Kimberly Miller, FAICP

About Me

Pursuing bold projects with innovative practices has allowed me to create a lasting legacy for the communities where I work.

Professional Biography

Kimberly M. Miller joined Black & Veatch in 2023, and is the Gulf Regional Resilience Lead for the firm's Communities and Ecosystems solutions. Ms. Miller is a Certified Professional Planner with 28 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She began her career at the City of Austin, following in the venerable footsteps of Carol Barrett as the master planner for the redevelopment of the 700-acre Mueller Austin property. She relocated to New York City, where as the Director of Planning for the Municipal Art Society, she developed a plan for the Brooklyn Waterfront that helped lead to the creation of a multimillion dollar greenway. After Hurricane Katrina, Ms. Miller relocated to the Gulf Coast to build the capacity of local community development organizations recovering from the storm. She has a wide range of experience in both municipal and state projects. Representative projects include participating in multiple regional flood planning efforts in Texas, preparing the Port Aransas Parks Plan, working to achieve a more equitable recovery post-Katrina in coastal Mississippi and Louisiana, the Nature Based Tourism Plan for the Gulf Coast National Heritage Area, the Pedestrian Evacuation Plan for the Lower Rio Grande Valley as well as other local, state and regional planning and policy efforts promoting resilience, sustainable growth, natural resource management and municipal planning. Since 2010, she worked in the consulting industry to develop an integrated approach between Planning, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture to promote increased community resilience to natural disasters.

Education

University of Texas at Austin
Graduation Date: May, 1997
Degree Level: Graduate
Planning Degree

Job History

Allen Engineering & Science
Senior Planner/Operations Manager
September,2010 - Present
Houston, TX
None
United States

Oxfam America
State Policy Officer, Mississippi
January,2007 - May,2010
Biloxi, TX
None
United States

Municipal Art Society
Director of Planning
October,2002 - December,2006
New York, TX
None
United States

Citizens Housing & Planning Council
Senior Policy Analyst
September,1999 - October,2002
New York, TX
None
United States

City of Austin, Texas
Urban Planner
March,1997 - December,1998
Austin, TX
None
United States

Halff Associates
Director of Resilience Planning
March,2019 - Present
Part time
Fort Worth, TX
76110-1213
United States

Social

Personal URL: https://www.bv.com/en-US/what-we-do/water/water-resources-and-community-planning
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlymillerpitt/