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NCPC Senior Staff

 Marcel C. Acosta
     Executive Director, Biography

 Barry S. Socks
     Chief Operating Officer Biography

 William G. Dowd, PE
     Director, Plan and Project
       Implementation Division Biography

 Julia Koster, AICP
     Director, Planning, Research, 
       and Policy Division Biography

 David W. Levy, RA, AICP
     Director, Urban Design and Plan 
       Review Division Biography

 Lisa N. MacSpadden
     Director, Office of Public Affairs Biography

 Charles J. "Jody" Rieder
     Director, Office of Administration Biography 

 Christine Saum, AIA
       Chief Urban Designer Biography

 Lois J. Schiffer
    General Counsel Biography

 Michael A. Sherman, Associate AIA
    Chief of Staff Biography

 Deborah B. Young
    Secretariat Biography

All Staff Directory

The National Capital Planning Commission is supported by professionals with expertise in architecture, planning, engineering, GIS and CAD design, administration, public and international relations, and information technology. You may contact NCPC’s staff with any questions or concerns about federal planning in the nation’s capital.

Office of the Executive Director

  Marcel C. Acosta, Executive Director, Biography
  Barry S. Socks, Chief Operating Officer
  Michael A. Sherman, Chief of Staff 
  Christine Saum, AIA, Chief Urban Designer
  Lois J. Schiffer, General Counsel
  Priscilla A. Brown, Executive Assistant
 
Office of Administration

  Charles J. "Jody" Rieder, Director
  Tony D. Champ, Information Technology Specialist
  Camille R. Lewis, Human Resources Assistant
  Patricia Thompson, Receptionist 
  Phyllis A. Vessels, Human Resources Specialist 
 
Office of Public Affairs

  Lisa N. MacSpadden, Director 
  Paul A. Jutton, Graphic Designer 
  Denise V. Powers, Senior Writer-Editor 
  Stephen O. Staudigl, Public Affairs Specialist

Office of the Secretariat

  Deborah B. Young, Secretariat
  Marcella M. Brown, Information Resources Specialist
  Long Diep, Program/Management Assistant 
  
Plan and Project Implementation Division

  William G. Dowd, PE, Director
  Stefanie D. Brown, Community Planner
  Shane L. Dettman, Community Planner (GIS)  
  Stephen D. Dunakoskie, RA, Architect (Urban Design) 
  Elizabeth D. Miller, AICP, ASLA, Sr. Urban Planner/Designer 
  Kenneth T. Walton, Architect (Urban Design)  
  Michael W. Weil, AICP, Community Planner (Transportation)
  Roszonna E. Whitsett, Management Assistant
  David A. Zaidain, Community Planner 

Planning Research and Policy Division

  Julia A. Koster, AICP, Director
  Kael W. Anderson, Community Planner
  Michelle Desiderio, Community Planner 
  Jeffrey L. Hinkle, AICP, Community Planner
  Lucy Kempf, Community Planner (GIS)
  Amy Tarce, AICP, Assoc. AIA, Community Planner   
  Stacy T. Wood, Community Planner 

Urban Design and Plan Review Division

  David W. Levy, RA, AICP, Director
  Carlton E. Hart, AICP, Community Planner
  Eugene A. Keller, ASLA, Community Planner (Environment)
  Cheryl Kelly, Community Planner
  Diane Sullivan, Community Planner
  Nancy Witherell, Historic Preservation Officer

National Capital Planning Commission   Organizational Chart