Our team of senior professional urban planning consultants have extensive experience in public agency land use planning and serve as a resource for clients and staff.
Lucita Tong
Senior PlannerLucita Tong is a planning professional with more than 10 years of planning experience through her work in long range and current planning for public and private sector clients. Formerly a Planning Services Manager, she is experienced in managing advance and current planning programs, general plans,...
Rocio Lopez
Senior PlannerMs. Lopez is an urban planner/entitlement specialist with over 24 years of urban planning experience. she has extensive experience in municipal planning project management, current and advanced planning, environmental planning, discretionary case processing, architectural design review, field...
Jeffrey W. Hook, AICP
Principal PlannerMr. Hook is a planning professional with over 35 years of planning and environmental experience in Central and Southern California. Prior to joining the firm, he served in senior positions with the cities of San Luis Obispo and San Clemente. Mr. Hook has provided senior level urban planning...
Annette Tam
Principal PlannerMs. Tam has over twelve years experience in public agency planning. Her experience includes managing the entitlement process for major residential, commercial and industrial projects, tract maps, planned unit developments and specific plans. She is well respected for her interpersonal skills...
Tamara Campbell
Contract Planning Services ManagerMs. Campbell brings over 25 years of experience in municipal urban planning. She is currently serving as Principal Planner under the firm’s Jurupa Valley contract to provide all in-house planning services, where she is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Planning Department....
Jean E. Ward, AICP
Community Planning Services ManagerJean Ward has over twenty years of experience as a planner and project manager, and has worked on a diversity of long range and current planning projects for public and private sector clients. Her strength lies in managing complex projects with multi-disciplinary teams. Jean’s project experience...
Kirt A. Coury
Municipal Planning Services ManagerMr. Coury is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban and Regional Planning. As Planning Services Manager, he works with Southern California municipalities to provide professional planning assistance to help meet agency...
Mary P. Wright, AICP / LEED AP ND
Vice President, Director of Planning ServicesMary P. Wright is the firm’s Vice President and has 30 years of planning and environmental experience. In this capacity, Ms. Wright works with public agencies to provide a full range of urban planning and municipal staffing services. She is responsible for managing contracts and projects,...
Thomas G. Merrell, AICP
PresidentTom Merrell, CSI President and founder, completed twenty-eight years of public service when he retired from the City of San Juan Capistrano in 1991 to establish a private consulting practice. During his fifteen years as the city’s Director of Community Planning and Development, Tom developed...