Meet the Ambassadors
APA's Ambassador program consists of a rich network of planners from across the country with unique backgrounds and cultural experiences. Our Ambassador Spotlight takes you inside the minds of planners who use a variety of approaches to achieve the same goal: to bring knowledge of the planning process to residents in their communities.
2020 APA Ambassadors
Alabama
Lady Franciscar Kassama, AICP
arkansas
Alison K. Worley
California
Fayres Hall
Edward Huang, AICP
Izanie N. Love
Jana Schwartz , AICP
Colorado
Ignacio Correa-Ortiz, AICP CUD
Jena L. M. Skinner
district of columbia
Malcolm Mossman
Matthew Toland
Delaware
Sean O'Neill
Florida
Kimberly Glas-Castro, AICP
Laurel A. Harbin, AICP
Angeline Jacobs
James R. Koenig, AICP
Leslie M. McLendon, AICP
Allison D. Megrath, AICP
Alyssa Monaghan
Alissa B. Torres, FAICP
Georgia
Lauren Anderson
Chloe Greene
Amanda Jo Easoz Hatton, AICP
Nancy Marie J. Lovingood, AICP
Russell Griffin Oliver
Kimberly D. Smith
Iowa
Anuprit Kaur Minhas , AICP
Illinois
James F. Testin, AICP
Kentucky
Yu E. Liu, AICP
Andrew M. Videkovich, AICP
Maryland
Charlene Dwin Vaughn, AICP
Don T. Zeigler , AICP
Maine
Michael Foster
Missouri
Erin Godwin
mississippi
Eric Jefferson, AICP
minnesota
Nicole M. Peterson, AICP
Sarah J Swedburg
New Hampshire
Jennifer Zorn, AICP
New Jersey
Claudia Bitran
Lyndsay Knight, AICP
Andrew Levecchia, AICP
Qamar Ul-Islam
New mexico
Erin E. Callahan
Rachel Hertzman, AICP
New York
Kate Maynard, AICP
R J Multari, III
Catherine Ponte
Alessandra Woodman
North Carolina
Starkeisha Brantley
John R. O'Donnell, AICP
Alexandria Sentilles
ohio
Arin Blair, AICP
Sarah L. Lilly
Gerika M Logan
Zachary Schauer
Juliana S. Silveira
Oklahoma
Larry J. Hopper, FAICP
oregon
Minji Cho
Vanitha Murthy, AICP
rhode island
Fabiola A. Alikpokou
South Carolina
Celia Boyd Myers
Elizabeth Boyles
Edgar D Sada
Jennifer J. Werking
Texas
Gina T. Costanza-Grant , AICP
Kaveh Forghanparast
Christie Hancock
Sheheli A. Jahan
Utah
Meagan Booth
Lara M Gale
Virginia
Mahtot L Gebresselassie
Sorush Niknamian
Jalesha D Smith
Washington
Katarina Bunge
Amanda C. Micklow, AICP
International
Mostafa Abdelfattah Gouda
Muhammad Azam khan
Previous Ambassadors
2019 APA Ambassadors
Alabama
Lady Franciscar Kassama, Madison
California
Rose Kelly, San Diego
Jason Martin, Corona
Christine Lan, Culver City
Ryan Shepard, Lakewood
Emily Foley, Campbell
Colorado
Ashley Clark, Eagle
Melanie Sloan, Boulder
Connecticut
Marek Kozikowski, Berlin
Gary Anderson, Manchester
Florida
Douglas Kelly, Orlando
Alissa Torres, Orlando
Kim Glas-Castro, Palm Springs
Conroy Jacobs Sr., Palm Bay
Sarah Vitale, Saint Petersburg
Ashley Johnson, Tallahassee
Jacqueline Porter, Tallahassee
Georgia
Megha Young, Alpharetta
Catherine Mercier-Bagge, Atlanta
Iowa
Anuprit Minhas, Ames
Illinois
Brittanii Batts, Chicago
Indiana
Darla Blazey, Jasper
Kansas
Paul Greeley, Olathe
Massachusetts
Sarah Spencer, Westfield
Nadya Nilina, Boston
Ambar Johnson, Boston
Lindsay Woodson, Boston
Maryland
Sha’Von Terrell, Parkville
April Smith, Baltimore
Maine
Michael Foster
Missouri
Dylan Mosier, St. Louis
Cecilia Dvorak, St. Louis
New Jersey
Katelynn Wintz, Cape May Court House
Qamar Islam, Woodland Park
Nevada
Marco Velotta, Las Vegas
Becky Coutinho, Henderson
Gene Pasinski, Henderson
Annamarie Smith, Henderson
New York
Sheena Kang, New York
Lizette Lewis, Syracuse
Carrem Gay, Brooklyn
R.J. Multari, Buffalo
Mary Miltimore, New York
Alda Chan, New York
Chloe Greene, New York
Michael Ahillen, New York
Angella Brown, New York
Oklahoma
Larry Hopper, AICP, Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania
Tina Enderlein, Hollidaysburg
Claudia Ray, Philadelphia
South Carolina
Celia Boyd Myers, Anderson
Jennifer Werking North Charleston
Texas
Carlos G. Espinoza Y Sanchez, Houston
Kendra Cobbs, Plano
Michelle Queen, Carrollton
Staron Faucher, Dallas
Sarah Serpas, San Antonio
Jeewasmi Thapa, College Station
Tharani Devi Krishnakumar, Tyler
Chanelle Frazier, Houston
Caroline Eckel, Providence Village
Misaki Collins, Irving
Jennifer Pruitt-Pitts, Arlington
Utah
Meagan Booth, Holladay
Jordan Katcher, Salt Lake City
Virginia
Kendra Norrell, Richmond
Mahtot Gebresselassie, Alexandria
Washington
Maren Murphy, Spokane
Ariana-Tunisia
Hamza Medaoukhi, Raoued
Balcova-Turkey
Erik Stenly, Izmir
2018 APA Ambassadors
Arkansas
Erica Tait, Jonesboro
Arizona
Adam Shipley, Phoenix
California
Kwasi Agyakwa, San Bernadino
Juan Carillo, Coachella
Deland Chan, AICP, Stanford
Lorena Cordova, AICP, El Cajon
Diana De Los Santos*, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Florence, Los Angeles
Courtney Frahm, Los Angeles
Esmeralda Garcia, Pasadena
Judy Gutierrez, Los Angeles
Leila Hakimizadeh, AICP, San Jose
Eric Henson, San Diego
Derek Hull, Los Angeles
Howard Lee, La Mesa
Escarlet Mar*, Santa Ana
Vidal Marquez, Orange
Susana Martinez, Los Angeles
Cara Meche, San Luis Obispo
Anna Pehoushek, AICP, Orange
Katia Polster, Irvine
Jerry Rivero, San Diego
Tisa Rodriguez, Perris
Miguel Vazquez, AICP, Riverside
Manqi Wang, Berkeley
Steve Weiss, AICP, Irvine
Colorado
Amy Carr, Centennial
Kathleen Hammer, Centennial
Kelly Hickler, Centennial
Jason Morrison, AICP, Denver
Julia Puester, AICP, Breckenridge
Connecticut
Ruth Fitzgerald, Hartford
Shawna Kitzman, AICP, Hartford
Marcy Miller, AICP, Hartford
Jennifer Rodriguez, AICP, Windsor Locks
Laurel Stegina, AICP, Hartford
Delaware
Sean O'Neill, AICP, Newark
Florida
Andre Anderson, AICP, St. Cloud
Carolyn Back, Tallahassee
Jeffrey Ball, AICP, Kissimmee
Susan BuChans, AICP, Sebring
Gisla Bush, Pompano Beach
Bridget Callea*, Tallahassee
Kim Glas-Castro, AICP, Palm Springs
Leny Huaman, Bartow
Nalini Johnson, AICP, Sarasota
Jared Jones, Tallahassee
Shanice Jones, Tallahassee
Robyn Keefe, St. Petersburg
Sarah Kelty, Tallahassee
Jacqueline Porter, Tallahassee
Jorge Puente, Tallahassee
Mimi Reggentin, AICP, Orlando
Scott Rodriguez, West Palm Beach
Kyle Simpson, St. Petersburg
Alissa Torez, AICP, Orlando
Kierra Zuokemefa, Tallahassee
Georgia
Verona Campbell, AICP, Columbus
Sara Farr-Newman, AICP, Savannah
Brianna Tene Harris, Corona
Ambar Johnson, Atlanta
Erin Johnson, Atlanta
Mingyang Li, Atlanta
Craig Scott, Sandy Springs
Hawaii
Scott Cloudwatcher, Honolulu
Idaho
Mary Huff, AICP, Murphy
Illinois
Katie Ashbaugh, Oak Forest
Zachary Borders, AICP, Chicago
Malika Hainer, AICP, Chicago
Jaemi Jackson, AICP, Highland Park
Christian Turner, Arlington Heights
Vincent Ziols, Chicago
Indiana
Lisa Dunaway, AICP, Muncie
Rose Scovel, AICP, Indianapolis
Iowa
Anuprit Minhas, Des Moines
Kentucky
Phillip Bills, AICP, Louisville
Karen Mohammadi, AICP Louisville
Walter Jeffrey Moore, AICP, Louisville
Maine
Michael Foster, Portland
Massachusetts
Jay Duncan, AICP, Boston
Katharine Lacy, AICP, Boston
Tony Sousa, AICP, Everett
Michigan
Landon Bartley, AICP, Grand Rapids
Katie Johnson, Lansing
Jermaine Ruffin, Lansing
Kyle Storey, Ypsilanti
Minnesota
Paul Gorte, AICP, East Grand Forks
Nate Keller, Sartell
Emily Seiple, Saint Paul
Missouri
Cecilia Dvorak, Chesterfield
Cassandra Harashe, AICP, Chesterfield
Simon Nogin, Springfield/St. Louis
Jonathan Roper, Olivette
*Participating in the AICP Candidate Pilot Program
Montana
Matthew Heimel, Missoula
Taryn Strope, Bozeman
Nebraska
Steve Miller, AICP, Lincoln
New Jersey
Tamika Graham, AICP, Haddonfield
Erica James, Summit
Ardin, Jia Xiong, Yeo, New Brunswick
Islam Qamar, Jersey City
New Mexico
Onastine Jaramillo, Albuquerque
New York
Michael Ahillen, AICP, New York
Amanda Bearcroft, Fonda
Robert Benoit, Albany
Jyothi Grama, New York
Angeline Ji Ling Hiew, Buffalo
Daphne Lundi, Brooklyn
Sean Maguire, AICP, Albany
Mary Miltimore, AICP, New York
RJ Multari, Buffalo
Jessica Ortiz, AICP, New York
Paul Philips, New York
Kate Selden, Brooklyn
Jon Thompson*, Albany
Ryan Walsh, AICP, New York
North Carolina
John Anagnost, Raleigh
Tim Brock, AICP, Raleigh
Lisa Fiedler, Chapel Hill
Rachel Gaylord-Miles, Raleigh
Sam Green, Raleigh
Eliza Monroe, Apex
North Dakota
Jairo Viafara, AICP, Grand Forks
Ohio
Arin Blair, AICP, Columbus
Richard Braley, Blanchester
Robert Brown, FAICP, Cleveland Heights
Becky Coutinho*, Westerville
Andrew Dodson, Columbus
Tim Hershner, AICP, Cincinnati
Tyler Middendorf, Cleveland
Michael Outrich, Columbus
Kelsey Schmidt, Cincinnati
Juliana Silveira, Columbus
Oklahoma
Larry Hopper, AICP, Oklahoma
Jennifer Pendley, Edmond
Pennsylvania
Tina Enderlein, AICP, Hollidaysburg
Katie Reed, Pittsburgh
South Carolina
Celia Boyd Myers, AICP, Anderson
Jessica Piedrahita, Greenville
Jennifer Werking, AICP, North Charleston
Tennessee
Ron Littlefield, FAICP, Chattanooga
Jennifer Marshall, Memphis
Mike Thompson, Nashville
Texas
Sonia Brown-Marshall, Houston
Arpita Chatterjee, Houston
Chris Chavis, Baytown
Colby Collins, Grand Prairie
Misaki Collins, Irving
Caroline Eckel, AICP, Providence Village
Jordan Everhart, AICP, Richardson
Luis Guajardo, AICP, Houston
Patrick Howard, Austin
Sarah Korpita, AICP, Conroe
Lisa Lattu, AICP, Houston
Jaimie Masterson, AICP, College Station
Marilu Melendez, Albuquerque
Abra Nusser, AICP, Grapevine
Ayodele Musakiru Odutola, Katy
Desiree Powell, Arlington
Andret Rayford, Houston
Jeewasmi Thapa, College Station
Diana Wilson, AICP, Conroe
Utah
Meagan Booth, Salt Lake City
Virginia
Bryce Johnson, Blacksburg
Washington
Stephen Butler, FAICP, Seattle
Cristina Haworth, AICP, Redmond
Jae Hill, AICP, Redmond
Shannon Shula, Olympia
Wisconsin
Eileen Kelley AICP, Middelton
Washington D.C.
Yasmine Doumi
Lee Dwyer, AICP
Egypt
Mostafa Gouda, Cairo
Turkey
Erik Stenly, Izmir
United Arab Emirates
Arunava Sarkar, Dubai
Zimbabwe
Brandon Moyo, Bulawayo
2017 APA Ambassadors
ARIZONA
Maria M. Castro, AICP, Yuma
CALIFORNIA
Peter Carter, AICP, Los Angeles
David Castro, Los Angeles
Tamar Fuhrer, AICP, Los Angeles
Ivan Gonzalez, AICP, Los Angeles
Letitia Ivins, Los Angeles
Ryan Mills, Los Angeles
Georgia Sheridan, Los Angeles
Nicole Velasquez, Los Angeles
Keith Woodcock, AICP CEP, Fresno
COLORADO
Jason Morrison, AICP, Denver
Julia Puester, AICP, Breckenridge
Rebecca Smith, Fort Collins
CONNECTICUT
Shawna Kitzman, AICP, Hartford
Rory Fitzgerald, AICP, Hartford
Marcy Miller, AICP, Hartford
Laurel Stegina, AICP, Hartford
FLORIDA
Christopher Barry, West Palm Beach
Alissa Torres, AICP, Orlando
ILLINOIS
Colin Belle, Rockford
Tim Bragg, Rockford
Nathan Bruck, AICP, Loves Park
Gina DelRose, Belvidere
Jon Paul Diipla, AICP, Rockford
Anna Ma, Rockford
Ben Rohr, Rockford
David Sidney, AICP, Rockford
Sydney Turner, Rockford
IOWA
Emily Bodeker, AICP, Ankeny
Matthew Flynn, AICP, Davenport
Anuprit Minhas, Des Moines
Mindy Moore, AICP, Ankeny
Bethany Wilcoxon, AICP, Des Moines
Jennifer Wiltgen, AICP, West Des Moines
MASSACHUSETTS
Katie Lamoureux, AICP, Cambridge
Rachel Strauss, AICP, Cambridge
NEW MEXICO
Srijana Basnyat, AICP, CNU-A, Las Cruces
NORTH CAROLINA
Tim Brock, AICP, Raleigh
Rachel Gaylord-Miles, Raleigh
NORTH DAKOTA
Jairo Viafara, AICP, Grand Forks
NEW YORK
Michael Ahillen, AICP, New York
Daphne Lundi, Brooklyn
Mary Miltimore, AICP, New York
Jessica Ortiz, New York
Kate Selden, Brooklyn
OKLAHOMA
Larry Hopper, AICP, Oklahoma
TEXAS
Diana Wilson, AICP, Conroe
UTAH
Meagan Booth, Salt Lake City
WASHINGTON
Stephen Butler, FAICP, Seattle
Darryl Eastin, AICP, Seattle
2016 Pilot Program Ambassadors
Alaska
Laurie Cummings, AICP CTP, Anchorage
Anthony Grande, Unalaska
John "Peyton" Snead, AICP, Anchorage
California
Juan Carrillo, Coachella
Gabriel Elliott, Salinas
Jesse Kleist, San Diego
Hannah Kornfeld, San Luis Obispo
Nile Ledbetter, San Francisco
Lucina Navarro, Berkeley
Miguel Vazquez, AICP, Riverside
Keith Woodcock, AICP CEP, Sanger
Shellie Zias-Roe, AICP, Redlands
Connecticut
Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. Team, Hartford
APA Members:
Jill Barrett
Stephanie Dyer-Carroll, AICP
Rory Fitzgerald
Ruth Fitzgerald, AICP
Francisco Gomes, AICP, ASLA
Carol S.F. Gould, AICP
Shawna Kitzman, AICP (Team Leader)
Marcy Miller, AICP
Laurel J. Stegina, AICP
Other team members:
Shawn Callaghan, PSS
Michael Coulom
Daniel A. Hageman, PSS, NHCWS
Michael L. Morehouse, PE
Sandy Nafis
Kate Skaff
Paul M. Stanton
Delaware
Sean O'Neill, AICP, Newark
Florida
Shundreka Givan, AICP, Orlando
Debbie Love, AICP, Fort Lauderdale
Florida State University Team, Tallahassee
APA Members:
Mavrick Fitzgerald
Hannah King
Sophee Payne
Yes Segura
Michael Sherman
Sarah Vitale (Team Leader)
Alexandria Washington
Other team members:
Melanie Marques
Michael Schilling
Illinois
Kimberly Porter, AICP, Chicago
Indiana
Kathryn Wertz, AICP, Indianapolis
Iowa
Leanne Lawrie Harter, AICP, Nevada
Michigan
Bridget Isquierdo Smith, AICP, Saginaw
Missouri
Raymond Lai, AICP, University City
Martin Rivarola, AICP, Kansas City
New Mexico
Srijana Basnyat, AICP, Las Cruces
New York
Scott Doyle, AICP, Ithaca
Kate Selden, Brooklyn
Jamil Sheikh, AICP, New York
Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. Team, New York
APA Members:
Michael Ahillen, AICP
Leslie Black
Mary Miltimore, AICP (Team Leader)
Ryan Walsh, AICP, PP, LEED Green Associate
Other team members:
Arnold Bloch
Maura Fitzpatrick
Jessica Ortiz
Melissa Pineda
Crystal Rugel
Pennsylvania
Akshali Gandhi, Pittsburgh
Oforiwaa Pee, Philadelphia
Samuel Thrush, Chambersburg
South Carolina
Saila Milja-Smyly, AICP, Mount Pleasant
Texas
Emily Tedford, College Station
Diana Wilson, AICP, Conroe
Utah
Meagan Booth, Salt Lake City
Washington
Stephen Butler, FAICP, Seattle
Dee Caputo, AICP, Olympia
Darryl Eastin, AICP, Seattle
Jacqueline Reid, Everett
Gwen Rousseau, Bellevue