UBRI Team


LEADERSHIP

Our team consists of planners, architects, urban designers, data analysts, policy specialists, legal experts, researchers, information systems experts, technical writers, and graphic designers committed to innovative planning, community engagement, and accessible information to help create great places.

Even with the internal talent on the team, we don’t hesitate to invest in collective problem solving with our extensive network of research partners. On every project, the team is focused on asking the right questions, and partnering with experts across the University, community, and professional networks to research and explore the best solutions

Bart Roberts
INTERIM DIRECTOR

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Jennifer Crawford
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Brian W. Conley
SENIOR PLANNER
Josh McClain
SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY PLANNER
Jason Kulaszewski
CLEAN ENERGY COORDINATOR
Sharon Ana Entress
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Teresa Bosch de Celis
ASSOCIATE PLANNER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER​

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Our graduate assistants make us unique—providing us with fresh perspectives and connecting our office to the ever-evolving research and technology being used in the classroom.

Naya Tineo

Graduate Assistant

Grace Wiseman

Research Assistant

Nini Pandit

Research Assistant

ASSOCIATED FACULTY

We connect with faculty on projects that could benefit from a particular skill-set, expertise or burgeoning research in a particular field. Our collaborative projects with the UB School of Architecture and Planning faculty span topics as diverse as food-system security, responses to climate change, green transportation systems, inclusive design, situated technologies (the use of technology embedded in buildings), sustainable community development, planning for extreme events (such as earthquakes or hurricanes) and many others.

Robert G. Shibley, FAIA, FAICP School of Architecture and Planning 

Lynda Schneekloth School of Architecture and Planning 

Nicholas B. Rajkovich School of Architecture and Planning 

Hiroaki Hata School of Architecture and Planning

Daniel B. Hess School of Architecture and Planning 

Samina Raja School of Architecture and Planning 

Matthew Roland School of Architecture and Planning

Our diverse team also includes a wide variety of professional consultants, including:

  • Bisonwing Planning & Development, LLC
  • Brenda A. Stynes
  • Center for Regional Strategies
  • Get Fokus’d Productions (Aitina Fareed-Cooke)
  • Glenda M. Cadwallader
  • Highland Planning
  • Let’s Talk (LaTrese Myers)
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Lossless Creative Studio (Miles Fonda)
  • Maureen Purcell
  • Michael Ulbrich
  • OH Community Partners
  • Pen Creative (Kimberly Ann Pentheros)
  • Promotional Productions (Kyle Toth)
  • Riveter LLC
  • Roxanne Kise Consulting LLC
  • Sally Crowley Marketing
  • Scribble Queen Design
  • The Coming Wave, LLC (William Even)
  • vidwheel LLC
  • Watts Architecture & Engineering