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EDUCATION:

• MCP, Community Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati , Ohio , 2003.
  Specializations: Urban Design and Historic Preservation
• B. Arch. , Architecture, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta , Indonesia , 2000

EXPERIENCES:
Working in Neighborhoods, Cincinnati, Ohio
05/04 - present

• Worked with the South Cumminsville Community Council involved with implementing the Community plan, especially the Gateway, Mural, and Dawson Development Committees
• Organized South Cumminsville Clean and Safe committee to reduce crime and blight in the neighborhood
• Conducting research and analysis of vacant properties in Northside
• Analysis of Hamilton County foreclosure data
• Wrote application for WIN as an HUD Housing Counseling Agency and was granted in May 2005
• Revamp WIN's website

Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission, Cincinnati , Ohio
1/04 - 4/04 and 6/02-08/02

• Provided administrative assistance for daily operation of the Planning Partnership Initiative, an alliance of local governments and affiliate organizations to promote regional planning efforts in Hamilton County
• Wrote articles and news-update for the Planning Partnership Newsletter
• Organized meetings and presentations
• Graphic Design: Provided technical assistance in preparing brochures, posters, and exhibition materials, designed website
• Desktop Publishing: designed UPDATE Newsletter, prepared manuals for Site Plan Review Workshops for Planning Commissioners and Administrators

University of Cincinnati Community Design Center, Cincinnati , Ohio
9/02-12/03

• Provided administrative assistance for the Niehoff Studio, a studio class for undergraduate and graduate students at the College of DAAP (Architecture/Interior Design, Community Planning, Industrial Design) and Department of Geography such as organized studio materials and research data, maintained and updated GIS database, created and maintained website)
• Organized public events that includes meetings
• Prepared PowerPoint presentations for the Over-the-Rhine Comprehensive Plan
• Graphic design: created Homeless Resources Maps, prepared posters for exhibitions such as First Year Niehoff Studio Exhibition, Art in the Market, and Jobs for Cincinnati Graduate
• Desktop publishing: Designed and prepared the Niehoff Studio First Year’s Project Report

University of Cincinnati School of Planning, Cincinnati , Ohio
9/01-6/02

• Assisted in teaching for Comprehensive Planning, Graduate Project, and Structure and Dynamics of Human Settlement Courses. Duties includes prepared teaching materials, oganized students’ data, and taught Adobe Indesign applications to students
• Desktop publishing: created template for Cincinnati Neighborhood Profile Book, typesetted and designed the APA Global Planning Educators Interest Group Newsletter, Spring 2002
• Performed background research in grant resources information for small businesses

Center for Heritage Conservation Gadjah Mada University , Yogyakarta , Indonesia
8/00-8/01

• Chief surveyor for the Minangkabau Area Rural Conservation Project: supervised ten students in architectural and cultural resources field survey in nine villages in Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Indonesia
• Desktop publishing: designed publication report for Minangkabau Area Rural Conservation Project
• Wrote Minangkabau Area Rural Conservation Project Report, submitted to the Toyota Foundation, Japan
• Carried out historic preservation research and field survey (in Indonesia and Japan )
• Taught introduction to Arc-View and Arc-Info, SPSS , MS Office and Corel Draw to new graduate students in Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Gadjah Mada University

Jogja Forum for Environment and Culture, Yogyakarta , Indonesia
4/98-8/00

• Carried out field survey to inventory historic houses in Kotagede
• Graphic design: created marketing materials for the Pilot Project: Conservation of Kotagede Historic District.
• Assisted as the first tour guide in Kotagede Historic District
• Organized events and discussions with Kotagede community and local organizations

STUDIO PROJECTS:

• Ohio River Corridor: Sustainable Use, Metropolitan Growth Alliance/UC School of Planning, Cincinnati , Ohio 1/02-3/02. Duties include: designed website, wrote historical review and economic development strategies
• The Lagoon Revitalization Plan, The City of Ludlow/UC College of DAAP , Ludlow , KY 1/02-4/02

SKILLS:

• Computer : Mac and Windows Platforms, GIS (Arc-Map, Arc-View, Arc-Info), Architecture Modeling (AutoCAD 2002, 3ds max 4.0), Website design and development (Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash, ASP, MS Frontpage, MS Access), Desktop publishing (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, and Adobe Pagemaker)
• Spreadsheet: MS Office
• Presentation: MS Powerpoint
• Hand-drawing (Perspectives and sketches in pencil, pencil color, watercolor, and acrylic); Photography (35mm SLR and digital cameras)
• Communication/Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (fluent); Javanese (fluent); Japanese (basic); French (basic)

AWARDS:

• NACIO (National Association of County Information Officers) Awards of Excellence: Excellence Award for “Update the Planning Partnership Newsletter” ( Graphic Designer) 2004
• American Planning Association Finalist, Annual Conference Student Paper Competition 2002
• University Graduate Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, 2001/2003

PUBLICATIONS:

• iRhineviews Weekly Newsletter:
  -- Mural, Mural on the Wall: Ghettopia
  -- Findlay Market Open on Sundays in Spring
  -- Holidays on Broadway
  -- Shadeau Breads on Main Street: Taste Comes First
  -- Do it Yourself: Over-the-Rhine Revitalization on The Urbanists' Agenda
  -- Tribal Minds at the KNOWTHEATRE Tribe
  -- Won't You be My Neighbor: Annual Orchard Street Blossom Festival
  -- SOS Arts at The Mockbee
  -- Get Connected: The Over-the-Rhine Resource Gig III Festival
• Over-the-Rhine needs more cops and trust: The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 30, 2005
• Cincinnati Hattitude for the Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibit on May 7-8, 2005
• “Silverton: A First Suburb at a Turning Point” With Catalina Landivar, Update: the Planning Partnership Newsletter, Cincinnati , Ohio , March 2004
• “Defining Historic Characters and a Sense of Place in Creating Local Historic Districts: The City of Ludlow , Kentucky ” Master of Community Planning Thesis, School of Planning, University of Cincinnati , 2003
• “Public Space Dynamic in Minangkabau Rural Area Indonesia ” The American Planning Association Annual Conference Proceeding 2002
• “A Study on the Urban and Rural Conservation of the Minangkabau Hinterland, West Sumatera, Indonesia” The Center for Heritage Conservation, Department of Architecture, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2000
• “A Comparative Study on the Conservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings in Relation to the Community Benefits in Indonesia and Japan, Case Studies: Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Kyoto, Japan” The Center for Heritage Conservation, Department of Architecture, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1999

TRAININGS:

• Property Maintenance Workshop for Administrators and Elected Officials in Hamilton County , Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission January 21, 2004
• Asset Based Community Development, Community Building Institute and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission February 27, 2004
• David A. Alor Planning and Zoning Workshop Ohio Planning Conference, Cincinnati , March 12, 2004

COMMUNITY SERVICES:

Writer/Editor - iRhine.com, Volunteer/Member - Give Back Cincinnati, Cincinnati Preservation Association House Tour, Downtown Cincinnati, Inc., Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2004, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Tutor - CityCURE one-on -one tutoring program