Moved to Pacific Northwest to start new consulting practice providing City Planning, Community Development and Mediation services to public and private sector clients.
Principal – The Lakota Group Chicago (1993-2011)
Co-founder and leader of firm providing Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation and Community Relations services. Built company into widely recognized Midwest consultant with reputation for creative, realistic problem solving and positive consensus building. Position involved leading multiple projects and multi-disciplinary teams, managing firm and business development. Firm worked on over 820 projects in 240 cities involving 75,000 acres, 52,000 housing units and 60 million square feet of building space.
Vice President of Planning – Lohan Associates Chicago (1987–1993)
Director of Planning – Perkins & Will Chicago (1983–1987)
Directed planning groups for two international architecture, engineering and planning firms. Positions involved firm and studio leadership, managing large teams and multiple projects, marketing planning/urban design services and client/media/community relations.
