Managing Partner
Orion Planning + Design
Missoula, MT
Allison is the managing partner of Orion Planning + Design, a multi-disciplined firm specializing in the planning and design of communities of lasting value through place-based solutions and collaborative engagement. She has eighteen years of professional experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors, with a focus on collaboration as a means of achieving positive outcomes. Over the course of her career Allison has gained wide-ranging experience working with communities from Mississippi to Montana to Maui on comprehensive plans and implementation through code, grounding processes in robust engagement efforts that link input with outcomes and foster meaningful partnerships resulting in sound policy and planning decisions. She is an AICP certified professional planner and an active member of the American Planning Association (APA), Region V APA Board Director, past president of APA’s Western Central Chapter, and has served on the Montana Association of Planners Board of Directors since 2013. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in architecture from Miami University (Ohio), and a Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia.
Monday, April 15, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT