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WORK HISTORY
April, 2006-Present: President, Spanovich & Associates
April, 2005-April, 2006: Senior Planner with Parsons Engineering the Portland, Oregon office
1990-March, 2005: Gary Alan Spanovich, AICP, Independent Consultant
Land Use Planning & Land Use Applications
Transportation Planning & Traffic Studies
Mediation & Group Facilitation
- Hired by the Clark County, Washington Community Development Department to conduct Team building sessions for 120 employees, 12 classes over a 4 month period;
- Facilitator for the City of Olympia, Washington sustainability initiative;
- Mediator, under contract to ODOT for the Port of Tillamook Bay and Portland & Western Railroad dispute; mediation was successful and all three parties were going to binding arbitration in Washington, DC;
- Contracts for facilitation with: Oregon Department of Transportation, Western Oregon University, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Major Conferences & Events
- Organized a World Peace Conference which brought 6 Nobel Peace Laureates to Portland: the Dalai Lama; former President of Poland, Lech Walesa; former President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, Adolofo Perez Esquivel; Amnesty. Sponsored 2 other events involving Nobel Peace laureates and published a book on the reflections of 6 Nobel Peace Laureates
1985-1990 Director of Transportation Planning & Engineering, Clackamas County, Oregon
- Directed 45 people and oversaw 7 major functions. Advised the Board of Commissioners on local and regional transportation issues; worked with local city councils; secured both federal and state funding for the Sunrise Corridor and many projects;
- Reorganized the Transportation Planning & Engineering Department;
- Managed the original study which planned the: Sunnyside Split Diamond Project (just completed); and the Sunrise Corridor;
- Oversaw 25 local, state, region committees; oversaw the creation of County’s first Economic Development Plan;
- Created and managed a number of Urban Renewal Districts
1982-1985 President, Gary Spanovich, Transportation Consultant
- Conducted traffic studies, transit studies, air and noise modeling analysis to write and manage 12 Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments;
- Became the contract transportation planner for Clackamas County;
- Became the contract transportation planner for Multnomah County;
- Became the contract transportation planner for the Port of Portland;
- Prepared a independent analysis (1st study) that justified a Light Rail connection from Gateway to the Airport & from Gateway to the CTC;
- Conducted extensive transportation modeling analysis for the Port of Portland on the land use development they took from Airport use
1980-1982 Transportation Director, CRS Group Engineers, Portland, Oregon
- NW Transportation Planning Director; specialized in project management and managed the firm’s transportation planning work for Oregon & Washington;
- Prepared a Traffic Study for the North Carolina-Case Cummins engine plant for 2000 employees; a number of other traffic studies.
- Prepared a Traffic Study for the Houston, Texas-25,000 employee business park for Flour Engineers;
- Was the CRS Transportation Planning Manager for a new US Air Force facility which would house 50,000 service men and women in one of four state locations; responsible for all transportation aspects
1977-1980 Principal Planner, METRO, Metropolitan Service District, Portland, Oregon
1976-1977 Two year Pilgrimage throughout Asia and Europe
- India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Yugoslavia, Austria, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, Italy, England, Scotland, Scandinavia
1974-1975 Planner, Ministry of National Development, Singapore
1972-1972 Planner, Town Planning Department, Borough of harrow, London, England
COLLEGE TEACHING (Current and former positions)
- Adjunct Faculty, Marylhurst University
- Adjunct Faculty, Western Oregon University
- Adjunct Faculty, University of Portland
- Published: “How To Achieve World Peace; 6 Nobel Peace Laureates Answer the Question”
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT (Past & Current Involvement)
- Board of Directors: Canby, Oregon Rotary Club
- Board of Directors: Rotary District 5100 Community Service Committee
- Board of Directors: YMCA-Multnomah Branch
- Director: City Club Transportation Committee
- Board of Directors: Oregon Trail Pageant
- Board of Directors & Founder: Wholistic Peace Institute
- Member: American Institute of Certified Planners
- Member: Association for Conflict Resolution
- Raised funds and built a school for 100 street children in India, (near Eluru, AP, India)
- 2 Travel Grants to India from Rotary International; $250,000 agricultural development grant applied for a Tibetan Refugee camp; Dr. Rao’s Blind School; AIDS Orphanage near Accra, Ghana; other humanitarian projects
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