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Education | Research and Professional Interests | Experience | Activities/Memberships | Selected Presentations | Publications
EducationMLA, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign 1989, Landscape Architecture (Social and Behavioral Focus)
BS, University of Virginia 1985, major in Architecture, minor in Architectural History
Research and Professional Interestslandscape architecture, planning for walkable communities
Experience2002–present
Planning Consultant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
2002–present
Landscape Architect, Guided Path Planning & Garden Design (Newark, Delaware)
2001–2002
Landscape Architect, Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of Planning
1998–2001
Executive Assistant to the Director of Planning, Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of Planning
1994–1998
Transportation Section Planner, New Castle County Department of Land Use
1991–1994
Landscape Architect, Irwin Landscaping Inc.
1989–1991
Land Planner, Tetra Tech Inc.
Activities/MembershipsNew Castle County Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee (RPATAC), Professional Member (2004–2012)
Downtown Newark Partnership Design Committee and Design Guidelines Subcommittee (2006–2010)
Delaware Board of Geologists, Public Member (2007–2111)
Delaware Board of Landscape Architects, Former President and Professional Member (2000–2006)
Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, Governance Committee (2003–2004)
Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Delaware Chapter
Member, American Planning Association (APA), Delaware
Member, Delaware Nature Society
American Association of University Women, Newark Branch, former President
Selected Presentations“Walkable Communities: Preserving Community Character While Improving Transportation Choices,” with Linda Raab and William DeCoursey, Dover, Delaware, May 2008.
“Butterflies of Delmarva,” to the Institute for Retired Persons, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, March 2008.
“Developing Maintenance Plans for Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths,” at the policy forum Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Improving Mobility and Designing Transit-Ready Communities, Newark, Delaware, February 2008.
“Gardens from Blah to Beautiful,” to the Wilmington Branch of the American Association of University Women, Wilmington, Delaware, May 2007.
“Sidewalks and Shared-use Paths: Safety, Security and Maintenance Best Practices,” with Andrew Knab, at the policy forum Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Safety, Security, and Maintenance, Newark, Delaware, March 2007.
“Sprawl: The American Dream?,” to the Newark Branch of the American Association of University Women, Newark, Delaware, November 2005.
“Habitat Gardens: The Birds and the Bees of the Business,” at the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association annual meeting, Wilmington, Delaware, November 2005.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: Recommendations for Delaware,” at the Mobility Friendly Design Standards Summit 2, Newark, Delaware, April 2005.
“Better Development Through Mobility Friendly Community Design,” with Ed O’Donnell to the Delaware Institute for Planning & Design, Wilmington, Delaware, November 2004.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: A Framework for Delaware,” at the Mobility Friendly Design Standards Summit, Wilmington, Delaware, February, 2004.
Publications“Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Improving Mobility and Designing Transit-Ready Communities Summary Report,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, to be published in 2008.
“Transit-Oriented Design Illustrations of TOD Characteristics A Working Paper,” Co-author with William DeCoursey, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2007.
“Sidewalks and Shared-use Paths: Safety, Security, and Maintenance, Summary Report,” Co-author with Andrew Knab, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2007.
“Walkable Communities,” Unpublished Paper, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2006.
“City of Lewes Comprehensive Plan,” Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2005.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: A Framework for Delaware,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2004.
“Town of Dagsboro Comprehensive Plan,” Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2003.
“Town of Townsend Comprehensive Plan Draft,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2002.
“Livable Delaware Implementation Plan,” Editor and primary author, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, Delaware, 2001.
“Churchmans Crossing Infrastructure Investment Project: A Comprehensive Approach to Transportation and Land Use Solutions,” with E.E. Abbott & W.K. Hellmann, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, #1685, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1999.
