Reilly Thimons
Associate, Design Workshop
About
Based in the Chicago studio, Reilly is a city planner and community engagement specialist with international experience working in policy development and outreach strategy on large complex projects in Australia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the United States.
Reilly has worked as both a municipal planner and consultant, which has enabled her with the ability to understand the varying perspectives and needs of community members, stakeholders and decision-makers. As an IAP2 Ambassador, Reilly is extremely passionate about designing equitable engagement programs that are strategically looped into community development and land use planning processes, ensuring the best outcomes for both clients and communities. Her work across the United States has been focused on comprehensive planning, policy planning development, entitlements and land use development, and extensive engagement initiatives where she has brought her innate ability to distill complex ideas into compelling user-friendly planning documents and visuals.
Reilly received her Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Miami University of Ohio and her Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Melbourne in Australia.