The MDRN Advisory Committee members collaborate with the Chaddick Institute in assessing plans and topics for events and projects. The members have also volunteered their professional skills and experience to present topics and facilitate discussion at Network meetings. The Committee has recently formalized to represent a diverse range of Chicago area municipalities and seeks to include various forms of design review and geographic and cultural diversity.
The current members are:
Consuelo Andrade Arguilles, AICP, Committee Chair
City of Addison, IL
Consuelo, who has over 15 years of planning experience in local government, is the Assistant Community Development Director for the City of Addison. Previously, she served as Assistant Community Development Director for the City of Warrenville. Consuelo has also held municipal development-focused positions for the City of Rockford, the Village of Mount Prospect, and the Village of Villa Park. Consuelo holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago, respectively.
Jeff Brady, AICP
Village of Glenview, IL
Jeff is the Village's Director of Community Development. He oversees a 50-member team responsible for promoting economic development, crafting policies to create iconic developments, ensuring building regulations are upheld, and implementing a $30M annual capital improvement program, all supporting the Village’s goal to make life better for residents and businesses. He was the primary planner for the Glenview Naval Air Station redevelopment, a $1 billion ULI Awards for Excellence winner. He directed a prescriptive downtown revitalization plan that led to one of the first form-based codes in the Chicago area. Jeff has managed several Comprehensive Plan updates, major streetscape reconstructions, arterial corridor studies, and, most recently, an Economic Development Strategic Plan resulting in seven new downtown Glenview restaurants. Jeff holds a Master of Urban Planning & Policy degree from UIC and a Bachelor of Science from Michigan State University.
Ryan Franklin, AICP
Village of Schaumburg, IL
Ryan is the Assistant
Director of Community Development and Planning Manager for the Village of
Schaumburg. Ryan has been with the Village of Schaumburg since
2016. Prior to 2016, Ryan was the Community Development Director for the
Village of Matteson. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political
Science from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, he also has a Master
of Urban and Regional Planning degree from Alabama A&M University.
Clara Gable, AICP
Village of Lake Bluff
Clara is the Assistant to the Village Administrator at the Village of Lake Bluff and serves on the APA-IL Professional Development Committee. She previously worked as a Senior Planner at the Village of Gurnee. Clara graduated from Hofstra University with a triple major in Political Science, Geography, and Sustainability Studies before earning a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Michael S. Garrigan, AICPVillage of Antioch
Michael S. Garrigan has been the Community Development Director with the Village of Antioch since 2016. He previously worked with the Village of Plainfield as Planning Director for 15 years. Mr. Garrigan received his Master of Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Chicago and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and is an accredited member of the Congress of New Urbanism.
Diane Gormely-Barnes, FAICP, LEED AP, ENV SP
Diane has 30+ years of planning and design consulting experience and serves as the Planning & Urban Design section manager at HNTB. Diane's projects have ranged from corridor, downtown, and transit-oriented plans, to design guidelines and development standards. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Rice University and a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She serves on the board of the Chicago Region Chapter of Lambda Alpha International and is a Planning and Zoning Commissioner in the Village of Indian Head Park, Illinois.
John Hedrick, JD
Attorney/Consultant
John
is a Senior Fellow to
Chaddick and the founder and Co-Chair of the Municipal Design Review
Network. A licensed attorney, John specializes in business and government
matters and has been involved in municipal planning issues for over 25
years. John was Chair of the Glenview Appearance Commission and has served
on various planning Committees for the Village. He is active with various
land use professional groups, including publications; and is currently focusing
on suburban Downtown development organizations. He has his law and finance
degrees from U of I Champaign-Urbana.
Angela Mesaros, AICP
Village of Homewood, IL
Angela has over 20 years of planning experience in local government and is currently the Director of Economic and Community Development for the Village of Homewood. Angela has been with the Village of Homewood since 2016. Before 2016, she was the Assistant Community Development Director for the Village of La Grange. She holds a Master of Urban Planning and Policy degree from UIC.
Kate Portillo, AICP
Village of Skokie
Kate Portillo, AICP, is currently the Planning Manager in Skokie where she oversees growth, progress, and good municipal design. With an education origin story beginning with Recreation Administration, Kate has a background in social service work, youth programs, and later in retail management. In the last decade, she has pivoted to Urban Planning with a focus on municipal government. Her experience includes corridor and comprehensive planning, land use regulation and the zoning entitlement process, redevelopment, and adaptive reuse projects, and delivering great customer service.
For further information regarding the Advisory Committee, or selection criteria, please contact John Hedrick at mdrn@depaul.edu.
Friends of the Municipal Design Review Network
We are grateful for these professionals who serve as Friends of the Municipal Design Review Network, serving our collaboration in ways other than Advisory Committee activities. We list their name and affiliations below.
Andy Cross, AICP
Lakota Group
Liz Delevitt, Registered Architect
Village of Deerfield, IL
Emily A. Egan, AICP
Village of Oak Park, IL
Tom Farace, AICP
Village of Carol Stream, IL
Scott Magnum, AICP
City of Evanston, IL
Dudley Onderdonk, FAICP, LEED-AP, CNU-A
Planning Consultant, Commissioner
Stan Popovich, AICP
Village of Downers Grove, IL
Stephen Robles, AICP
Village of Wheeling, IL