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Dara O'Byrne, AICP (she/her/hers)

Deputy Director
City of Detroit Planning and Development Department
Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Dara O’Byrne, AICP is the Deputy Director of the Planning and Development Department at the City of Detroit. In her role, she leads city-wide initiatives and long-term planning for the City of Detroit. Prior to her current role, she was the Chief Parks Planner for the City of Detroit, where she guided the long-term vision for parks and greenways, with a focus on improving the quality of life for all Detroiters. Her 20-year career spans public, private, and non-profit sector roles in Seattle, Detroit, and Oakland, CA. Dara’s areas of expertise include land use and community planning, open space planning, active transportation, and transit-oriented development. Dara’s west coast work focused on creating livable, walkable communities in the Seattle area and guiding transformative development projects in Oakland, including two transit-oriented mixed-use developments at BART stations. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy from The University of Michigan and a Master of Urban Planning, with a Certificate in Urban Design, from the University of Washington.

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