Erika Johnson, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP is an urban planner with over 20 years of experience in permitting, campus planning, and sustainability planning. She joined VHB in 2021 as a Senior Environmental Planner on the Urban Permitting Team, where she currently manages multi-disciplined technical teams to prepare and file permit documentation for private developers, public agencies, utilities, and universities to the Cities of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office. She also advises clients on permitting strategy, sustainable development zoning requirements, and building performance standards reporting. Prior to joining VHB, Erika was a Senior Campus Planner with Harvard University for nearly 9 years, primarily focused on regulatory due diligence, demographic reporting, mobility planning, and student housing trends analyses. Her experience also includes time as a campus planning consultant for colleges and universities across the United States, a Master Planner for expeditionary military bases in eastern Afghanistan, and a town planning consultant for communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Outside of work, she volunteers her time to the Built Environment Plus Women in Green roundtable and the Boston University IMP Task Force.
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