Justin Dula, AICP, CC-P, currently serves as the Eastern Regional Coordinator for the Office of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, focusing on environmental justice outreach to low income and minority communities in the eastern third of Pennsylvania. This work has allowed him to work with a variety of communities ranging from historic towns in anthracite coal country to suburban communities near Philadelphia on their thoughts for improving their communities and environment. He has worked on brownfields redevelopment programs, which are often so vital in community redevelopment. In 2020 he completed the courses and attained the status of a Climate Change Professional (CC-P). He is also the Vice President of the American Planning Association (APA) Pennsylvania Chapter and the chair of the Healthy Communities in PA task force, whose mission is to increase dialogue between the health and planning professions. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of of APA’s LGBTQ and Planning Division. He is also on the board of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center, the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance, and the board of the Bywood Community Association, which works to further the neighborhood of Bywood in Upper Darby. He also formerly served as the manager of community and regional planning at the Delaware County Planning Department. In that work, he was able to see the vital importance of a vibrant downtown to community stability. He’s worked on model zoning for downtowns and more general vision plans for downtown areas in Upper Darby and Prospect Park. He previously chaired the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Healthy Communities Task Force. He has been involved with the APA Pennsylvania Southeast Section Council for several years and is Past Chair. He received his Master of City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University.