Deputy Practice Leader
Halff
Austin, Texas
Matt Bucchin, AICP, LEED Green Associate is currently a Deputy Practice Leader at Halff, out of their Austin office. He has over 27 years of public and private sector experience at the city, state, and special district levels of government. Over the last 12 years, Matt has worked as a planning consultant and project manager on comprehensive, park, environmental, corridor, active transportation and downtown master planning processes and zoning and land development code projects. He currently oversees all the planners at Halff and leads their Smart Cities initiative.
Beyond his primary job duties, he has also taken leadership roles for several American Planning Association (APA) initiatives including being the Past Chair for the APA’s Sustainable Communities Division, project manager for APA’s Smart Cities and Sustainability Initiative (2014-2018) and Interest Group (2020-present). Previously, Matt was the co-author of APA’s 2022 Climate Mitigation and Adaptation PAS Report (#601) and contributing author and editor for APA’s Climate Change Policy Guide (2020) and the Rebuilding America Green Infrastructure Sub-Task Force Report (2011). Matt currently leads the Environment and Healthy Communities subcommittee for APATX’s legislative and policy efforts and is part of USGBC’s LEED for Communities Technical Advisory subcommittee.
Monday, April 3, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CDT