Foster

 Foster has been the greeter at CSA Planning, Ltd., for the past nine years. He welcomes clients when they walk in the front door and officially greets the staff every morning.  He's been coming to work with the owners since he was a puppy. Born in Central Point and raised in Medford, Foster will do anything for a cookie. A highlight of his work at CSA Planning is taking the staff for a morning walk through the Vista Point neighborhood. He sometimes makes noises when he naps, maybe chasing rabbits or outsmarting cougars in his dreams. His hobbies include diving for rocks in the river, sleeping and coaxing his people into giving him a treat.  | More Photos |

Craig Stone, President

 Mr. Stone is the president and founder of the firm. He has 28 years' experience providing urban planning and consulting services for more than 2,000 public and private large-scale development projects. Mr. Stone has experience managing complex entitlement projects that often include special studies, the preparation of quasi-judicial findings of fact and conclusions of law, and hearing advocacy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in city and regional planning from California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. He is the incoming chairman of the Chamber of Medford/Jackson County board, serves on the Medford Parks Foundation board and the Rogue Valley Area Commission on Transportation and is a board member for the Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust. He serves on the Mayor’s Carnegie Library committee, is a past president of Rotary Club of Medford-Rogue and served on the Rogue Valley Foundation board of directors. Born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Stone has lived in Providence, Rhode Island, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Alamitos, California. Mr. Stone brings a range of experiences to the land-use planning profession: from owning a house painting and light construction business to serving as principal planner for Jackson County Planning. He started Craig A. Stone, Planning Consultant in 1980, incorporated into Craig A. Stone & Associates, Ltd. In 1981 and became CSA Planning Ltd in 2007. He has been married to Deborah for 39 years. They have two children and 3 ½ grandchildren. He enjoys fly fishing, bonsai, painting and motorcycles. | Resume | | Send an email |

Raul Woerner, Principal

Mr. Woerner joined CSA Planning in 2004 as a partner and is the general manager of land use planning and consulting. He brings extensive experience and insights to each project from his work as a senior planner for Jackson County and his years managing businesses in California, Nevada and Arizona. Raul assists private and public sector clients with defining and developing their projects. Mr. Woerner has extensive expertise in coordinating the multitude of agencies involved in the design review and permitting of complex projects in Oregon. Mr. Woerner's business management background also serves clients with valuable insights into the financial challenges often associated with complex land development projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Oregon. He was a US Army quartermaster in the 7th Infantry Division of the 15th FA in Fort Ord, California. Born in Dorado, Puerto Rico, Mr. Woerner has lived in Washington, Oregon, Texas, South Carolina, California, Arizona and Nevada. He’s a member of the facility planning committee for Medford First United Methodist Church, is program director for the Medford Rotary Foundation and serves on the land use action committee for the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. | Resume | | Send an email |

Jay Harland, Principal

Mr. Harland joined CSA Planning in 2004 as a principal planner. He has extensive experience in public and private sector land use and transportation planning and an in-depth knowledge of the public review process. Mr. Harland provides solid technical and practical management for a wide variety of land use and transportation projects. He develops and writes findings of fact and conclusions of law for land use entitlement applications. Mr. Harland has experience with long-range planning projects that often involve complex land use, public facilities and statistical research and analyses. Mr. Harland is proficient in technical analyses that involve statistical and mathematical models. Before CSA Planning, Mr. Harland worked as a transportation planner and managed development and adoption of the Jackson County Transportation System Plan. Mr. Harland holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Geography from the University of Montana. An avid skier, Mr. Harland was born and raised in Bozeman, Montana and has been a coach for the Mount Ashland Racing Association. He is president of the Rogue Valley Foundation for the Chamber of Medford Jackson County. He and his wife, Elysia, race an Ultimate 20 boat with the Rogue Yacht Club. | Resume | | Send an email |

Debbie Stone, CFO
Debbie Stone is chief financial officer of CSA Planning Ltd. She’s been intimately familiar with the needs of project budgeting since joining the firm of Craig Stone and Associates in 1998. Before joining the firm, she owned a bookkeeping service for 10 years which specialized in bankruptcy records investigation for a federal trustee. For 14 years, she owned and operated a Baskin Robbins franchise. Her years owning and operating businesses taught her to be an efficient problem solver and fiscally conservative. Her experience as an entrepreneur enables her to readily identify with the needs of our clients. She also serves as human resources director and manages the company’s financial portfolio. Debbie is married to CSA founder Craig Stone. They have two daughters and three grandchildren. She enjoys hiking, traveling and spending time with family.
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Bev Thruston, AIA
Bev Thruston is an associate planner with more than 20 years of architectural experience in the Rogue Valley, San Francisco and New York City. Bev brings an expertise in site design as she manages complicated land-use and development projects.  While in San Francisco, Bev  developed and coordinated 14 projects for the Piedmont School District. The two-year project involved the renovation and expansion of five schools and an athletic field complex.  Beverly was a partner for eight years in Thruston Design Group in Alameda, California. A highlight was creating Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, a reuse of the Naval Supply Center in Oakland, where troops were shipped out during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The controversial project involved extensive public outreach to the Oakland community and Bev was influential in working to develop cooperation between the local community and the Oakland Port Authority. (Bay Area Water Front)  In New York City, Bev helped restore a 1900s-era brick warehouse for the Luhring Augustine Gallery (Augustine Gallery). Born in Berkeley and raised in the Bay area, Bev has lived in Michigan, Colorado and Mississippi. She earned a master’s degree in social science with a focus on research and urban planning from Chico State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Pratt Institute.  Bev and her architect husband David have two daughters. | Send an email |

Michael Savage
Michael Savage is an associate planner with a specialty in GIS land-use analysis and cartography. He has expertise in tackling major spatial and geo-database projects. Before he came to CSA, Mike was a ten-year member with Jackson County Planning and Development, working as a land-use planner, GIS programmer analyst and permit-tracking system administrator. Highlights of his tenure include development work with the award-winning, web-based planning and assessment program called “Front Counter Application.” He also provided critical work on the White City Buildable Lands Analysis and Major Rezone and helped update the county’s Destination Resort Element and Maps and the 2004 Land Development Ordinance and Comp Plan. He developed a great number of GIS tools for the Planning, Building, and Sanitation Divisions.  He brings to the land use planning and development profession a range of experience, including working as a recreation specialist and biologist assistant for the Klamath National Forest. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from Southern Oregon University. Born and raised near the Blue Mountains in northeastern Oregon, Mike is an avid outdoorsman. He is a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and enjoys hunting, hiking, riding ATVs and working on his 80 acres. He and his wife Lucia have two children. | Send an email |

Melissa Stiles
Melissa Stiles is an associate planner with more than 20 years’ experience in professional writing, research, graphic design, publications and website management. Before joining the CSA firm, she was project coordinator for the planning of a new high school campus in Medford. The project involved a complicated land exchange and easement transfer with the National Parks Service. She was a news reporter for 15 years for the Mail Tribune and the (Portland) Oregonian, where she specialized in writing about development projects in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. She worked on special projects for Bear Creek Church, developing non-profit status for the mission agency Amazon Salt and Light. She also volunteers at Cascade Christian High School and enjoys hiking in the Southern Oregon Cascades with family and friends. She and husband Greg have been married 25 years and have a son, Marty, and a daughter, Sophie. | Send an email |

Lori Hollis
Lori Hollis is Office Manager at CSA Planning Ltd. She has extensive experience managing the operation of professional offices in both the public and private sectors. She is knowledgeable about the needs of project budgeting. Lori serves as the hub for project portfolios, taking the writing and research work of planners and turning it into a professional presentation. She has 22 years’ experience in the real estate appraisal profession, working for Jackson County’s Assessor’s Office, where she became knowledgeable with the county mapping system. During her tenure with Roy Wright Appraisal Service, she trained employees, proofread and organized documents and photographed properties. Born in Long Beach, California, and raised in Lynwood, California, Lori has lived in the Rogue Valley since 1986. She has been a SMART reader volunteer for nine years at Jackson Elementary School. She is married to Eric and enjoys walking, camping and spending time with family. | Send an email |

Stop by to meet the staff at CSA Planning,
4497 Brownridge, Suite 101, Medford
call us (541) 779-0569
or send an email to csa@csaplanning.net.
We look forward to meeting you.

Photos taken May 2010 by Max Brown, Phoenix, Oregon