Alumni Profiles

Careers in Planning

Graduates of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning work at a wide variety of careers, both in the public and private sectors. Below are selected positions held by DURP alumni in recent years.

Public

Principal Planner, Palm Beach County

Planner, Tri-County Regional Planning Commission

Long Range Planning Manager, Ogden City, UT

Principal Planner, City of Houston

Planning and Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Economic Development Specialist, City of Southlake, TX

Planner, Colorado Springs Planning Division

Private

Consultant, The Architects Collaborative

Project Engineer, Lea and Elliott

Consultant, HOK Consulting

Transportation Planner, BRW

President, Integrated Real Estate Services

Manager, Economic Development, Busse Consulting

Planner, URS Corporation

Other

Account Executive, Jordan Tamraz Caruso Advertising

Product Manager, Arrow Electronics

General Assignment Reporter, WMC-TV Action News 5, Memphis, TN

Attorney, Gallagher and Kennedy

Human Resources Associate, Unilever Corporation

Marketing Manager, Landplan Engineering

Organizing Director, Citizen Action

A Few of Our Notable Alumni

• Thompson Dyke (BS, 1956), Founder and Chairman, Thompson Dyke & Associates (Chicago)
• Dean Macris (MUP, 1958), Planning Director, City of San Francisco
• Robert (Bob) Teska (MUP, 1961), Chairman of the Board and Principal, Teska Associates, Inc.
• Gary Hack (MUP, 1967), Dean of School of Design, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
• Leslie (Les) Pollock (MUP, 1968), Principal Consultant, Camiros, Ltd (Chiago)
• Carl V. Patton (MUP, 1969), President, Georgia State University (Atlanta)
• Rafael Cestero (MUP, 1993), Senior Vice President for Field Operations and Program Support, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc (New York)
• Kirk Goodrich (MUP, 1993), Vice President,Tax Credit Syndication, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. (Northeast/New York Region)
• Juan Salgado (MUP, 1993), Executive Director, Institute for Latino Progress / Instituto del Progreso Latino, (Chicago)
• Michelle Whetten (MUP, 1994), Local Office Director Gulf Coast, Enterprise Community Partners (New Orleans)
• Angie (Morgan) Marks (MUP, 1996), Director, Chicago Department of Housing