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About Us

WHO WE ARE

The First Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) serves its membership in Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties.

APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), are organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning -- physical, economic, and social -- at the local, regional, state, and national level. The objective of APA is to encourage planning that will contribute to the development of communities and environments that meet the needs of people and of society more effectively.

The purpose of the First Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association is the study and advancement of the art and science of local, regional, state, and national planning; the furtherance of the interests of the profession; the promotion of fellowship among members of the Section; Chapter and Association, all in the particular sphere of planning of the unified development of urban communities and their environs and of states, regions and the nation; and, such other purposes as the Association may time to time declare.

Watch a promotional video about the First Coast APA on You Tube (click below).

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CONTACT US
Planning@FirstCoastAPA.org

Section Officers

Chair
Anthony S. Robbins, AICP
Senior Planner
Prosser Hallock, Inc.
trobbins@prosserhallock.com
(904) 739-3655

Vice Chair/Webmaster
Betty Sue Stepp, AICP
Project Liaison
St. Johns County
bsstepp@sjcfl.us
(904) 209-0583

Secretary
Elizabeth Payne, AICP
Senior Regional Planner
Northeast Florida Regional Council
epayne@nefrc.org
(904) 279-0880

Treasurer
Donald Smith, AICP
VP Regulatory Planning
England-Thims & Miller, Inc.
smithd@etminc.com
(904) 265-3194

Immediate Past Chair
Stephen Tocknell, AICP
Principal
Tocknell Planning Services
stevetock@clearwire.net
(904) 638-6629

Board Member and Professional Development Officer
Alyce Decker, AICP
alyce2001@live.com
(904) 607-2220

Board Member and Membership Officer
Frederick Jones, AICP
Senior Planner/Project Manager
Reynolds, Smith & Hills
frederick.jones@rsandh.com
(904) 256-2500

Board Member and Legislative Officer
Steve Lindorff, AICP
Director
City of Jacksonville Beach
slindorff@jaxbchfl.net
(904) 247-6231

Board Member
Ennis Davis

Board Member
Jennifer Hewett-Apperson, AICP
hewettapperson@yahoo.com

Board Member
Duncan Ross, AICP
Planner
Prosser Hallock
dross@prosserhallock.com
(904) 739-3655

Board Member
Kristen Reed
City Planner Supervisor
City of Jacksonville
Kreed@coj.net
(904) 630-2137