Christopher Forinash

Christopher Forinash is currently the Principal and DC Office Leader at Nelson\Nygaard. Christopher has held several previous positions, including Director of U.S. Program Implementation and Director of Washington D.C. Office at the Institute for Sustainable Communities, Chairman at the Arlington County Planning Commission, and Senior Advisor for Smart Growth and Climate at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Forinash began their career as a Travel Forecasting Model Developer at Parsons Brinckerhoff in 1994. Christopher then became a Senior Transportation & Land Development Analyst at the USEPA Smart Growth program in 2000. In 2010, they became Transportation and Sustainable Communities Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute before taking on the role of Senior Transportation Analyst at USEPA Office of Sustainable Communities in 2011. Christopher returned to the Institute for Sustainable Communities in 2012, where they served as Director of U.S. Program Implementation and Director of Washington D.C. Office until 2017.

In 2016, Forinash was loaned from ISC to advise EPA Office of Sustainable Communities on smart growth and climate mitigation and adaptation policy. Christopher held this position until 2017, when they became Principal and DC Office Leader at Nelson\Nygaard.

Christopher Forinash has a MS in Civil Engineering / Transportation Planning from Northwestern University and a BS in Civil Engineering from Duke University. Christopher also went to Taylor High School.

Their manager is Jennifer Wieland, Managing Director. Some direct reports include Emily Oaksford - Senior Associate, Iain Banks - PTP, Principal. They work with Brie Becker - Principal, Portland Office Leader, Michael Carraher - Assistant GIS Manager, and Jonathan Mosteiro - AICP, Senior Associate.