About Us
Amber K. Dickerson, AICP
Co-founder of Urban Planning Innovations, LLC, is a dynamic and passionate urban planning leader in the Tampa Bay area. Amber received a bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning and Regional Planning from Miami University and a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Maryland, where she earned the department’s academic achievement award.
Before UPI, Ms. Dickerson served eight years as the General Manager of Growth Management for Hillsborough County Public Schools. Her main focus was managing the school concurrency system, attendance boundary changes, real estate acquisitions, transactions, intergovernmental coordination, creating and leading the traffic circulation team, and developing the annual five-year facilities work plan with a $300+ million construction budget.
She also served as the Hillsborough County APA Florida Representative, City of Tampa Architectural Review Commissioner, Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Technical Advisory Committee Member, student mentor for the Hillsborough County Education Foundation, and district representative on the Hillsborough County’s City-County Planning Commission.
Catherine Coyle
Co-founder of Urban Planning Innovations, LLC, is a bold and progressive professional land planner with experience in land and comprehensive planning, zoning, urban design, GIS, transportation planning, right-of-way permitting and maintenance of traffic, natural resources regulation, and project management, in both public and private sectors.
Catherine earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography, from the University of South Florida. In her most recent role, as Director of Land Development and Planning for Domain Homes, she directed preliminary lot evaluations, due diligence, land entitlement, permitting, and site preparation (land development) activities for the company.
Prior to her tenure at Domain Homes, Ms. Coyle served in several urban planning leadership roles with the City of Tampa, including as Planning & Urban Design Manager and Zoning Administrator. Catherine currently holds two (2) distinguished appointments, serving as a national councilmember on the Urban Land Institute’s Product Council for Transit-Oriented Design (appointed 2013) and as Member at Large on the Hillsborough County Transportation Planning Organization’s Livable Roadways Committee (appointed 2017).