April Winecki is the Founding Principal of Winecki Consulting, Inc. She has more than 17 years of professional planning and project management experience and has successfully represented a wide range of projects involving complex coastal policy and procedural issues, including local, regional and state agency coastal planning and permitting programs, major public infrastructure and recreational improvement projects, mixed-use, residential and hotel developments, and harbor and parkland improvement projects. She has been a featured speaker for training programs on the Coastal Commission and the Coastal Act and served as co-chair for CLE International’s California Coastal Law & Policy Conference (2016/2017).
Prior to establishing Winecki Consulting, Inc., April was employed by the environmental and engineering firm DUDEK, where she led the firm’s coastal planning practice. Prior to her Dudek employment, she held positions as a Project Planner with the City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department and as a Coastal Program Analyst with the Coastal Commission South Central Coast District.
Prior to establishing Winecki Consulting, Inc., April was employed by the environmental and engineering firm DUDEK, where she led the firm’s coastal planning practice. Prior to her Dudek employment, she held positions as a Project Planner with the City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department and as a Coastal Program Analyst with the Coastal Commission South Central Coast District.
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, 1997
Amber Geraghty is a Senior Coastal Planner with 14 years’ professional experience in environmental regulation and planning with particular expertise in coastal permitting and policy. Ms. Geraghty is experienced in the application of California Coastal Act policies and implementing regulations, the coastal permitting and compliance process at the local and state level, and current trends in coastal land use regulation. She has extensive experience processing coastal development permits, local coastal program (LCP) and public works plan (PWP) amendments, and project appeals, as well as preparing analyses for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents regarding Coastal Act policy consistency. Amber has experience on a various array of project types, including parks, trails, and open space; residential and commercial development; public infrastructure improvements; transportation; water and wastewater; energy development; harbor redevelopment, and habitat restoration proposals.
Amber was previously a Coastal Program Analyst for Coastal Commission’s South Central Coast District office for over 8 years. She also held positions as a Project Manager/Senior Coastal Planner with the environmental and engineering firm, Dudek and as a Senior Coastal Planner with ICF International.
Education
University of Maryland School of Law
Juris Doctor, Concentration in Environmental Law, 2006
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, 2002
Christina Verbanac is a Planning Administrator for Winecki Consulting, Inc., overseeing day-to-day company administration functions. In addition to managing overall company administration duties, she provides a range of project support services including research assistance, agency and subconsultant coordination, and project reporting and hearing presentation production task management for current projects.
Christina Verbanac worked as an executive assistant and sales manager for outdoor recreation and construction products for 13 years before joining Winecki Consulting, Inc. in 2016.
Christina Verbanac worked as an executive assistant and sales manager for outdoor recreation and construction products for 13 years before joining Winecki Consulting, Inc. in 2016.
Project Experience
Coastal Land Use | Policy | Entitlement
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