East County Planning – Division Chief
Carrie Sanders is the Division Chief for East County Planning in the Montgomery County Planning Department, responsible for development review and master planning in the east county. Carrie joined the Planning Department as a Planning Chief in 2017 and has overseen regulatory and master planning in many communities in Montgomery County, including North Bethesda, Grosvenor-Strathmore, Great Seneca, Kensington, Wheaton, and White Oak. Carrie is a graduate of the Leadership Montgomery CORE Program (Connecting Our Region’s Executives) and of the Urban Land Institute’s Washington’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute. Prior to joining M-NCPPC, Ms. Sanders served as Deputy Director of Transportation for the City of Alexandria, where she oversaw transportation planning, transportation engineering, and mobility services. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Maryland, College Park.