Accomplished and innovative analyst with nearly a decade of experience in urban and regional planning. Effective project manager. Skilled in a broad and growing range of geospatial, analytical, and web development technologies. Problem solver and relationship builder, doing my part for New York City.

Experience

New York City Department of City Planning  |   Planning Analyst    2017 - present

New York, NY

As part of the Planning Coordination team, develop data and tools to support planners engaged in neighborhood studies and land use application review. Empower city residents through the annual collection of Community District Statements of Need and Community Board Budget Requests. Identify and pursue opportunities for interagency data sharing and collaboration with partners in NYC government.

• Designed, built, and continue to maintain the DCP Guide to Planning Resources, an internal website organizing the data, analytical tools, and reference materials our 180 planners and analysts rely on every day.
• Curated data and wrote copy for City Planning's groundbreaking Community District Profiles, making crucial information more accessible to NYC residents and garnering 55,000 users in its first year.
• Train and manage interns as they take on important projects, like our borough land use profiles.

Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission  |   GIS Specialist II   2013 - 2017

Upper Marlboro, MD

Served as the primary GIS resource for the Prince George's County Planning Department's Countywide Planning Division, providing maps, data, and analysis for over 30 planners. Led GIS projects for the Transportation, Environmental, and Historic Preservation Planning Sections, as well as county agencies and the Economic Development Corporation. Evaluated and analyzed proposed development projects, economic initiatives, and laws to help shape staff recommendations. Identified internal and external data needs; created tools to meet them.

• Built innovative ArcGIS Online web mapping applications, including the College Park Airport Imaginary Surfaces Explorer, the Stream and Wetland Buffer Identifier, and a guide to local historic sites and districts.
• Led GIS activities supporting several master plans, including the Prince George's County Resource Conservation Plan.
• Earned the 2015 Planning Director's Award, given annually to one employee for extraordinary job performance.

Zekiah Technologies  |   Geospatial Analyst   2012 - 2013

La Plata, MD

Contract: Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

• Embedded with the Prince George's County Planning Department, captured GIS data from surveys, site plans, and aerial imagery to build a detailed development review database.
• Researched and analyzed land use, environmental issues, and economics for departmental reports and regulatory actions.

Contract: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Designed maps and GIS data regarding public safety and infrastructure to help officials across the country prepare for large events, weather emergencies, and other hazardous conditions.

Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission  |   IT Support/GIS Technician   2011 - 2012

Riverdale, MD

• Provided IT support for department personnel and public users of our GIS web application, PGAtlas, in a call center.
• Developed GIS data describing park facilities using aerial photography and heads-up digitization.

Education

Graduate Certificate  |  Web Mapping   2018

New Maps Plus at the University of Kentucky

Completed an intensive curriculum of desktop and web-based spatial analysis, web map programming, and application design. Built skills in SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. My capstone project, Oil & Bone: American Ports in the Golden Age of Yankee Whaling, won the 2018 NACIS Student Dynamic Map Competition and is featured at whalinghistory.org.

M.A.  |  Geography   2011

The University of Georgia

Studied urban and economic geography, GIS, spatial statistics, and historic preservation. Examined the complex politics of historic preservation and wilderness conservation where they must operate in the same space in my thesis, Old Buildings and the New Wilderness: The Politics of Conservation in Cumberland Island, Georgia.

B.A.  |  Sociology, Minor in Geography   2006

The University of Georgia

Volunteer Work

Prologue DC  |  GIS Contributor   2016

Washington, DC

• Captured spatial data from historic housing maps and advised a team of freelance historians on GIS techniques for analysis and presentation.
• Designed detailed maps of building ages across Washington, DC.

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