DAVE JAVID, AICP, LEED AP
Principal + Founder
Dave has over 20 years of experience leading a wide range of planning, urban design and community engagement efforts of varying scale. Dave’s experience managing the public facing side of meaningful projects includes Racial Equity Assessments; Citywide General and Housing Plans; and Downtown, Strategic and Vision Plans throughout the Bay Area. Recent projects include a collaboration with the City of San Jose and Google over a four year timeframe, on the Diridon Station Area Community Engagement effort to shape and facilitate an inclusive and equitable outreach strategy, that led to the unanimous approval of a comprehensive community supported plan. Dave and Plan to Place continue to research and implement best practices related to communication, facilitation, and collaboration strategies, and have become a leader in the ever evolving virtual engagement landscape.
LinkedIn | Resume (pdf) | dave@plantoplace.com
RACHAEL SHARKLAND
Community Engagement + Urban Design Specialist
Rachael has 9 years of experience working as a researcher, designer, and project manager on complex urban design projects including masterplans for higher education and health campuses and civic design and transit guidelines. Her background in ecology inform her reverence for a holistic and participatory design process grounded in an ethics of resilience, equity, empathy, and agency.
Resume (pdf) | rachael@plantoplace.com
QUENTIN FREEMAN
Outreach + Graphic Design Specialist
Quentin’s multidisciplinary work spans community-based research, visual arts, and place-based analysis and design to imagine and enact futures rooted in climate resilience and equity. A recent graduate from UC Berkeley’s Urban Studies program with emphasis on landscape architecture and socio-ecological sustainability, she is working to build connections between people and place, and believes wholly in a design process grounded in authentic and empowering participation at every step.
ENZO
Team Mascot
Testimonials
“Dave is adept in effectively communicating complex urban design intricacies, in a manner that is understandable to the public and decision makers. He maintains an easy going demeanor even in contentious settings, and is able to convey to outreach participants that their voice is being heard. In my realm as transportation expert in planning workshops and outreach exercises, I very much appreciate having a competent facilitator like Dave at the helm.”
“I’m always impressed by Dave’s professionalism, organization skills and his incredible calm demeanor. It is always a pleasure to work with Dave and I’m excited to experience his new leadership role at Plan to Place.”
“Dave is a top quality city planner and urban designer. His integrity, professionalism and attention to detail provide us great confidence as to the success of any assignment. I particularly respect his organizational skills as a project manager and his experience and sophistication with community outreach. We consider it a privilege to work with Dave on any planning assignment.”
“Dave has a warm and friendly approach while being able to communicate project needs and expectations. He was a great colleague and mentor capable and comfortable finding the balance to bring projects into healthy and successful completion. As a project manager, he set up clear expectations and targets while inspiring us to work independently and creatively.”
