Chelsey JERSAK, MA, RPP, PMP

An avid urbanist and community builder, Chelsey has led land use planning and regulatory projects in central Alberta and the Alberta capital region in both the public and private sectors since 2007. She is the founder and principal of Situate, a boutique firm based in Edmonton offering rezoning, permitting, subdivision and project management services for awesome infill projects. Her writing has appeared in Plan Canada, the APPI Planning Journal, Municipal World, Curb Magazine and The Yards, and she has presented her projects and ideas at numerous national and provincial planning conferences throughout Western Canada.

Chelsey has a B.A. in Regional and Urban Development and an M.A. in Human Geography from the University of Saskatchewan. She is a Registered Professional Planner and a certified Project Management Professional, Vice President of the Infill Development in Edmonton Association (IDEA) and past Edmonton Director of the Alberta district council of the Urban Land Institute. She was also a founding member of the Child Friendly Housing Coalition of Alberta, which successfully lobbied the Government of Alberta to amend human rights legislation so that children under 18 could no longer be barred from living in rental and condominium apartment buildings.