Christina Anderson, AICP is the City Planner and Deputy Director for CPED for Kalamazoo, MI. Prior to working in Kalamazoo, Christina was a planner/urban designer with Farr Associates in Chicago focusing on sustainable development and form-based zoning codes. In addition to working with cities and private consultants, Christina has volunteered as a Zoning Board of Appeals member, neighborhood leader, community garden manager, and Master Plan task force chair.
The Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) awarded Christina the 2018 Leadership Award for Professional Planners. Christina was elected in Fall 2020 to the MAP board where she serves as the secretary/treasurer. Previously Christina served on the boards for Congress for New Urbanism state chapters in Illinois and Michigan and Building Blocks of Kalamazoo, building community in Kalamazoo neighborhoods one block at a time.