Planning Board

Term expires June 30, 2028.

Caitlin is a real estate attorney and shareholder at Brownstein.  Her expertise spans land use and zoning, general real estate matters and urban renewal and public finance.  She also serves as special and general counsel to various governmental and quasi-governmental entities. 

Caitlin served on the community task force to develop Blueprint Denver 2019, the land use and transportation component of Denver’s Comprehensive Plan.  Caitlin also served on the Advancing Equity in Rezoning Task Force from 2022-2024, a community group that reviewed Denver’s process for rezoning properties and led to updates to the City zoning code and the rezoning criteria to implement city goals around equity.

Caitlin has previously served on the Board of Trustees of Historic Denver, Inc. and Board of Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado, Inc.  She is a past President of NAIOP Colorado, a leading real estate organization.  She has served as a mentor to students at University of Denver Sturm College of Law for 15 years.  She was named as a 2023 Outstanding Woman in Business by Denver Business Journal and has been named for multiple years to the List of Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate.

Caitlin is originally from Montana, but fell in love with Denver during law school.  She lives in east Denver where she and her husband are raising their two kids.

Term expires June 30, 2027

Fred Glick is a commercial real estate developer and urban planner working primarily on adaptive reuse projects in Denver’s urban core.  Fred is the vice-chair of the Denver Planning Board and a member of the Lower Downtown Design Review Commission.  Fred serves on the boards of the Denver Health Foundation and the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Denver Civic Ventures board, Planning and Urban Impact Committee and Urban Exploration Steering Committee. Fred has extensive non-profit board experience, having held leadership positions on the boards of RedLine Contemporary Art Center; the Academy of Urban Learning, a Denver charter school serving unhoused and at-risk students; his neighborhood organization, Clayton United; and the American International School of Johannesburg. 

A Denver native, Fred spent twenty years abroad in Swaziland, South Africa, India, Egypt and the United Kingdom. Before leaving the U.S., Fred was an arts administrator for modern dance companies in New York City. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver.

Term expires 6/30/2026

Sarah Cawrse is an urban strategist, planner, and licensed landscape architect with over a decade of experience leading complex projects at the intersection of policy, design, cultural planning, and community engagement. She is the founder of Flora Strategies, a Denver-based consultancy dedicated to helping communities and organizations navigate complex urban and design challenges at the intersection of planning, policy, regulation, and project delivery. With a strong focus on the public realm and building vibrant communities, Flora Strategies brings a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates community engagement, cultural planning, placemaking, business support, and place-based investment—advancing equitable, implementable outcomes rooted in local identity and community voice.

Prior to launching Flora Strategies, she served as the Executive Director of Urban Strategy & Design for the RiNo Art District, where she oversaw the RiNo Business and General Improvement Districts in Denver and co-led the organization’s overall strategy, operations, marketing, and communications. In that role, she led district-wide planning, visioning, and implementation—overseeing capital projects, governance structures, and a $5 million annual budget. Her work included creative sector and business support, inclusive public space investments, and public realm management and maintenance.

Before her time at RiNo, Sarah worked in local government for over six years, holding senior planning and urban design roles with the City and County of Denver and the City of Boulder. She began her career as a landscape architect and urban designer at Design Workshop in Denver.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a Master of Urban Design from Newcastle University in England. She currently serves on this Planning Board and is the Chair-Elect of Cal Poly’s Landscape Architecture Department Advisory Council.

Term expires June 30, 2028.

Mary developed an interest in cities while working as a flight attendant. A career which enabled her to live in, and experience different urban environments all across the country. After hanging up her wings, Mary moved to Denver to pursue her Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from CU Denver.

Today, Mary is a principal at Twelve Inc., an affordable housing consulting firm based in Colorado. She works with a range of clients, both urban and rural, to promote housing access across all price points. Her focus areas include development feasibility, project management, housing strategies, resilient site design, and land use policy. She and her family live in the Clayton neighborhood of Denver.

Term expires June 30, 2028.

Michael serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Colorado Senate Majority Office, providing strategic guidance to Senate leadership along with managing operations across policy, communications, and stakeholder engagement. With over a decade of expertise in legislative strategy, policy analysis, and public affairs, Michael has dedicated his career to promoting effective and equitable public policy. 

Previously, Michael served as Policy Director for One Colorado, leading statewide initiatives to expand protections for LGBTQ+ Coloradans. He also strengthened post-pandemic public health resilience as Policy Director for the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials, and advanced biotech research & investment as Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association. At the City of Aurora, Michael managed intergovernmental relations, advancing local priorities through effective collaboration with state and federal partners. His public sector experience began serving in the administration of former Governor John Hickenlooper, where he managed constituent services and facilitated community engagement efforts.

Michael is passionate about creating inclusive urban environments and has a proven record of fostering collaborative problem-solving. He looks forward to applying his policy expertise and strategic insight to support the Planning Board.

Term expires January 28, 2028

Alisha has a 20-year career in planning, design, and equitable community development. As an urban planner and urban designer, she brings collaboration and creative problem solving to her work. Alisha is passionate about inclusive places, housing, and community engagement. She has worked on many planning and design projects throughout her career in Denver. Alisha is owner and founder of Zipper Line Strategies, a land entitlement and planning firm and teaches part-time at the University of Colorado’s College of Architecture and Planning. Alisha holds a Master of Urban Design and Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado.  

Term expires June 30, 2028

A seasoned real estate development professional, Heidi Majerik is now the President of Gauge Land Development (GLD), a full-service land development consulting and investment company. At GLD, she leads efforts to acquire and entitle land for residential communities across Colorado and provides strategic consulting services to landowners, equity partners, and builders. GLD specializes in all phases of land development—including acquisition, underwriting, market segmentation, product positioning, homebuilder programs, contract negotiations, entitlement, and special district formation and management.

Most recently, Heidi served as Vice President and General Manager of the Denver regional office for Southern Land Company, where she was responsible for the development of Westerly, an 800-acre mixed-use master planned community in Erie, CO, as well as regional land acquisitions.

Majerik has deep expertise in community development, including strategic business planning, underwriting, land acquisition and disposition, market analysis and segmentation, project management, entitlements, infrastructure construction management, public finance (including Metro District formation, tax increment finance, and bond issuance), HOA formation/management, community marketing, talent development, and negotiations.

Prior to Southern Land Company, she held several leadership positions, including Vice President of Business Development for Wonderland Homes, Director of Development for Forest City Enterprises (on the redevelopment of Denver’s former airport, now known as Central Park), and Development Manager for Intrawest US Holdings.

She is a Denver Planning Board member, a past President of the Home Builder’s Association of Metro Denver, a Board member of the Metro Housing Coalition, a member of the Colorado Association of Home Builders Government Affairs Committee, and a past Chair of the Urban Land Institute Community Development Council. She has also served as Chair of the Economic Development Task Force for the town of Silverthorne.

Her career trajectory and civil service reflect her passion for thoughtful city planning and development—and most importantly, her deep commitment to creating housing opportunities.

Term expires June 30, 2026

Bio coming soon.

Term expires June 30, 2026

Term expires June 30, 2028.

Sebastian is a Senior Urban Planner at OV Consulting, where he helps address urban challenges through an integrated planning and design process. His work centers on the intersection of transportation and land use, with an emphasis on equitable access, resilient infrastructure, and the enhancement of public spaces.

With experience in neighborhood planning, infrastructure development, and multimodal transportation systems, Sebastian brings a comprehensive and collaborative approach to urban challenges. He has lived and worked in cities across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America—including Tucson, San Juan, San Jose, Rome, Barcelona, and Rotterdam—experiences that have shaped his global perspective and deepened his commitment to strengthening communities through thoughtful planning.

Sebastian holds degrees in Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, and Urban and Regional Planning. He has lived in Denver for the past nine years and is proud to call it home.

Term expires June 30, 2028.

Deirdre is the Senior Land Use Advisor for Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP. Her practice is focused on achieving the best outcomes for her clients as they navigate land use entitlement processes across Colorado. As a proud Denver native, Deirdre has watched the city meet challenges defined by exponential population growth and diverse development outcomes. She chose her career in part due to experience growing up in a close-knit neighborhood with access to opportunity, good transportation and open space. Deirdre has spent her career dedicated to equitable and sustainable outcomes fostered by collaboration between municipalities, neighborhoods, and development teams.  

She launched her career in the private sector with a military planning firm focused on environmental planning needs associated with military base realignments. Passion for community-building and a sustainable future for all compelled her to join the fast-growing communities of Douglas County, Colorado and later the City of Denver where she mastered skills in facilitation, urban, suburban and transit-oriented development planning and review, development agreements, grant management, comprehensive planning, and building external partnerships with neighboring jurisdictions, local neighborhoods, airports and nonprofits. Prior to her role at FGMC, she co-led Denver’s Large-site Development Review team, focused on catalytic projects and associated infrastructure.

As part of her professional connections, Deirdre serves on the Board of the Colorado Judicial Institute, maintains connections with colleagues through the Urban Land Institute and the American Planning Association, and enjoys giving time where needed to local nonprofits.  Deirdre’s “why” is centered on her husband Ivan and their two grown humans, son Jordan and daughter Isabelle.  The empty nest and COVID brought her two adorable rescue puppies. Deirdre loves to bicycle and travel and has proudly taught her family to value good urban planning and accessible public transportation in every city they visit.