Board
Kristen Wescott, AICP
President
City of Sandy Springs
e: Kristen Wescott, AICP
Whitney Shephard, PE, LEED AP, M.ASCE
Immediate Past President
Transport Studio
Kyethea Clark, AICP
VP/Programs
City of Atlanta
Program Management Director,
Strategy Partnership
e: Kyethea Clark, AICP
Megha D. Young, AICP
VP/Chapter Services
Gresham Smith
e: Megha D. Young, AICP
Marilyn Hall, AICP
Secretary
Hall Consulting, Inc
Sidney E. Douse, III, AICP
Treasurer
Atlanta Regional Commission
e: Sidney E. Douse, III, AICP
Rebecca Keefer, AICP
AICP Director at Large
CPL
Lauren Leary, AICP
AICP Director at Large
Spatial Plans, LLC
Brittany Griffin
Non AICP Director at Large
AutoReview.AI
Karl Smith-Davids
Non-AICP Dir. at Large
Midtown Alliance
Jon West, AICP
Planning Official
DeKalb County Planning Commission
Cristina Pastore, AICP
Planning Officials Dev. Officer
Kimley-Horn
e: Cristina Pastore, AICP
Geneasa Elias, AICP
Planning Officials Dev. Officer
City of East Point – Office of the City Manager
Assistant City Manager
Gulsah Akar, PhD
Higher Education Representative
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Design
Emily Lasser, AICP
Emerging Planners Group (EPG)
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
Center for Economic Development Research
e: Emily Lasser, AICP
Richard Osborne, AICP
District 1 Director
Bartow County
Marc Beechuk, AICP, ISA
District 2 Director
Athens-Clarke County
Erin Thoresen, AICP
District 3 Director
Gresham Smith
Planning Department Leader
e: Erin Thoresen, AICP
Jenny Parmer
District 4 Director
Troup County Board of Commissioners
Community Development Director
Gregory L. Brown
District 5 Director
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission
Carla Delaney, AICP
District 6 Director
Augusta-Richmond County
Allison Slocum, AICP
District 7 Director
River Valley Regional Commission
Amy Martin
District 8 Director
Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Bridget Lidy, AICP
District 9 Director
City of Savannah Planning & Urban Design
Committee Chairs and Representatives – (Non-Board Members)
M. Claire Breeden
Student Representative
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nell Warnes
Student Representative
University of Georgia
Erin Thoresen, AICP
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee Chair
e: Erin Thoresen, AICP
Whitney Shephard, PE, LEED AP, M.ASCE
Policy and Advocacy Committee Chair
Caroline Evans, AICP
Mentor Committee Chair
Adam Hazell, AICP
Awards Committee Chair
e: Adam Hazell, AICP