2022 Annual Chapter Conference Agenda

FRIDAY | September 30

7:30 am - 8:45 am

Check-in will require proof of vaccination and pre-registration. Masks are required on UDC’s campus when indoors. Onsite registration will not be allowed.

8:50 am - 9:00 am

Chapter Conference Welcome

Location: Theater of the Arts

• Chapter President, Jeremy Hurlbutt, AICP
• Chapter President-Elect, Scott Rowe, AICP

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Keynote: Planning Directors’ Panel: How big cities are managing | CM 1.5

Location: Theater of the Arts

#9257478

• Jamie Gauthier, Philadelphia City Council Member
• Anita Cozart, District of Columbia Planning Director
• Chris Ryer, Baltimore Planning Director
• Kevin Vonck, Richmond Planning Director

10:40 am - 11:40 am

Having the difficult conversations: How do you address race and Equity in 2022 Planning | CM Diversity 1

Location: Theater of the Arts

#9257479

• Marc J. Lewis-DeGrace, AICP
• Brian Armstead, Armstead Civic Conversations
• Molline “Molly” Jackson, Montgomery County Planning Department, M-NCPPC
• Arlova Vonhm, AICP, Arlington County, VA

Green Infrastructure Resiliency Plans for Smaller Municipalities | CM Sustainability and Resiliency 1.

Location: Ballroom

#9257480

• Neil Weinstein, AICP, Executive Director of the Low Impact Development Center
• Emily Clifton, AICP, Associate Executive Director of the Low Impact Development Center
• Greg Cannito, Co-Founder Rainplan

11:50 am - 12:50 pm

NCAC Scholars: Introducing the next generation of planners | CM 1

Location: Theater of the Arts

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• Ras Cannady, AICP
• Tambo Price, George Washington University
• Arielle Lofton, George Washington University
• Shanetta Ore, Georgetown University
• Cynthia Ann Cuestas, Georgetown University
• Asia Jones, University of Maryland
• Redowan Kabir Kaushik, University of Maryland

15th Street Cycletrack Extension - Making the Case for Transportation Equity in the Right-of-Way | CM 1

Location: Student Organizations Suite

#9257482

• Will Handsfield, AICP, DDOT
• Iaian Banks, Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates
• Hannah Dean, National Park Service

Neighborhood Change in the Washington DC Area | CM 1

Location: Building 44, Lecture Hall Rm. A03

#9257483

• Benjamin Kraft, Montgomery County Planning Department
• Archie Chen, Montgomery County Planning Department

Arlandria-Chirilagua's Neighborhood Cultural Diversity Preservation + Resiliency | CM 1

Location: Black Box Theater

#9257484

• Jose Carlos Ayala, City of Alexandria
• Helen McIlvaine, City of Alexandria
• Jeffrey Farner, City of Alexandria

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch and Awards Ceremony | CM 1

Location: Ballroom

#9257485

Leadership in Planning Award for a Student in Honor of Prof. Sherwin Greene

Winner: Carter Reitman

Leadership in Planning Award for a Citizen or Elected Official

Winner: David Owens

Leadership in Planning Award for a Professional Planner in Honor of Frederick Gutheim

Winner: Gwen Wright

Leadership in Planning Award for Community Outreach and Engagement Award in Honor of Harold Foster

Winner: Thrive Montgomery 2050 Equitable Engagement Strategy

Planning Excellence Award in Public Health

Winner: moveDC 2021

Planning Excellence Award in General Planning

Winner: Comprehensive Plan of the City of Rockville, Maryland

Planning Excellence Award in Sustainability & Resilience

Winner: Federal Transportation Element, Addendum, and Transportation Modeling Program

Planning Excellence Award in Advancing Diversity & Social Equity

Winner: Next Libris: DC Public Library Facilities Master Plan

2:10 pm - 3:10 pm

SmART Design: Tactical Projects Combining Safety and Art | CM 1

Location: Theater of the Arts

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• Kelsey Bridges, DDOT
• Emma Blondin, DDOT

How to Move People Without Expanding Highways | CM 1

Location: Student Organizations Suite

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• Patrick DeCorla-Souza, USDOT Mark A. Cleveland, Hytch Rewards
• Michael Replogle, Former Deputy Commissioner for NYCDOT

Fast and Passionate I | CM 1

Location: Building 44, Lecture Hall Room A03

#9257496

• Montgomery County’s Outreach Experiment: What should public involvement look like in 2022? | Darcy Buckley, Montgomery County DOT
• Before & After: Piloting Change is Hard | Hillary Orr, City of Alexandria
• Being shovel ready and policy focused: Tools to assess grant application goals | Xavier Williams, AICP, WSP USA

Fast and Passionate II | CM 1

Location: Black Box Theater

#9257496

• How to Speed the Future of Automated Vehicles | Richard Mudge, Compass Transportation and Technology

• A Review of Transportation Surveys Measuring Impacts to Travel Behavior from COVID-19 that Inform Regional Transportation Planning | Kenneth Joh, AICP, MWCOG
• First Principles: Computational Bike Planning and Dutch Design Concepts | David Edmondson, AICP, City of Frederick

3:20 pm - 4:20 pm

Predictive Safety Analysis in Montgomery County | CM 1

Location: Theater of the Arts

#9257501

• Jesse McGowan, AICP, Montgomery County Planning Department, M-NCPPC
• David Anspacher, Montgomery County Planning Department, M- NCPPC

DC Bus Priority: A Tale of Three Corridors - Context and need - sensitive approaches to prioritizing transit and safety in DC | CM 1
Location: Ballroom

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• Emily Oaksford, AICP,  Nelson\Nygaard
• Kevin Harrison, AICP, DDOT
• Yohannes Bennehoff, AICP, DDOT

New Carrollton: From Transit-Oriented Vision to Reality | CM 1
Location: Building 44, Lecture Hall Rm. A03

#9257503

• Alan Lederman, Urban Atlantic Chris Rzomp, AICP, Gensler
• Steven Segerlin, AICP, WMATA

From Death to Life: Transforming Dying Malls to Urban Communities: Landmark Mall Case Study | CM 1 

Location: Black Box Theater

#9257504

• Richard Lawrence, AICP, City of Alexandria
• Jeffrey Farner, Deputy Director, City of Alexandria
• Jay Kelly, FoulgerPratt
• Stephanie Landrum, Alexandria Economic Development

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location: Theater of the Arts

#9257505 

• Angela Dupont, National Capital Planning Commission
• Bsrat Mezghebe, National Capital Planning Commission
• Tanya Stern, AICP, Montgomery County Planning Department, M-NCPPC
• Maxine Brown-Roberts, DC Office of Planning

Adaptive reuse of historic office buildings into 100% affordable housing for seniors, Sandy Spring 
Village case study | CM Sustainability and Resiliency 1

Location: Ballroom

#9257506

• Sandra Pereira, Montgomery County Planning Department, M- NCPPC
• Stacy Kaplowski, Lincoln Avenue Capital
• Rebeccah Ballo, Montgomery County Planning Department, M- NCPPC

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

HAPPY HOUR
Location: Theater of the Arts Café

SATURDAY | October 1

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Reimagining the Avenue as America’s Stage: A Walking Tour of Pennsylvania Avenue | Karin Schierhold

Start: Meet at/outside Starbucks on 13th/ F (1304 F Street NW)

Finish: At National Gallery of Art on 4th Street between East and West buildings