Richard has served as a Planner in the Long Range Division with the City of Henderson since 2006. He also serves as the Chapter’s Southern Section Assistant Director. Prior to Henderson, he worked as a Regional Planner with the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments. He received his Masters in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and his Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara.

Jason Rogers is a planner in the Community Development Department for the City of Henderson. Mr. Rogers previously worked at a law firm, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, securing entitlement approvals for developers in northern Virginia (Loudoun County and Fairfax County). Mr. Rogers has over 9 years of experience in land use planning, with a comprehensive understanding and ability to develop: (i) development codes, (ii) comprehensive plans, (iii) proffer/impact statements, and/or (iv) entitlement proposal conditions. Mr. Rogers’s particular experience has been devoted to project management of a wide range of complex planning projects and/or entitlement proposals. Mr. Rogers has managed: Downtown Investment Strategy – Update to the City of Henderson’s Downtown Investment Strategy identifying opportunities for creating residential, improving access to a diversified business market, and providing daily living needs downtown. Land Use recommendations and over 25 implementation strategies were identified for the next 13 years. R Resort Hotel and Casino Project – a 1,200 room hotel, 100,000 square foot casino, bar and tavern uses, restaurants, and convention/meeting room space on 30 acres. TraversePoint Multi-Family – a 296 multi-family unit development accompanied with design standards on 16.8 acres. WestDulles Station – a 485,760 square foot office campus with the potential for flex industrial uses on 28 acres. Mr. Rogers also sits on the Board of Governors for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He holds the Chair position for the Planning Committee; which includes duties of seeking construction of a new 26.5 million dollar theater as part of a larger mixed-used development project. In this role he has successfully secured 2 million dollars toward construction. Mr. Rogers received his Bachelors Degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia. While earning his degree, Mr. Rogers played for the Division I Men’s Basketball team.

Jennifer Pharr, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral scholar with UNLV’s School of Community Health Sciences and The Lincy Institute. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Health from UNLV. Her research interests include identification and elimination of barriers in the built environment which impede access to health care and physical activity. Dr. Pharr is currently working with the City of Henderson to develop the existing conditions report for the HUD grant.