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Mark Sillings
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FACILITATION
Mark Sillings has over 25 years of experience in public agency planning and
management consulting. He applies his strong group facilitation, research, and
communication skills to ensure the successful implementation of complex
projects and planning processes in a wide range of fields, including community planning,
environmental studies, parks and recreation planning, watershed management, and open
space and natural resources.
Mark has provided planning, research and facilitation on several water resource
management projects, including a water quality funding initiative for the Los Angeles
County Flood Control District, and development of Integrated Regional Water
Management Plans (IRWMPs) for the Mojave Region, the Upper Santa Clara River
Watershed, and the Tulare Lake Basin/Kern County IRWMP. He managed development of
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
the Rio Hondo Watershed Management Plan and the San Gabriel River Corridor Master
• Community Planning
Plan. Both efforts focused on the interrelated issues of flood control, water conservation,
Facilitation
and water quality improvement.
• Park and Recreation
Planning
• Strategic Planning RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Mojave Integrated Regional Water • Los Angeles County Department of Public
• Organizational Development
Management Plan, Mojave Water Works Watershed Management Division
Agency, San Bernardino County, Strategic Plan,
EDUCATION
California Los Angeles County, California
• Master of Business • LA County Water Quality Funding • Los Angeles County Department of Public
Administration, Initiative, Los Angeles County Works Strategic Plan Update, Los Angeles
Boston University,
Department of Public Works, County, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles County, California
• Kern County Parks and Recreation
• Bachelor of Arts, History, • Upper Santa Clara River Integrated Master Plan, Kern County, California
University of Chicago,
Regional Water Management Plan, • Enhanced Watershed Management Plan
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles County Department of Program Environmental Impact Report, Los
Public Works, Los Angeles County, Angeles County Department of Public
California Works, Los Angeles, California
• Tulare Lake Basin/Kern County • Orange County Harbors, Beaches and
Integrated Regional Water
Parks Strategic Plan, Orange County,
Management Plan, Kern County
California
Water Agency,
• Los Angeles County Department of
Kern County, California
Regional Planning Strategic Plan, Los
• San Gabriel River Corridor Master Plan, Angeles, California
Los Angeles County, California
• Rio Hondo Watershed Management
Plan, San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments, Pasadena, California
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