Inland Empire Section

The Inland Empire Section serves professional planners in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and provides professional development, advocacy, networking, and community service.

Board of Directors | Section Events | Section Contact | Volunteer Opportunities

Board of Directors

President	Mary May, AICP
Vice President	Shauna Harshman
Secretary	Nathan Gwinn, AICP
Treasurer	Benjamin A. Serr, MURP
Professional Development Officer	Chaz Bates, AICP
Past President	Dave Andersen AICP
Member-At-Large	Donna deBit
Member-At-Large	Sabrina Minshall, AICP
Member-At-Large	Robert Brock, AICP
Member-At-Large	Kylee Jones

Upcoming Event

2020 Annual Conference
October 1-2, 2020
Elkins Resort | Priest Lake, ID

Past Events

Strong Towns: A Bottom-up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
September 10, 2019
Spokane, WA

2019 Education Series - September 26
Spokane Valley, WA
Grant Writing Boot Camp with Dr. Bev Browning.

2019 Annual Conference - June 6-7
Elkins Resort | Priest Lake, Idaho

Presentations:

The Ethics of Transportation Planning and Design
The Politics of Housing
Healthy Disparities & the Role of the Built Environment
Transportation to Connect Your Whole Community

Community Volunteer Opportunities: (with social distancing)

Spokane Food Fighters: Various
Volunteers pick up and deliver premade meals to families in need from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM in Spokane, WA. Register as a volunteer and they will contact you.
https://www.spokanefoodfighters.org/

Second Harvest Food: Various
Volunteers will help sort food or Thursday mornings load cars with boxes of food for the Bite 2 Go distribution program. Volunteers can sign up as a group or individually for two hours blocks of time. See online calendar for dates, times and number of spaces that are still open.
https://2-harvest.org/volunteer/

Camp Gifford Clean Up: May 15, 2020 - 9AM – 1PM – Register by May 14, 2020
Location: 3846 N Deer Lake Rd. Loon Lake, WA 99148.
Camp Gifford serves young campers from the Northwest during the summer. Volunteers will help do basic maintenance outside to get the camp cleaned up: raking leaves, pulling weeds, cleaning litter, building and repairing minor structures. BBQ lunch will be provided.
https://www.volunteerspokane.org/need/detail/?need_id=518464

Salvation Army Food Bank – Food Prep: Various|
Volunteers pull food from shelves and sort requested items into boxes. Volunteers can also help with sweeping, moping, and sanitizing.
https://volunteer.usawest.org/OpportunityDetail.aspx?ID=5078

Latinos en Spokane: No scheduled events, but register to be updated
Volunteers can help support citizen in various ways. Please see website for more details.
https://www.latinosenspokane.org/contact-us