Uri Avin is a Research Professor at the UMD National Center for Smart Growth where his applied research and projects have addressed numerous aspects of growth management at the county, region and statewide scales. Before UMD, Uri was a consultant with several national planning and design firms for three decades where his work included 20 projects in Maryland. He also served for a decade in Maryland’s public sector as planning director in Howard and deputy director in Baltimore and Harford Counties. His work has been recognized through 10 national awards for excellence and 20 state awards. Uri also directs the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) at the Center which has, over the past four years, provided over 120 UMD courses to 9 Maryland jurisdictions to help address their sustainability challenges. He is currently working on PRESTO, the Center’s statewide scenarios project and on a Housing Strategy Plan for Prince George’s County. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association and is on the Transportation and Land Development Committee of the TRB. Uri holds Masters Degrees in Architecture, Urban Design and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
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