Our People
Brad comes to PlaceMatters from Texas, where he recently completed a Master's in Community and Regional Planning at Univ. of Texas-Austin. As a planner, his focus is on connecting planning goals to measurable strategies and outcomes, from how regulations influence urban form to how social equity is addressed within plans and policies.
In addition, Brad brings a background using GIS and...
Director of Sustainable Solutions
Jocelyn is the Director of the Sustainable Solutions Group, heading many of PlaceMatters community and regional decision-making processes. She works to promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability within the context of informed, inclusive decisions. She is particularly interested in how best to incorporate and communicate sustainability concepts and models within a traditional...
Director of the Decision Lab
Jason Lally joined PlaceMatters in January of 2008. As a city and regional planner with a background in the information sciences, Jason believes that unexplored synergies exist between the real and virtual environments. His interest is to build and implement tools that inform and expand the processes of planning and decision making.
Jason has a Master’s in City Planning from the...
Director of the PlaceMatters Institute
Jacob Smith comes to PlaceMatters after founding and running Center for Native Ecosystems, a conservation non-profit based in Denver and working across the Rocky Mountain Region. Most recently he held the position of executive director of the Nooru Foundation, a family philanthropic foundation focusing on biodiversity conservation and education in East Africa.
Jacob is also the mayor...
CEO, President
Ken is a nationally recognized expert on a broad range of technÂical and non-technical tools for community design and decision-making. Ken sits on the Board of the National Charrette Institute and is past Chair of the American Planning Association's Technology Division.
Prior to working for PlaceMatters, Ken worked for the Orton Family Foundation, heading up their Planning Tools...
