Director of Strategic and Environmental Planning
Northeast Ohio Areawide Agency
Shaker Heights, OH
Joe MacDonald, AICP, is NOACA’s Director of Strategic and Environmental Planning. He manages the Cleveland-Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program; Water Quality Strategic Plan and Clean Water 2020 (NOACA's water quality and wastewater management plan); regional air quality program; and Vibrant NEO. Before NOACA, Dr. MacDonald co-managed the Vibrant NEO 2040 Regional Vision Framework, recipient of the 2015 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the American Planning Association. Dr. MacDonald holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); an M.S.P. in Urban and Regional Planning (Florida State University); and a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences (University of Michigan).
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