Comprehensive Plan Committee
Ehsan Al-Hussaini
Juan Aviles
Phillip Cabassa
Heidi Castillo
Lisa Colon
Maxine Cook
Steve Cook
Casey Flores
Kirsten Krimmel
Molly Kutz
Jugens Laguerre
Vashti LaGuerre
Yaima Lopez
Sue Mackey
Mi Mi Poe
Cindy Sawicki
Kerry Sherin Wright
Mark Stoner
John Suarez
City of Lancaster Planning Commission
Region 1: Heidi Shirk
Region 2: Andrew Whalen
Region 3: Kenny Weeks
Region 4: Maxine Cook
Region 5: Nelson M. Polite, Jr.
Region 6: Miriam Ortega-Brown
At Large: Nicole Seuffert,
Steve Hackett
Alternate: Tony Dastra, Amos Stoltzfus, Kelsey Gohn Irvine
City Council
Amanda Bakay
President
Ahmed Ahmed
Jaime Arroyo
Lochard Calixte
Faith Craig
Janet Diaz
Katherine Walsh
Funding Organizations
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant
National Endowment for the Arts
High Foundation
The Funders Network’s Partners for Places Grant Program
Pennsylvania’s Department of Community & Economic Development
Ferree Foundation
City of Lancaster Staff
Wyatt Behringer
Communications & Policy Strategist
Josh Beltre
Engagement Specialist
Angie Brackbill
Water Resources Engineer
Gabrielle Buzgo
Program Manager
Stephen Campbell
Director of Public Works
Milzy Carrasco
Director of Department of Neighborhood Engagement
Chris Delfs
Director of Community Planning & Economic Development
Zayra Falu
Language Services Coordinator
Jack Fowler
Staff Assistant for Community Planning & Economic Development
Rebecca Geiser
Deputy Director for Community Planning & Economic Development
Karl Graybill
Environmental Planner
Emma Hamme
Formerly Senior Planner
Barry Handwerger
City Solicitor
Todd Hutchinson
Fire Chief
Cheila Huettner
LOOP & Welcome Center Manager
Phil Johnson
Formerly GIS Analyst
Jess King
Formerly Chief of Staff
Mandali Kejjo
Senior Planner
Molly Kirchoff
Public Art & Urban Design Program Manager
Denice Madonna
Redevelopment Coordinator
Cindy McCormick
Deputy Director of Engineering
Richard Mendez
Police Chief
James Nixon
Bureau Chief of Property Maintenance & Housing Inspections
DJ Ramsay
Communications Manager
Glen Recknegal
GIS Coordinator
Douglas Smith
Bureau Chief of Planning
Suzanne Stallings
Historic Preservation Specialist
Amber Strazzo Righter
Communications Manager
Jameel Thrash
Zoning Officer
Craig Walt
Bureau Chief of Lead Safety & Community Development
Kate Wright
Special Events & Program Manager
Technical Advisory Committee Members
Creating Great Places
Darlene Byrd
South Ann Concerned Neighbors
Barbara Wilson
Lancaster City Housing Authority
Ben Morton
RGS Associates
Chris Kennedy
Age Friendly Lancaster
David Aichele
Downtown Investment District
Shelby Nauman
Tenfold
Jake Thorsen
Tenfold
Kate Zimmerman
Coalition for Sustainable Housing
Andrew Szalay
Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity
Kyonna Bowman and Derrick Burch
The Mix
Jack Crowley and Dan Siewert
Water Street Ministries
Ed Kaminski
Landis Communities
Josh Hunter
Crispus Attucks Community Center, Community Action Partnership
Ben Lesher
SDL Devco LLC
Mike Callahan
Benchmark Construction
Frank Christoffel IV
Lancaster County Association of Realtors
Luis Ortega
SoWe-Housing Committee
Kareena Rios
School District of Lancaster School Board
Daisy Lebron
Community Police Working Group
Destiny Ponce
Neighborhood Leaders Academy
Dr. Gretchel Hathaway
NAACP Lancaster, PA
Connecting People, Places, & Community
Craig Dalen and Andres Zorrilla
ASSETS
Karen Schloer
Boys and Girls Club-Lancaster
Willonda McCloud
Bright Side Opportunities Center
Valentina Ross
Church World Service-Lancaster
Maxine Cook
City Planning Commission
Jocelynn Ritchey
Formerly City Planning Commission
Adriana Atencio
Common Wheel
Dan Betancourt
Community First Fund
Ed Harris
Discover Lancaster
Lisa Riggs
Economic Development Company of Lancaster County
Tracy Jones
La Academia
Greg Paulson
Lancaster Bikes
Jeremy Young
Lancaster City Alliance
Marshall Snively
Lancaster City Alliance
Heather Valudes
Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce
Bobby Pena
Lancaster County Emergency Management
Lon Wible
Formerly of Lancaster County Office of Aging
Ton Martin
Lancaster County Office of Aging
Anna Ramos
Lancaster County Workforce Development Board
Melissa Ressler
Lancaster Downtowners
Larry Cohen
Lancaster Parking Authority
Heather Dighe
Lancaster Recreation Commission
Karen Foley
LGBTQ+ Coalition
Dr. Daniel Wubah and Victor DeSantis
Millersville University
Greg Downing, Jeff Glisson, and Lauri Ahlskog
South Central Transit Authority
Marquis Lupton
TCP Media Group
Marlyn Barbosa
Tec Centro (SACA)
Pedro Rivera and Pam Smith
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Pastor Timothy Mentzer
Formerly Trinity Lutheran Church
Srirupa Dasgupta
Upohar World Kitchen
Taking Care of What We Have
Vincent Smith
African American Cultural Alliance of Lancaster
Nelson Polite, Jr.
African American Historical Society of South Central PA / Planning Commissioner
Zeshan Ismat
Black Birds
Crystal Weaver
Commons Company
Todd Roy
Conestoga River Club
Hawa Lassanah
DECA
Ricardo Almodovar
DEP Environmental Justice Coordinator
Liz Baldwin
ELA Group
Danielle Keperling
Keperling Preservation Services & City Historical Commission
Jeremy Young
Lancaster City Alliance
Allison Gibson
Lancaster County Clean Water Partners
Michaela Allwine
Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority and City Zoning Hearing Board
Randy Harris
Lancaster Historian
Theron Mitchell
Lower Susquehanna River Keepers and Onyx Industrial Services
Maryann Marotta
Marotta/Main Architects and St. James Episcopal Church
John Meeder and Sam Wilsker
Meedcor Development
Keith Holland
National Action Network Lancaster
Eric Sauder
RegenAll
Len Bradley
RGS Associates
Rev. Shayna Watson
St. James Episcopal Church
David Martens and Corrine Wagner
Zamagias Properties
Jeremy Young
Lancaster City Alliance
Marshall Snively
Lancaster City Alliance
Jocelynn Ritchey
Formerly City Planning Commission
Growing Responsibly
Rev. John Knight
Bright Side Baptist Church
Cheryl Love
ELA Group
Mike Wetzel
Franklin & Marshall College
Michael J. Todd
Franklin & Marshall College
Neal Fisher
Hankin Group
Mark Fitzgerald
High Companies
Ken Hornbeck
High Real Estate Group
John Suarez
Hillrise Mutual Housing Association
Jeremy Young
Lancaster City Alliance
Marshall Snively
Lancaster City Alliance
Alex Rohrbaugh
Lancaster County Planning Department
John Hershey
Lancaster County Planning Department
Blanding Watson
NAACP Lancaster, PA
Jocelynn Ritchey
Formerly City Planning Commission
Miriam Ortega-Brown
City Planning Commission and West Lancaster Jewels
Lagena Wright
City Resident
Mike DeBerdine
Rhoads Energy Corporation
Steve Hackett
Site Design Concepts and City Planning Commission
Mike McKenna
Formerly Tenfold
Alisa Jones
Union Community Care
Stacie Blake
YWCA Lancaster PA
Thinking Beyond Boundaries
Tony Collins
Blake Collins Group
Maxine Cook
City Planning Commission
Jocelynn Ritchey
Formerly City Planning Commission
Vanessa Philbert
Community Action Partnership
Jim Shultz
Developer
Ralph Hutchinson, Tara Hitchens, and Colin Siesholtz
East Lampeter Township
President Barbara Altmann, Ph.D.
Franklin & Marshall College
Smokey Glover
Fulton Bank Foundation
Luis Gonzalez
GRID Delivers
Dana Hanchin
HDC MidAtlantic
Robin Stauffer
High Foundation
Heather Valudes
Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce
Tom Baldrige
Formerly Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce
Sam Bressi
Lancaster County Community Foundation
Deb Jones
Lancaster County Homeless Coalition
Jen Koppel
Formerly Lancaster County Homeless Coalition
Scott Standish and Alex Rohrbaugh
Lancaster County Planning Department
Justin Eby
Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority
Bill Laudien and Ben Webber
Lancaster Township
Noelle Holmes
Formerly LCBC Lancaster City
Andy Bowman
Manheim Township
James Drumm
Formerly Manheim Township
Mandy Mastros
Ministerium of Lancaster City Churches
Blanding Watson and JoAnna Martinez
NAACP Lancaster, PA
Charise Hamblin
Patients R Waiting
Alice Yoder
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Brenda Buescher
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Khem Subedi
Formerly Refugee Center and Community School-IU13
Matt Przywara
School District of Lancaster
Dr. Rau
Formerly School District of Lancaster
Anne Kirby
The Candy Factory
Derrick Burch
The Mix
Kevin Ressler
Formerly United Way of Lancaster County
Dee Dee McGuire
West Lampeter Township
Consultants
Barry Miller
Policy Writing
Paige Durborow
Graphic Design
David Rouse
Policy Writing
RegenAll
Community Engagement
CASA of Lancaster
Community Engagement
Church World Service Lancaster
Community Engagement
4ward Planning
Planning Analysis and Policy Writing
John Cox
Planning Analysis and Policy Writing
Joe Landis
Administrative Services
Bergmann
General Consulting
Communication Essentials LLC
Language Translation
Jeff Hawkes
Copy Editing
Age-Friendly Lancaster, PA
Community Engagement and Policy Writing
Jake Longenecker
Floodplain Analysis
Michelle Johnsen Photography
Photography
Connect the Dots
Community Outreach, Strategy, and Facilitation
Tippets/Weaver Architects
Visual Renderings
Mary Gattis
Community Outreach
Additional Thanks!
Alegre Events
Lloyd “Buddy” Calhoun
Ed Groark
H&H Group
LaRock Hudson
Lancaster County Planning Department
Paula Jackson
Jose Lopez
City Neighborhood Groups
Millersville University’s Ware Center
Sai Fly Drones
Todd Roy
Upohar World Kitchen
VistaPrint
Weaver Associates
