Treu is a magna cum laude graduate of Pepperdine University and a 1996 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law. Mr. Treu has represented Eagle County since 2001 and was appointed the County Attorney in 2005. Prior to joining Eagle County, he was an Assistant County Attorney for Larimer County and has spent the majority of his legal career representing public entities including counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts. Mr. Treu is currently the President of the Colorado County Attorneys Association. Bryan has presented a similar ethics presentation on several occasions at RMLUI and CCAA.

Dominic F. Mauriello holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida and a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mr. Mauriello has spent that last twelve years as a planning consultant largely representing resort development clients and local governments following ten years working as a planner in the public sector. Mr. Mauriello is the Principal of Mauriello Planning Group, LLC based in Eagle, Colorado.

Chris Bendon serves as the City of Aspen Community Development Director and is responsible for developing and implementing the City’s growth and land use policies and managing the permitting and inspection of new construction. Chris has been with Aspen for fifteen years. Chris started his career as an Urban Designer for the Philadelphia planning and design firm Kise Franks and Straw working on projects in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida. Chris holds a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Chris is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Urban Land Institute. Chris has been an invited speaker on infill and resort development at State and National conferences. Chris is an active member of the local Rotary Club and is a leadership coach for Roaring Fork Leadership, a non-profit organization. Chris lives in Aspen with his wife Sheri Sanzone who is President of Bluegreen, an Aspen-based planning and landscape architecture firm. Chris is an avid mountain biker and telemark skier.

Stan Clauson has over 30 years experience in planning, landscape architecture, and urban design. His work has come to focus on planning and design issues relating to resort environments. He holds a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and served as planning director for the cities of Aspen, Colorado and Montpelier, Vermont. His career began as urban design planner for the city of Newton, Massachusetts and continued in public service positions and private practice in New England and the West. A former president of the Massachusetts Association of Consulting Planners, former Vice-President for the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association and current Board member, he is active in professional groups and a frequent speaker on transportation and resort planning issues at conferences. This has carried with it a strong international orientation, and Stan has lectured in Switzerland, France, Austria, and Japan on resort issues. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Urban Land Institute. An avid skier, student of languages, and yoga practitioner, Stan brings a broad range of experience to his work.

Rachel Cleaves, Community Development Coordinator and Coordinator of LiveWell Westwood, earned her Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver in 2007. Since joining CCCD in 2007, she has raised over $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions through grant writing and new community partnerships. She also helped develop the public health and community development initiatives by launching the 7-year LiveWell Westwood project. Prior to her work with CCCD, Rachel served as Director of the cultural and service exchange program, ProBelize, in Dangriga, Belize. She also worked as a wilderness guide for groups of adjudicated youth on sixty day wilderness rehabilitation programs in southern Utah and southwest Colorado. Rachel was born in Peru and raised in Mexico, Panama, Chicago, and Austin, Texas, and speaks fluent Spanish.

Nicole Stahly, PLA, CPSI is a Senior Landscape Architect with the City and County of Denver Parks and Recreation Department, Planning Division. Her work focuses on the planning and implementation of both Citywide (particularly on the West side of Denver) and individual park planning projects. Nicole is responsible for coordinating public outreach with Denver Neighborhoods, Council Districts and multiple stakeholders to create consensus on projects and planning efforts directly associated with the park system. Balancing the needs and desires of the park user and the maintenance staff is a primary role that Nicole is responsible for on planning related projects.

Matt Farrar, owner of Sopris Land Use LLC, is a recent Masters Degree recipient from the Urban and Regional Planning graduate program at the University of Colorado. Matt is currently pursuing a second Masters Degree, in Urban Design, at the University of Colorado. Matt has had the opportunity to work professionally on a variety of planning projects. Sopris Land Use, LLC worked on the 2011 update to the Town of Poncha Springs Comprehensive Plan. Subsequently, Matt was the project lead on the 2011 Town of Poncha Springs Parks and Recreation Master Plan that recently received the 2012 Outstanding Student Project Award from the Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association. Matt served on a team that completed the South Main Street Subarea Plan (a redevelopment plan for the southern portion of the City of Brighton’s Main Street).

Anna Gagne, a community planner and Associate with Design Workshop, has experience planning for regions, communities, and the private sector to manage their resources and landscapes. Anna is the consultant project manager for the Great Outdoors Colorado Pilot Project for Larimer County and led the public engagement, GIS analysis, and other project deliverables. In her past 10 years as a planning consultant Anna’s projects have been honored with a variety of awards including; the APA 2012 Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award for the Strategic Master Plan for the Petra Region, the Excellence Award in Sustainability 2011, Colorado APA for the Douglas County Open Space Priorities Plan, and the Outstanding Planning Initiative 2010 Small Town and Rural Area (STaR) Division of APA for the Aspen Area Community Plan. Anna received her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University. Previous speaking engagements include: - "New Approaches to Western Land Conservation", 2011 Western Planner Conference - “Plug in to Nature: A framework to study nature connection in your community” , Colorado Land Trust Alliance, 2012 - " Plug in to Nature" 2011 Colorado Open Space Alliance Conference - "Engaging Mountain Resort Communities in Envisioning their Future”, 2009 American Planning Association Colorado State Conference. - “Advances in Sustainable Tourism and Resort Communities”, 2008 American Planning Association National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada - "The Renaissance of Resort and Tourism Communities”, 2007 Colorado Planning Association Conference

As an architect, planning commissioner, and LEED Accredited Professional, Jennifer Ranville brings a cross-disciplinary approach to help cities design for the youngest to the oldest resident, seamlessly incorporating sustainable concepts. In 2006, Jennifer founded the Human Life Project ® to explore the fundamental role of the family to sustain our communities. She presented at the Ecocity World Summit 2011 in Montreal in a joint session titled, Cities for All Ages. Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Master’s degree in Architecture. Jennifer is on the DRCOG Boomer Bond Community Design and Housing project teams. Jennifer resides with her husband and two children in Littleton, Colorado.

Scott Ranville has a Masters degree from the University of Michigan with a mathematical and research background. Scott has presented at over 15 conferences. He runs a small company and focuses his efforts on creating high level visions both at the city level as well as "task level" details. The city level goals are to help the cities become more enlivened, strong, and sustainable. The "task level" details help to successfully move projects forward from concept stage to implementation and final completion. Particular expertise is in creating specifications for, and managing software development projects that automate as much of the data collection and presentation as possible. Scott is on the DRCOG Boomer Bond Community Design and Housing project teams.

Brad Calvert is a Senior Planner with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). In addition to supporting efforts to develop and implement Metro Vision, the region’s long-range plan to guide growth and protect the region’s environmental quality, he also serves as a liaison between DRCOG’s planning staff and the Area Agency on Aging (AAA). In this capacity he collaborates with partners from around the region, including local governments, to implement built environment strategies to support healthy, successful aging in communities throughout the Denver region. He has over fifteen years of professional planning experience with a variety of organizations including regional planning agencies, environmental non-profits, a local government and a university. Brad holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Georgia and a Masters in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Rachel B. Cohen has a diverse background in urban planning and social work with a focus on geriatrics which gives her a unique perspective on the relationship between older adults and their home and community. She has worked with non-profit organizations, governmental agencies and academic institutions on a variety of neighborhood and community development issues. Ms. Cohen’s background and expertise is focused on utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to develop and promote livable communities for residents of all ages. Throughout her career she has concentrated on developing strategic partnerships with both aging and non-aging focused organizations to identify and ameliorate the barriers for residents of all ages to remain in their neighborhoods and communities throughout their lives. Ms. Cohen holds an undergraduate degree in City Planning from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Social Work with a Specialist in Aging Certificate and a Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. She currently works for Third Age, Inc. a consulting firm focused on senior living initiatives across the US.

Ms. McKennan is a Transportation Planner in Denver, Colorado with a commitment to improving mobility for all users of transportation systems. She graduated from Kansas State University’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design with a Master’s Degree in Regional and Community Planning. While earning her degree, she was instrumental in helping the City of Manhattan develop their Bicycle Advisory Committee, coordinated bicycle infrastructure improvements, and interfaced with business, campus, and community stakeholders to re-evaluate the Bicycle Master Plan. Her extensive experience with public and private sector multi-modal transportation projects makes her an authority on a broad range of collaborative planning initiatives and policies. Ms. McKennan is also an expert on developing cultural capital in communities. She has presented her research at Kansas State University and the National Conference on Planning History and is currently a Creative District Consultant for Colorado Creative Industries.

As the Traffic Engineer for Boulder County and project manager for the Niwot Transportation and Connectivity Plan, Ms. Swirhun has worked with various community groups within Niwot for many years on multimodal infrastructure improvements. She was also the project manager for the newly adopted County Multimodal Transportation Standards, an innovative approach to traditional Road Standards which were incorporated into the Niwot Planning process.

Mr. Hernandez’ professional experience as a transportation planning consultant in the Rocky Mountain west includes a wide range of multimodal transportation plans. For over a decade he has focused on the integration of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes to reduce congestion, improve the environment, and encourage physical activity. He is committed to meaningful public process and working with stakeholders to gain consensus on complex transportation planning issues. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado’s Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program and a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental 5 OF 4 Design program.