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Portland, OR 97205

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Angelo Planning Group

Our Staff

Our staff brings a wealth of experience, talent and expertise to provide a wide complement of planning services. They are adept at balancing project objectives with community needs to achieve successful solutions. APG’s staff keeps a presence in the community through their participation in organizations, such as the American Planning Association (APA), Oregon Chapter of APA, Women’s Transportation Seminar and participation on Metro (Portland’s regional government) committees.

Principals, Frank Angelo, Catherine Corliss and Karen Siegel lead this excellent team.

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Frank Angelo Principal		Frank Angelo Frank Angelo has extensive experience in public and private sector land use and transportation planning. With over 28 year’s experience, coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the public review process, Frank provides solid technical and practical management for a wide variety of land use and transportation projects. He has extensive land use permitting experience with public and private clients including the Beaverton School District, Washington County, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. He has served on numerous controversial and highly visible transportation projects, such as the I-5/Highway 217 Interchange plan for which he was the project manager. Frank’s transportation project experience includes diverse projects such as the U.S 101 Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan, the Brookings/Highway 101 One-Way Couplet Analysis, and road design projects such as 170th Avenue in Washington County, and the Jackson School Road Interchange for ODOT. He has prepared Transportation System Plans for numerous jurisdictions throughout Oregon. Frank is a member of the American Planning Association and is completing his sixth year as Chair of the Transportation Committee of the Westside Economic Alliance (WEA). Frank serves a citizen representative to Metro’s Transportation Advisory Committee and is a member of Intel’s Citizen Advisory Panel. View Resume (PDF)
Catherine Corliss Principal		Catherine Corliss, AICP Catherine has over fourteen years of experience in growth management, land use, transportation, and environmental planning in the public and private sectors. She specializes in land use, transportation and environmental policy and implementation projects. Recently, she has been working with a number of jurisdictions in the Portland metropolitan area on a wide range of code and comprehensive plan amendment projects. She led a multi-year project to “restructure” all development ordinances for Clark County, Washington. This challenging project finished on time and on budget. She has also conducted demographic analyses and travel demand forecasting. Catherine’s experience includes preparation of corridor and town center plans, transportation system plans, demographic and buildout forecasts and analyses and environment ordinances. She has prepared numerous development applications from large master plans to minor partitions. Catherine Corliss is a member of the American Planning Association, the American Insitute of Certified Planners and the Women’s Transportation Seminar. She is participating in the WBE/DBE Committee of the national Women’s Transportation Seminar. View Resume (PDF)
Karen Siegel Principal		Karen Siegel Karen has extensive experience managing the operation of professional offices in both the public and private sectors and is intimately familiar with the needs of project budgeting. Having managed engineering and planning departments, and owning her own business, she can readily identify with the needs of our clients. She brings an added dimension to her organizational and management skills with her computer and graphics proficiency. In addition to managing the operational side of Angelo Planning Group, Karen has an impressive background as a technical editor. She produces APG’s numerous reports, proposals, and graphic products. She has managed document preparation for a public works department, reviewed and edited design specifications, developed materials for presentations to jurisdictional governing bodies, and has designed and managed data collection programs for research projects. View Resume (PDF)
Mary Dorman Project Manager		Mary Dorman, AICP Mary Dorman has over 25 years of land use planning experience in the Pacific Northwest and she has an excellent understanding of the state, regional and local planning framework. Prior to joining Angelo Planning Group in 2005, Mary operated her own consulting firm in Portland for fifteen years. Mary has developed specialized expertise in the areas of growth management, land use planning and permitting for public facilities and institutional uses and land use analyses for transportation projects. Mary is an experienced and efficient project manager with strong technical, facilitation and communication skills. Mary was elected to two terms on the Executive Board of the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association and she is currently active on the Board of her neighborhood association in Portland. View Resume (PDF)
DJ Heffernan Project Manager		DJ Heffernan DJ has over 25 years of experience in land use planning, community and economic development, public finance and urban services. He has consulted public and private sector clients since 1989 focusing on comprehensive land use plans, public facility and transportation plans, securing approval for development plans, and alternative methods for financing public services. He also has facilitated public event and advisory committees to resolve complex land use and public policy issues. DJ served as an instructor for the University of Liberia Department of Geography in Monrovia, West Africa. He began his professional career with the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments where he received a Distinguished Service Award for his work on affordable housing. He also served as an analyst and project manager with the Oregon Executive Department, and Economic Development Department DJ Heffernan a member of the American Planning Association and serves as Treasurer of the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association. View Resume (PDF)
Matt Hastie Project Manager		Matt Hastie , AICP Matt Hastie has a wide range of education and experience in land use planning, environmental regulation, geographic information systems, transportation, and economic development issues. He has conducted stakeholder and public involvement services for numerous projects throughout the Pacific Northwest . He has provided land use, growth management, comprehensive planning and transportation planning for clients in Oregon , Washington , Alaska , and Idaho . Matt is a member of the American Planning Association and is a visiting lecturer on the faculty of the City and Regional Planning Department at Cornell University . Matt currently is the President of Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) in Portland , Oregon View Resume (PDF)
Darci Rudzinski Planner		Darci Rudzinski, AICP Darci has extensive experience with Oregon’s land use planning system, having assisted twenty three Oregon jurisdictions to ensure that their transportation system plans (TSPs), comprehensive plans and code updates, public facility plans, economic opportunity analyses, and periodic review programs complied with state rules and statutes. She served on the State’s Community Solutions Team (Metro/Hood River) and was a member of Metro’s Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC). She has served as a technical advisor on concept planning for urbanizing areas. Darci’s experience includes a diverse background that includes long range and current land use planning, economic development, community revitalization, and policy development. Her public involvement experience includes developing public participation strategies and organizing and facilitating public events, such as open houses and neighborhood meetings. Darci is a member of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners. She also serves as a board member of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association. View Resume (PDF)
Shayna Rehberg Planner		Shayna Rehberg, AICP Shayna’s background reflects her strengths in environmental science, land use planning, transportation planning, data analysis and display, and technical writing. She has worked with Oregon’s land use planning program in the non-profit arena and has participated in the Damascus Fire House Study Group, which is working on governance and service coordination issues in the Damascus/Boring area of Clackamas County. Shayna has worked on a variety of land use, environmental, and transportation planning projects at APG including goal and plan compliance for freeway and interchange modifications, land use inventories, and GIS mapping. Shayna is a member of the American Planning Association and the Women’s Transportation Seminar. View Resume (PDF)
Serah Overbeek Planner		Serah Overbeek Serah has worked on several long range planning projects including comprehensive plan amendments, zoning code audits, and creation of a users guide for the State Transportation Implementation Program. She has participated in stakeholder interviews and code review. She has extensive public education and outreach experience, having served as an outreach coordinator for the North Carolina Division of Air Quality. View Resume (PDF)
Katherine Prew Planner		Katherine Prew Katherine has experience in evaluating and developing land use applications, project research, and project coordination. Before joining Angelo Planning Group, Katherine worked for local jurisdictions where she provided assistance to the public on zoning and land use issues, coordinated project review, and worked on various special research projects. She has experience reviewing development applications for compliance for city and state regulations and participating in a variety of stakeholder meetings. View Resume (PDF)

We invite you to learn more about the services that our talented staff provides in the areas of Land Use, Transportation, Natural Resources, and Development Codes. Please contact us for further information about our staff or our services.