Virginia Viado
Virginia Viado is a Senior Urban Planner with URS Corporation, preparing environmental documents for compliance with NEPA and CEQA, and a variety of land use planning documents for both public and private sector clients. She has extensive experience in municipal planning as well, having worked at various jurisdictions throughout Southern California as full time and contract staff for the majority of her 20-year planning career. She is currently the American Planning Association, California Chapter's (APACA) Vice President of Administration and is a Boardmember of the California Planning Foundation, which was established by APACA to further the professional practice of planning in California and to support planning students by awarding scholarships to students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate planning programs in California.