Senior Principal | Planner
SmithGroup
ROYAL OAK, Michigan
Kathleen Duffy, AICP is a Senior Principal at SmithGroup and leads the firm's urban planning team. She has nearly 20 years of planning experience ranging from small villages to capital cities, from rural townships to urban centers. Kathleen applies her design and policy expertise to a variety of projects, specializing in land use and neighborhood planning, transit-oriented development, urban design, and public involvement for comprehensive plans, revitalization projects, and form-based codes. Her expertise extends to equitable public engagement strategies, leveraging creative problem-solving, innovative design skills, and big-picture thinking to deliver implementable plans. Her work reflects a deep commitment to revitalizing post-industrial cities, transforming them into vibrant, inclusive destinations through data-driven plans and robust community engagement. Kathleen received her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois and her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan.
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