Mandi Roberts, AICP, PLA

Experience

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  David Evans and Associates, Inc.

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1988

  Planner
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  Otak

  Sept 1988 - now

  Vice President, Principal, and Practice Leader

  Career focus in planning and design that enhances the places where people live, work, learn, and play and that protects the environment. Extensive experience in expanding transportation options and improving livability through excellence in urban design and integrated land use and transportation solutions. Expert in transit-oriented development, planning and design of multi-modal streets and streetscapes, pedestrian, bicycle and transit facilities, public plazas and spaces, parks and trails, and other places of the public realm. Well known for developing and implementing innovative public and stakeholder involvement programs. Experienced project manager, certified planner, and licensed landscape architect. Certification in Low Impact Development. Vice Chair (2018-2019) of the University of Washington Professionals Council for the Planning and Urban Design Department and Advisor to the University of Idaho College of Art and Architecture. Show less

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  University of Idaho

  Jan 2012 - now

  Chair of the Advisory, College of Art and Architecture
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  Professionals Council, University of Washington, Urban Design and Planning Department

  Jun 2014 - now

  Past Chair and Current Member

  The Professionals Council is an independent body whose members mentor planning students in the University of Washington Urban Design and Planning Program. The Council links the professional community in the Puget Sound area with the UW UPD Program. As practitioners, we accept an ethical and professional responsibility to work for the improvement of both planning practice and planning education and recognize a special obligation to help students prepare for careers in the field.