The New Planner Editorial Team

Students at Cornell University have been selected as the 2003-2004 editorial team for The New Planner, APA's online publication for student members. If you're interested in contributing to The New Planner, e-mail Kevin I. Snyder, Managing Editor. Watch for the next issue late this fall.

Here is the new editorial team:

George Homsy
Before returning to graduate school, George spent 15 years as a print and radio journalist. He co-founded and was an editor/producer at National Public Radio's weekly newsmagazine Living on Earth. He has written extensively for Planning, The Boston Globe, Old Farmer's Almanac, Tomorrow, and CBS Radio's Osgood Files. He also wrote for the Society of Environmental Journalists Journal and edited their membership news section.

Katherine Lieberknecht
While working as the assistant director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust, a land protection nonprofit organization, Katherine oversaw production of the organization's newsletter, which was distributed to 4,000 households quarterly. Katherine worked with the editorial board to pick themes for the newsletters, set the schedules, and develop the production budgets. Katherine also assigned articles to other writers and edited these articles; she also wrote technical pieces on open space protection methods.

Kevin Snyder
While working for the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission and then Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania as an urban planner, Kevin wrote articles for their respective newsletters. These articles included summaries of reports published by the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission and an overview of the township planning process for Bethlehem Township.

Michael Powell
In 2000, as account executive for the New Jersey Commerce Commission, Michael's written nomination of Christine Todd Whitman won the former governor of New Jersey APA's Distinguished Leadership Award for an Elected Official. While in New Jersey he co-authored several reports on such topics as sustainable businesses, statewide planning and implementation, and brownfield redevelopment. Michael currently has two case studies on alternative models of community development forthcoming by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.