Professionals Council
2020-2021 Professionals-Council-Roster
The UDP Professionals Council (PC) is a volunteer group of planners in the greater Seattle region who mentor UDP students, primarily in the Master of Urban Planning (MUP) program. Each first-year MUP student is paired with a PC member, based on common interests. The PC mentor can help students network, identify an internship, provide career advice, and much more. In addition to individual mentoring, the PC holds events for students throughout the school year, including studio tours, speaking panels featuring prominent planners, social events, and a thesis celebration at the end of the academic year. The PC helps with the transition from student to practitioner. The proof of their effectiveness is in the results: in a recent survey, ~90% of our alumni respondents reported securing a planning-related job within one year of graduation. The Professionals Council is a unique resource among planning programs, and is recognized by the Planning Accreditation Board as a model for the nation. Please read below to learn more about our Professionals Council members.
The Professionals Council has created a fund to recruit MUP students with diverse backgrounds called the Urban Design and Planning Professional Council’s Equity Fund.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EQUITY FUND
2020-2021 UDP Professionals Council
Please view the 2020-2021 Professionals Council Roster to see expanded profiles of the UDP Professionals Council members
David Blum, AICP
President, Montgomery Gulf Corp
Transit Oriented Development, Real Estate Development
Steve Butler, FAICP
MRSC (Municipal Research & Services Center)
Comprehensive and subarea planning, implementation techniques (both regulatory and non-regulatory), urban design, and public engagement
Richard Conlin
Conlin Columbia
Affordable Housing; Sustainable Development; Resilience/Emergency Management;Policy Development/Implementation
Sara Cubillos
Seattle Public Utilities – Strategic Advisor in the Drainage & Wastewater Division
Emerging Leader – Capitol Hill Housing PDA Board
Environmental Justice, Movement building, equitable engagement, creative facilitation, infrastructure investments
Brandon Cummings
City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
Urban Design and Current Planning
Minnie Dhaliwal
City of Tukwila
Land use-current and long-range planning; urban design; community engagement
Ted Gage
Planning consultant – Community comprehensive planning, tourism
Development, tribal planning, inter-agency coordination
Lisa Grueter, AICP
BERK Consulting, Inc.
Comprehensive Planning, Environmental Planning, Capital & System Planning
Steve Hamai
Seattle Public Utilities
Comprehensive Utility Planning, Resiliency, Affordability, Community Engagement, Service Equity
Sandy Howard, AICP, LEED AP
City of Seattle, Construction and Inspections
Green building sustainability, & preservation, new urbanism, equity in planning, and community resilience
Arun Jain
City of Bellevue
Decision support tools, methods and means to cope with complexity, uncertainty and urgency
Rick Krochalis, AICP
Seattle Design Commission
Environmental planning; transit systems development; capital project management; planning agency leadership
Al Levine
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Urban Design and Planning; Formerly, Deputy Executive Director, Seattle Housing Authority (1998-2013)
Affordable housing, mixed income communities, Transit Oriented Development
Cynthia McCoy, GISP
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – Hazard Mitigation and Risk Analysis
Urban Design, GIS, hazard mapping and impact assessment, community engagement
Rachel Miller
Senior Associate – Planner/Urban Designer, MAKERS architecture and urban design LLP
Urban Design
Jack Peters
Director/Community Planning & Development, HUD – WA Office
Community Development, Housing and Environmental Planning
Mandi Roberts, AICP. RLA
Principal with Otak, Inc.
Urban Planning and Design—smart growth solutions, station area and subarea plans, corridor and streetscape planning, design guidelines and standards, public space planning/urban design
Katie Sheehy
Seattle Office of Planning & Community Development
Equitable Development, Race and Social Justice
Jessa Timmer
Alliance for Pioneer Square, Deputy Director
Community and Economic Development, Business Districts, Policy
Crystal Torres
City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
Urban Design and Current Planning
Updated: January 2020