Leadership & Contacts
To contact our leadership team, email: info_UDP@planning.org
Nominate and Vote: APA Elections
Elected Officers
Kris Krider, AICP
Kris is the County Architect and Urban Design Section Supervisor for Arlington County, VA. He is the Division Chair.
Stefan Pellegrini, AICP
Stefan is Principal with Opticos Design, Inc. He is the Division’s 2027-2028 Division Chair-Elect and previously supported the D-Prat Team.
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 supported the D-Prat Team coordinator.
Edwin Bautista, AICP
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.
Erin Chantry, AICP, LEED AP nd, CNUa
Erin is the Division Manager of Design & Preservation at the City of Charlotte’s Planning, Design & Development department. She serves as the Division's Membership Director.
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.
Program Coordinators
Ishita Ghosh
Ishita is an urban designer and planner at Design Workshop’s Austin studio in Texas. She also serves as Communications Chair.
Meredith Beavers
Meredith is a planner at Renaissance Planning Group in Washington, DC. She also serves as Communications Support.
Keri Butler
Keri is the Interim President and Vice President of Planning and Policy at the Municipal Arts Society, New York, NY
Dylan McKnight, AICP
Christopher Rzomp, AICP
Chris is a global leader of the Cities and Urban Design Practice for Gensler, Washington, DC
Shannon Cilento, AICP
Shannon is the Director of Community Development and Communications at Sullivan 180, Monticello, NY
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.
Erin Chantry
Erin is the Division Manager of Design & Preservation at the City of Charlotte’s Planning, Design & Development department.