MIG Principals
MIG prides itself on the quality of our entire staff: to deliver on promises, to go beyond expectations, and to be inspiring and enjoyable to work with. Our principals have long histories of success in their disciplines and work collaboratively to provide hands-on experience for each project, ensuring unique and successful results on time and on budget. This exceptional team of professionals provides MIG with a range of perspectives and experiences that enriches our approach and creative problem solving and helps deliver solutions that go beyond the obvious or formulaic.
Daniel Iacofano
Ph.D., FAICP, ASLA, Principal
Daniel Iacofano, Ph.D., FAICP, is a founding principal of MIG. He has over 25 years of experience in urban planning and community design, specifically for downtowns, transit-oriented development, neighborhoods and urban centers. He is nationally recognized as an expert and innovator in the areas of community participation, consensus building, and facilitation. Daniel’s diverse projects have addressed such issues as public transit, traffic, housing, economic development, land use and regional growth. He has worked in a wide range of communities, from Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Denver to Anchorage and Washington, DC. Daniel received his Ph.D. in Environmental Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books including Meeting of the Minds and The Inclusive City.
Susan M. Goltsman
FASLA, Principal
Susan Goltsman (FASLA) is an expert in the design and programming of environments for children, youth and families. She has worked worldwide applying social science to design, creating one of a kind environments that respond to the community, the organization, user group needs, building function and site context. Her projects have won awards from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, the Center for Universal Design, the American Institute of Architects, the America Planning Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the National Endowment for the Arts, The United Cerebral Palsy Association, the California Department of Rehabilitation and the California Park and Recreation Society. Susan has taught at numerous universities and colleges and serves as an adviser to a number of landscape architecture programs, children's museums and governmental committees. She is co-author of the PLAY FOR ALL Guidelines, which has been internationally adopted as a reference on the planning, design, and management of outdoor play settings for all children; the Accessibility Checklist, an evaluation system for buildings and outdoor settings; and most recently, The Inclusive City, proposing a more inclusive approach to planning that promotes social and economic equity and community development, with full interaction and accessibility for all residents. Susan holds degrees in Environmental Design, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Psychology.
Robin Moore
Principal
Robin is a founding principal of MIG and an internationally recognized authority on the ecological design of children¿s educational environments, participatory design programming, and user needs in public open space design. Robin has consulted extensively worldwide, recently serving as a public participation consultant on urban parks for the Chilean government. He is currently directing the Argentine segment of the UNESCO study: Growing Up in Cities. Robin has won numerous awards for his contributions to the field of design and has written numerous books on these topics.
Timothy Gilbert
ASLA, Principal
Tim is a licensed landscape architect in two states, with experience in public agency planning, building code enforcement and park design. He has evaluated, planned and designed a wide range of recreation and community service facilities throughout the United States, including parks, playgrounds, gardens, schools, child care centers, courthouses, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers. He emphasizes staff and community involvement in the design process, community preference surveys, public workshops, and universal design. Tim is ICC-certified (International Code Council) as an Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner.
Steve Lang
ASLA, Principal
Steve is a licensed landscape architect in California, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with over 30 years experience concentrating in planning and design for recreation, park and public facilities. He has been project manager on over twenty award-winning public improvement projects ranging from neighborhood and community parks to multi-million dollar sports complexes and aquatic facilities. A recent emphasis for Steve is the enhancement of underutilized open space areas associated with utility corridors and riverside properties for public use, enjoyment and environmental education. Steve also is active in the design of urban streetscape improvement projects, school campus enhancements, and redevelopment agency projects.
Sally McIntyre
Principal, Director of Parks and Recreation Planning
Sally is director of Parks and Recreation Planning for MIG and a principal of the firm. She focuses on parks and recreation master plans, recreation programming, facility design, strategic planning and communications. Her extensive experience emphasizes involving diverse community members in creative livable neighborhoods, from seniors to children to people with disabilities. Sally co-authored the Vision Insight Planning (VIP) for the California Parks and Recreation Society, a groundbreaking strategic plan for the advancement of the parks and recreation profession. Her work on open space issues involves creating design guidelines and open space system standards for high-density neighborhoods, specific area plans and regional plans.
Patricia McLaughlin
Principal, Director Transportation and Management Planning
Pat is head of MIG's Southern California office and directs the firm¿s transportation and management practice. She has over 25 years of experience in organizational development and strategic and corridor planning for local, regional and state agencies. In addition, her transportation-specific work includes local, regional, state and community-oriented transportation project planning, environmental review, community project visioning and joint development. She is chair of the Public Transportation Section of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
Jim Pickel
ASLA, Principal
Jim is a licensed landscape architect in California and Texas with experience in park and recreation planning and design, parks and recreation master planning, community facilitation and construction administration. Jim has 27 years of experience in planning and designing a wide range of recreational facilities including sports parks, neighborhood, community, regional, special use parks and aquatic centers. Jim's emphasis has been in planning and designing oceanfront recreational facilities, beach bicycle and pedestrian trails, plazas, pier entries, lifeguard facilities and recreation vehicle parking. Jim is also active in preparing Parks and Recreation Master Plans, urban design projects and campus planning.
Carolyn Verheyen
Principal, Chief Operating Officer, Interim Director of Communications and Media Services
Carolyn is an expert in strategic planning, community services planning, public involvement, policy planning and organizational development. Her experience includes public participation program design and implementation; public opinion research; and strategic and organizational planning. She directs a range of projects addressing social policy, parks and recreation planning, transportation and community planning. With 20 years at MIG, she is in charge of firm-wide operations.
Christopher Beynon
AICP, Principal, Director of Planning and Design Services
Chris Beynon has extensive experience in regional urban planning, downtown planning, land use planning, and community and urban design. Mr. Beynon has distinctive expertise in design, development and strategy related to city center and neighborhood planning and transit-oriented development. He has worked with both the public and private sectors on innovative revitalization and master plan projects across the country, from large cities such as Boston, Denver, Sacramento and Los Angeles to mid- and small-size towns such as Ocala, Florida and Astoria, Oregon. Mr. Beynon also oversees a range of other urban planning and design projects, including city general and comprehensive plans, community specific plans, higher education campus master plans, and park master plans.
Mindy Craig
Principal
Mindy Craig is the Director of Marketing at MIG as well as a senior planner with over 18 years experience in providing strategic planning, parks and recreation planning, marketing and financial feasibility services to public agencies throughout California and the United States. Her clients have ranged from community colleges, universities, parks and recreation departments to counties and cities. Ms. Craig has also provided detail programming services, economic analysis, design review and consulting to over 40 agencies developing community facilities. Additionally, she has provided detailed demographic analysis, operation structure reviews, revenue forecasting and fee setting. She has assisted clients with strategizing for successful bond measures, tax levies and supporting materials for public information pieces, including surveys and presentation materials. Mindy is a Board Member of America Walks (AW), a national advocacy group for pedestrians as well as a Representative for AW on the National Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee .