Wayne Feiden, FAICP

FAICP Statement

Wayne Feiden has helped make the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, a leader in sustainability efforts, and he has shared the lessons of sustainability with communities around New England, the United States, Hungary, and South Africa. His publications, teaching, and presentations have helped bring best practices to citizen planners and practitioners. Inducted in 2008.

Professional Biography

Wayne Feiden, FAICP is Director of the Center for Resilient Metro-Regions and Lecturer of Planning Practice at the University of Massachusetts. Wayne's focus includes all aspects of placemaking, design, planning, and sustainability in his planning practice and research. He has led or served on dozens of strategic planning teams in 21 states and five countries. Wayne’s Rockefeller Bellagio residency (Italy), State Department Professional Fellowships (Indonesia and Malaysia), German Marshall Fund fellowship (Northern Ireland, England and Denmark), Fulbright Specialist fellowships (South Africa and New Zealand), and Eisenhower Fellowship (Hungary) all had a placemaking focus. His research publications include “Urban and Regional and Organizational Strategic Planning,” “Conservation Limited Development,” “Building Sustainability and Resiliency into Local Planning Agencies,” “Local Agency Planning Management” and “Assessing Sustainability.” Wayne is a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has won professional planner and advocacy planner awards from APA-MA. Wayne has a BS in natural resources from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a master in city planning from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Education

098636 | University of Michigan
Graduation Date: August, 1980
Degree Level: Undergraduate

160353 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduation Date: December, 1988
Degree Level: Graduate
Planning Degree