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: I'm Drinking PFAS?

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

• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

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. 

SESSION

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

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. 

Session

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

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.  

Session

• 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.

SESSION

• 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.

SESSION

• 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.

SESSION

• 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. 

SESSION

• 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.

SESSION

• 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.

Session

• 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. 

Session

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

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.  

Session

• 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.

SESSION

• 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.

Session

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

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

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.

SESSION

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

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. 

SESSION

• 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. 

SESSION

• June 17: The Power of Utilizing Planning Dashboards

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.

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.

SESSION

• 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. 

SESSION

• 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.

SESSION

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

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.

Session

• 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.

Session

• June 16: From Campus to Career: Introducing Students 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. 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

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. Tim is very passionate about planning processes that provide consistency across geographically dispersed teams, regulatory compliance, and 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

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).

SESSION

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

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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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. 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.  

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

Mr. Michael Rosenblatt is the Acting Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Housing where he develops policy and procedures for the design, construction, and operation and maintenance of DOW’s worldwide facilities to provide safe living conditions for military personnel and their families in over 240,000 family housing units and 500,000+ barracks bedspaces. He was previously the Director for Military Construction and Acting Director for International Programs within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Infrastructure Modernization and Resilience.  He graduated from the University of California San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Planning and a minor in Economics.  Mr. Rosenblatt has completed the Harvard Senior Executive Fellows program and has obtained the American Institute of Certified Planners and Project Management Professional certifications.

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

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.

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

Will Seemiller is a junior undergraduate student in the Community & Regional Planning program at Iowa State University. He is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and expected to graduate December 2026. At Iowa State, the CRP undergraduate program is relatively small compared to other majors, but the culture is tight-knit and passionate. All of this experience has sparked motivation in Will to educate his peers about the field of city planning, and extend opportunities related to his own interests to as many people as possible, so that they could also potentially find value in working in planning.

Will is currently set to work at Cushman & Wakefield in their 2026 Portfolio Services summer internship program, where he will be excited to learn more about everything involved real estate development, and how planners are involved in privatized fields. Will is also currently involved in a housing assessment studio for the town of Red Oak, Iowa, where collaboration with community members and the city manager can teach everyone about the governmental process of town planning, and can hopefully result in improvements of quality of life for the community members. Will became attracted to city planning because of the diversity of work and experience you can gain, as well as the positive impact you can hope to make upon your community. Will is excited in this role to extend knowledge of the field of federal planning to other students and to be a part of the APA Federal Planning Division as the student representative!

Session

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

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.   

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• 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.  

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• 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.

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• 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

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.

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.

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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