American Planning Association - Illinois Chapter

Rob Kowalski, FAICP is the Assistant Director of the Planning and Development Department for the City of Champaign. He has 28 years of municipal planning experience in both Illinois and Kentucky. He graduated from llinois State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Geography and has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is certified with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and in 2018 was inducted into the AICP College of Fellows. Rob also holds an Adjunct teaching position in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His class focuses on the land development process from the perspective of both planners and developers.