Fred Presley
Fred Presley is the Urban and Community Planning Theme Leader at Resilient Futures. He is also our East Coast USA Regional Practice Leader. Fred is an AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) certified planner with over 14 years of professional experience in both the public and private sector. He specializes in Resilience Planning at the community and state government scales, that is based upon a whole systems approach to traditionally segregated issues (ecological, economic, social, cultural, built environment, community knowledge and governance).
His experience includes over 7 years as a private consultant and 7 years government experience working as a supervising environmental planner for the State of RI and as the Director of Planning and Economic Development for a the Town of Smithfield, RI. In addition to his planning and environmental experience, Fred has over 5 years of experience coaching individuals and small businesses as well as providing organizational development consulting to businesses and non-profits.
Today, Fred’s focus is on developing the Resilient Communities Network in New England, USA. He works on projects at multiple scales from site level development projects to local, regional and national planning initiatives. Current Resilience projects include Smithfield, Cranston and Tri-Communities in Rhode Island, the Blackstone Valley that includes both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as new emerging projects in eastern Connecticut.
To read some of Fred’s thinking click here.
For more information, contact Fred at fred[dot]presley[at]resilientfutures.org.
