Planning Department Staff

• Administration 
• Current Planning (Zoning and Platting) 
• Long-Range Planning  
• Transportation Planning/AMATS 
• Zoning and L​and Use Review​​
  

Main Number: (907) 343-7900
Planning Counter: (907) 343-7931​​

Administration Division ​

Babb, Mélisa​ R. K., Planning Director
melisa.babb@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7931

Lopez, Diana V., Finance & Administrative Manager 
diana.lopez@anchor​ageak.gov
907-343-7922

Puttong, Pannapa Mook​, Junior Administrative Officer
pannapa.puttong@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-8090

Current Planning Division​​

Whitfield, David R., Manager and Platting Officer
david.whitfield@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-8329

​Appleby, Elizabeth I., Senior Planner
elizabeth.appleby@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7925

Blake, Lori A., Meeting Records Coordinator
lori.blake@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7576

Felise, Leifiloa, Senior Planning Technician
leifiloa.felise@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7937​

Gupta, Aritra, Associate Planner
aritra.gupta@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7920

Hatcher, Paul A., Senior Planner
paul.hatcher@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7942​

Kimmel, Corliss A., Office Associate
corliss.kimmel@anchorageak.gov  
907-343-7943

McLaughlin, Francis D., Senior Planner
francis.mclaughlin@anchorageak.gov
907-343-8003

Odell, Shawn M., Senior Planner
shawn.odell@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7941​

Stewart, Gloria I., Senior Planning Technician
gloria.stewart@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7934

​​Vacant, Senior Planner
907-343-7993​

Long-Range Planning Division

Yelle, Ryan J., Manager
ryan.yelle@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7935  ​

Davis, Tom G., Senior Planner ​
tom.davis@anchorageak.gov  
907-343-7916

Lamothe, Karlie D., Senior Planner
karlie.lamothe@anchorageak.gov​
907-343-7990

Mckenna-Foster, Daniel R.​, Senior Planner
daniel.mckenna-foster@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7918

Nelson, Michelle Q., Associate Planner
michelle.nelson@anchorageak.gov
907-343-7914

Perry, Susan, Principal Office Associate
susan.perry@anchorageak.gov
​907-343-7921​