Hi, I’m Ariana.

City-builder at heart. Collaborator by practice.

My work sits at the intersection of people and place — and I've spent 15 years finding the connections between them.

I come to this work through a background in both communications and urban planning — a combination that shapes everything I do. My career has taken me across a wide range of issue areas: housing and urban design, water and energy, culture, smart cities, economic development, and climate resilience. The through-line has always been the same: helping communities and organizations navigate complexity, build consensus, and communicate clearly.

I bring a pragmatic, creative, and collaborative approach — and a genuine belief that better processes lead to better places.

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More About What I Do

  • Good engagement is more than consultation — it's about building the kind of trust and shared understanding that makes progress possible. I design and facilitate engagement processes that are genuine, inclusive, and strategically aligned with project goals. That includes everything from stakeholder mapping and strategy development to public meetings, workshops, advisory committees, and ongoing community relationships.

  • I help organizations find their voice and use it well. That means developing communications strategies, crafting narratives, and producing materials that make complex information clear and compelling — whether for public audiences, stakeholders, funders, or internal teams. I've written impact reports, policy documents, engagement summaries, media materials, and everything in between.

  • I work with municipalities, developers, and organizations to design and deliver planning processes that are technically sound and community-informed. From official plan reviews and secondary plans to issue-specific policy development, I help clients navigate the intersection of technical requirements, political realities, and community priorities — translating complexity into clear direction and actionable outcomes.

  • Places work best when they reflect the communities they serve. I help clients think through how projects, spaces, and programs can create genuine social value — from early visioning and community activation to partnerships, programming, and measuring impact over time. This work often sits at the edges of planning and engagement, where the most interesting possibilities live.