Session Speakers

Damarys Acevedo-Acevedo is a research environmental engineer and the interim program manager for the Installation Energy and Water Plan (IEWP) Program in the Environmental Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mrs. Acevedo-Acevedo began her career with ERDC in 2008. She conducts research and development (R&D) on new approaches related to ecosystem restoration, sediment management, and water resilience, and introduces novel approaches to existing procedures and protocols. As a research environmental engineer, she has provided engineering expertise to cover a broad spectrum of projects including: treatment technologies for sediments, soils, and water, dredged material evaluations, capping of contaminated sediments, beneficial use of dredged material, design for confined disposal facilities (CDFs), coastal vulnerability, ecosystem restoration, thin layer placement of dredged material, and development of IEWPs. She serves as the principal investigator (PI) and co-PI for multiple projects, and currently manages the Installation Energy and Water Plan (IEWP) Program.

SESSIONS

• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

• June 17: Conducting Planning Charrette Reports to Remove PFAS from Drinking Water 

Steve Baird has over 30 years of federal master planning experience involving Federal agencies. He recently managed ground-breaking country-wide master plans in Poland for both USAFE and USAREUR. Since 2020, he leads the growing planning practice at Black & Veatch and was PM for four nationally recognized award-winning projects in Texas and Germany. He holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering and served eight years as an active-duty Air Force Civil Engineer Officer where he led facility operations & maintenance programming and planning at both the installation and headquarters level. Mr. Baird maintains AICP-certification and is also a Certified Charrette Planner.

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• June 17: Emerging National & Defense Strategy Impacts on Federal Planning

Bree leads Business Development at KCCT, advancing strategic partnerships across diverse project sectors. With masters degrees from George Washington University and Regis University, she blends design and business expertise. Based in Washington, DC, she champions public sector projects worldwide and supports military and government communities through thoughtful, mission-driven design.

Brent has been with Rubicon Planning since September 2017, applying his background in military operations and facilities management to complex planning and data integration challenges. With hands-on experience managing an Army National Guard facilities program and now assisting military master planners to understand and translate their data, he brings a deep understanding and expertise in the Army real property inventory and master planning data systems. Leveraging visualization tools is a means to translate complex datasets into actionable insights to support critical thinking and decision-making in a highly structured data-driven environment. 

SESSIONS

• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

Mr. Karthik Bharat currently serves as the Director of Military Construction Programs responsible for over $30B in vertical and horizontal construction worldwide supporting Navy, Marine Corp, and Defense Wide Clients. Mr. Bharat has been in Civil Service for 21 years; prior positions include serving as the Head of MILCON Program Development & Legislative Affairs at NAVFAC HQ, as the Head of Facilities Planning at MCICOM, as the Facility Operations Analyst at OPNAV N46, as the Deputy Public Works Officer for Naval Air Station Atsugi, as the Assistant Regional Engineer for facility investment and base operating support programs in Region Japan, and as the Utility Operations Program Manager at NAVFAC HQ. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Bharat is a Registered Electrical Engineering in the State of California and Certified Energy Manager. His professional memberships include Association of Energy Engineers and American Society of Military Comptrollers.  He is a graduate of Navy Civilian Leadership program (2016).

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• June 16: New authorities and efficiency improvements for delivering DOW facilities and how it affects facility planning

Amanda Bonnell is a licensed Landscape Architect and Project Manager with more than ten years of experience supporting public, private, and federal organizations. She specializes in federal planning, including facility programming and long-term land use master planning, with a focus on requirements analyses, DD Forms 1391 (MILCON and MR&R), facility optimization studies, and utility studies. Amanda’s programming expertise seamlessly analyzes and integrates unit-based facility requirements, DoD standards, parametric cost estimates, and related guidance documents to develop mission-appropriate and cost-effective solutions.

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• June 17: Conducting Planning Charrette Reports to Remove PFAS from Drinking Water 

Ricqui Brager is currently a Planner and Project Manager in the Master Planning Section of Regional Planning & Environmental Center, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District. Ricqui has been in this role since June 2021, supporting master planning efforts for installations CONUS and OCONUS, and in-house projects as a technical planner and facilitator. Ricqui earned her bachelor’s degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and earned her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Arlington. Ricqui currently serves as the co-Professional Development Officer for the APA Federal Planning Division. 

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• June 16: From Campus to Career: Introducing Attendees to Federal Master Planning

Greg started his career over 30 years ago supporting corporate 500 companies and their national real estate organizations with architectural-led solutions. He joined WB in 2008 to help open the Washington, DC office and support clients with an engineering focus in strategic planning, project development, and construction oversight. He now leads our Technical Advisory practice sector. This practice sector engages clients in a trusted advisory role to find solutions for national initiatives, portfolio solutions, real estate transactions, program/project/construction management, smart portfolios, carbon initiatives, and alternative energy solutions.

Greg has supported over 2M sq. ft. in secured facility work for the DOD and private sector defense contractors. Currently, he is supporting the adoption of a portfolio-based ICS-705 re-accreditation solution on facility upgrades to meet the growing Tempest countermeasure requirements. He has also developed, overseen, and driven large client initiatives including a 250+ electric vehicle charging facility rollout in the US, a 42 data center disposition, and the modernization of a 900,000 sq. ft. life science campus.

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• June 17: From Requirements to Reality: ICD 705+ Impacts on Secure Facility Projects

Kelsey is the Neighborhood Planning Branch Manager at the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), where she leads public space activation, development review, and small area safety plans. She oversees programs that activate streets, improve safety, and support local businesses, including tactical urbanism efforts and the District’s Arts in the Right-of-Way (AROW) program.  

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• June 16: Partnering for Success: Interagency Collaboration and the Transformation of Washington’s Monumental Core

Matt Brown, S.E., a Licensed Structural Engineer in nine states. He has 20 years of design experience and even longer experience in the preparation of construction drawings.

Matt is a graduate of Lawrence Technological University (Southfield, MI) with two bachelor’s degrees (B.S. Architecture, B.S. Civil Engineering) and a masters degree in Civil Engineering with emphasis on Structural.

After an internship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Division, Matt was later employed for 9 years at the structural software company: RISA Technologies. At RISA he taught accredited courses on structural modeling and design, provided high level technical assistance on difficult structural problems, and provided guidance to RISA developers on how to implement new structural codes and features. This led Matt to become one of the most recognized structural software experts in the industry.

In 2013 Matt started Newport Structural Design, Inc. as a way to do some extra structural design work on nights and weekends. Demand for his services quickly grew and by 2017 he left RISA to grow the company which now employs three engineers. During this time Matt has gained expertise in many different structure types, and his expertise is especially sought after for large airplane hangars in high seismic regions, and the design of the world’s largest shiplift structures. As he continues to gain knowledge he enjoys sharing that knowledge with his fellow structural engineers by offering personal training and consulting on a variety of analysis and design topics.

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• June 17: Mission-Ready Infrastructure: Weaponizing ACM for the Modern Force.

Daniel E. Bush, RA, is a licensed architect with over 35 years of experience designing and executing projects for private sector clients, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of War.  Mr. Bush currently serves as the Program Manager for the USACE Center of Standardization for Aircraft Maintenance Facilities (Vertical) with primary duties of developing and implementing standards and criteria for US Department of the Army Aviation facilities across the globe.  In addition to US Army facilities, Mr. Bush has consulted with other DoD services and partner nations in developing standardized designs and criteria.

He is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and Louisiana Tech University.

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• June 17: Mission-Ready Infrastructure: Weaponizing ACM for the Modern Force.

Ms. Chapman is the Encroachment Risk Management and Mission Sustainment SME in the Comprehensive Planning Division of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. From 2018-2023 Traycee served as the Installation Community Planner and Community Partner Liaison at Tyndall AFB where she was instrumental in the Recovery and Rebuild of the “Installation of the Future” and the F-35 Beddown.  Ms. Chapman served as a US Army Corps of Engineers Senior Plan Formulator, Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program Ambassador, and is a USACE Planning Associates Program graduate. Ms. Chapman's private sector experience includes community development lending, housing, and mixed-used development.  She holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from Alabama A&M University and is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional.  Traycee is the past (2023-2025) Vice Chair, Executive Committee, FPD APA. Her favorite pastime is playing with her “two under three” boys.

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• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

Mr. Seth Cutler has 12+ years of experience in the Office of the Secretary of War, where he is responsible for programmatic oversight and policy development affecting the cradle-to-grave life cycle for the Department of War’s worldwide facilities and facility related services, including structural engineering, facility planning, design, project and program management. He started his federal career at the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, working ten years at both the installation and headquarters levels. Mr. Cutler also worked four years as a structural engineer in the private sector immediately following his graduation with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. 

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• June 16: New authorities and efficiency improvements for delivering DOW facilities and how it affects facility planning

J.C. Douglass has served as Master Planning Lead for the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) at Washington Navy Yard since 2021. SIOP is a holistic investment plan to update the infrastructure and industrial plant equipment of the nation’s four public shipyards. Mr. Douglass served as a senior planner at NAVFAC Atlantic from 2018-2021, as part of the Facilities & Infrastructure Integrated Product Support Program, providing planning support for new platforms. Prior to joining civil service in 2017, Mr. Douglass worked in the private industry for 15 years providing planning, geographic information systems services, sustainable design, and environmental services in the architecture and engineering sector.

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• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Angela Dupont is the Deputy Director in the Long-Range Planning Division at the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal government’s central planning agency. Over the past 13 years, she has worked on an increasingly complex portfolio of projects, including comprehensive planning, capital investments, commemoration, and special initiatives that seek to protect federal properties and interests in the nation’s capital. Previously, she worked as a National Environmental Policy Act Specialist contractor for the U.S. General Services Administration. Angela holds a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of California San Diego.

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• June 17: TAP into Opportunity: Guiding Federal Redevelopment in Washington’s Monumental Core

Mary Finnegan is a planner with experience in federal installation planning and programming. She currently serves as Secretary of the APA Federal Planning Division and as the Recruitment and Retention Chair for the Emerging Federal Planners Group. Mary was recently recognized as FPD’s first Emerging Federal Planner of the Year in 2025. She is based in Colorado Springs, CO. 

SESSIONS

• June 16: From Campus to Career: Introducing Students to Federal Master Planning

• June 17: Making Things Easier: Facilitation Tips and Tricks

Edwin Flores is an urban and architectural designer based in Austin, Texas, working with Parkhill, where he focuses on K–12 projects using GIS, spatial analysis, and data visualization tools. He holds an MS in Urban Design from UT Austin and a BS in Architecture from UT Arlington, and is a finalist in the ULI Hines Competition (2024) and a First Place winner of the APA Student Planning and Design Competition (NPC 2025). Edwin specializes in integrating AI and machine learning workflows with spatial datasets to support data-driven planning, climate resilience, and equity-focused decision-making.

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• June 17: From Data to Maps: AI-Assisted GIS

Mr. Rogelio Flores, AICP, serves as Master Planning Program Manager for the Strategic Planning – Planning, Design, and Construction Directorate at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters. He also serves as the current Chair of the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) Program Tri-Service Comprehensive Planning Criteria Discipline Working Group, which supports development of the Installation Master Plan Digital Repository. His experience includes extensive work in urban planning and development across a wide range of knowledge domains, sectors, scales, and geographies. Rogelio holds degrees in urban planning and environmental engineering.

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• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy and Criteria and the Development of a Master Plan Digital Repository

Stephanie Free is an urban planner for the National Capital Planning Commission's (NCPC) Current Planning Division. She advances the agency's mission to preserve and enhance the extraordinary historical, cultural, and natural resources and federal assets of the National Capital Region through the review of projects and recommendations to the Commission at its monthly meetings. Some of Stephanie's most recent work includes managing a partnership with District and federal government agencies on planning for the future of the southwest federal center, a 240-acre enclave of underutilized, primarily historic federal properties located south of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Stephanie is also a Registered Landscape Architect in Virginia with nearly 10 years of professional experience in private sector design and local government planning prior to joining NCPC in 2019.  

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• June 16: Partnering for Success: Interagency Collaboration and the Transformation of Washington’s Monumental Core

Dan Froedge is a retired veteran of the United States Air Force with more than three decades of experience in project management, strategic planning, and team leadership. As the Army/Air Force Program Operations Manager, he directs the planning and programming of task orders for government partners worldwide, ensuring mission alignment, operational excellence, and adherence to service-specific standards.

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• June 16: From Shaky Ground to Solid Structures: A Decision-Driven Framework For Resilient Facility Requirements

Marc Gazda is a program manager at ULI Washington, leading the Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) program, among others. He is an urban planning and design professional with a decade of experience and a lifelong commitment to actualizing equitable and sustainable futures for cities across the globe. He has lived in Washington, DC since 2017 and has led planning initiatives at ULI Washington since 2023. ULI Washington - the District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) that serves the National Capital Region - is one of ULI’s largest District Councils worldwide with over 2,000 members and has a primary focus of influencing local land use policy. Marc convenes public and private sector members and stakeholders to collaboratively chart the course for the Region’s growth. Before occupying his current position at ULI, Marc operated an independent urban design practice, including a tenure as the Town Architect of Porta Norte, Panamá from 2016 to 2017. Marc received a B.Arch from the University of Notre Dame with minors in Historic Preservation and Energy Studies, as well as a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning from Georgetown University.

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• June 17: TAP into Opportunity: Guiding Federal Redevelopment in Washington’s Monumental Core

Christine Gentry is a Senior Land Use and Military Master Planner specializing in federal infrastructure strategy, installation planning, and mission-driven facility development. A former U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Officer and graduate of The Ohio State University’s Landscape Architecture program, she brings an interdisciplinary perspective shaped by planning, design, engineering, and military service. As a Senior Planner and Project Manager with Stantec, Ms. Gentry leads complex Department of Defense planning efforts integrating mission requirements with long-range infrastructure investment. Her experience includes installation planning, AICUZ studies, Basic Facility Requirements, Engineering Planning Standards, Planning Charrette Reports, and infrastructure programming across a wide range of military installations. She regularly leads multidisciplinary teams through planning charrettes, programming, and implementation activities to deliver mission-aligned solutions and strengthen installation resilience.

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• June 16: The Federal Planner of 2035: Skills They Didn’t Teach US (But We Use Every Day)

Ms. Maureen Goodrich is a Master Planner working in the Installation Planning, Programming, and Execution Division, of G4, U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM). Her primary responsibility is for the management of the Master Planning program supporting IMCOM garrison Directorates of Public Works (DPW). Serving in the IMCOM Real Property/Master Planning Branch since August 2014, she supports space management, community planning, geospatial services, and climate planning across 104 installations, encompassing 781 million square feet of facilities on more than 14.3 million acres of land.

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• June 16: Building Installation Resilience: Lessons Learned from the Fort Belvoir Installation Resilience Plan and a Model for Defense Community Collaboration

During his nearly decade-long tenure with NAVFAC, Bryan has been a central figure in master planning efforts. As the Master Planning Lead for his Area of Responsibility (AOR), he has advised on master planning related plans and products, managed planning studies and resource management, and performed asset evaluations on facilities. Bryan’s expertise extends to the classroom, where he serves as an instructor for in-house master planning training, with a specialized focus on developable areas, resilience, and iNSIPP. Furthermore, he serves as the historical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the iNSIPP database, which maintains the Installation Development Plans for every Navy installation.

Prior to joining NAVFAC as a Community Planner, Bryan established a robust professional foundation in the private sector. His portfolio included NEPA compliance, FCC consultations, environmental site assessments, and historic resource surveys. His commitment to public service and historic preservation is evidenced by his leadership as the director of two non-profit organizations, as well as his service on two municipal historic preservation commissions and various civic boards.

Bryan holds a Master of Historic Preservation and a Master of Environmental Planning and Design, providing him with a multidisciplinary academic foundation to lead complex heritage and planning initiatives.

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• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

Alan Harwood is a certified urban planner, memorial specialist, and agency approvals expert with more than 40 years of award-winning experience centered in Washington, DC. He was the primary author of the Memorials and Museums Master Plan and Monumental Core Framework Plan, and a contributor to several component plans for the National Mall and the U.S. Air Force Academy memorial plan. Alan has led site selection, design coordination, and agency approvals for more than two dozen memorial projects, including the Martin Luther King Jr., Dwight D. Eisenhower, and World War I Memorials.

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• June 17: Monuments and Memorials on Federal Land—Lessons Learned from the National Park Service in Washington, DC to the U.S. Air Force Academy 

Mr. Fernando Hernandez serves as the Site and Transportation Planning Program Manager within the Installations Planning Branch (CIPL). In this role, he provides installation planning guidance and support to the CE community and conducts enterprise-level reviews of proposed projects to ensure alignment with Installation Development Plans and the execution of transportation plans.

Beginning his federal service in 2021 as Community Planner with the 802d CES at Joint Base San Antonio, he led multiple planning efforts at Randolph AFB, Fort Sam Houston, and Camp Bullis. Prior to federal service, he worked in local government for the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi.

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• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

Ms. Sharon Hill is currently serving as the Strategic Planning Lead and Lead Planner at NAVFAC Atlantic.  She works directly for the Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) Lead, Rick Tyler, and advises leadership on how best to identify/validate Warfighter and supporting command facility/infrastructure requirements and align them with the Navy’s real property portfolio to achieve optimal Shore investment decisions.  She provides strategic investment planning technical support, expertise, and final planning decision authority; management and guidance in execution; development of new policies, procedures, and tools; provides community management for all facility planners; and represent the Command in external forums, such as DoD, Federal/State/local government, industry, and professional associations.

Ms. Hill joined NAVFAC Atlantic in 1996 as a PDC intern and has served in positions throughout the Engineering Command for her entire career, most recently as the Asset Management Business Line Leader at Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe Africa Central. Prior to that position, she served as the Asset Management Plans and Studies Product Line Coordinator at NAVFAC MIDLANT from 2015 – 2021.  She has also previously held Lead planner positions at NAS Brunswick, Maine and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas; Regional Shore Infrastructure Planning (RSIP) Lead at CNRSE, Jacksonville, Florida; Criteria Manager (Overall), Airfield Criteria Manager, Supervisory Planning Lead at NAVFAC Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia; and Facilities Planner at NAVFAC EURAFSWA, Naples, Italy.

Ms. Hill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.   

She is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Ms. Hill is married to Paul Douglas Hill, Captain, USN (retired) and is the mother to two sons, Jacob, currently serving on the USS Cole, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, and Colin, attending James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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• June 16: The Empowered Planner: Optimizing Requirements, Boosting Affordability, and Accelerating Acquisition

Mr. Hogeboom is a Federal Program Manager with experience in installation readiness, compatible use, resilience, defense community infrastructure, federal grants, and community engagement. A retired Army Engineer Officer, he previously served as Military Liaison for the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, where he led defense community infrastructure projects and chaired the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) Review Panel. He is also an environmental engineer with expertise across water and wastewater systems, energy, transportation, emergency response, and defense community resilience, with leadership experience spanning defense community, military construction, civil works, public infrastructure, in domestic and international assignments with USACE and the 1st Armored Division. 

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• June 16: Building Installation Resilience: Lessons Learned from the Fort Belvoir Installation Resilience Plan and a Model for Defense Community Collaboration

Wes has more than ten years of experience leading and executing projects across the globe using ArcGIS Enterprise and Desktop technologies for private, gas utility, federal, and Department of Defense clients. His experience includes facilitating client focused charrettes as well as in-depth knowledge of the application of Spatial Data Standards for Facilities Infrastructure and Environment (SDSFIE) data schema for military planning purposes. 

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• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

Jennifer Howland is an AICP-certified planner with 20 years of combined local government and federal planning experience, specializing in Air Force district plans and AICUZ studies. Jennifer helps communities navigate complex regulatory environments to support compatible development on and around military installations.

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• June 16: Running Circles Around District Planning: Integrating Explosives Safety Early for Better Outcomes

Mr. Jimmie L. Jackson Jr. is a senior Program Manager with over 20 years of leadership within the Department of the Army, specializing in the strategic planning and execution of large-scale federal programs. His experience includes managing the facilities portfolio for the Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), where he developed a new planning process to link operational requirements to long-range infrastructure development. A proven leader in federal planning, Mr. Jackson has managed the planning branches and numerous federal programs during his tenure. 

SESSIONS

• June 16: From Shaky Ground to Solid Structures: A Decision-Driven Framework For Resilient Facility Requirements

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

• June 17: Mission-Ready Infrastructure: Weaponizing ACM for the Modern Force.

Rob James is the President of HHF Planners, a multidisciplinary planning and strategic design firm based in Hawai‘i serving clients throughout the Pacific region. With more than 23 years of experience in planning, GIS, and spatial analysis, Rob leads complex master planning, land use, facilities planning, and infrastructure initiatives for federal, state, and local agencies.

A geographer at heart, Rob specializes in integrating GIS technology, data visualization, and planning strategies to solve complex challenges and communicate actionable solutions. His expertise spans military installation planning, waterfront and infrastructure development, transportation planning, environmental planning, and regional land use studies across Hawai‘i, Guam, Japan, and the broader Pacific.

Throughout his career, Rob has managed and contributed to numerous large-scale federal planning projects for agencies including the Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, and the City and County of Honolulu. His technical background includes advanced proficiency in ArcGIS, spatial analytics, 3D modeling, AutoCAD, and visualization technologies.

As President of HHF Planners, Rob is focused on advancing innovative, sustainability-driven planning solutions while strengthening strategic partnerships and continuing the firm’s long-standing commitment to community-centered planning. Under his leadership, HHF Planners continues to build on more than four decades of excellence in shaping resilient and impactful environments throughout Hawai‘i and the Pacific.

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• June 16: A Village to Plan an Island - A Digital Tool to Plan, Manage and Execute the Guam Master Plan

Ms. Lakeisha Johnson serves as a Community Planner and Project Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center, where she supports planning and programming initiatives within complex project environments in the Planning and Programming Branch. She brings over 16 years of public service experience spanning federal, state, and local government.  Brings a diverse background in municipal and social planning, aviation planning, emergency management, research, and financial management. She is known for a collaborative approach, strong analytical skills, and commitment to mentorship and mission-focused results.

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• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

Travis Kazmierzak AICP has over 20 years of professional experience in the development, design and management of complex community and military planning projects. In-depth knowledge of municipal processes and practices in planning, project management, and zoning with a focus on long-range plan preparation and administration including budgeting, cost control, and staff management. Excellent communicator who works effectively with diverse clientele groups; proficient at managing competing priorities, deadlines, and assignments using time management skills.

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• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

Ed Kirmse is a founding partner and Vice President of Rubicon Planning, LLC, established in 2007 in Virginia’s beautiful Roanoke valley.  Ed has been providing real property master planning support to the Army since 1992, and has supported master planners throughout CONUS and OCONUS.  Ed – and Rubicon – specialize in developing facility authorizations and requirements that are accurate, auditable and actionable, and apply this expertise at programming (project) level, or more broadly across multiple organizations and users and installations. 

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• June 16: From Shaky Ground to Solid Structures: A Decision-Driven Framework For Resilient Facility Requirements

Bethaney Krzys is a GIS Project Manager at Michael Baker International with over 20 years of experience delivering geospatial solutions. She specializes in supporting modernization initiatives for military clients in the IGI&S and Master Planning communities.

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• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy and Criteria and the Development of a Master Plan Digital Repository

Deanna Weber has more than 30 years of sustainability, resilience, and community planning experience. She was the Principal in Charge for the University of Colorado Boulder Energy Master Plan and the University of Colorado Anschutz Master Plan, and is leading AECOM’s master planning contract with the U.S. Air Force Academy. With a focus on delivering sustainable, cost-effective, resilient solutions for communities and agencies, Deanna leads AECOM’s Sustainable Planning Team in Denver and is Senior Advisor for AECOM’s High-Performance Building and Community team.

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• June 17: Monuments and Memorials on Federal Land—Lessons Learned from the National Park Service in Washington, DC to the U.S. Air Force Academy 

In my 25 year career of executing federal planning products, I have supported hundreds of projects for the various federal agencies including the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), DoW Army, Navy, USMC and Air Force worldwide; Customs Border Patrol; DoE National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) in the preparation of vision plans, strategic plans, nationwide plans, regional plans, master plans, site plans, facility requirements generation, facility programming, facility assessments, facility reuse, Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), and business case analysis (BCA). My extensive client engagement across the globe with multiple agencies and stakeholders has provided me with a broad understanding of personalities, mission types, infrastructure requirements, budgets, processes, workflows, risk mitigation strategies, compliance, and schedules. Specialties include 3D visualization and charrette facilitation.

SESSIONS

• June 17: Using Visual Thinking to Align Project Vision: A Collaborative Partnering Experience 

• June 17: Conducting Planning Charrette Reports to Remove PFAS from Drinking Water 

Melissa Lindsjo is an urban planner in the National Capital Planning Commission’s Long Range Planning Division. She leads the Public Space Security Initiative, Memorial and Museums Master Plan update, and supports updates to elements in the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital including the Workplace Element. Prior to joining NCPC, she worked as a senior planner with Loudoun County focusing on transit-oriented development. Before that Melissa worked as a fiscal/economic analyst with a consulting firm and as a senior planner with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. She currently teaches a course with LCWS, titled “The Symbolic City” and serves on the board of the APA National Capital Area Chapter. She holds two master’s degrees from Ohio State University (City and Regional Planning and Public Policy and Management) and a bachelor’s degree in Geography from Wittenberg University.

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• June 17: TAP into Opportunity: Guiding Federal Redevelopment in Washington’s Monumental Core

Dr. Loomis has extensive experience in federal planning, architecture, sustainability, and resilience  planning with plans at a range of scales from strategic agency-wide plans to real property master plans to area development plans at installations/campuses worldwide to individual building projects with the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Institute of Science and Technology. She served as an advisor to the National Science Foundation for the rebuilding of McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Her designs can be linked to over 52 design awards.

Dr. Loomis served in senior leadership positions with the largest federal facility and land holding agencies including the DoD, GSA, and DHS culminating as the Executive Director for the Coast Guard’s Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center responsible for over 40,000 facilities at over 2,000 sites as well as engineering, environmental, planning, real property, contracting, vehicles, and aids to navigation.

Dr Loomis served as a primary author for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) for High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements (1-200-02) and a contributor for the UFC for Master Planning (2-100-02) and the Federal High Performance Sustainability Guiding Principles. She is a licensed architect and certified planner.  She served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for six years and in the USAF Reserves for 24 years retiring at the rank of Colonel. She is the author of numerous articles on federal planning, architecture, and sustainability and a contributing author to the book, Building the Local Economy: Case Studies in Economic Development with a case study on local community economic development following Base Realignment and Closure.  Dr. Loomis is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), a fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers (FSAME), and a member of the American Planning Association and AICP certified. She served on the SAME National Board of Directors, the AIA National Board of Directors, and the AIA National Strategic Council.

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• June 16: From Campus to Career: Introducing Attendees to Federal Master Planning

Shenita serves as Master Planner for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters, overseeing program execution of Regional Planning Support Centers and issuing implementation guidance. With 23 years of USACE experience, she has led design, construction, project management, A/E management, and master planning across diverse federal programs. 

SESSIONS

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy Criteria and the Development of a Masterplan Digital Repository

Mr. Nathan (Nate) Manning, AICP, serves as the Planning GIS Lead and a Senior Community Planner for Strategic Planning in the Planning, Design, and Construction Directorate of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Atlantic. He works on requirements and the systems that enable execution across four Department of the Navy planning programs. Nate is also a member of the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) Program Tri-Service Comprehensive Planning Criteria Discipline Working Group, which is supporting development of the Installation Master Plan Digital Repository. He has served Federal and State agencies and conducted consulting in the private sector. Nate earned a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) where he was a two-time public service fellow at VCU's Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy and Criteria and the Development of a Master Plan Digital Repository

Mr. Vonzell Mattocks serves as Director of Community and Military Partnerships at the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), supporting strategic collaboration with Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, Fort Belvoir, and Marine Corps Base Quantico. A retired U.S. Marine, he has led and completed (2) Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR) grants and (2) Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program grants at NVRC, advancing installation resilience, regional planning, and defense‑community partnerships.

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• June 16: Building Installation Resilience: Lessons Learned from the Fort Belvoir Installation Resilience Plan and a Model for Defense Community Collaboration

Peter May managed planning, land acquisition, legislative and congressional affairs for the U.S. National Park Service in the Washington metropolitan area. He was also responsible for overseeing the commemorative works process governing the addition of new monuments and memorials in the Nation’s Capital.

Additionally, Peter represented the Secretary of the Interior on the National Capital Planning Commission and the Director of the NPS on the DC Zoning Commission. Because of his powerful regulatory positions, Peter was profiled in a popular news article entitled “Peter, May I?”, which provided a light-hearted nickname for this well-known former official.

SESSION

• June 17: Monuments and Memorials on Federal Land—Lessons Learned from the National Park Service in Washington, DC to the U.S. Air Force Academy 

Mr. Miller has over 35 years of experience in planning and design of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy management and utility infrastructure projects and is HDR’s Sustainability & Resiliency Practice Lead for their Federal Business Group.  Over the past 8 years, he has worked extensively with the Air Force Office of Energy Assurance leading the development of Installation Energy Plans at over 50 Air Force installations globally in support of Air Force resiliency planning initiatives.  

SESSION

• June 16: Enhancing Energy Resilience for Wartime Operations: Strategies, Technologies, and Lessons Learned

Matthew J. Morris, AICP, serves as the Deputy Director of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Field Office for the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP). With over 25 years of professional experience in community and military planning across both the private and public sectors, Mr. Morris brings a wealth of knowledge to his role. Prior to joining SIOP, he completed extensive overseas tours with NAVFAC Far East in Japan, NAVFAC Marianas, and NAVFAC EURAFCENT, leading major master planning efforts and managing complex shore infrastructure programs. His career began in the private sector before he transitioned to federal civil service in 2011. 

SESSION

• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Tim has over 35 years of experience supporting planning projects for the DoD, beginning as an active-duty and reserve Air Force Civil Engineer. He has worked on projects for the Army, Air Force, Space Force, and Navy nationwide and in the European and Pacific theaters. He has also worked in all 54 states and territories for the Army National Guard and over 30 locations for the Air National Guard. Over the course of his career Tim has led planning beddown teams establishing FTUs for the F-22, F-35, MQ-1, MQ-9, RQ-170, Grey Eagle, CV-22, KC-46A, and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Tim is very passionate about planning processes that provide consistent executable results with clear documentation that supports funding approval and mission readiness at the installation, regional, and enterprise levels.

SESSIONS

• June 16: New Mission Beddown Collaboration, Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

Abbey Ness is a certified urban planner, facilitator, and project manager with a broad background in federal land use, community development, and environmental planning. Her previous project experience includes master plans, area development and district plans, AICUZ studies, encroachment studies, environmental impact statements, and community partnership plans for all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and the Federal Highways Administration. She has extensive experience in workshop/charrette design and facilitation, and has facilitated groups ranging from 2-500+ stakeholders across three continents. Prior to working in federal master planning, Abbey worked on community development and capacity building for environmental justice and rural communities.

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Abbey has served as a board member of the American Planning Association (APA) Federal Planning Division (FPD) and APA Virginia. Her projects and volunteer initiatives have received awards from the APA Divisions Council, APA FPD, APA Virginia, and the APA National Capital Chapter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Policy from Duke University and a Master of Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, where she completed an award-winning thesis on the relationship between the urban design of military communities and the mental health of service members.

SESSIONS

• June 17: The Cross-Cultural Planning Toolkit

• June 17: Making Things Easier: Facilitation Tips and Tricks

Ms. Diondra R. Nichols serves as the Master Planning Program Manager in the Planning and Programming Branch for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. She has 17 years of specialize experience in military facility planning and large-scale project delivery across the services of the U.S. Department of War. She is recognized for strategic leadership and mission-focused execution.  Ms. Nichols is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and certified by American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

SESSIONS

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

• June 16: New Mission Beddown Collaboration, Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

Ms. Kelly Olson is the Director for Installation Master Planning in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Infrastructure Modernization and Resilience. She works on policies, programs, and tools that advance installation master planning, resilient infrastructure, and military construction efforts across the DOW portfolio. She previously worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers on construction megaprojects, where she specialized in sustainable design and construction. She graduated from Stanford University with a master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, is a licensed professional engineer, and is a LEED accredited professional. 

SESSIONS

• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy and Criteria and the Development of a Master Plan Digital Repository

• June 16: New authorities and efficiency improvements for delivering DOW facilities and how it affects facility planning

Layel Pallesen is a seasoned Project Manager and Principal with AECOM with over 20 years’ experience leading master planning, military construction programming, and facilities assessments for Department of Defense clients and federal agencies. She has conducted over $20M in DoD master planning and programming projects in the last 5 years and has garnered Exceptional/Very Good client feedback ratings. Layel developed the Navy’s Installation Master Planning Training Technical Course for the Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School and the Area Development Plan Consistency Guide for NAVFAC that sets the precedents for the Navy’s master planning program.  She has won 11+ awards for master planning projects she managed with the American Planning Association Federal Planning Division.

SESSION

• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Lisa Park serves as Vice President at AECOM, where she leads the Federal Planning practice comprising more than 30 professionals in the East Region. With over 30 years of experience, she is a senior strategic planner specializing in the development of comprehensive master planning projects for Department of Defense installations and federal campuses. Lisa began her career with the U.S. Navy, providing her with deep insight into government operations, policies, and organizational structures. She leverages this unique perspective to deliver innovative solutions and actionable recommendations that address complex facility and infrastructure challenges for her clients.

SESSION

• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Ms. Kelley Parker serves as a Project Manager in the Planning and Programming Branch for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. She brings over 20 years of interdisciplinary A-E experience to her position with USACE, serving in prior roles as a Parametric Design Code 2 Army MILCON reviewer, Program Manager for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Regional Master Planning Support Center, Contracting Officer’s Representative, and DD1391 Preparation Prospect Course instructor. She is a licensed Professional Landscape Architect, LEED accredited, and a USACE Level 1 Certified Project Manager.

SESSION

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

Greg is a former Army Executive Officer currently serving as a Project Manager with 10+ years of experience leading and managing projects.  In his current HDR role, he is managing DoW resiliency planning projects as part of HDR’s Military Planning team based in Colorado Springs.    

SESSION

• June 16: Enhancing Energy Resilience for Wartime Operations: Strategies, Technologies, and Lessons Learned

Jay Pezzotti is a federal planner with over a decade of experience supporting U.S. agencies in the development and implementation of comprehensive master plans across diverse environments. Known for translating complex planning challenges into clear, actionable strategies, he is passionate about advancing resilient, forward-thinking solutions that drive long-term effectiveness. Outside of work, Jay enjoys spending time with his family and supporting his daughters in their many activities.

SESSION

• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

Vincent “Vinnie” Plocido, RLA, is a Senior Vice President and Director of Federal Master Planning at WSP with over 15 years of experience supporting Department of Defense clients across the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Coast Guard. He has led installation master planning, planning and programming, and DD Form 1391 development efforts worldwide, integrating UFC and service‑specific criteria into compliant, actionable planning products. Vinnie specializes in collaborative, data‑driven planning approaches that support mission readiness, resilience, and long‑term investment decision‑making.

SESSION

• June 17: Mission-Ready Infrastructure: Weaponizing ACM for the Modern Force.

Mr. Ronnie Pride serves as the Chief, Master Planning Branch for the Southwestern Regional Planning and Environmental Center (SWD-RPEC). Mr. Pride has over three decades of dedicated service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), supporting both domestic and international missions. Throughout his career, he has held various senior roles delivering strategic planning, design, and construction solutions across four Districts and the Construction Engineer Research Laboratory (CERL), earning numerous accolades for his leadership in innovation and the execution of complex technical mission requirements.

SESSION

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

Rachael Richter, AICP manages Michael Baker International’s Federal Planning Practice.  Ms. Richter specializes in master planning and charrette facilitation, supporting a range of U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy installations.

SESSION

• June 16: DOW Installation Master Planning: Updates to Policy and Criteria and the Development of a Master Plan Digital Repository

Mr. Chad Rinker is a Senior Planner and Associate Principal with AECOM in Arlington, Virginia and has worked on federal planning projects for all branches of the U.S. military, as well as for the U.S. Department of State, the Intelligence Community, and the Canadian Department of Defense. His expertise includes Installation Development Plans, Area Development Plans, Capacity Planning, Asset Evaluations, Analysis of Alternatives, DD1391s, Requirements Development and Validation, and Planning Charrette Facilitation. Chad led the multi-disciplinary teams developing ADPs for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Norfolk Naval Shipyard as part of SIOP. He is an AICP Certified Planner and a Registered Landscape Architect with over 24 years of site and facility planning experience.  

SESSION

• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Oversees the Advanced Planning requirements and integration of new DoW/N initiatives to achieve optimal infrastructure investment decisions. In practice, have 17 years of experience in military Master Planning projects with services including Requirements, Criteria, Long-Range Planning, Construction Projects, and full spectrum of facility, site, regional and global infrastructure plans.

SESSION

• June 16: The Empowered Planner: Optimizing Requirements, Boosting Affordability, and Accelerating Acquisition

Beth Rothman is an enterprise community planner at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. Prior to that she spent 16 years as a military master planner for various A&E firms developing installation plans and data collection for the Air Force, Navy, Army, Marines, and Air National Guard. A fun fact about Beth is she has lived in all four time zones of the lower 48 states.

SESSION

• June 17: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Federal Planning Simulation: A Tabletop Exercise in Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience

• June 17: Making Things Easier: Facilitation Tips and Tricks

Will is currently a Militay Planning Project Manager with HDR Engineering, Inc., focusing on MILCON project development, installation development planning, and shore facilities planning. Will holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and legal studies from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to HDR, Will spent two years with Commander, Navy Installations Command Headquarters as the Restoration and Modernization Program Director (Washington, DC), and seven years as a senior community planner with NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic (Norfolk, VA) and NAVFAC Europe, Africa, Central (Naples, Italy).

Session

• June 16: The Empowered Planner: Optimizing Requirements, Boosting Affordability, and Accelerating Acquisition

Gustavo Santana brings more than 20 years of experience in the planning profession, including over 14 years leading military master planning and project management efforts for Department of Defense clients. He has managed complex planning programs across Army, Air Force, and Navy installations in accordance with UFC 2-100-01, overseeing project management plans, staffing strategies, risk analyses, and quality control programs. A planner and designer with extensive experience in strategic planning, site design, and implementation, Mr. Santana works closely with public sector clients to develop installation and community planning solutions that support long-term mission success. He currently facilitates large-scale strategic master planning and future visioning workshops with an emphasis on resilience, implementation, and integrated planning approaches.

SESSION

• June 16: The Federal Planner of 2035: Skills They Didn’t Teach US (But We Use Every Day)

Kunth Shah is an urban designer based in Austin, Texas. He is an Associate at Code Studio, specializing in zoning reform and updating land development codes for US cities. He holds a Master of Science in Urban Design from The University of Texas at Austin and is a First Place winner of the APA Student Planning and Design Competition (NPC 2025). Kunth's research focuses on integrating zoning reform and land development codes with AI-assisted GIS workflows for climate resilience and equitable planning. He also serves as an APA conference reviewer and awards juror. 

SESSION

• June 17: From Data to Maps: AI-Assisted GIS

Jill Schreifer, FAICP, PMP, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Schreifer Group and a former active-duty Air Force civil engineer with nearly three decades of federal and military planning, design, facilitation, and training experience. She is a nationally recognized expert in sustainable master planning and collaborative design, having led workshops, charrettes, and instructional courses at more than 60 federal installations worldwide.

SESSIONS

• June 17: Making Things Easier: Facilitation Tips and Tricks

• June 17: Using Visual Thinking to Align Project Vision: A Collaborative Partnering Experience 

Dan Siff, AICP, serves as Stantec’s U.S. Master Planning Lead and Annapolis Branch Manager, bringing more than 30 years of experience leading complex CONUS and OCONUS planning and programming efforts for Department of Defense and federal installations. He provides program-level leadership and oversight across a broad range of planning products, including Installation Development Plans, Area Development Plans, Asset Evaluations, Requirements Analyses, Planning Charrettes, Business Case Analyses, DD Form 1391 development, and real property management initiatives. Mr. Siff has extensive experience supporting real property systems of record and planning tools, including DD Form 1391 Processor, PAX, ECONPACK, iNFADS, and FRAME, helping organizations translate planning requirements into defensible investment strategies and data-driven decision-making.

SESSION

• June 16: The Federal Planner of 2035: Skills They Didn’t Teach US (But We Use Every Day)

Bart has been a member of our team since 2009 and currently oversees our DC, Baltimore, Bay Area, and Denver offices. Passionate about building strong client relationships, Bart excels at guiding businesses through critical decisions to develop trusted advisor relationships. Bart has worked in the secure facilities space for over 15 years. He provides technical oversight for our team, ensuring high-quality work. He also leads the ongoing development of our security requirements and design details.
 
Bart holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and a certified LEED AP engineer. 

Session

• June 17: From Requirements to Reality: ICD 705+ Impacts on Secure Facility Projects

Joe currently serves as the Energy Assurance Program Manager for the AF Office of Energy Assurance, focusing on enhancing energy resilience and reliability for critical mission sets. Joe leads AF collaboration efforts on the implementation of diverse on-site energy generation projects, including geothermal, natural gas, and other reliable energy solutions, to safeguard installations against energy insecurity. With over 20 years of extensive experience in international planning and mission requirement development within the Department of War, contributions include strategic project planning, comprehensive planning, risk management, strategic basing, advising senior USAF leadership on international relations, regulations and strategic partnerships.   

SESSION

• June 16: Enhancing Energy Resilience for Wartime Operations: Strategies, Technologies, and Lessons Learned

Andrea Sweigart is a Principal and project director with over 25 years of experience leading planning projects for federal, state, and municipal clients.  She has managed several regional municipal planning projects and has applied this knowledge to over a dozen Encroachment Action Plans, Joint Land Use Studies (JLUS), and Military Installation Resilience Reviews (MIRR), most recently focused in the Northern and Hampton Roads regions of Virginia and the impacts climate and extreme weather could have on community and military readiness. Her work also includes guiding various federal planning processes including Installation Development Plans (IDPs), energy resilience planning, and strategic planning efforts for major programs including the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program and the Fleet Readiness Centers Optimization and Modernization planning effort.  

SESSION

• June 16: Planning Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Digital Tomorrow 

Mr. Jared Tadsen serves as the Technical Master Planning Section Chief for Southwestern Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC). Mr. Tadsen has served within USACE for 12 years working in serval departments including, Operations Division as a park ranger, project manager within the RPEC Master Planning Branch, and program manager with Programs & Project Management Division Fort Worth District.  Mr. Tadsen has facilitated several in-house master planning projects over his career and has managed projects from vision plans to construction completion.

SESSION

• June 16: Crystal Ball: USACE Collaborative Vision for the Future

John is a contractor with BB&E supporting the AF Civil Engineer Center Ops Directorate.  A retired Colonel, he spent 28-years as a USAF Civil Engineer officer and held command positions at AFCEC Tyndall Det 1, 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group & multiple CE Squadrons.   

SESSION

• June 16: Enhancing Energy Resilience for Wartime Operations: Strategies, Technologies, and Lessons Learned

Ben Turpin is an urban planner for the National Capital Planning Commission’s Long Range Planning Division. He manages the Monumental Core Interagency Working Group, where his work focuses on landscape architecture, planning, and urban design across the Monumental Core. He is also working on the reimagination of Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Capitol, the development of design guidelines for nationally significant streetscapes, and beautification efforts for this summer’s A250 celebrations. Previously, Ben served as a transportation planner at the USDOT’s Volpe Center and as a landscape architect in private practice. 

Session

• June 16: Partnering for Success: Interagency Collaboration and the Transformation of Washington’s Monumental Core

Dean is currently the East Region Federal Business Group Director. Dean holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Calvin College and a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Dean is a Professional Engineer registered in the state of Washington, as well as a Fellow in the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). Prior to joining HDR, Dean retired from the Navy with the rank of 2-star Admiral as the Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) and the Navy’s 46th Chief of Civil Engineers, where he led one of the world’s largest public engineering and construction management agencies, managing a $20B+ annual worldwide program.

Session

• June 16: The Empowered Planner: Optimizing Requirements, Boosting Affordability, and Accelerating Acquisition

Amy Vandeveer is the Chief, Program Development & Investment Division at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. The CFP Division is responsible for all things related to developing requirements into funded projects for MILCON and Centralized FSRM programs.  In addition, her team is responsible for ensuring all FSRM & FSRM-like projects over $5M complete the project approval process.   The Program Development & Investment Team is responsible for an alphabet soup of processes including, the CPP Planning Actions & Vector Checks, PTO, IPL Builds for MILCON & FSRM, UMMC, AFCAMP, & CTO – basically ensuring customer requirements turn into funded projects.  Over the course of a project’s lifecycle, the team will review all facility investments over $5M at least once, providing direct support to installation personnel at Air & Space Force Bases world-wide.  Prior to her current position, Ms. Vandeveer was the Installation Planning SME, where she was known for tireless championship of the Comprehensive Planning Platform and the Department of the Air Force’s installation planning career field.

SESSION

• June 16: The Federal Planner of 2035: Skills They Didn’t Teach US (But We Use Every Day)

Ben Warsinske, AICP, CAPM is a Senior Federal Planner and Project Manager known for bringing clarity and momentum to complex DoD planning efforts. With 18+ years of experience, he integrates planning, visual modeling, and construction-aware project delivery to help teams move faster and make better decisions under compressed timelines. His work spans major domestic and international projects across the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.  

SESSION

• June 17: Planning for Speed: Aligning Modeling, Design Judgment, and Constructability in Progressive Design-Build.

Deanna Weber has more than 30 years of sustainability, resilience, and community planning experience. She was the Principal in Charge for the University of Colorado Boulder Energy Master Plan and the University of Colorado Anschutz Master Plan, and is leading AECOM’s master planning contract with the U.S. Air Force Academy. With a focus on delivering sustainable, cost-effective, resilient solutions for communities and agencies, Deanna leads AECOM’s Sustainable Planning Team in Denver and is Senior Advisor for AECOM’s High-Performance Building and Community team.

SESSION

• June 17: Monuments and Memorials on Federal Land—Lessons Learned from the National Park Service in Washington, DC to the U.S. Air Force Academy 

Travis Willer is an award‑winning urban planning and design professional with Air Combat Command’s Strategic Basing Directorate at Joint Base Langley‑Eustis, Virginia, recognized by local and national organizations for excellence in community development and Air Force federal planning. Driven by user‑oriented, sustainable, and fiscally responsible infrastructure, he has helped multiple federal and Air Force installations transition into the digital age, with particular expertise in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance facilities, 5th‑ and 6th‑generation flight lines, and scalable, context‑sensitive site design. He regularly speaks at regional and national conferences and instructs future urban and federal planners. Currently serving as Senior Mission Analyst, Travis focuses on strategically basing CCA, F‑35, and F‑47 missions across the Air Force enterprise and holds a Top Secret/Special Access Program clearance with continuous vetting. He is also deeply engaged in the profession as co‑founder of the Hampton Roads Federal Planners Cohort, an active member of the Hampton Roads APA Chapter, and a volunteer with local nonprofits and the national Federal Planning Division.

SESSIONS

• June 16: New Mission Beddown Collaboration, Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

• June 17: Emerging National & Defense Strategy Impacts on Federal Planning

Matt Williamson, AICP, is a Military Master Planner and Project Manager with over 15 years of experience delivering complex projects for the U.S. Department of War.  As a Senior Planner with the US Army Corps of Engineers, he currently manages a diverse portfolio of projects across the DoW, with key customers including US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), US Army Network Enterprise Command (NETCOM), Creech Air Force Base, and Fleet Readiness Center-East (FRCE).  Previous roles include support for European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) MILCON planning and programming and multiple installation assignments.  Mr. Williamson is recognized for his ability to transform ambiguous planning challenges into actionable solutions.  He holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.  

SESSIONS

• June 16: From Shaky Ground to Solid Structures: A Decision-Driven Framework For Resilient Facility Requirements

• June 17: Mission-Ready Infrastructure: Weaponizing ACM for the Modern Force.

Matt Wilson is an Air Force veteran with 19 years of experience, including ten years in Weapons Safety and nine years as an Aircraft Armament System Specialist. He has led explosives site planning efforts across the DoD and NATO, contributed globally to operations from Africa to Europe, and is a primary developer of TSG’s automated explosives safety planning toolset, Siter.

SESSION

• June 16: Running Circles Around District Planning: Integrating Explosives Safety Early for Better Outcomes

Emerson has over 10 years of experience in Army mission-based facilities planning, including the consistent development of accurate, auditable and relevant requirements for installations and units throughout the Army. He has used his knowledge of Army force structure and Army facilities planning criteria and practices to support the Real Property Master Planning process in all phases. Emerson has worked extensively with the Army’s suite of automated planning systems as well as data analytics platforms such as Power BI, and MS Excel. 

SESSION

• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

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