ABOUT

BIOGRAPHY

Kristi Sturtz, ALM, AICP

President

Kristi J. Sturtz, ALM, AICP is the President of Sturtz Public Management. Kristi has twenty-five years of experience as a community developer. She has worked with several organizations and communities on a range of collaborative, strategic investment initiatives involving arts, cultural heritage, economic development, infrastructure development, the environment.

Her most recent and most notable work has involved facilitating a collaboration of seven rural communities in East Allen County, Indiana called the NewAllen Alliance. Efforts of the Alliance have resulted in an Outstanding Planning Initiative Award from the American Planning Association Small Town and Rural Communities Division for the NewAllen Strategic Investment Plan and an Indiana Regional Stellar Communities Designation for the creation of the East Allen Rural Revival Regional Development Plan.

Kristi has a Master of Liberal Arts Degree in Global Development Practice - Extension Studies from Harvard University. She also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Affairs with a concentration in Public Management from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Kristi is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a Qualified History Professional with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and an accredited Grant Administrator for the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.  

CORE VALUES

Authenticity

Stay true to genuine attributes of people and place.

Collaboration

Initiatives are most successful when partnerships are in play.

Leadership

Building leadership capacity is the key to long-term success.

Quality

Commit the time and resources needed for plans, projects, and programs to provide a return on investment and endure.

Systems-thinking

Give holistic consideration to the interrelation of issues and interventions.

Sustainabilty

Plans, projects and programs are developed through the lens of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Triple Bottom Line.

SERVICES