I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of immensely talented graduate students at the University of California-Berkeley and University of Minnesota. Below is a selected list of former students and advisees, along with their current work affiliation.
Dr. Elizabeth Mattiuzzi, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Dr. Pedro Peterson, California Air Resources Board
Dr. Bill Lester, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dr. Jake Wegmann, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Dr. Anne Martin – Veterinary Practice Management Consultant
Dr. Emilio Martinez de Velasco Aguirre – Director, Laboratorio de Innovación Colaborativa
Dr. Carrie Makarewicz, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Denver
Dr. Miriam Zuk, Principal and Co-owner, Ground Works Consulting
Dr. Renee Roy Elias, University of California-Berkeley, Center for Community Innovation
Dr. Liang-Chih Chen, National Taiwan University
Dr. Yasuyuki Motoyama, Ohio State University
Dr. Lifang Chiang, UC Office of the President
Dr. Alvaro Huerta, Cal State Polytechnic – Pomona
Dr. Annelies Goger, Director of Research and Evaluation, UpSkill America
Chris Andrews, Director, MDG Associates, Inc.
Mason Austin, Director of Transportation Planning, City of Philadelphia
Gene Barrera, GIS Manager, County of Merced
Alex Brennan, Executive Director at Futurewise
Maria Agustina Calatayud, Lead Transport Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
Sean Campion, Director of Housing and Economic Development Studies, Citizen Budget Commission
Andre Chan, Co-founder and CTO, SwayMe
Ener Chiu, Special Initiatives Director, Ground Works Consulting
Marcus Clarke, Grants Analyst – Climate Action and Resiliency, County of Sonoma
Matt Chwierut, Founder, CE Systems
Tom Conoscenti , Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, New York State Executive Chamber
Nadya Chinoy Dabby, Chief Strategy Officer, PowerMyLearning
Kat Daniel, Director of Economic Recovery Initiatives, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Colin Dentel-Post, Assistant Director of Planning, Alameda County Transportation Commission
Chandra Egan, Senior Community Development Specialist/ Inclusionary Housing Program Analyst, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
Tiffany Eng, Senior Associate, Raimi + Associates
John Francis, Principal Planner and Urban Designer, City of Redwood City
Connie Archbold Malloy, Executive Director, Panta Rhea Foundation
Jenny Gant, Vice President, Lincoln Property Company
Kate Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, California Forward
Vinita Goyal Gupta, Community Investment Director, Full Spectrum Labs
Robert Hickey, Director, Housing Policy Development and Analysis, Habitat for Humanity International
Eddie Janowicz, Senior Systems Engineer II, Cruise
Michael Katz, Regional Coordinator, East Bay Works
Karla Kingsley, Operations, Strategy, and Advisory, Trout Creek Advisory
Jordan Klein, Director of the Department of Planning and Development, City of Berkeley
Glynis L. Vitanza, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Wells Lawson, Deputy Executive Director, Sound Transit
Alex Lantsberg, Research and Advocacy Director, San Francisco Electrical Construction Industry
Matt Lewis, Principal Property Development Officer, BART
Hui-Chang Li, Project Manager, City of Oakland
Jess Lynch, Center Director, Illinois Public Health Institute
Erin Machell, Transportation Planner, Toole Design Group
Charles Marohn, Founder/ President, Strong Towns
Nina Bennett, HR&A Advisors
April Mo, Project Manager, MidPen Housing Corporaitn
Tessa Munekiyo Ng, Vice President, Munekiyo Hiraga
Alison Nemirow, Associate Vice President, AECOM
Noe Noyola, Project Manager and Community Planner, MIG
James Pappas, Princial Planner, San Francisco Planning Department
Kristin Perkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at Georgetown University
Ezra Pincus-Roth, Associate Principal, Nelson Nygaard
Gia Pionek, Pionek Valle Law Group
Jennifer Phelps Quinn, Consultant
Divali Magnus, Chief Program Officer, Young Community Developers
Carrie Ridgeway, Grants Development Director, Cabrillo College
Antonio Rosell, Founder and Director, Community Design Group
Gary Schiff, Veterans Service Representative, US Department of Veterans Affairs
Chris Schildt, Director of Housing Justice, Urban Habitat
Jessica Sheldon, Vice President, Beacon Communities LLC
Eric Simundza, Urban Economic Analyst IV, City of Oakland
Alexis Smith, Senior Regional Housing and Land Use Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Leah Stockstrom, Principal, Joy Dev Co
Kim Suczynski Smith, Pyatok Architects
Erica Spaid, Director of Research, Greater Ohio Policy Center
Jennifer Susskind, Independent Contractor
Michelle Thong, Vice President of Product Management, Nava
Sarah Treuhaft, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy
Carlos Velasquez, Project Manager/ Senior Planner, Lochner
Trina Walker, Community Development Specialist, City of Alameda
Elizabeth Wampler, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Steve Wertheim, Policy Consultant, California State Assembly
Laura Wiles, Senior Vice President, Subways Operations Support, State of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Ella Wise, Director of Planning, City of Greenfield, MA
Anja Wodsak, International Olympic Committee
Enoch Yeung, Vice President, Bank of America
Jessica Zdeb, Principal Regional Planner, Metro
Jessica Zenk, Deputy Director, Transportation Planning and Project Delivery, City of San Jose
Maura Baldiga, Senior Planner, City of Ithaca
Alex Kowalski, Assistant Professor, Cornell University ILR School
Mar Velez, Director of Policy, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Sonia-Lynn Abenojar, Principal/ Director of Creativity, La Unión Studio
Rucker Alex, Project Facilitator, Rucker Alex Consulting
Carline Au, East Bay Economic Development Alliance
Carlo De La Cruz, Program Officer, Sequoia Climate Foundation
Tiffany Eng, Senior Associate, Raimi + Associates
Chelsea Guerrero, Director of Research, BAE
Viviana Lopez, Senior Relationship Manager/ Vice President, Bank of America
Rebecca Womack, Product Manager, Melissa Data
Alberto Benejam, Associate Director of Housing Development, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation
Sam Blanchard, Senior Data Scientist, UrbanSim
Mariana Blondet, UNDP Peru
Heather Bromfield, Associate Director, Preservation, Enterprise Community Partners
Genise Choy, Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership
Mitchell Crispell, Director, Real Estate Development, True Ground Housing Partners
Stacy Flores, Senior Project Manager, Clayco
Nicole Montojo, Senior Researcher, Othering & Belonging Institute
Sarah Ritter, Director, Community Safety Planning, Enterprise Community Partners
Ángel Mendiola Ross, Provostial Fellow, Department of Sociology, Stanford University
Evelyn St-Louis, Principal Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA
Francisco Trejo Morales, Anthropology Graduate Student at UC Berkeley
Fern Uennatornwaranggoon, Climate Campaign Director, Pacific Environments
Ulises Hernandez Jimenez, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates
Cristina Nape, Senior Transit-Oriented Development Project Manager, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authorty
Joni Hirsch, Community Engagement Consultant, Brick and Story
Joseph Poirier, Associate Principle, Nelson/Nygaard
Juan Sebastian Arias, Executive Director, Elevated Chicago ETOD
Samantha Beckerman, Real Estate Officer, University of California Office of the President
Lu-Ming Lee, Senior Designer, PYATOK Architecture and Urban Design
Somaya Abdelgany, Preservation Program Manager, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco Bay Area
Daniel Hamilton, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Oakland
James Yelen, Director of Technical Assistance, Grounded Solutions Network
Yiyang Yu, Data Scientist, Expedia Group
Sonrisa Cooper, Sustainable Economy and Just Transition Analyst, Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Matthew da Silva, Senior Planner, City of Jersey City
Rebecca Coleman, Development Coordinator, The Johnathan Irving Kelly Memorial Fund
Viktor Bensus, Sociology Graduate Student Sociology, City College of New York
Anna Cash, Housing Policy Specialist, City of Berkeley
Raleigh McCoy, Principal Planner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Alison Ecker, Senior Campus Planner, Page
Emily Roach, Mobility Consultant, Goudappel
Emma Tome, Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
Eli Kaplan, Housing Program Analyst, City of Concord
Asher Butnik, Senior Transit Planner, Marin Transit
James Perez, Senior Project Manager, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Julia Branco, Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
Sabrina Hussien, Architectural Associate, Flad Architects
Leslie Aguayo, Environmental Justice Associate, Carbon Direct
Simon Hochberg, Manager, Transit Performance and Technology, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Vidya Bhamidi, Researcher, ps Collective