Denver Metro Area

Amanda Kannard is an urban planner, designer, and project manager with over seven years of experience in the planning field, and is currently a Senior Associate at Progressive Urban Management Associates (P.U.M.A.). Amanda works on a diversity of projects, from neighborhood, downtown, and corridor plans, to comprehensive community engagement efforts, to strategic visioning and organizational plans. Prior to joining P.U.M.A., Amanda gained urban design, public engagement, and research experience at urban planning consulting firms in the Chicago and Los Angeles regions and gained public sector planning experience in place management organizations in Chicago during her time as a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Alyssa Knutson is an AICP-certified planner that earned her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver in 2013.  Since then, she has worked in the planning profession in both the public and private sectors, which includes 8 years as a planner for the City of Fort Lupton and over 2½ years in her current position as a land use planner at Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC.  

Prior to pursuing a career in planning, Alyssa worked in legal support in different legal settings.  She has also previously served as a planning commissioner for the City of Glendale, Colorado, a board member of the City Park West Registered Neighborhood Organization, and as a chair for the alumni association of her undergraduate alma mater, Colorado State University.  She looks forward to serving as a Denver Metro Area Representative and providing opportunities for Denver area planners to come together in meaningful ways to discuss planning issues, successes, and experiences.

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