After 10 years in data management, Jeffrey changed careers and has spent the last 5 years at PlanSmart NJ. As Senior Project Planner, he manages PlanSmart NJ’s transportation, housing and neighborhood/municipal planning portfolios with an additional focus on statewide planning.
Jeffrey was the primary author of PlanSmart NJ’s ‘Smart Growth Guide to Circulation Elements: A Technical Guide’ developed for NJ’s Office of Planning Advocacy. Jeffrey has also authored a written report for Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness on the need for housing the vulnerable in Mercer County, developed alternative zoning scenarios with related impacts for NJDOT’s Route 1 Growth Strategy, designed a GIS-data layering solution to find the best places for redevelopment within the Highlands TDR program, and created a neighborhood plan for Isles’s Bromley Project.
Jeffrey is one of the founders and current Chair of the Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee (ECDC), which was created in 2009. ECDC’s primary focus is to introduce APA-NJ members to unique perspectives by providing ongoing professional forums that examine emerging planning topics for a diverse community. The “4thought” forum series that he helped introduce is now a core program ECDC provides to APA-NJ and communities at large
Jeffrey holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Urban Planning from New York University.
Jeffrey Wilkerson, PP, AICP
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