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We are always looking for new talent to add to the OLP team. If you are interested in becoming a member of the OLP team please send us your bio: careers@OnlineLandPlanning.com

OLP Team:

History teaches us that every great work of man has come about through the intersection of Talent and Opportunity.

So, it makes sense that it takes a special breed to be able to work remotely and have enough creativity, experience and trust in each other to produce results on a consistent basis. The OLP Team embodies the philosophy that great design can be developed anywhere and anytime. In today’s business environment, this group recognizes that time, technology and telecommunications are manageable and invisible.

Rick Abelson, ASLA, CLARB
Director of Land Planning & Creative Management
abelson@onlinelandplanning.com

Rick Abelson is recognized as a leader and visionary in creating culturally significant land planning developments worldwide.  His peers regard him as an original thinker and an internationally respected designer of destination attractions, mixed-use town centers, urban infill and new communities. In many cases, Rick’s projects have become the catalyst for civic revitalization.  His early participation and strategic forward-thinking ideas add immediate financial value to properties seeking optimum land definition. As the world moves towards a meaningful sustainable future, Rick’s brand solutions and strategic partnerships are truly affecting people’s everyday lives on diverse issues of energy efficiency, health care delivery, work place transformation and transportation demand reduction and active adult living.  Rick is a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute, elected to Lambda Alpha International’s Economic Society, a Milken Institute Associate and Faculty Member of the Department of Landscape Architecture at UCLA.

Education:
Harvard Graduate School of Design; Masters of Landscape Architecture  
Harvard Business School; Competitive Decisions; Entrepreneurial Studies  
University of Oregon; Bachelors of Landscape Architecture / Pennell Architecture Award  
University of Washington

Registrations:
California Landscape Architecture License #3524
Council Landscape Architecture Registration Board #899

Lead Planner & Project Designer

Mike is senior conceptual and architectural designer with a diverse range of project types to his credit. For over a decade, his projects in entertainment, retail and the resort industry have taken him to remote outposts of the world including Australia, China, South Korea, Thailand, Europe, Mexico, and Canada. Well versed in many architectural traditions, Mike’s involvement on projects encompasses both planning and architecture. He has provided creative direction for Walt Disney Imagineering, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and a whole host of other innovative companies and world famous individuals. Mike’s unique global approach and eclectic clients have influenced his current work on several luxury resort projects in California that reflect his commitment to community and the environment, including California’s Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur and the El Capitan Canyon Resort in Santa Barbara.

Bachelor of Interior Architecture, College of Arch/Planning/Design
Dean’s Advisory Council, School of Architecture and Design, Kansas State University

Dalan Garcia
Director of Graphic Design, Technology & Brand Communication
garcia@onlinelandplanning.com

Dalan Garcia has over 15 years of graphic design and publishing experience in a wide variety of media. He has created and developed detailed brand strategies for multimillion dollar land companies that have specialize in new community development throughout the United States. Dalan is responsible for the graphic design, logos identity and the final documentation for all OLP projects and making sure that the quality and consistency is through for each assignment. He designed and manages the OLP website in responsible for the promotion of the brand throughout the real estate industry. Dalan coordinates the online database and web links to advertisers and manages the technology backbone for the virtual company to keep the caliber of the work and production high and the overhead low so we can pass the savings along to our clients.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, California State University at Fullerton
Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe Photoshop CS

Renderings & Design Sketches

Alex has over 23 years experience in the field of architecture, including 11 years in his own private practice focusing upon providing conceptual design and illustration services. He is a master in designing early impressions on a wide variety of land uses and building types and styles and his graphics have been featured in many prominent architectural journals and at land development conventions and trade shows. His clients are a who’s who of the most active design and planning firms in the world RTKL, HOK, Gensler, Altoon & Porter, Langdon Wilson Architects; MBH Architects; Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects; Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios

Alex is a member of the American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and the US Green Building Council.

Bachelor of Architecture, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1980
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, France
Registered Architect - California & Arizona
NCARB Certificate

Renewable Energy & Land Resources
king@onlinelandplanning.com

George has worked in the energy sector for 35 years, starting in oil and gas exploration, production and related segments of hydrocarbon processing. Since 1985, George’s career is focused on efficient power distribution, energy management and renewable energy applications for large scale residential and commercial land development. George drafted the legislation for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to allow cogeneration on private lands and was signed into law in March 2007. George was Director of the prestigious Houston Advanced Research Center focusing on clean and renewable energy and has worked for Mitchell Energy and Development, Stone and Webster Engineering, Houston Light and Power, Reliant Energy, and CenterPoint Energy.

George’s recent accomplishments include completing design and testing of a 150KW wind turbine project in Houston, completing two 6500’ exploratory water wells in Albuquerque and designing an integrated solar, wind and bio remediation energy system for a private land development company.

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology, Texas A&M University
Adjunct Professor, Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX
Member, American Petroleum Institute
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Texas Railroad Commission Certification
US Navy Seabee, Fifth Marine Division, MCB-5

Ellen Sinreich
Green Edge, LLC

Founded in 2007 by Ellen Sinreich, Green Edge, LLC is a Green Building consulting/law firm that provides strategic sustainability services to businesses and governmental entities. Ms. Sinreich has assembled a team with outstanding talent in the technical, financial, and legal environmental arenas, including LEED® Accredited Professionals, building construction experts, energy engineers, climate scientists, legal, financial and tax strategists, and real estate industry practitioners. This GOING GREEN resource bank is at your disposal—our network of strategic alliances, specialty contractors and green resources can become your network. We will partner with you at the enterprise, portfolio, and individual property levels to plan and implement sustainability strategies that are right for your organization.