Alison Townsend

Alison Townsend is an experienced transportation planner currently serving as the Regional Team Leader and Transit Planning Discipline Lead at CDM Smith since January 2020. Previously, Alison held the position of Strategic Advisor at the Seattle Department of Transportation from 2014 to 2019, where responsibilities included managing the conceptual design of Transit and Multimodal Corridors. Prior experience also includes serving as a Senior Planner/Project Manager at The Corradino Group from 1995 to 2013 and working as a Business Analyst at Dun & Bradstreet from 1990 to 1992. Alison Townsend earned a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa in 1995 and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the same institution in 1989.