Leadership

Executive Leadership

Sheinya Joseph and Cal Kurtz lead ENU as President and Executive Director.

Sheinya Joseph

President

Sheinya is an urban designer and aspiring architect with a passion for education and community service. Dedicated to mentoring under-represented groups, she is paving the way for leadership and inspiring future generations in urban and architectural design. First generation Haitian-American, Sheinya was born and raised in the Boston area and now resides in Washington, DC. She graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Architecture and a Minor in Entrepreneurship. Sheinya enjoys teaching and inspiring students in marginalized communities about architecture and place-making. She fulfills a mentorship role for undergraduate students at the University of Maryland and the University of Miami. She serves on the event planning committee for the CNU-DC Chapter. Through her exposure to various cities, Sheinya has developed an appreciation for the intricate interplay between urban design principles and the cultural fabric of different communities. During her leisure time, you can find her reading a book, traveling, or cooking new recipes.

Cal Kurtz

Executive Director

ENU founding Executive Director, urban designer, and aspiring architect, Cal believes that empowering communities is the best way to create resilient, sustainable, and beautiful towns and cities. Few things excite Cal more than working with members of ENU to empower, educate, and inspire one another. As a queer woman, she believes that representation for everyone is critical and strives to elevate the work and stories of other emerging professionals for all to see. Cal herself has taken career inspiration from her fellow ENU members to carve her own career path, with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and work experience at several New Urbanist firms. When she's not brainstorming on new ways to engage emerging professionals, Cal can be found tending her tiny balcony garden, walking her dog with her partner, or volunteering for local construction work for affordable housing!

Congress Connection

Focuses on Congress sessions, volunteering, attendance, and logistics, as well as Place Summit preparation, organization, and logistics.

Scott Gann

Team Lead

Scott is an engineer by education, consultant by practice, and urbanist at heart. His passion for cities and sustainable development was fostered in Jacksonville, FL and continues to grow as he works in New York as an infrastructure consultant at Arup. Scott is excited to increase ENU’s involvement in the Congress for the New Urbanism and other urbanist events, promote emerging leaders, and advance the new urbanist movement to become even more influential.

Outreach

Focuses on newsletter development, website design and content, social media, slack, promotional materials, branding, and communication related to membership gatherings.

Beth Cichon

Team Lead

Beth currently works as an outdoor hospitality ("glamping") designer at Boundary Works and previously worked as an urban designer at Opticos Design, Inc. She graduated in architecture from ND with a Minor in Poverty Studies. Beth has loved working closely with fellow ENU members and hearing more about planning and fields adjacent to her own. Find her in a park playing frisbee or watercoloring.

Austin Cassidy

Editor for Newsletter

Austin is a commercial real estate financial analyst with Avison Young in Los Angeles, performing commercial real estate financial analyses and forecasting urban market trends and insights. Holding a master’s degree in Real Estate Development + Urbanism from the University of Miami, Austin has cultivated his passion for blending new urbanism with real estate development.

Kyle Hoff

Editor for Newsletter

Kyle is a project manager at WSB in St Paul, MN. He works on street reconstructions, multi-use trails, 200-unit land development, and more. His passion is on safe street design and multi-modal transportation systems. He is also on the Planning Commission for the City of West St. Paul, where he pushes to relax zoning restrictions.

Professional Evolution

Focuses on long-range programming, including educational workshops, book clubs, CNU-A study groups, mentorship, and student involvement.

Olga Handal

Team Member

Olga is a project architect at Nia Architects in Chicago. Originally from Honduras, Olga’s has also worked as Town Architect at the new urbanist town of Las Catalinas, Costa Rica. She is passionate about the function and role that public spaces play in social life.

Singeh Saliki

Team Member

Singeh believes we shape the built environment and enhance quality of life through the thoughtful application of Form-Based zoning. At Opticos Design, she helps cities leverage Form-Based Codes and Missing Middle Housing Scans to plan for smaller, more affordable housing types while preserving the character of places.

Marketing

Focuses on promoting ENU through social media platforms with educational, relatable, and promotional content.

Dani Hollis

Marketing Coordinator

Before urban planning, Dani honed her skills in both architecture and building restoration. This diverse background allows her to approach urban planning and design with a deep understanding of design principles, historic preservation, and the nuanced connections between buildings and communities. She believes minor adjustments to cityscapes can yield significant results. She loves exploring the outdoors in her free time.

Gioia Calabretta

Marketing Coordinator

Gioia's passion for New Urbanism started in high school and she hasn't stopped talking about it since. Studying graphic design at Liberty University, she employs a multidisciplinary approach as she advocates for New Urbanism. In her free time, Gioia can be found chatting with her dad, petting her cat, Rosco, or working part time as a local barista.

Board of Directors

Carlos Sainz Caccia

Chair

Carlos is a Mexican city planner and designer at Principle Group in Boston, MA, working on creating walkable, vibrant, diverse, human-scaled places. He is an urban explorer, map lover, transit aficionado, and frequent concertgoer.

Brenda Diaz, CNU-A

Vice-Chair

After living and working in various booming cities, Brenda now lives and works in Greenville, SC where she is an Urban Designer for MKSK. When she’s not working on great projects all over the Southeast, she’s spending time with her two dogs, two cats, fiancé and large extended family!

Megan Reineccius, RA, AICP

Secretary

Megan practices urban design and architecture with Opticos Design across the midwest and southeast. She believes discovering opportunities for placemaking and place-keeping starts with getting the right people in the room to collaborate and listen. Outside of work, Megan loves trying out new recipes, finding new running routes, and searching for missing middle housing.

Andrés Corrales,
CNU-A

Treasurer

Andrés is the Owner of Aguadulce Companies, a development company focused on Sprawl Repair projects in Florida. He is CNU-Accredited and actively contributes to advancing New Urbanism practices and engaging with industry leaders to create opportunities for emerging new urbanists to connect and collaborate.

Gary Scott

Board Member

Gary is a senior project manager at Pace Suburban Bus Services in Chicago, Illinois and the current Chapter Representative on the CNU Board. He is working to make sure emerging New Urbanists have a seat at the table. He loves creating engaging communities of people working to build great places!

Spencer Miller-Johnson, CNU-A