KATHY QUILLINAN NOTHSTINE, PROGRAM MANAGER

In 2010, Kathy Nothstine joined the NADO Research Foundation as program manager. Nothstine works with NADO's transportation programs, including the Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development and RPO America.

Before joining NADO, Nothstine worked as a community planner with a planning and design consulting firm in Orlando, Florida. In this role, she helped to create land use programs and site plans for real estate development proposals, represented clients in negotiations with state and local government agencies, and developed policies and plans for municipal governments. She worked on redevelopment plans and long-term comprehensive plans, drafted land development regulations and design guidelines, organized design charrettes, and coordinated planning efforts with developers, public sector planning staff, elected officials, and citizen groups.

While at the International Economic Development Council, Nothstine completed research on small town revitalization and analyzed smart growth techniques as a way to promote economic development. She also served as an AmeriCorps member with New Jersey Community Water Watch, a project of NJPIRG, where she trained residents in urban areas to address water quality issues in their communities by organizing river cleanup events and implementing environmental education programs.

Nothstine received her Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Villanova University, and has studied at Oxford University in England and the National University of Ireland, Galway.

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