Jocelyn Hittle

Jocelyn is the Director of the Sustainable Solutions Group, heading many of PlaceMatters community and regional decision-making processes. She works to promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability within the context of informed, inclusive decisions. She is particularly interested in how best to incorporate and communicate sustainability concepts and models within a traditional planning context.

Her work at PlaceMatters also focuses on effective outreach and communications strategies, and she edited Planning & Technology Today, the publication of the American Planning Association Technology Division, from 2006 to 2009.

Prior to joining PlaceMatters, Jocelyn was Program Associate for the Rocky Mountain Office of the Orton Family Foundation, where her work focused primarily on innovative decision support tools and project management. Jocelyn has a Master's Degree in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she co-founded the Land Use Coalition and worked closely with the School’s Urban Resources Initiative. Jocelyn has a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a Certificate in Environmental Studies from Princeton University.