Board Members

EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT
Steven Sadwick, AICP
Director of Community Development
Town of Tewksbury
999 Whipple Road
Tewksbury, MA 01876-3756
978-640-4370
ssadwick@town.tewksbury.ma.us
IMMEDIATE PAST – PRESIDENT
Peter Lowitt, FAICP
Director/Land Use Administrator
Devens Enterprise Commission
33 Andrews Parkway
Devens, MA 01434
978-772-8831 x 3313
peterlowitt@devensec.com
VICE PRESIDENT FOR CHAPTER AFFAIRS
Felipe Schwarz, AICP
Senior Planner/Project Manager
VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
101 Walnut Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-1770
fschwarz@vhb.com
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Carolyn Britt, AICP
Community Investment Associates
Ipswich, MA 01938
978-356-2164
cbritt@communityinvestment.net

LEGISLATION AND POLICY OFFICER
D. Anthony Fields, AICP
Planning Director
Town of Burlington
25 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1645
afields@burlmass.org
TREASURER
Chris Kluchman, AICP
Eaton Planning
1984 Masschusetts Ave.
Lexington, MA 02421
781-210-0982
ckluchman@eatonplanning.com
SECRETARY
Kristin E. Hoffman-Kassner, AICP
Planner
Town of Burlington
25 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
781-270-1645
khoffman@burlmass.org

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES (see APA-MA Regions Map)

NORTHEAST REGION
Donna Jacobs
President
Cornerstone Community Planning
978-562-5490
cornerstoneplanning@verizon.net

SOUTHEAST REGION
Thomas Bott, AICP
Town Planner
Town of Kingston
26 Evergreen Street
Kingston, MA 02364
781-585-0549
tbott@kingstonmass.org
CENTRAL REGION
Kathryn A. Joubert
Town Planner
Northboro Town Hall
63 Main Street
Northboro, MA 01532
508-393-5019
kjoubert@town.northborough.ma.us
WESTERN REGION
Jeff Lacy, AICP
Chief Environmental Planner
MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Division of Water Supply Protection
485 Ware Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
(413) 323-6921 x501
Jeff.Lacy@state.ma.us
CAPE & ISLANDS
Brian A. Currie
Town Planner
Town of Falmouth
Town Hall
59 Town Hall Sq.
Falmouth, MA 02540
508-495-7440
brian.currie@falmouthmass.us
BOSTON REGION
Iram Farooq, AICP, LEED-AP
Senior Project Manager – Land Use,  Urban Design,  Sustainability
City of Cambridge
Community Development Department
344 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-349-4606
ifarooq@cambridgema.gov

CHAPTER SUB-COMMITTEES

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jef Fasser, RLA, AICP, LEED AP
Director of Landscape Architecture
VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
101 Walnut Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-1770
jfasser@vhb.com
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Robert P. Mitchell, FAICP
Special Assistant for Planning Initiatives Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development
1 Ashburton Place, Suite 2101
Boston, MA 02108
617-788-3658
Robert.Mitchell@state.ma.us
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jonathan E. Church, AICP
Principal Transportation Planner
Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
2 Washington Square – Union Station
Worcester, MA  01604-4016
508-459-3316
jchurch@cmrpc.org
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jennifer Raitt
Chief Housing Planner
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
60 Temple Place, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617-451-2770 x2056
jraitt@mapc.org
YOUNG PLANNERS GROUP CHAIR
Kristen D. Wilson, AICP
Senior Planner
Beals and Thomas, Inc.
144 Turnpike Road
Southborough, MA 01772
508-366-0560
kdwilson@btiweb.com
MASS. ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING DIRECTORS (MAPD) REPRESENTATIVE
Evan Belansky
Town of Chelmsford
Community Development Director
50 Billerica Road
Chelmsford MA 01824
978-250-5247
ebelansky@townofchelmsford.us
CITIZEN PLANNER TRAINING TRAINING (CPTC) REPRESENTATIVE
Sean Bender
Director, Community and Learning Programs, Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115-5998
617-989-4992
benders@wit.edu
MASS. ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING PLANNERS (MACP) REPRESENTATIVE
Angus Jennings AICP
Director of Land Use Management
Town of Westford
55 Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
978-692-5524
ajennings@westfordma.gov

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Nate Robinson
Kyle Shiel
kyle.shiel@gmail.com

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tamika Guavin
tcgauvin@mit.edu

Harvard University
Zach Vanderkooy
zvanderk@gsd.harvard.edu

Tufts University

Pete Kane
Alison LeFlore
tuftsplanning@gmail.com

UNIVERSITY LIAISONS
University of Massachusetts
VACANT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ron Mallis
ron.mallis@goodyclancy.com

Harvard University
Iram Farooq, AICP, LEED-AP
ifarooq@cambridgema.gov

Tufts University
Dana LeWinter
dana_lewinter@yahoo.com

ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER LIBRARIAN/PLANNING HISTORIAN
Judi Barrett
Director of Planning
Community Opportunities Group, Inc.
129 Kingston Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
(781) 834-7324
judith.barrett@cloverset.org
BOARD ADMINISTRATOR
Chris Skelly
PO Box 912
Greenfield, MA 01302
Skelly-MHC@comcast.net
WEBMASTER
webmaster@apa-ma.org
CHAPTER NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Sabine Prather
123 Sackett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
413-568-2491
pioneervplanner1@yahoo.com