DAVE JAVID
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FOUNDER + PRINCIPAL
Dave has over 20 years of experience leading a wide range of planning, urban design and community engagement efforts of varying scale. Dave’s experience managing the public facing side of meaningful projects includes Racial Equity Assessments; Climate Adaption and Sea Level Rise; Citywide General Plans and Housing Standards; and Downtown, Strategic and Vision Plans throughout the Bay Area. Dave and Plan to Place continue to research and implement best practices related to communication, facilitation, and collaboration strategies, and have become a leader in the ever evolving virtual engagement landscape.
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dave@plantoplace.com
VICTOR TRAN
CONSULTING ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Victor has over 6 years of experience working on community-based planning efforts across Northern California. He applies people-centered design to tailor outreach and engagement strategies to meet the needs of stakeholders and maximize their participation, while also holding equity, inclusion, trust, and capacity-building as values. His experience with a wide variety of outreach and engagement formats and tools offers him confidence to be adaptive to the unique needs of the local context and willing to apply new, innovative approaches
QUENTIN FREEMAN (they/them)
OUTREACH + GRAPHIC DESIGN SPECIALIST
Quentin’s multidisciplinary work spans community-based research, visual arts, and place-based analysis and design to imagine and enact futures rooted in climate resilience and equity. A graduate from UC Berkeley’s Urban Studies program with emphasis on landscape architecture and socio-ecological sustainability, she is working to build connections between people and place, and believes wholly in a design process grounded in authentic and empowering participation at every step.
Resume (pdf) | quentin@plantoplace.com
DASHA ORTENBERG
CONSULTING FACILITATOR/SR. ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Dasha brings over 15 years of combined education and professional experience across the creative industries to her engagement work. Her experience managing interdisciplinary projects from concept to implementation gives her insight into the distinct yet overlapping questions concerning communities, governments, and private enterprises. For every project, she is committed to developing a tailored approach to its unique context.
dasha@plantoplace.com
WINNIE
TEAM MASCOT + FETCH SPECIALIST
Colleague Testimonials
“Dave is adept in effectively communicating complex urban design intricacies, in a manner that is understandable to the public and decision makers. He maintains an easy going demeanor even in contentious settings, and is able to convey to outreach participants that their voice is being heard. In my realm as transportation expert in planning workshops and outreach exercises, I very much appreciate having a competent facilitator like Dave at the helm.”
“I’m always impressed by Dave’s professionalism, organization skills and his incredible calm demeanor. It is always a pleasure to work with Dave and I’m excited to experience his new leadership role at Plan to Place.”
“Dave is a top quality city planner and urban designer. His integrity, professionalism and attention to detail provide us great confidence as to the success of any assignment. I particularly respect his organizational skills as a project manager and his experience and sophistication with community outreach. We consider it a privilege to work with Dave on any planning assignment.”
“Dave has a warm and friendly approach while being able to communicate project needs and expectations. He was a great colleague and mentor capable and comfortable finding the balance to bring projects into healthy and successful completion. As a project manager, he set up clear expectations and targets while inspiring us to work independently and creatively.”