Leadership & Contacts
To contact our leadership team, email: info_UDP@planning.org
Kris Krider, AICP
Kris is the County Architect and Urban Design Section Supervisor for Arlington County, VA. He is the 2025-2026 Division Chair.
Marianne Stuck
Marianne is an urban designer and planner for Design Workshop in Aspen, CO. She is the Division’s 2025-2026 Division Chair-Elect and previously served as the Division's D-PRAT coordinator.
Hadley Peterson, AICP
Hadley is a planner with Kimley-Horn in Tallahassee, FL. She is the Division’s 2025-2026 Secretary-Treasurer and previously served as Communications Chair.
Marcel Acosta
Marcel is the Executive Director of the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington, DC. He was the 2023-2024 Division Chair and currently serves as Immediate Past-Chair.
Alicia Berg
Christopher Rzomp, AICP
Chris is a global leader of the Cities and Urban Design Practice for Gensler, Washington, DC
Mercy Shenge, Ph.D
Mercy is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD.
Elizabeth Morton, Ph.D
Elizabeth is a member of the Sustainable Urban Planning program faculty at George Washington University in Washington, DC.