Planning Team

Planning & Design Consultants

Utile (Lead Consultant): Utile, a Boston-based planning and architecture firm, will lead the overall planning, design and engagement phases of Lowell Forward. Meet the team members using the drop-down!

Consultant Team: Utile will be supported by an interdisciplinary team of sub-consultants who come with an extensive range of expertise and experience across a wide variety of topic areas that the Lowell Forward initiative will be exploring. Meet the team members using the drop-down!

Steering Committee

Steering Committee: The Lowell Forward Steering Committee will work closely with the City and Consultant team to provide oversight and guidance on the plan’s content, and expand community outreach throughout the Lowell Forward process. Below please find the list of committee members.

• Adam Baacke, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Campus Development at UMass Lowell
• Bopha S. Boutselis, Resident & Educator at Lowell Public Schools
• Joseph Boyle, Resident & Project Manager at Coalition for a Better Acre
• Leslie Briones, Resident
• Allison Chambers, VP of Finance and CFO at Middlesex Community College
• Yun-Ju Choi, Resident & Executive Director of Coalition for a Better Acre
• George DeLuca, Resident
• Melissa Desroches, Resident & Educator at Lowell Public Schools
• Jackie Doherty, Resident & School Committee Member
• Perry Downs, Resident & Conservation Commission Member
• Maxine Farkas, Resident
• Neyder Fernandez, Student Body President at UMass Lowell
• Gerard Frechette, Resident & Planning Board Member
• Suzanne Frechette, Resident & Development Director of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell
• Levenia Furusa, Resident
• Valerie Galvao, Resident
• Ron Gentle, Resident
• Ryan Gilday, Resident
• Amanda Gregory, Resident
• John Hamblet, Resident
• Christopher Hayes, Resident & Housing and Economic Development Planner and Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
• Austin Hill, Resident
• Cormac Hondros-McCarthy, Resident & Lowell Sustainability Council Member
• Vaughn Horn, Resident
• Carl Howell, Chief Operating Officer at Community Teamwork, Inc. 
• Dean Jenkins, Local Developer
• Kerry Jenness, Resident, Lowell Historic Board Member
• Wayne Jenness, Resident & City Council Member
• Belinda Juran, Resident
• Felice Kincannon, Resident
• Lauran Lamarre Anderson, Resident & Business Owner of Lala Books
• Allison Lamey, Resident & Executive Director of the Lowell Plan/Lowell Development and Financial Corporation
• Matt Lucas, Resident
• Dennis McCarthy, Resident & Zoning Board of Appeals Member
• Rita Mercier, Resident & City Council Member
• Dennis Mercier, Resident & Chair of the Pawtucketville Citizen Council
• Vivan Merrill, Small Business Owner of E&V Merrill Insurance Group
• Steven Thurston Oliver, Resident & Professor at Salem State University
• Tania Ormonde, Resident
• Luciano Paskevicius, Resident
• Sanary Phen, Resident & Program Coordinator at Coalition for a Better Acre
• Michelle Rivera, Resident
• Juan Carlos Rivera, Director of Operations at Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell
• Narin Sinuon, Resident
• Steven Thurston Oliver, Resident
• Beth Tripathi, Resident
• Bobby Tugbiyele, Resident & CEO of The Leap Network, LLC
• David Turcotte, Resident & Research Professor at UMass Lowell
• Mona Tyree Harris, Resident
• Enrique Vargas, Resident & Associate Director at Mill City Grows
• Louisa Varnum, Resident & Conservation Commission Member
• Mary Wambui-Ekop, Resident
• Barbara Warren, Division Director of Housing and Homeless Services at Community Teamwork, Inc. 
• Ethan Yang, Resident