Related education

Recent planning and sustainability education

  • Visual Storytelling: Steps to Creating an Effective Presentation – Virtual online course with Delaware College of Art and Design, February 2020
  • Going Places With Spatial Analysis – Completed six-week ESRI online course on how to use ArcGIS online analysis features, June 2016.
  • National Charrette Institute Certificate Training – Completed this three-day course at University of Miami School of Architecture in January 2016. Learned how to plan and manage a 4- to 7-day charrette for communities and development projects.
  • Essential Workflows (for ArcGIS 10) – Completed this 24-hour ESRI course in Tysons Corner, Virginia, January 2015.
  • Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 10) – Completed this extensive 24-hour ESRI eight-module course in December 2013.  Have acquired the ArcGIS software.
  • LEED v4: Understanding the Operations+Maintenance LEED v4 Rating System – November 19, 2013, Philadelphia. A day-long credit-by-credit review of the new LEED Version 4 rating system for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance.
  • Sustainable Zoning and Development Controls – February 28-March 1, 2013, Austin Texas.  Sponsored by American Planning Association and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
  • Communicating Science Effectively – three-day workshop, December 2012. Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Environmental Science Center.
  • LEED-ND 251: Understanding the LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System – Greenbuild 2012, San Francisco.
  • LEED-ND 252: Credit by Credit Review, online, December 2012
  • LEED-ND 301: Implementing the LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System – Greenbuild 2012, San Francisco
  • Community Viz (Scenario 360 and Scenario 3-D) – Three-day training at Wesley College, Dover, May 2012
  • Fostering Sustainable Behavior, Doug Mackenzie-Mohr  – April 2012, College Park, Md.
  • Presenting Data and Information, a one-day course by Edwin Tufte – September 2009, Arlington, Va.

Related conferences

    • Main Street Now Conference – National Main Street conference, May 1-3, 2017, Pittsburgh, Pa.
    • American Planning Association Maryland-Delaware Conference – October 15-16, 2016, Towson, Md. Presenter on Nemours Foundation Healthy Living and Active Design Scorecard.
    • Southeast User Conference, ESRI – Attended regional GIS conference from May 2 to 4, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sessions included ArcGIS Pro, Collector, Survey 123, story maps, web applications and Local Government applications.
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2015, Seattle
    • Greenbuild 2013 – US Green Building Council, November 2013, Philadelphia
    • Greenbuild 2012 – US Green Building Council, November 2012, San Francisco
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2011, Boston
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2010, New Orleans
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2009, Minneapolis.  Proposed and moderated a panel discussion on “Super Green,” a homegrown green rating system for Delaware
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2008, Las Vegas
    • American Planning Association National Conference – April 2006, San Antonio

Also

  • Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, Delaware.  Earned certificates in web design and graphic design, 2012.