| Richard Untermann is Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at the University of Washington. He is the author of Accommodating the Pedestrian: Adapting Towns and Neighborhoods for Walking and Bicycling (out-of-print). Untermann now resides in Santa Barbara, California, where he works as a consultant on planning and design issues. | Sidewalk Essentials PCJ #27, Summer 1997 also reprinted in: 
Traffic Calming Basics PCJ #26, Spring 1997 also reprinted in:
Getting Started PCJ #25, Winter 1997 also reprinted in:
Center-ing Our Suburbs PCJ #22, Spring 1996 Taming the Automobile: How We Can Make Our Streets More "Pedestrian Friendly" PCJ #1, Nov/Dec. 1991 |
| Michael von Hausen is President, MVH Urban Planning and Design Inc., a firm that specializes in sensitive land development planning and sustainable urban design. He is also curriculum coordinator and chief instructor for the Urban Design Certificate Program at Simon Fraser University. His expertise includes alternative development standards, integrated neighborhood design, community ecological planning and group decision-making. Michael is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planning and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. |
Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws PCJ #49, Winter 2003 |
| Gloria Venczel is Principal, Urbanitas Consulting Inc., a young firm dedicated to helping organizations create more sustainable communities. The firm's practice involves sustainable architectural and urban design, and street design, along with developing public awareness strategies on city and village sustainability choices. Gloria is also currently Chair of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia's Public Visioning Program. She is a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a provisional member of the Planning Institute of British Columbia. |
Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws PCJ #49, Winter 2003 |
| Judith Waldrop works for the U.S. Census Bureau. She previously served as Research Editor for American Demographics magazine, and, before that, worked for twelve years as a planner in Alabama. | What Every Planning Commissioner Should Know About Demographics PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |
| Michael J. Wallwork, P.E., is the President of Alternate Street Design, P.A., a company based in Orange Park, Florida, that specializes in people-oriented design of streets and intersections. He specializes in roundabouts, traffic calming, and Main Street designs. Since migrating to the U.S. thirteen years ago from Melbourne, Australia, Wallwork has worked in numerous cities, and with community groups and Departments of Transportation in more than thirty States to design and review roundabouts, redesign streets, and calm traffic in neighborhoods. | Roundabouts: What They Are & Why They Work PCJ #26, Spring 1997 also reprinted in: 
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| Ilene Watson is a planner with the Central Okanagan Regional District Planning Department in Kelowna, British Columbia. She is currently working on special projects such as design guidelines, a town centre strategic plan, large neighborhood master planning projects, and a new zoning bylaw. Watson is a registered professional landscape architect in Canada (CSLA) and is registered to practice planning in both Canada and the United States (MCIP, AICP). |
The Risk of Wildfire PCJ #58, Spring 2005 Listen! PCJ #51, Summer 2003 An Introduction to Urban Design PCJ #43, Summer 2001 also reprinted in: 
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| Alan C. Weinstein, a lawyer and planner, holds a joint appointment in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. His research and practice both deal extensively with issues involving land use and the First Amendment. Weinstein co-edited Land Use and the Constitution: Principles for Planning Practice. |
Homeowners Associations PCJ #58, Spring 2005 Zoning Ordinances and "Free Speech" PCJ #37, Winter 2000
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| Matt Weiser is a freelance writer based in Sacramento, California. He won the 2004 American Planning Association Journalism Award for a series of stories on how sprawl development contributes to air pollution. |
The Changing Face of Manufactured Housing PCJ #59, Summer 2005 |
| Brett Weiss, Esq., is an attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, who has been involved in land use and zoning issues at the state and local levels. |
Restricting Home Occupations PCJ #12, Fall 1993 also reprinted in: 
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| Otis White is president of Civic Strategies, Inc., a collaborative and strategic planning firm specializing in community leadership issues. He is based in Atlanta. White has authored several articles for the Planning Commissioners Journal focusing on community leadership and civic participation issues. |
Taking the Mystery Out of Economic Development PCJ #43, Summer 2001 Should You Run? PCJ #33, Winter 1999 Gaining Legitimacy PCJ #21, Winter 1996 Getting Power by Giving it Away PCJ #18, Spring 1995 How to Make Decisions People Will Accept PCJ #17, Winter 1995 The Secret to Compromise: Learning to Read Others PCJ #16, Fall 1994 |
| Carol J. Whitlock is a registered professional engineer. She currently chairs both the Merriam, Kansas, and the Johnson County, Kansas, Planning Commissions. Whitlock has served on the Merriam Planning Commission for over 20 years, including 17 years as chairperson, and has served on the Johnson County Planning Commission for 12 years, chairing it for 8 years.. |
Chairing the Planning Commission PCJ #70, Spring 2008 |
| Robert Widner, Esq., is an attorney with the Denver, Colorado, law firm of Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C. Widner previously served as an assistant city attorney for Arvada, Colorado, and acted as legal counsel to the planning commission. In addition to holding a law degree, Widner received a master's in urban and regional planning. |
Basics of Variances PCJ #50, Spring 2003 Understanding Spot Zoning PCJ #13, Winter 1994 |
| Bill Wilkinson, AICP, has served as the Executive Director of the Bicycle Federation of America (now operating as the National Center for Bicycling and Walking) since 1986. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Surface Transportation Policy Project.
Wilkinson got his start in this field in the mid-1970s as Bicycle Planner for Fairfax County, Virginia, where he directed the development of a countywide bike/trail plan. Wilkinson went on to serve as the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bicycle / Pedestrian Program Coordinator, and later as Director of Programs for the Bicycle Manufacturers Association, before joining the Bicycle Federation in 1983. |
Making Communities "Bicycle Friendly" PCJ #10, May/June 1993 also reprinted in:
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| The late Bert Winterbottom was a principal with LDR International, Inc., a planning and design firm based in Columbia, Maryland. His work focused on vision-building, organizing public-private partnerships, implementation strategies and tourism development. Prior to joining LDR, Winterbottom was a principal with The Rouse Company's American City Corporation. Earlier in his career, he served as planning director of the Greenville County, South Carolina, Planning Commission and as a planner for the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County, North Carolina, Planning Board. |
Planning for Heritage Tourism PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
| Charles Wolfe is a Member of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, in Seattle, Washington, where he chairs the firm's Environmental Practice Group. He has over fifteen years experience in environmental, land use and administrative law in both Washington State and Connecticut. His practice focuses on regulatory compliance counseling, redevelopment of properties impacted by contamination and other regulatory constraints, site remediation and liability allocation, permitting, enforcement response, Clean Water Act and wetland issues, historic and cultural resource issues, due diligence and administrative advocacy before regulatory agencies and staff. | Roundtable Discussion: Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards PCJ #22, Spring 1996 also reprinted in:
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| Kunio Yamaguchi is Director of the Urban & Regional Planning Institute Co. of Tokyo. He has worked as a consultant to a numberof cities throughout Japan on planning issues. | Planning and Conflict: The Story of Otaru, Japan PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |