Executive Director
 

James van Hemert, A.I.C.P., is the Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute. His areas of expertise include community master planning, conservation subdivision design, town center planning, local government development review, and contextual planning in the Rocky Mountain West. He has a wide range of planning and community development experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and has worked in the Toronto region, the Philippines, Mississippi, and Colorado. Recent experience includes serving as Planning Director for the City of Southaven, Mississippi and as a planning manager and Chief Planner for Douglas County, Colorado. He co-authored with Chris Duerksen True West: Authentic Development Patterns for Small Towns and Rural Areas, published by APA Press in the spring of 2003.