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top Urban Planners under 40

the rising stars of the planning profession
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​Join Planning Peeps in recognizing the Top Urban Planners Under 40! Anyone can nominate leaders in the urban planning profession (public or private). Applications for the Class of 2018 will be accepted until May 1st, 2018! We will announce the winners by June 1st, 2018.

Nominees must be under 40 years of age as of December 31, 2018.​ Winners will be showcased  if they accept the recognition and have consented to the use of their likeness. 
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Class of 2017

Top urban planner
Veronica O. Davis, P.E.
Managing Partner/Principal Planning Manager
Nspiregreen LLC
Washington, D.C.

"Veronica is a mover and a shaker in the DC region and a trailblazer for women of color in the planning profession. She is the co-owner of Nspiregreen, an urban and environmental planning firm. She's spoke on numerous panels including at the Aspen institute, APA national conference, and Cornell University. She's been recognized by groups like the Women's Transportation Seminar, the White House Champions of Change, and the Washington City Paper. Veronica is also the co-founder of Black Women Bike, a nonprofit promoting biking to women of color as a former of exercise and transportation."
Top urban planner
Emily Gibson
Director of Planning and GIS Services
Montgomery County
​Montgomery County, Virginia

"Emily has a multi-faceted career in planning over the past decade, which includes serving as a Planning Commissioner as well as on the APA Virginia Chapter Board for the past five years. Four of those years were served leading the legislative efforts for the chapter. These efforts (started by her predecessors on the Board) have served as a model for other state chapters for their more proactive approach to the legislative process for planners."

Urban planner
Marcus Bush
Community Planner
Rick Engineering
San Diego, California

"At 29, Marcus Bush is already an accomplished young planner. He has worked at the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (the San Diego Association of Governments) and for local planning consulting firms (Mooney Planning Collaborative & Rick Engineering). In addition to his professional career, Marcus has served the local planning community through being on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Section of the CA American Planning Association, advocating for Transportation Justice & a more equitable transportation system in the San Diego Region, and served on his City's Planning Commission, where in 2015 at the age of 26, he became the youngest Chair in the City's history. "
Urban planner
Amanda Bearcroft
Senior Planner/GIS Specialist
Montgomery County Business Development Center
Fonda, New York

"Amanda works tirelessly as the senior planner and GIS specialist for Montgomery County's economic development and planning department. Not only does she put in the extra time and effort every week, she is constantly reaching out to the municipalities within the county to see how she can help them, whether it's through grant applications, speaking with municipal leaders, or attending and helping with their local board meetings. Amanda is trying to spread the message of planning throughout the area and to make the county a better place."

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Kim Karlsrud
Director
COMMONstudio
Los Angeles, California

"Co-owner and Director of COMMONstudio, Kim currently resides in Bangalore, India with Designer husband Daniel Phillips on an Urban Design Fullbright grant. They are the 2015-16 recipients of the "Rome Prize" in Landscape Architecture and recently received a month long residency in Design at The Headlands Center outside of San Francisco later this year."

Class of 2016

Top urban planners
Emily Crow, AICP
Senior Planner
McBride Dale Clarion
Cincinnati, Ohio

"Emily has been writing innovative and implemented plans for cities, counties, and regions for fifteen years. She leads multi-disciplinary teams and facilitates public processes throughout the south and midwest as a senior planner with McBride Dale Clarion in Cincinnati."
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Top urban planners
J. Daniel Malouff
Regional Transportation Planner|Editorial Director at Greater Greater Washington| Author of BeyondDC
Arlington County, Virginia

"Dan is one of the most well-known transportation planners in the Washington, DC region. He's a regional planner for Arlington and a prominent blogger with GreaterGreaterWashington.org. He seems to pop up at anything important transportation-related in DC."



Top urban planners
Bradley Benmoshé
Urban Planner + Designer
Keith & Schnars​
Fort Lauderdale, Florida


"Bradley's ambitions, intelligence, and accomplishments complement precisely the stellar community of past recipients and make him highly deserving of the honor and opportunity. With backgrounds in architecture, urban planning, and urban design, Mr. Benmoshé's passion and dedication for planning and designing communities is truly remarkable and inspiring."

Top urban planners
Mikki Rozdolski
Planning Manager
Lee County Community Development
Fort Myers, Florida

"Ms. Rozdolski is a rising star in planning who is currently the Lee County DCD Planning Manager. She has been overseeing a number of innovative planning projects including the Pine Island TDR program."

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