About Me
LEED AP ND | SITES AP | Specialist in Sustainability & Environmental Policy | Urban Designer
In response to an increasingly variable climate, resilience has transitioned from a long-term goal to a foundational principle of design. Just as we ensure a structure’s integrity against physical forces, we must design our urban environments to balance their ecological contributions. This approach seeks to advance the dialogue beyond the baseline of sustainability, moving toward a model of active ecological participation. By doing so, we ensure our built environments are not merely enduring their surroundings, but are contributing meaningfully to them.
My perspective was forged in the post-Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans, where the failure of infrastructure wasn’t a theoretical exercise, but a catalyst for radical systemic change. I worked on the front lines of deltaic urbanism, learning how to design with nature rather than against it.
Methodology
I align ecology and development, managing the transition from high-level policy to site-specific reality.
I specialize in aligning policy with the technical realities of the built environment. By organizing these frameworks around the Triple Bottom Line , I transform abstract policy into actionable, enforceable design standards to ensure that environmental, social, and economic goals are synchronized with the policies, standards, and codes that govern development.
My work, including the Wilmington Urban Design Guidelinesand Charlotte Green Streets, serves as the critical link between agency or department silos (DOT, Public Works, Planning, etc.) by resolving the friction between regulatory intent and site-specific physical constraints to ensure development yields long-term, restorative results.
15+
Years of Technical Experience
Planning & Policy: Applying evidence-based insights to implement LEED, SITES, and LEED for Cities frameworks, translating multi-dimensional environmental and socio-economic data into actionable urban planning and policy solutions.
Natural Systems: Implementing the Dutch Dialogues "Living With Water" principles to move beyond mitigation and into development that actively participates with natural systems.
Built Form: Leveraging the Lafitte Greenway model to align large-scale planning and ecological restoration with the realities of project feasibility and urban constraints.
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