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</xml><![endif]-->Driven to plant change and seed growth, Kayla Brandt (Barbour) is a City Planner and Urban Designer with a focus on landscape resource conservation and hydrology. Receiving her Masters in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati DAAP, Kayla is an experienced facilitator and engagement specialist. As an active design thinking practitioner, Kayla’s UIF training has enabled her to enrich multiple real-world projects with human centered elements that are often overlooked in the areas she researches such as stormwater runoff, walkability, and utility-oriented GIS analyses.
With a familial background in real estate, Kayla hopes to work as an independent sustainability planning consultant while operating a non-profit focused on educating children about sustainability and gardening. In her free time, Kayla loves to hike and camp with her husband and their two German shepherds. An avid nature lover, Kayla finds serenity in the woods and enjoys fossicking for minerals to add to her collection. A random fact about Kayla is that she built a tiny home and lived in it for 3 years while in undergrad at Berea College, where she launched as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2018.
At Berea College, Kayla received a Bachelor’s of Science in Technology and Applied Design while working in the BC Office of Sustainability as the Waste Diversion Program coordinator. Kayla was introduced to the UIF program while participating in the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program under the tutelage of Dr. Peter Hackbert. Recognizing an opportunity to fuse the UIF methodologies within her studies and labor position, she formed and managed a 15+ person team focused on reducing food waste in the college dining hall.