Fred Presley is an AICP certified planner with over 14 years of professional experience in both the public and private sector. 

He specializes in Resilience Planning that is based upon a whole systems approach to traditionally segregated issues (ecological, economic, social, cultural, built environment, community knowledge and governance).  The Resilience Planning process teaches participants to see their ‘place’ as a complex adaptive system that is directly related to other complex adaptive systems at multiple scales. 

Fred’s work has been the subject of several articles and presentations.  He is a skilled facilitator who has presented at several regional and national conferences.  Recent speaking engagements include Community Matters ’07, National Conference in Burlington, VT and The Southern New England American Planners Association ’07 Regional Conference in Hyannis, MA.  He has also presented at Society of Wetland Scientist National Conference in NY, The Land and Water Summit in RI, and for several regional and local events.

His experience includes over 7 years as a private consultant, 5 years working as a supervising environmental planner for the State of RI and approximately 2 years as the Director of Planning and Economic Development for a the Town of Smithfield, RI.  In addition to his planning and environmental experience, Fred has over 5 years of experience coaching individuals and small businesses as well as providing organizational development consulting to businesses and non-profits. 

Fred works on projects at multiple scales from site level development projects to local, regional and national planning initiatives.  The common factor in every project is that it must add value to people and the place.  Every project regardless of scale looks at the whole system.