Leadership
Division Board Members and Officers
Paul Inghram, FAICP
Paul is the Director of Growth Management Planning at the Puget Sound Regional Council. (Email here)
Ralph Willmer, FAICP
Ralph is the AICP Ethics Officer and is recently retired from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Boston. (Email here)
Nicole McCall
Nicole is a Team Lead at Cambridge Systematics, Inc. in Northeast Ohio. Previously, she worked at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. (Email here)
Ben Bakkenta, AICP
Ben is the Director of Regional Planning at the Puget Sound Regional Council. (Email here)
Bridget Callea, AICP
Bridget manages communications for the Division. She is a planning consultant at Benchmark, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Email here)
Regional Liaisons
In the fall of 2025, RIPD expanded its leadership team by establishing regional liaisons (one from each of APA's regions). The intention is to bring the liaisons into leadership meetings to increase participation, identify more content to be shared through our division, and to help coordinate other activities related to the division.
General questions or looking to get involved? Email RIPD directly at aparegions@gmail.com.