Our People

NCSG Team

Kate (Kathryn) Howell headshot

Executive Director

Associate Director

Policy Associate

Business Coordinator

Director, Transportation Research Policy Group (TPRG)

Director, Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS)

Director, Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN)

Director, Purple Line Corridor Coalition (PLCC)

Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning

Director, Smart Cities Initiatives

Associate Dean for Research ; Professor

Professor, Urban Studies & Planning

Associate Director of Communications & Research, SBAN

Associate Director of Member Engagement & Programs, SBAN

Operations & Finance Administrator, SBAN

PLCC
Planning Fellow

Student Fellows

Eram Ahmed

PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Maya Assaker

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Rebecca Garman

PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Felix Hernandez

Master in Landscape Architecture

Sarah Kamei Hoffman

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Sophie McManus

PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Alex McRoberts

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Finn Meggit

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Lauren Meyer

Master in Applied Anthropology

Siddhi Pawar

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Caitlin Rice

Master in Urban Studies and Planning/Landscape Architecture

Cole Shultz

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Fayla Sutton

Master in Urban Studies and Planning

Laura Sweeney

Master in Landscape Architecture

NCSG Affiliates

Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland

Research Professor, University of Maryland

Professor of Architecture, University of Maryland

Professor Emeritus of Architecture Program, University of Maryland

President, TischlerBise

Professor of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah

VP, Institute for International Urban Development

Professor of Architecture, University of Maryland

Associate Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University

Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lecturer, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

Assistant Professor of Geography, Planning, and Recreation, Northern Arizona University

Director of Architecture Program, University of Maryland

President and CEO, Kairos Development, LLC

Director, Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab

Professor Emerita of Urban Studies & Planning Program, University of Maryland

Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland

Program Director, Urban Studies and Planning Program, University of Maryland

Director, Urban and Regional Planning and Design Ph.D. Program, University of Maryland

Senior Director, Strategy & Data for Public Impact Initiatives, John Hopkins University

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California Irvine

Director, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement, University of Oregon

Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland

Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland

Principal & Founder, Ochoa Urban Collaborative

Research Scientist, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University

Associate Professor Emerita and Founding Director of Museum Studies and Material Culture Program, American Studies, University of Maryland

Professor and Director of Program on Chinese Cities, University of North Carolina

Associate Professor at School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin

Work With Us!

NCSG Affiliates and Fellows are individuals who work alongside its core faculty and staff to form a network of researchers and practitioners who advance equitable Smart Growth in regional, national, and international spheres. NCSG Partners are organizations that collaborate with NCSG toward shared goals. NCSG welcomes members of the University and broader community to be affiliated with it in ways that both strengthen the Center’s impact and provide access to the resources and opportunities it offers.

Interested in learning more about NCSG’s Affiliate program? Email NCSG’s Executive Director or Associate Director with your research interest.