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Upcounty Planning

Upcounty covers two-thirds of Montgomery County, including most of the county’s rural areas, the Agricultural Reserve, environmentally sensitive Special Protection Areas, and diverse range of communities, such as Fairland, Burtonsville, Sandy Spring, Ashton, Olney, Damascus, Clarksburg, Germantown, Darnestown, and Potomac.

Upcounty staff strive to:

  • Plan and manage growth within Upcounty by creating diverse, equitable, vibrant, sustainable, and resilient communities that are inclusive and interconnected through multi-modal transportation networks and offer a variety of affordable and attainable housing types.
  • Promote and support agriculture and agritourism in various communities and contexts within Upcounty.
  • Engage and include input from the diverse residents of Upcounty, while applying traditional and progressive planning approaches, which lead to meaningful recommendations and outcomes in our plans and the natural and built environment.

View all Upcounty master plans on the Communities page.

M-NCPPC staff contacts

PositionNamePhoneE-mail
Upcounty Planning ChiefPatrick Butler(301) 495-4561patrick.butler@montgomeryplanning.org
Administrative AssistantDominique Costley(301) 495-1316dominique.costley@montgomeryplanning.org
InternAmory Jones(301) 495-1305amory.jones@montgomeryplanning.org
Master Plan TeamStaffTelephoneE-mail
SupervisorDon Zeigler(301) 495-4511donnell.zeigler@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIBrett Brown(301) 495-1335brett.brown@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIAudrey Vogel(301) 495-2104audrey.vogel@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIClark Larson(301) 495-1331jamey.pratt@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIJamey Pratt(301) 495-4588jamey.pratt@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIRoberto Duke(301) 495-2168roberto.duke@montgomeryplanning.org
Regulatory TeamStaffTelephoneE-mail
SupervisorSandra Pereira(301) 495-2186sandra.pereira@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIMariah Clayborne(301) 495-4535mariah.clayborne@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIUgo Njeze(301) 495-1320ugonna.njeze@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIJustine Gonzalez-Velez(301) 495-4574justine.gonzalez-velez@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIChris Van Alstyne(301) 495-4629chris.vanalstyne@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIDoug Johnsen(301) 495-4559douglas.johnsen@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIJeff Server(301) 495-4513jeffrey.server@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIMolline Jackson(301) 495-4573molline.jackson@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIPhillip Estes(301) 495-2176phillip.estes@montgomeryplanning.org
Zoning, Public Projects, and Agricultural Initiatives TeamStaffTelephoneE-mail
Planner IIJonathan Casey(301) 495-2162jonathan.casey@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IIIJosh Penn(301) 495-4546joshua.penn@montgomeryplanning.org
Planner IVMark Beall(301) 495-1330mark.beall@montgomeryplanning.org