Heba ElGawish (she/her/hers)

Associate Director
DC Office of Planning
Washington, District of Columbia

Heba ElGawish is an urban designer, land use planner, and architect, with nearly 20 years of experience working in the built environment space. Heba is the Associate Director of Neighborhood Planning at the DC Office of Planning. She directs a diverse team of planning professionals to develop innovative and contextual place-based plans, including small area plans, design guidelines, and development frameworks. In her work, Heba applies forecasting using scenario planning models to effectively prepare for social, economic, and environmental drivers of change, and develop a process that is rooted in equitable and people-centered outcomes.

Heba holds a master’s degree in urban and regional design from New York Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Alexandria, Egypt.

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Presentation(s):

• Digital Transformation of Policy Planning and Practice

  Sunday, April 26, 2026
  8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT