Awards
1981 - Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association, Impacts: I-66 and Growth – Meritorious Award
1988 - Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association, Clarke County Groundwater Protection Plan
1992 - Renew America - National award - Clarke County Groundwater Protection Plan
1999 - Innovation Award, National Association of Development Organizations, Shenandoah River Minimum Instream Flow Project
2001 - Governor’s Technology Council Education Award – CAIT – Community Applied Information Technology
2002 - Innovation Award, National Association of Development Organizations, Community Applied Information Technology
2002 - Innovation Award, National Association of Development Organizations, Living Towns
2003 - Innovation Award, National Association of Development Organizations, Regional Water Resources Policy Committee
Academic Background
B.A. Communications, University of Wisconsin, 1968
Master of Urban Affairs, Virginia Tech, 1973
Thesis - Mechanisms for Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Southeastern Virginia Planning District: An Evaluation
Academic Relationships
Program Advisor, Marsh Institute for Government and Public Policy, Shenandoah University 2000-2006
Guest Lecturer – Lord Fairfax Community College – Community Applied Information Technology (CAIT) 1998-2004
Select Program Innovation and Implementation
CAIT – Community Applied Information Technology partnership
Data Users – e-newsletter
Economic Development Network – Northern Shenandoah Valley
GIS Conference – Virginia – founder - 1990
Groundwater Protection Planning
Housing Action – Northern Shenandoah Valley
Impact Study – I-66
Living Towns Program
Local Government Forums
Map, Data and GIS Center
Minimum Instream Flow Study – Shenandoah River
Northern Shenandoah Valley Planning Academy
Public Mobility
Regional and County Housing Market Analysis
Regional Community Profile
Regional Solid Waste Management District
Regional Tire Operations Program – RTOP
River Use Committee
Rural ITS - Traveler Information Infrastructure Project
Rural Transportation Planning program for Virginia
SETNET – Shenandoah Valley Educational Technology Network
Shenandoah Valley Civil War Heritage Tourism Battlefield Protection Action Plan
Shenandoah Valley Regional Water Resources Policy Committee, Technical Committee, Strategic Plan
TRIP – The Ridesharing Program
State, Region and Community Memberships
Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions - Co-Chair, Transportation Committee, 1994 - 2000; Member ‑ Information Systems – 1990 – present, Economic Development, and Legislative Committees 1997 - 1999
Virginia Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee - 1997 to 2002
Virginia Resources Authority - Citizen Advisory Committee - 1991 to 2000
Virginia Asset Financing Corporation, Ex officio member.
Virginia Transportation Research Council - Multimodal Planning Research Advisory Committee - 1993 to 1996.
I-81 Corridor Council, member - 1990 to 2000
Continuing Education Committee, Lord Fairfax Community College - 1982 to 1994; 85-86 Chairman
Front Royal Rotary Club - 1984 to present
Samuels Public Library Board - 1988 to 1993; President 1992-93
Special Education Advisory Committee, Warren County - 1983 to 1991; Chairman 1986 to 1990
Current Projects
Weekly Publication of Regional Community Development News
Development of Regional Geocode and Tag system
Publications
- Regional Councils as a Geospatial Unit of Analytical Geography, Virginia Geospatial Newsletter, Virginia Tech, Fall, 2006.
- Northern Shenandoah Rural ITS Program Keeps Travelers Informed, Regional Transportation Connector, NADO Research Foundation, October-November 2001
- A ‘Regional Community’ Approach to Technology Catch-up in Rural America, Digital Divide
- How can a small firm implement a large market vision? Use regions! Praxis: Business Line's Quarterly Journal on Management, Chennai, India. August, 1998.
- Synergy Helps Virginia Schools: It took a team effort to develop and implement technology strategies for Virginia's Northern Shenandoah Valley School Systems. Government Technology. January, 1998.
- "A Commentary: `Ridesharing' Needs To Be Involved In Land Use Planning," Chesapeake ACTivities: Transportation Demand Management in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, Fall, 1995.
- Strategic Technologies for Growth: Map and Data Center Network is Key, Virginia Review, Vol. 73, #3, May/June, 1995.
- Clarke County's Innovative Response to Groundwater Protection with G. Robert Lee, Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, March‑April, 1990
- Clarke County's Groundwater Protection Plan: An Innovative Response to an Emerging Issue, with G. Robert Lee, Virginia Review, November/December, 1989 and reprinted in ICMA's Management Information Service Report, Vol. 22, #2, Groundwater Protection: Local Success Stories, February, 1990.
- Regional Councils: Today's Governmental Tool for the 21st Century, Challenges and Opportunities: From Now to 2001, Howard F. Didsbury, Jr. ed., World Future Society, Bethesda, MD, 1986.
Employment History
1968-72 U.S. Navy
July 11, 1973 to present Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission/Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission
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