FHI Staff Overview

Brief descriptions of our staff experience are listed below. Links are provided to each person's resume - available in MS Word format (.doc) and Adobe Portable Document File format (.pdf).

Staff are listed in alphabetical order by their last name:

Kristen Ahlfeld, AICP

Principal Planner

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Analysis/Planning
  • Public Outreach

Focus:

  • Traffic Impact Analysis
  • Parking Studies
  • Corridor Studies (Transit and Rail)
  • Data Collection and Survey Design
  • Congestion Managment Programs
  • Rail Planning and Analyses
  • Environmental Impact Studies
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Public Involvement Workshops

Geographical Concentration:

  • Mid-Atlantic

Phone: 201-377-2325
Fax: 201-603-6482
e-mail: kahlfeld@fhiplan.com

Jill Barrett

Practice Area Leader

Discipline Area:

  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Public Involvement Program Development
  • Meeting Facilitation and Planning
  • Community Organizing
  • Public Open Space Advocacy
  • Urban Greening
  • Open Space Preservation
  • Planning and Recreational Development
  • Urban Improvement Activities
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Traffic Calming

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 211
Fax: 860-760-6944
e-mail: jbarrett@fhiplan.com

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Steve Bedford, PH.D.
Team Leader -
Cultural Resources

Practice Area Leader

Discipline Area:

  • Cultural Resource Investigations/Management

Focus:

  • Historic Building/Cultural Resouce Surveys
  • National Register Nominations/Eligibility Assessments
  • Historic Structure Inventory/Eligibility Reports
  • Cultural Resource Management Plans
  • Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and Historic Architectural and Engineering Record (HAER) Documentation
  • Impact Evaluation Studies
  • Section 106 and 4(f) Documentation
  • State/Federal Mitigation Documentation
  • Expert Testimony

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, New York

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 212
Fax: 860-371-2873
e-mail: sbedford@fhiplan.com

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Leslie Black

Senior Planner

Discipline Area:

  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Meeting Facilitation
  • Meeting Planning
  • Community Organizer
  • Writer/Editor

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 213
Fax: 860-540-1013
e-mail: lblack@fhiplan.com

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Rachel Bright

Planner II

Discipline Area:

  • Transportation Planning

Focus:

  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Design/Planning
  • Public Involvement
  • Historical Architectural Resource Documentation

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 241
Fax: 203-774-1105
e-mail: rbright@fhiplan.com

Sam Eisenbeiser, AICP

Senior Planner II

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning/Traffic Engineering
  • Environmental Analysis
  • Public Involvement
  • Community and Land Planning

Focus:

  • Corridor Studies
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Downtown Revitaliztion Plans
  • Shared Parkng Analyses
  • Long-Range Transportation Plans
  • Traffic Simulation
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Consensus-building Workshops

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 215
Fax: 860-371-2939
email: skeisenbeiser@fhiplan.com

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Ruth Fitzgerald, AICP

President

Noteworthy:

  • Founder of FHI

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Documentation
  • Public Involvement
  • Community and Land Planning

Focus:

  • Corridor Studies/Multimodal Corridor Studies
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Regionwide Planning Analyses
  • Regional/State Transportation Policy Plans
  • Travel Demand Estimation
  • Transit Analysis
  • Rail (Light, BRT Fixed Guideway) Corridor Studies
  • Station Area Analyses
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
  • Freight System Analyses
  • Impact Analyses
  • Environmental Justice Evaluations
  • Environmental Documentation
  • Meeting Facilitation and Planning
  • Community Organizing
  • Consensus Building

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 217
Fax: 860-247-7206
e-mail: rfitzgerald@fhiplan.com

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Carol Gould, AICP, Team Leader -
Community & Site Planning

Practice Area Leader

Discipline Areas:

  • Community and Land Use Planning
  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Documentation
  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Municipal Plans of Development
  • Neighborhood Master Plans
  • Model Regulation Development
  • Corridor Studies
  • Smart Growth Planning
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
  • Environmental Assessments
  • NEPA/CEPA
  • Watershed Protection Studies
  • Community Outreach Efforts
  • Charettes

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, Mid-Atlantic

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 219
Fax: 860-795-2014
e-mail: cgould@fhiplan.com

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David Laiuppa, CSS

Planner II

Discipline Areas:

  • Environmental Planning
  • GIS

Focus:

  • Soil Testing
  • Environmental Analysis
  • Natural Resource and Land Use
  • Tidal & Inland Wetland Delineation
  • Environmental Docmentation
  • Data Evaluation for Transit-Related Studies
  • GIS Mapping/3-D Visual Simulations

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 222
Fax: 860-760-6225
e-mail: dlaiuppa@fhiplan.com

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Howard Latimer

Lead Graphics Designer

Discipline Areas:

  • Information Technology
  • Public Involvement Support

Focus:

  • Website Design/Production/Maintenance
  • Graphic Design
  • Computer Support
  • Copy-editing/Copywriting
  • GIS Mapping
  • IT-everything

Phone: 860-256-4906
Fax: 860-247-7206
e-mail: hlatimer@fhiplan.com

Marianne Latimer, AICP,
Associate

Team Leader - Environmental

Discipline Areas:

  • Environmental Planning and Analysis (TEAM LEADER)
  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Environmental Planning
  • Air Quality Analyses
  • Watershed Analysis
  • Water Resources Permitting
  • Water Supply Planning
  • Emergency Planning
  • RCRA Reporting
  • Site Assessments
  • Corridor Land Use Evaluations
  • No Discharge Area Applications
  • Watershed Analysis
  • Water Quality Planning
  • Environmental Documentation (NEPA/CEPA)
  • Consensus Building
  • Charettes/Workshops
  • Meeting Planning

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 224
Fax: 860-760-6158
e-mail: mlatimer@fhiplan.com

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Ken Livingston, AICP,
Principal Associate

Director - Corporate Services

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Documentation
  • Information Technology
  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Multimodal Transportation Planning
  • Corridor Studied
  • Downtown Revitalization Plans
  • Intermodal Transportation Centers
  • Statewide Transportation Projects
  • Municipal Planning Regulations
  • Station Area Planning Studies
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Assessments
  • GIS Mapping
  • 3-D Modeling

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, Mid-Atlantic

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 225
Fax: 860-247-7206
e-mail: klivingston@fhiplan.com

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Mary Manning, P.E.

Principal Planner/Engineer II

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Planning

Focus:

  • Corridor Studies
  • Congestion Management Plans
  • Long-Range Transportation Plans
  • Access Management Studies
  • Plans of Conservation & Development
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Noise Analysis Studies
  • Expert Testimony
  • Traffic Engineering and Design
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Transit Studies

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, New York

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 226
Fax: 860-521-1538
e-mail: mmanning@fhiplan.com

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Marcy Miller, AICP

Senior Planner

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Environmental Documentation
  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Regional Long-Range Transportation Planning
  • Transportation improvement Plans
  • Air Quality Conformity Documentation
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Assessments

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, Mid-Atlantic

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 228
Fax: 860-540-1010
e-mail: mmiller@fhiplan.com

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Linda Perelli Wright, Associate

Director - Special Projects

Discipline Areas:

  • Environmental Resource Analysis and Documentation
  • Environmental, Community and Land Planning
  • Permitting and Regulatory Compliance
  • Ecological Studies
  • Cultural Resouce Investigations

Focus:

  • Wetland and Wildlife Habitat Assessment and Mitigation
  • Natural Resource Evaluations
  • Coastal Zone Management
  • Wetland and Watershed Protection Studies
  • Municipal Plans of Conservation and Development
  • State/Federal Permit Applications
  • Natural Resouce Inventories
  • Plant and Animal Surveys
  • Forest Fragmentation Analyses
  • T & E Species Studies
  • Environmental Documentation (NEPA/CEPA)

Geographical Concentration:

  • West Coast

Phone: 541-633-7873
Fax: 971-275-1868
e-mail: lpwright@fhiplan.com

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Paul Stanton

Practice Area Leader

Discipline Areas:

  • Environmental Documentation
  • Permitting and Regulatory Compliance

Focus:

  • Environmental Impact Statements/Environmental Assessments for
    • Highway Corridors
    • Bridge Replacements
    • Rail Line and Station Improvements
    • Airport Master Plans
    • Runway Safety Improvements
    • Intermodal Centers
    • Campus Master Plans
    • Water/Sewer Projects
  • Environmental Documentation (NEPA/CEPA)

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 232
Fax: 860-540-1126
e-mail: pstanton@fhiplan.com

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Laurel Stegina, AICP

Senior Planner II

Discipline Areas:

  • Environmental Planning and Analysis
  • Public Involvement
  • Transportation Planning

Focus:

  • Environmental Documentation (NEPA/CEPA)
  • Environmental Planning
  • Natural Resource Management Plans
  • Biophysical Inventories
  • Environmental Permitting
  • Public Meeting Coordination
  • Meeting Facilitation and Planning
  • Consensus Building
  • Media Communication/Coordination
  • Long-Range Transportation Plans
  • Corridor Enhancement Studies
  • Toll-road Financial Feasibility Studies
  • User Surveys

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 233
Fax: 860-760-6213
e-mail: lstegina@fhiplan.com

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Carla Tillery,
Associate

Team Leader - Northeast Traffic

Discipline Areas:

  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transportation Planning & Modeling
  • Transit and Rail Studies

Focus:

  • Traffic Impact Analysis
  • Traffic Simulation
  • Signal Optimization
  • Parking Studies
  • Signing/Markings/MPT
  • Transportation Demand Modeling
  • Transit and Rail Planning Analyses
  • Corridor Studies
  • Alternatives Analyses
  • Fixed Guideway Studies
  • Intermodal Facility Planning Studies

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England, Mid-Atlantic

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 234
Fax: 203-702-5022
e-mail: ctillery@fhiplan.com

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Susan VanBenschoten, P.E.,
Principal Associate

Director - Projects & Client Services

Discipline Areas:

  • FHI Management
  • Transportation Planning
  • Public Involvement

Focus:

  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Transportation Master Plan Development
  • Corridor Studies
  • Major Investment Studies
  • Downtown Revitalization Plans
  • Parking Studies
  • Long Range Transportation Plans
  • Consensus Building
  • Meeting Facilitation

Geographical Concentration:

  • New England

Phone: 860-247-7200 ext. 236
Fax: 860-371-3408
e-mail: svanbenschoten@fhiplan.com

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Douglas Wolf, AICP

Senior Planner

Discipline Areas:

  • Transportation Planning & Modeling
  • Environmental Documentation

Focus:

  • Major Investment Studies
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Downtown Circulation Plans
  • Traffic Calming Plans
  • Institutional Master Planning and Parking Studies
  • Transit Planning Studies
  • Environmental Impact Statements/Environmental Assessments

Phone & Fax: 303-778-5966
e-mail: dwolf@fhiplan.com

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