Executive Board
APA International Division Executive Board
Jing Zhang, AICP
Jing is a transportation planner at Morgantown Monongalia MPO, WV, where he manages the MPO's travel demand model, transportation improvement program, and transportation studies. Jing previously worked for the New York City DOT and the City of Anderson, SC.
Michael Kolber, AICP, PP
Michael Kolber is a senior planner for the City of Trenton, NJ. He worked for the NJ Departments of Environmental Protection and Community Affairs and served overseas as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso and as a Monitoring Specialist for the International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mateo Alexander
BIo information to be updated
Emma Chetuya, Ph.D., AICP
Emma is a planning administrator for the City of Garland, TX where she manages current planning development and has worked as a planner with other local governments in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Her interests include the study of ventures created by West African land development and delivery systems that have formal, traditional, and informal influences.
Carter Williams, AICP
Carter Williams is Vice-Chair of Financial Management for the International Division of the American Planning Association, previously serving as Webinar Coordinator and World Town Planning Day Coordinator. An Associate Planner for the City of Reno, he is pursuing a Master’s at Johns Hopkins University, studying applications in quantitative planning research, agent-based modeling, and novel morphometric solutions. His interests include comparative planning policy for ecologically sensitive and sustainable urban development drawn from an international context.
Keiko Murayama, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, JIA
Keiko is an urban planner with 18 years of international experience at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and five years in architectural design in Japan. Passionate about creating safe, vibrant, and walkable and healthy urban environments, she later moved into the nonprofit sector to make a direct impact locally. Keiko now serves on the board of C5 Children’s School in Civic Center, working with families and educators to support an inclusive educational environment and help rebuild the school community after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Luna Nuansa Iman
Luna Nuansa Iman is a recent graduate from the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Minnesota. Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia - one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Southeast Asia, she is passionate about housing and sustainability issues in planning as well as transnational collaboration in urban planning. She will be continuing her PhD studies at the University of Minnesota to further her research about urban informalities in this upcoming year.