
URP Advisory Council
The URP Advisory Council is composed of alumni and professional practitioners dedicated to advancing the mission of the program and enhancing student success. In collaboration with the department, the council has identified two primary areas of focus: Fundraising and Professional Development (including consideration of the future of planning). Ongoing efforts in these areas are supported through regular committee meetings and the implementation of targeted initiatives.
If you’re interested in finding out more about the Advisory Council and opportunities for involvement please contact council chair Zachary Shrader.
Advisory Council Officers

Zachary Shrader, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner;CDM Smith
Chair
LinkedIn
Website
• Long range transportation planning
• Multi-modal planning
• Transportation policy
•Public involvement
• Tourism planning
• Freight planning and truck parking
• Federal and state planning
• Grantee coordination

Douglas Kelly, AICP, CSI
Land Development Manager;ETM Inc. Engineers & Planners
Vice Chair
LinkedIn
Website
• 10 years experience in the public sector as a development review manager
• 20+ years experience in the private sector as a land development manager
• Primarily works with national retailers and SFR/MFR developers (Publix, Target, CVS, Kohls, Pulte, Embrey)
• Master planned communities
• Site selection, site analysis, concept planning and development permitting
• Expert witness for City, County and State governments and private developers

Alvimarie Corales-Cuadrado
Chief Transportation Planner;City of Sarasota
Secretary
LinkedIn
Website
• Regional transportation planning
• City transportation planning
• Long range transportation planning
• Multi-modal transportation planning
• Safety analysis
• Traffic analysis
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Public involvement
• Grant writing and management
Advisory Council Members

Pat Crane
Cyber Manager, Captain | U.S. Army ReserveLinkedIn
• Smart infrastructure & connected corridor planning
• Psychological operations & civil-military strategy
• Military installation planning & Smart Base Technology
• Federal program & change management
• New urbanism & transit-oriented development
• Rural workforce housing & healthcare Facility development
• Cybersecurity risk & program strategy

Gerry Dedenbach AICP, LEED AP
Vice President Infrastructure Florida | CHW, an NV5 CompanyLinkedIn
Website
• Public-private collaboration
• Sustainable community planning
• Economic development, redevelopment, and master planning
• Land use & transportation integration
• GIS & facilitation expertise
• Public engagement leadership

Linda Dixon, AICP
Director | UF Historic St. Augustine, Inc.LinkedIn
Website
• Historic Preservation Planning
• Transportation & Multi-Modal Planning
• Urban Design and Site Plan Review
• Higher Ed Campus Planning

Leilei Duan, Ph.D., GISP
3D Technical Consultant | ESRILinkedIn
Website
• 3D GIS
• Advanced spatial analysis
• Geodesign
• Procedural Modeling
• Land use analysis
• Urban form analysis
• GeoAI

Cheri Ehrhardt
Retired Natural Resource Planner | US Fish and Wildlife Service,US Department of the Interior
LinkedIn
Website
• Federal government planning
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Natural and cultural resource management
• Visitor services planning
• Landscape conservation
• Land acquisition planning
• Public engagement
• Coordination with native american tribes
• Intra- and Intergovernmental coordination

Alyssa Henriquez, AICP
Project Manager | Orange County Housing and Community Development DivisionLinkedIn
Website
• Growth management
• International development
• Comprehensive planning
• Community engagement
• Housing
• Project management

Scott Koons, AICP
Executive Director | North Central Florida Regional Planning CouncilLinkedIn
Website
• Community planning
• Transportation planning
• Economic development planning
• Organization management

George Kramer, AICP, LEED AP
President | Inspire Placemaking Collective, Inc.LinkedIn
Website
• Strategic master planning
• Comprehensive planning
• Land use entitlements
• Redevelopment planning
• Complete Streets/multi-modal transportation

Scott Lagueux, AICP, LEED AP
Director, Waterfront Planning | Moffatt & NicholLinkedIn
Website
• Tourism resilience
• Energy transitions
• Strategy and development initiatives

Monet Moore, AICP
Principal Planner | Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization• Transportation planning
• Land Use regulations
• Community redevelopment
• Neighborhood planning
• GIS and Spatial Analysis
• Outreach and engagement
• Public speaking

Ashon Nesbitt
CEO | Florida Housing CoalitionLinkedIn
Website
• Housing program administration
• Housing finance
• Housing development
• Land development regulations for affordable housing

Kristen Nowicki, AICP
Senior Project Manager | WGILinkedIn
• Development services
• Community planning
• Multidisciplinary projects
• Community outreach
• Planning resiliency

Lian Plass
Adjunct Lecturer, GIS | Georgetown UniversityLinkedIn
Website
• Project and grant management
• Public outreach/stakeholder engagement
• GIS and data analysis
• Sustainability and climate change
• Education and knowledge-sharingt

Suzanne Roulston-Doty
GIS Project Manager & Research Demographer | University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business ResearchWebsite
• GIS consultant, demographer

Adrian Santiago, AICP
Community Planner |VHBLinkedIn
• Geospatial data science/analytics
• Community economic development
• Socioeconomic mobility planning
• Energy resilience and sustainability
• Land development planning and design
• Environmental planning and ecological restoration
• Community and regional stakeholder engagement


