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Panel Discussion

Upskilling for the Future

Storytelling and the Value of Planning

Saturday, April 25, 2026

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT

Location: HPCC, Room 330AB

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Moderator and Speaker(s)

Phillip Green, AICP (he/him/his)

Transportation & Long Range Planner
Village of Hoffman Estates
Naperville, Illinois

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Speaker(s)

Meghan Stromberg

Editor in Chief
American Planning Association
Chicago, Illinois
Bruce Knight, FAICP

Planning and Development DIrector
City of Champaign
Champaign, Illinois
Triveece Penelton, AICP

Community Planning and Development Director | Owner and Founder
Vireo | Penelton Interactive
Kansas City, Missouri

Picture the scene. You're at a family dinner, and your great aunt asks "what do you for a living, again." You freeze. How do you succinctly summarize a career as wide-ranging and plate-spinning as urban planning? Even worse, what if it's not your great aunt asking but your elected officials during budget season?

In this session, Bruce Knight, FAICP, Triveece Penelton, AICP, NOMA, and Phil Green, AICP will be in conversation with APA's Editor in Chief, Meghan Stromberg to discuss the role that storytelling skills can play in communicating the value of the work you do every day.

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