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Planning Department Staff
(7-17-2026 update)

• Administration 
• Current Planning (Zoning and Platting) 
• Long-Range Planning  
• Transportation Planning/AMATS 
• Zoning and L​and Use Review​​
  

Main Number: (907) 343-7900
Planning Counter: (907) 343-7931​​

Administration Division ​

Babb, Mélisa​ R. K., Planning Director
melisa.babb@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7931

Lopez, Diana V., Finance & Administrative Manager 
diana.lopez@anchor​ageak.gov
907-343-7922

McCart​ney, Bonnie L.​, Junior Administrative Officer
bonnie.mccartney@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-8090

Current Planning Division​​

​Appleby, Elizabeth I., Manager and Platting Officer
elizabeth.appleby@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7925

Blake, Lori A., Meeting Records Coordinator
lori.blake@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7576​​

Farias, Claudia F., Senior Planner
claudia.f.farias@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7993​

Gupta, Aritra, Senior Planner
aritra.gupta@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7920

Hatcher, Paul A., Senior Planner
paul.hatcher@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7942​

Kimmel, Corliss A., Office Associate
corliss.kimmel@anchorageak.gov  
907-343-7943

McLaughlin, Francis D., Senior Planner
francis.mclaughlin@anchorageak.gov
907-343-8003

Odell, Shawn M., Senior Planner
shawn.odell@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7941​​​

Stewart, Gloria I., Senior Planning Technician
gloria.stewart@anchorageak.gov
​907-343-7934

Vacant, Associate Planner
907-343-8329​

Long-Range Planning Division

Mckenna-Foster, Daniel R.​, Manager
daniel.mckenna-foster@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7918

Bertram, Lucas J., Senior Planner
lucas.bertram@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7990

Davis, Tom G., Senior Planner ​
tom.davis@anchorageak.gov  
907-343-7916​

Nti Ababio, Michael, Sernior Planner
michael.ntiababio@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7935

Perry, Susan, Principal Office Associate
susan.perry@anchorageak.gov
​907-343-7921​

​Transportation Planning Division / AMATS