APA Selects 2001 Congressional Fellows

APA is pleased to announce the selection of Fellows for the 2001 APA Congressional Fellowship for Urban Planning & Community Livability. This year's Fellows are Heather Smith of New York City and James Koski of Austin, Texas.

Ms. Smith will work in the office of Senator James Jeffords of Vermont as a staff assistant for the Senate Smart Growth Task Force, an initiative of the bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition. Mr. Koski will work in the office of Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon as a staff assistant for the House Livable Communities Task Force. Both will work on promoting federal legislation to help states reform and revise planning enabling statutes.

Heather Smith
Heather is a graduate of Macalester College and Columbia University. She currently resides in New York City where she works as a planner for Brooklyn Borough Office. Heather has also worked for the City of Chicago as an intern in the Department of Planning and Development, as a research intern for a state legislator in Minnesota, and as an administrator for the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights. She is a Chicago native and member of the American Planning Association.

James Koski
James received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon and is in the process of completing his master's degree in planning from the University of Texas. James is a CPA and spent six years working for KPMG before deciding to pursue professional planning. During his stint in planning school, he has worked for two private sector planning and economic development consulting firms in Houston and Austin, Texas. James is a Seattle native and member of the American Planning Association.

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