Jessica Sarkissian

JESSICA SARKISSIAN, AICP is a land planner with more than 22 years’ experience and is the owner of Upfront Planning & Entitlements, LLC an Arizona based land planning and entitlement firm serving public and private sector clients throughout Arizona. Ms. Sarkissian's experience is grounded in working between the private and public sector to process entitlements efficiently as well as provide public outreach efforts in conjunction with code and policy updates. She is an active member in the American and Arizona Planning Association where she sites on the Arizona Planning Board and was past President for the Chapter. She also is active with the local Arizona ULI Chapter donating her time to the “AIR” local product council as well as with Urban Plan in the local high schools. She currently sits on the City of Mesa Historic Preservation Board, is a past Chair of the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board and Mesa Board of Adjustment, was previously on the Town of Gilbert Planning Commission as was also the Town of Gilbert Hearing Officer when it was a separate position.