Breakout Speakers A-L

Keynote Speakers | Breakout A-L | Breakout M-Z | Listed in alphabetical order.

Jeff  Aken

Jeff Aken has worked as a planner for the Cascade Land Conservancy since August 2007 and as a Project Manager with the Cascade Agenda Cities program. His work focuses on educating and helping local jurisdictions implement policies that incentivize compact growth patterns and enhance livability. In addition to policy work, Jeff works with neighborhood groups and citizens to increase their understanding of the planning process. Jeff has also researched and written on best practices and model codes to create viable Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) programs in local jurisdictions. He has a Masters degree in Urban Planning from the University of Washington.

J. Layne Alfonso

J. Layne Alfonso is the Development Market Director at GeoEngineers. He has 14 years of experience in environmental consulting with environmental audits, site characterizations, remediation of hazardous waste sites, underground storage tank management, regulatory negotiations and property transfers. In addition to his environmental consulting experience, he also has several years experience with commercial real estate transactions while working for LandAmerica Commercial Services as a Commercial Account Manager. He is one of the founders and chairman for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) South Sound committee and he was instrumental in bringing the real estate program to UW Tacoma in 2006 and is an Urban Land Use Institute member.

David Andersen, AICP

Dave Andersen serves as the Plan Review and Technical Assistance Manager for Washington State Department of Commerce’s Growth Management Services, a position he has held since 2003. Dave came to the department as the unit’s transportation policy specialist in 2001. Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, he spent seven years at Pierce Transit in the service planning section. Dave holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa, and has earned membership in the AICP, the American Institute of Certified Planners. As the Plan Review and Technical Assistance Manager, Dave coordinates the plan review activities of the unit and oversees the work of the planning staff when they participate in the local planning process. Dave also coordinates state agency participation in the local planning process and provides training to state agencies in how to participate effectively. Dave is the Growth Management Services liaison to Lewis and Snohomish Counties, and is the Project Manager for the review and update of Department of Commerce administrative guidelines implementing the GMA.

Matt Anderson, AICP

For the past 10 years Matt Anderson has applied his experience in real estate and city planning to focus on creating great places that have a positive impact on their community and the environment while achieving their financial objectives. As a Principal of Heartland LLC, Matt leads teams engaged in property development, strategic planning, market/financial analysis and economic development projects throughout the Western United States and Mexico. Matt’s private sector projects range from large-scale land development to site acquisition and disposition assignments. Matt’s public sector projects often focus finding innovative ways to integrate and leverage real estate economics and planning/policy objectives. Matt holds a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Planning and Public Policy from the University of Oregon.

Stephen M Antupit, LEED®  AP

Drawing on 20 years experience in urban design and neighborhood redevelopment, Stephen Antupit supports and creates vibrant, walkable communities that are resource-smart, climate-intelligent, and transit-focused. As a public servant and professional consultant, he frames policy, program and physical design responses that promote ecological, social, and economic resilience. Since 2006, he has served as an Urban Strategies Designer at Mithun. Stephen previously served as master developer for Seattle Housing Authority’s 1,500-unit market-rate homes for-sale program. He also provided urban design services for the city of Seattle's Station Area Planning team under contract with Sound Transit. His current work includes supporting resilient communities in the face of climate change. He is a collaborator for the CityLab7 project, which explores a personalized, interactive system to inform and encourage individual and community carbon-smart choices.

Carter Davis Bagg, AIA, LEED® AP

Carter Bagg has a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a Masters in Environmental Planning. He is a registered Architect and has been an AICP member since 1986. He has been in private practice as an architect and land use planner as well as a city zoning administrator. From 1992 to 2007 he was in the Facilities Section of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and served on the initial Washington State Department of Commerce GMA Comprehensive Plan Review Workgroup. He later was Interim Director of the section and manager for the Washington High Performance Schools Program, becoming a LEED Accredited Professional in the process. He currently is a Senior Project Manager with Educational Service District 112 Construction Services Group, working with school districts in King, Mason and Snohomish Counties.

Leonard Bauer, CPRP

Leonard Bauer has been a professional planner for 20 years. For the past eight years, he has been the Managing Director of the Growth Management Services Program at the Washington State Department of Commerce, overseeing the state’s assistance program to cities and counties carrying out the statewide Growth Management Act. Prior to entering that position, he was a planner and planning director for various local governments in Oregon and Washington, including the Lane Council of Governments in Eugene, Oregon, and the Cities of Tumwater and Sumner, Washington. In the latter two positions, he also served as the parks planner, and is a Certified Park and Recreation Professional. He holds a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in Education from Pacific Lutheran University.

Craig Benjamin

Craig Benjamin joined the Cascade Land Conservancy team as a Project Associate on the Cascade Agenda Cities program in June 2008. Over the past year, Craig has developed and manages the Community Stewards Program which seeks to form a network of vocal, well-informed citizens who are willing to proactively speak out in favor of careful planning in our cities to provide choices for future generations. Prior to joining CLC, Craig worked as a Mayor's Office Fellow in the City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development and as an Intern in the City of Seattle Office of Policy and Management where he developed a series of recommendations regarding streetscape activation in Center City Seattle, including legislation passed by the City Council to expand the number of sidewalk cafés in Seattle. In June 2008, Craig graduated from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington with a Masters in Public Administration and a Certificate in Environmental Management. In 2001, Craig received a B.A. in Public Policy from Washington and Lee University.

Graham Billingsley, AICP

Graham Billingsley’s extensive career spans public and private sector employment in several states. He is Principal of Billingsley Consultants, a Colorado-based consulting firm. Graham is also Past President of the AICP Commission.

Doreen Booth

Doreen Booth is the owner of Juanita Planning, a planning and economic development firm. She also works with TurnKey Meetings, an electronic polling company. Prior to founding her business, she was the Planning Director/Administrator for the City of Duvall for 8 years. In Duvall, she was responsible for all planning functions, including developing new visioning, downtown, and comprehensive plans while creating unified development regulations, and helping to achieve balanced growth in the community. She was also part of a three-person team that acted as the city administration and was responsible for city hall operations, including economic development, in addition to planning responsibilities. Doreen also served as the Community Development Director in the city of Pacific and as senior planner in the city of Fife.

Steve Butler, FAICP

Steve Butler has worked as a professional planner for over 25 years. He has been with the City of SeaTac, Washington, since 1992, and served as its Director of Planning and Community Development over the past thirteen years. Prior to that he worked in the states of Maine and Wisconsin, where he was involved in all aspects of community planning, both in the public and private sectors. He worked on several award-winning plans and regulations, and helped to create Maine’s growth management law. Steve has been the President of both the American Planning Association–Washington Chapter and the Maine Association of Planners. During the past two years, he has been a Co-Chair of the APA-Washington Chapter’s “Kids in Planning” Task Force, and he organized a week-long “Introduction to Community and Neighborhood Planning” session for a 5th grade class at a Seattle elementary school in June, 2008. Steve received a M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. from Saint Lawrence University (Canton, New York). In 2008, he was elected to the American Institute of Certified Planner’s College of Fellows.

Barry Cain

Barry Cain has been involved in commercial real estate development for over 20 years. Under his leadership, Gramor Development, Inc. began its presence in the Portland/Vancouver area in January 1985. Since then, the company has grown to include a team of professionals who are well versed in all aspects of commercial development with an emphasis on mixed-use retail and office properties.

Derek Chisholm, AICP

Derek Chisholm is a senior land use and transportation planner with experience managing successful visioning projects, town center planning efforts, comprehensive plan updates, and historic preservation programs. He manages corridor planning, transportation system planning, and transportation demand management projects, specializing in complex projects with intensive public involvement requirements. His current projects at Parametrix have included managing studies for the northwest cities of Pendleton, Astoria, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Vancouver, and for the relocation of the Portland Saturday Market. As well as planning, his project work includes public housing, historic architecture, and urban design. He is currently serving as a technical lead in the Columbia River Crossing Project and is an adjunct professor at Washington State University. He also chairs the Planning Commission in Vancouver, WA. Working with the Washington APA kids in Planning Committee, Derek developed a 7th grade curriculum with a planning focus. The curriculum, entitled “Looks Count,” was written to help middle school students understand the choices and future consequences of community land use decisions, and equip them with the knowledge and skills to effectively participate in community decision-making.

Erin Christensen, AIA, NCARB, LEED® AP

Erin Christensen is an urban designer and architect with 10 years of experience. She began her career focused on affordable housing, and was responsible for a range of mixed-use, mixed-income, and mixed-finance projects, totaling over 2,500 new units across the country. Working with varied stakeholders and a mix of private and public sector clients, she is committed to maximizing public investment through high performance, community based planning. Erin promotes healthy, equitable development through her work with the King County Food and Fitness Initiative, and by serving on the Board of Directors of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Cascadia Chapter. She seeks to support resilient communities in the face of climate change, and is a collaborator for the project CityLab7, which will explore a personalized, interactive system to inform and encourage individual and community carbon-smart choices.

Dr. James R. Clark, Ph.D.

Jim Clark is Vice President of HortScience, Inc., a horticultural consulting firm in Pleasanton CA. The firm specializes in urban forestry and arboriculture. Prior to joining HortScience, Jim spent 10 years on the faculty of the University of Washington at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Jim has published a number of technical articles dealing with urban forestry as well as tree growth, development and management. He is co-author (with Nelda Matheny) of “A Photographic Guide to the Evaluation of Hazard Trees in Urban Areas and Trees and Development -- A Technical Guide to the Preservation of Trees During Land Development”. He is the co-author of “Arboriculture – the integrated management of landscape trees, shrubs and vines” with Dick Harris and Nelda Matheny. Jim is an ISA Certified Arborist (WE-0846), a Registered Consulting Arborist (#357) of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, and an Honorary Life Member of both the ISA and the Western Chapter.

Alex Cohen, AICP

Alex Cohen is a certified planner with ESA Adolfson with nine years of professional experience in land use planning, shoreline management, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development, regulatory compliance, and policy research and analysis. Alex’s knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory processes have contributed to a wide range of SEPA and NEPA documents, permit acquisition strategies, shoreline plans, and community land use planning efforts. His familiarity with the State’s Growth Management Act has also contributed to several comprehensive plan updates and subarea master plans. Alex holds a Masters degree in wildlife ecology from Occidental College and a Masters degree in urban planning from the University of Washington.

Brad Collins, FAICP

Brad Collins has practiced land use planning, environmental review, and housing development in Washington State for 39 years. His work includes development of low-income housing programs that have been models for over 30 years, changing Washington’s planning enabling law into a national paradigm for growth management, and most recently becoming a leader in the use of transfer of development rights to protect resource lands and property rights. A Fellow in the American Institute of Certified Planners, Brad has served on the Fellow’s Selection Committee, the APA/AICP Elections Committee, and the National APA Endangered Species Task Force. As APA Washington Chapter President, he initiated the first APA Legislative Committees at both the State and National level. He has been a mentor on planning ethics since 1999. After receiving his Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Washington, he has remained active since 1987 as a charter member of the Department’s Professionals Council. For over 25 years he has served four Washington cities as their Community Development Director and 8 more years as a private planning consultant to many other Washington cities and counties.

Chris Comeau

Chris Comeau is the City of Bellingham’s Transportation Planner and served as the Project Manager for the development of Bellingham’s Multimodal Transportation Concurrency Program, which has been featured in the following publications including: The Urban Transportation Monitor, APA Washington Planner; CTED About Growth; Article submittal to AICP Practicing Planner (Autumn 2009); Nomination for 2009 Joint APA/PAW Award for Outstanding Transportation Planning. Chris has over 15 years of professional land use and transportation planning experience in Alaska, Arizona, and several jurisdictions in Washington. Chris has been involved in the development and update of several Comprehensive Plans and specializes in long-range planning with an emphasis on integrating transportation and capital facility needs with land use planning goals and policies. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Geography and Land Use Planning at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Arizona (1988) and completed two years of graduate studies toward an M.A. in Land Use Planning at NAU (1990-1992).

John Deeder, M.ED

John Deeder has been the Superintendent of the Evergreen School District in Clark Country for the past 6 years. During this period, the district has grown by10%, or approximately 2,400 students becoming the 5th largest school district in the state. He has presided over the construction of two new elementary schools, a middle school, and replacement of three other schools to meet this growth. He also serves on the Clark County Quality Schools Program.

Susan Drummond

Susan Drummond is an attorney with Foster Pepper PLLC, and Co-Chairs their Sustainable Development/Climate Change Group. She works with clients on growth management, shoreline management, general land use, and renewable energy issues. Susan regularly represents clients before the growth boards, administrative tribunals, and appellate courts. Her work has included arguing shoreline critical area issues before the Washington State Supreme Court for the City of Anacortes, working with local jurisdictions to permit over 1,000 MW of wind development and advising the Seattle Monorail Project on right of way and property rights questions. Susan currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Washington State Bar Associations Environmental and Land Use Law Section, and the NAIOP and ULI Quality Growth Alliance climate change committees.

Pete Dubois

Pete Dubois is the Environmental Program Coordinator for Clark County. He has worked for Clark County, WA Public Works since 1994. He is responsible for implementation of an environmental management system for the Public Works Department. He oversees the County's Commute Trip Reduction and Environmentally Responsible Purchasing Programs including LEED certification of the Clark County Public Service Center, ISO 14001 registration of the Fleet Equipment maintenance shop and Specialty Services, and implementation of the incredible shrinking garbage can which saves Clark County over $25,000 annually in avoided disposal costs. Pete holds a Masters degree of Economics from Portland State University.

Michael Echanove

Michael Echanove has 10 years of local government experience specializing in the needs of our communities in Eastern Washington. As current mayor and former 2-term council member for the city of Palouse, he has helped lead efforts to partner with state agencies including TIB, WSDOT and CERB to accomplish major infrastructure improvements. Michael spent 20 years in Information Technology at WSU, giving him a unique understanding of the important role that technology will play in our future successes.

Donald L. Elliott, Esq., FAICP 

Donald L. Elliott is a Senior Consultant with Clarion Associates of Colorado, LLC, a land use consulting firm with offices in Denver, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. Don’s practice focuses on land planning and zoning, growth management, and international land and urban development issues. Prior to joining Clarion, Don was Project Director for the Denver Planning and Community Development Office responsible for the Gateway Project and the Downtown Zoning Projects. He has also advised numerous local governments in Russia on land use issues, served as the Democracy and Governance Advisor to the United States Agency for International Development in Uganda for two years, and performed independent research on Indian urbanization and slum upgrading in Delhi for two years. Don is the author of A Better Way to Zone (Island Press 2008), co-author of “The Citizen’s Guide to Planning” (APA 2009) and the editor of “Colorado Land Planning and Development Law”. Don has a bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Analysis from Yale University, a law degree from Harvard Law School, and a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a member of the American, Colorado, and Denver Bar Associations, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Gordy Euler, Ph.D., AICP

Gordy Euler is a Senior Planner with Clark County Community Planning who has worked on code-related projects such as the county's ordinances on wireless communications, home businesses critical areas, stormwater, urban livestock, wineries, and employment lands. He is project manager for the county's rural lands review and the update to the county’s shorelines master program. He was also the county’s project manager on the sustainable, affordable residential development (SARD) project, a joint project with the city of Vancouver that looked at barriers to sustainable development in the county’s building and development codes.

Nicole Faghin, LEED® AP

Nicole Faghin is a land use and environmental specialist trained as a planner and lawyer who specializes in waterfront and shoreline related issues. She has been with Reid Middleton for over seventeen years where she has been responsible as project manager or project planner for a wide variety of complex land use planning and development projects for industrial, commercial and residential clients and facilities. She has worked with public and private entities on master planning and permitting of shoreline projects including Brownfield industrial sites, marinas, waterfront parks and other public and private shoreline amenities. Her clients include ports, public jurisdictions, and private property owners. She has also assisted local governments in various aspects of shoreline program amendments. In addition to planning experience, Nicole practiced law in the field of land use, environmental and real estate development and is trained as a land use mediator. She is a trustee for the Snohomish County chapter of the Cascade Land Trust. Nicole received her Masters degree in Urban Planning from MIT and her law degree from Northeastern University.

Bryan Fiedor, AICP

Bryan Fiedor is a community planner/GIS analyst, and currently serves on the APA WA Board as Communication Committee Co-Chair. He has nine years of experience acting as a project manager/coordinator, author, or analyst for a multitude of community and regional planning projects, environmental review documents, and geospatial analyses with an environmental planning consulting firm. Locally, Bryan has performed visual resource analysis for the Aurora Corridor project in Shoreline, the 160th Street Loop project near Sea-Tac, the Elliott Bay seawall replacement, a coal mining operation near Centralia, and a land fill expansion in East Wenatchee. He has performed view corridor analysis for the City of Kenmore Downtown Taskforce and for the City of Kirkland Parkplace redevelopment. Bryan has expertise using GIS to conduct viewshed analysis and mapping visual resource features.

Kevin Gifford

Kevin Gifford is an urban planner with ICF Jones & Stokes and has worked on a multitude of community and regional planning projects and performed environmental review services. Kevin has completed aesthetics sections for local comprehensive plan updates and community planning efforts. Recently he used Sketch Up to model mass/bulk simulations for the City of Kirkland Parkplace redevelopment.

Margaret Glowacki

Margaret Glowacki is a Senior Land Use Planner and Fisheries Biologist leading Seattle Department of Planning and Development’s (DPD) update of the Shoreline Master Program. She managed the preparation of the Green Shorelines Manual. Margaret has her Masters degree in Fisheries from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California and has worked as a Land Use Planner for Seattle DPD for eight years. Prior to working at DPD, she was a Project Manager at Pentec Environmental, a private environmental consulting firm. There she worked on a variety of projects including: developing restoration plans for local government agencies to improve salmon and trout habitat in streams, evaluating the aquatic habitat for fish using the Washington Department of Natural Resources’ watershed analysis methods and conducting biological assessments to evaluate impacts of proposed projects on endangered species.

Susan Goltsman, FASLA

Susan Goltsman is renowned for applying social science to site specific design for children, youth and families creating unique environments that respond to the community. Her projects have won numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects, the American Zoological Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and The National Endowment for the Arts among many other organizations.

Scott Greenberg, AICP

Scott Greenburg is currently the Community Development Director for the City of Burien and APA Washington Chapter President. He has over 30 years of experience in the planning field, including both public and private sector positions. He has expertise in growth management planning, implementation and environmental review, including process streamlining. In 2002, Scott managed earlier efforts to redevelop Burien’s NE Redevelopment Area, resulting in the city’s first Planned Action EIS. Scott has also served as a member of a Planning Commission, Design Review Board and City Council.

Mark Griffin

Mark Griffin is Director of Real Estate Development for the Port of Seattle. His work at the Port centers on managing redevelopment of Port assets no longer needed for uses that directly support seaport and airport operations. Prior to joining the Port, Mark assisted community-based development corporations with real estate and economic development projects as a staff member of the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development. Before entering the public sector, Mark helped complete a variety of transactions as a commercial real estate attorney.

Katrina Hoffman

Katrina Hoffman is a Coastal Resources Specialist for Washington Sea Grant. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from Oberlin College and a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington. Katrina has a diverse background in research, outreach, education and policy. Her work focuses on sustainable coastal community development issues. She serves as the co-coordinator of the Shoreline and Coastal Planners Group, a professional development forum for local planners and related professionals in Washington. Katrina coordinated the first Green Shores transboundary working group meeting in May 2009.

Eric J. Holmes, MPA

Eric Holmes has worked at all levels of government, from federal congressional offices to local planning departments. In his professional career, he has served as a planner, planning director, deputy city manager, city manager, COO of private land use consulting firm, and most currently as the Economic Development Director for the city of Vancouver. He holds Bachelor degrees in planning and public policy from University of Oregon and an MPA from Lewis and Clark College. Eric has been responsible for managing master planning entitlement, comprehensive and subarea planning, as well as crafting zoning and development codes to guide development in a variety of communities. In addition, he has successfully catalyzed a number of public/private partnerships resulting in the funding and construction of critical infrastructure, ranging from water system improvements to major arterial expansions. In his current capacity, Eric is responsible for strategic development and redevelopment throughout the City, as well as oversight of business recruitment, retention and expansion programs. Among targeted investment areas city wide, most notable is the City Center Vision plan district and Downtown Vancouver Waterfront Redevelopment project.

Michael Hubner, AICP

Michael Hubner has worked as a program manager and planning policy analyst with the Suburban Cities Association for 10 years. As manager of King County's Buildable Lands Program, a review and evaluation requirement of the Growth Management Act, he provides technical support to the county and 39 cities. In addition, Michael has been active in coordinating growth management planning at the county and regional levels, particularly in the areas of growth forecasting, housing affordability, annexations, and performance monitoring. Prior to joining SCA, Michael earned a Masters degree in Urban Design and Planning from the University of Washington, where he co-authored the book Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems.

Laura Hudson

Laura Hudson is an urban planner and Manager of the Community Planning Department for the City of Vancouver. Her department is responsible for long-range planning, annexation, administering several federal grant programs and environmental planning, including the Shoreline Program and Critical Areas Ordinance.

Before joining the City of Vancouver, Laura was Vice President of Professional Services at David Evans and Associates, Inc. a national professional services firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.  She has over 25 years of experience in urban and environmental planning in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. As Professional Services VP, she was responsible for overseeing the quality assurance efforts of each of the professional disciplines in the firm; managing the office peer review program; and contributing to the strategic direction of the firm.Laura has a B.A. from Duke University and a Master of Planning from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

Fred Hurand, FAICP

Professor Hurand has been active in Washington planning education and activities since the late 1970's. Before joining the planning faculty of Eastern Washington University in 1977 he was a planner in a firm in Carson City, Nevada. Since the late 1970’s he has also acted as a planning consultant based in Spokane, with specialties in disaster mitigation planning, comprehensive planning, zoning ordinance development, design review, urban and small town design. In the course of his career Fred has been active in both the APA and the Planning Association of Washington as an unofficial liaison between the constituencies of those two organizations. He has known many of the great and near-great planners on both sides of the mountains.

Daniel Iacofano, PhD, ASLA, FAICP

Daniel Iacofano is recognized as an innovator in community-based urban planning and design, working with hundreds of cities and agencies to implement land use, urban design, economic revitalization and transportation projects. His projects have won awards from the National League of Cities, the International Downtown Association, the American Planning Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Association of Environmental Professionals.

Paul Inghram, AICP

Paul Inghram is Comprehensive Planning Manager for the city of Bellevue, Washington. He also currently serves as President of the AICP Commission.

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is a Senior Environmental Planner with ESA Adolfson and registered landscape architect with 20 years of professional experience in planning, design, project management, and regulatory review. He is an expert in regulatory compliance and SEPA document preparation, and is familiar with a wide variety of federal, state, and local environmental regulations, permitting issues, and regulatory processes. He has a broad experience in preparing, coordinating, and overseeing development of environmental impact statements (EISs) and other documents required for environmental and land use review. He has eight years of senior level experience in land use and environmental regulation with the City of Seattle, and has supervised review of an extensive array of projects including many large-scale public and private development proposals.

Marian Lahav, AICP

Marian Lahav is a Senior Planner with the City of Vancouver Community Planning Department. She managed the City of Vancouver and Clark County’s joint effort to identify code barriers to sustainable, affordable, residential development. She has almost 20 years experience in comprehensive planning and expertise in environmental planning. She holds an MS in Natural Resource Policy & Management from the University of Michigan.

Stephane Laroque

Stephane Larocque brings 14 years of experience in applied finance and economics in both the private and public sectors, complemented with an MBA-Finance. Throughout his career he has excelled in a wide variety of disciplines most notably: business case analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cost-risk analysis, toll feasibility studies, economic impact analysis and regulatory filings. Stephane has also successfully managed teams performing a wide variety of economic studies on projects throughout North America.

Esther Larsen, J.D.

Esther Larsen has a law degree from the University of Southern California and is licensed to practice law in both Washington and Idaho. Esther has practiced law for 29 years in both the private and public sectors and has been involved in the land use, community planning and public administration arenas for the last 12 years. She has completed her classroom work at Eastern Washington University for a dual Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and Public Administration and is completing her written thesis for oral board presentation. Esther is co-chair of the Legislative Committee of APA Washington and also serves on the Chapter’s Kids and Planning Committee and Nominations Committee.

Torrey Luiting

Torrey Luiting is a wetland biologist and permitting specialist experienced in managing infrastructure, development, and restoration projects, as well as designing wetland interpretative signs and materials. She has managed, planned, designed, permitted, and implemented stream and wetland restoration and mitigation projects in the Pacific Northwest for over 10 years. Torrey has recently managed urban wetland and stream restoration projects in Pierce County and in the City of Bellevue, taking the projects from conceptual basin plans through specific project designs, permitting, and implementation. She coauthored the 2005 American Fisheries Society Best Paper in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Torrey received an MS from the College of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences at the University of Washington, with an emphasis in wetland ecology in 1996, and a BS in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin in 1992.