WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- How to differentiate between the roles of the private-sector and public-sector planner
- How to master the art of planning consulting as it relates to client management, stakeholder engagement, consensus building, and project implementation
- How to identify and compare various types of private-planning practices — and explore the range of clients, projects, and geographies in which each specializes
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Planning is a social science. Private-practice planning adds the art of persuading communities to embrace change and create new visions for their own futures. In this session, panelists will discuss the challenges and rewards of private -practice planning, including the role of the consultant who collaborates on a wide spectrum of planning initiatives across diverse communities. The discussion will focus on three main themes: the role of the private-sector planner across various U.S. regions and geographies, including urban, suburban, rural settings; the challenges that private-practice planners face (including learning a community's unique political, social, and economic context as well as its built and natural environment and its people, customs and cultures; earning the trust of local stakeholders as an "outside" consultant; and representing clients whose projects might not be fully embraced by the community); and the range of planning practices and the types of clients, projects, and geographies in which they specialize. The discussion will also focus on the role of the consultant in building consensus among project sponsors, elected officials, legislative bodies, land-use boards, and the general public.
Derek Chisholm, AICP
Confirmed Speaker
Mr. Chisholm is a senior-level planner with experience in a wide variety of planning projects. Mr. Chisholm joined AECOM after 14 years of progressive experience in Portland Oregon, including service as a Project Manager, Adjunct Professor, and Planning Commission Chair. His specialty is sustainable transportation. In 2017, two books will …
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Mr. Chisholm is a senior-level planner with experience in a wide variety of planning projects. Mr. Chisholm joined AECOM after 14 years of progressive experience in Portland Oregon, including service as a Project Manager, Adjunct Professor, and Planning Commission Chair. His specialty is sustainable transportation. In 2017, two books will be available for which Mr. Chisholm was a contributing author: Bicycle Urbanism, Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities; and Engineering for Sustainable Communities. Mr. Chisholm is AECOM’s national lead for Complete Streets.
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Michael Keane, AICP
Confirmed Speaker
Michael Keane is an American Institute Certified Planner (AICP) with years of professional planning experience in New York City, the Metropolitan area, and internationally. His focus areas include land use, zoning, and environmental planning to support the use and development of land. Mike has been responsible for managing complex environmental assessment …
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Michael Keane is an American Institute Certified Planner (AICP) with years of professional planning experience in New York City, the Metropolitan area, and internationally. His focus areas include land use, zoning, and environmental planning to support the use and development of land. Mike has been responsible for managing complex environmental assessment and impact statements for dozens of land use and development projects subject to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), and the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) processes. In this capacity, he routinely helps clients navigate regulatory and political landscapes at the federal, state, and municipal level to secure land use and environmental approvals, including zoning map and text amendments, variances, and environmental permitting. He has also collaborated on the preparation of municipal master plans, ranging from large- and mid-size cities to suburban towns and villages.
Mike has been quoted on land use, zoning, and other urban planning topics in The New York Times, Crain's New York Business, and Cheddar News, and speaks widely on New York City's environmental review process and its influence on building design and land development, including in front of professional organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). In addition to his role as Director of Planning at Cameron Engineering & Associates, Mike has been an NYU Urban Planning Graduate School Adjunct Professor since 2012, where he has served as faculty advisor on more than 20 Urban Planning Capstone projects. He is a member of the American Planning Association (APA), the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), and an official member of the Infrastructure Council with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) New York.
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Adam Lubinsky, AICP
Confirmed Speaker
Adam Lubinsky, AICP, PhD, is a principal and partner at WXY Studio. He has helped WXY become one of the nation’s most innovative firms in urban planning, urban design and architecture.
At WXY, Adam leads a range of planning studies, strategic visions and master plans, and he has created new …
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Adam Lubinsky, AICP, PhD, is a principal and partner at WXY Studio. He has helped WXY become one of the nation’s most innovative firms in urban planning, urban design and architecture.
At WXY, Adam leads a range of planning studies, strategic visions and master plans, and he has created new practice areas that address mobility, education and economic development using data analysis, design and new forms of community engagement. Adam holds a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University and a PhD in planning from the University College London.
Adam is a Fellow of the Urban Design Forum and is a frequent speaker on urban issues. In 2017, Fast Company Magazine named Adam one of the year’s “Most Creative People.” Adam is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University.
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Deborah Lawlor, FAICP
Confirmed Speaker
Deborah Alaimo Lawlor, FAICP, PP
Debbie Alaimo Lawlor has over 40 years of experience specializing in land use and environmental planning. She is a Principal Associate and Discipline Leader for Planning Services for Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc., a multi-discipline consulting firm serving public and private sector clients nationwide. She …
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Deborah Alaimo Lawlor, FAICP, PP
Debbie Alaimo Lawlor has over 40 years of experience specializing in land use and environmental planning. She is a Principal Associate and Discipline Leader for Planning Services for Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc., a multi-discipline consulting firm serving public and private sector clients nationwide. She manages a team of 10 planners specializing in master planning, redevelopment, zoning, affordable housing, resiliency planning, and community engagement. Debbie previously worked for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission.
A dedicated member of the American Planning Association (APA), Debbie has recently been appointed to serve as a member of the Planning Accreditation Board. She is a Past President and Commissioner of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and former executive board member of the Board of Directors for APA nationally. She has also served as Vice Chair of State Planning for the Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division, and 1st and 2nd Vice President, as well as Northeast Area Representative for APANJ. She was honored in 2009 with the APANJ Distinguished Service Award.
Debbie has a B.S. in Environmental Planning and Design and a M.A. in Geography, both from Rutgers University.
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Carol Rhea, FAICP
Confirmed Speaker
Carol Rhea is a Fellow of AICP who retired after more than 38 years as a planner serving in roles such as consultant, regional planner, and director and assistant director of city and county planning and development departments. She was a founding partner of Orion Planning + Design.
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Carol Rhea is a Fellow of AICP who retired after more than 38 years as a planner serving in roles such as consultant, regional planner, and director and assistant director of city and county planning and development departments. She was a founding partner of Orion Planning + Design.
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Karen Walz, FAICP
Confirmed Speaker
Karen helps clients build successful and sustainable communities. APA TX has recognized her as a “Texas Planning Legend”. Karen's experience in strategic planning, public engagement, comprehensive planning and plan implementation includes both coasts, Texas, the Midwest, and the Western U.S. Clients include cities, counties, metropolitan regions, and non-profit organizations, from …
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Karen helps clients build successful and sustainable communities. APA TX has recognized her as a “Texas Planning Legend”. Karen's experience in strategic planning, public engagement, comprehensive planning and plan implementation includes both coasts, Texas, the Midwest, and the Western U.S. Clients include cities, counties, metropolitan regions, and non-profit organizations, from towns of a few thousand people to cities with over one million residents and counties covering 13,000 square miles. Karen served as the Project Manager for “Vision North Texas,” a coalition of private, public, and non-profit organizations carrying out a regional visioning initiative for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
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