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July 2008- June 2010 City of Santa Rosa Senior Planner, Advance Planning and Community Development Department
Working primarily in Advance Planning, led the comprehensive 2009 General Plan Update for the City of Santa Rosa. Was charged
with managing the GP-EIR as well as rewriting the transportation, air quality, economic development and greenhouse gas emission
reductions elements of the General Plan. Managed Corridor Improvement Studies for both Santa Rosa and Mendocino Avenues,
including design standards, ordinance updates, construction plan development and transportation improvements.

Oct 2006- April 2008 City of San Luis Obispo Housing Programs Manager
As the Housing Programs Manager for San Luis Obispo, implemented the Housing Element of the General Plan. Responsibilities
included CDBG management, CEQA/NEPA approval for housing developments and working with developers and architects to ensure
they meet affordable housing requirements and development standards for residential and commercial construction. Served as City
Planning Commissioner in 2005-2006 prior to becoming a staff member and was charged with review of land use development
projects, implementing the General Plan, regulatory permitting, approvals/denials and making recommendations to City Council.

July 2001- Oct 2006 San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) Associate Planner
Regional Transportation Planner for SLOCOG, which served as the MPO and RTPA for San Luis Obispo County. Responsibilities
included regional governance, coordination, project funding allocation, programming, calls for projects, grant disbursement, and
management of regionally significant transportation improvements. Served as lead staff member for the Regional Housing Needs
Assessment working with local agencies and HCD to plan for future housing needs by income category.

2002-2006 California Polytechnic State University Part-time Lecturer, City and Regional Planning Department (CRP)
Faculty member in CRP teaching courses in Race, Gender, Ethnicity in the City Planning Process (CRP 215), Transportation, Land Use
and Urban Form (CRP 214), and Planning Information Systems, Advance GIS (CRP 457). Lectures focused on equity and cultural
awareness, state and federal transportation financing mechanisms, CEQA/NEPA regulations, as well as the relationship between
city sustainability, land uses, the built environment, economic development and multi-modal transportation systems.

1999-2001 University of California, Los Angeles, Research and Teaching Assistant
Led research and taught courses for the Masters of Urban Planning program at UCLA. Performed research for Dr. Donald Shoup and
helped edit/publish his APA award winning book, The High Cost of Free Parking. Taught urban planning courses in quantitative
methods, statistics, macro-economics, GIS, and mathematics to UCLA Urban Planning graduate students.

Education

University of California at Los Angeles, 2001 Dual Master’s Degrees: M.A. in Urban Planning (UP) and M.A. in Latin American Studies
(LAS), both awarded with honors. Transportation and Economics specialization within UP, Thesis: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the
Subsidized Student Transit Bus Program and the fiscal impacts to Parking Structures on Campus. Human and Physical Geography
focus in LAS, Thesis: The Long-term Ecological Effects of Hurricanes in Central America.
California State University Chico, 1995 Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and minor in Environmental Studies, honors.
Santa Rosa Junior College, 1993 Associate of Science Degree in Earth Sciences: Meteorology, Geography and Geology, honors.

Honors/Activities

2018 Secured a SB1 Caltrans Planning Grant and led the Corte Madera Climate Adaptation Plan
2016 After two years of plan development and community engagement, helped Santa Barbara City Council adopt the
Bicycle Master Plan and secured $16 million in State Active Transportation Funds for implementation
2011 Authored the SFMTA’s Climate Action Strategy and was awarded the City of San Francisco’s “Blue and Green
Award” for the greatest national environmental impact. The APTA touted Sand Francisco as a model for other
cities for Climate Action and Adaptation Planning
2008 Santa Rosa City staff liaison to Waterways Advisory Committee and Greenhouse Gas Working Group
2006 Community volunteer serving on San Luis Obispo’s City Planning Commission
2004 SLOCOG Board commendation for the completion/utility of the 2004 Regional Demographic Summary
2001 Awarded the Julie Roque graduate scholarship by the UCLA Urban Planning Faculty for being the outstanding
urban planning student in the area of integrating environmental city policy with practice
2000 Awarded UCLA Urban Studies Fellowship for pursuing a Transportation Planning-related Master’s Thesis
1998 Awarded the UC Regents Fellowship for graduate research at UCLA’s Latin American Studies Department
1993 Began competitive bike racing, daily bike commuting and became a community leader on pedestrian and bicycling
safety issues