Ken Schroeppel is the founder and administrator of the DenverInfill blog/website and companion blog, DenverUrbanism. Ken is a planner and project manager at Matrix Design Group, a Denver-based planning and engineering consulting firm, where he specializes in redevelopment and urban renewal planning. Ken received his Master in Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Colorado Denver and regularly lectures at the University’s College of Architecture and Planning. Ken serves on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Denver Partnership‘s Denver Civic Ventures organization and chairs the Partnership’s Transportation and Development Council. Ken also serves on the Board of Directors of Union Station Advocates, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and serves on the Executive Committee of Urban Land Institute – Colorado.
Chris Geddes is an urban planner and Senior Associate at studioINSITE, a Denver-based planning, urban design and landscape architecture firm. At studioINSITE, Chris’s primary focus is on planning and design services for college and university campuses both locally and nationally. Chris received his Master in Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Colorado Denver, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Chris is a Trustee of the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Leadership Program, and was the recipient of the Program’s 2009 John Parr Leadership Award. Chris is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Society of College and University Planners.
Rick Anstey is retired CEO and current Chairman of the Board of Oxford Networks, a 110 year old communications company headquartered in Lewiston, Maine. Rick’s interest in urbanism goes back two decades to his work on economic development in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and later in Lewiston, where Oxford Networks triggered significant urban redevelopment after relocating its headquarters to a long-neglected area of that city’s downtown. Rick also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kent State University. Now living in Downtown Denver, Rick is active with Union Station Advocates and is a member of that organization’s Board of Directors. Rick serves as DenverInfill’s point person for the massive Union Station redevelopment project.
Ryan Mulligan is an urban planner focusing on transit-oriented development and other transit support projects with Jacobs Engineering, one of the world’s largest providers of professional technical engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance service projects across the globe, including many in Colorado. Ryan received his Master of Urban and Regional Planning from University of Colorado Denver in 2009 and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from University of Colorado Boulder in 2007. Ryan is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and its Young Leaders Partnership Forum which provides an ongoing opportunity to meet and collaborate with other young leaders on real estate issues.
Ryan Dravitz is a bicycle-wielding urban photographer and student studying for his Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management with the potential for future studies in Urban Planning. True to his construction management interests, Ryan thrives on photographing urban infill construction projects as well as urban scenes in general throughout Denver. Residing in Capitol Hill, Ryan lives the urbanist lifestyle, using and embracing the city around him.
