Ellen McCarthy
{{Short description|American urban planner}}
Ellen M. McCarthy is the director of the Office of Planning for the United States city of Washington, D.C.[http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2014/04/ellen-mccarthy-returning-as-director-of.html "Ellen McCarthy returning as the director of the DC Office of Planning !" - bloomingdale] She previously served in that position from 2004 to 2007. Appointed by Mayor Anthony Williams,[http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/03/12/tidbits1.html "In the stars" - Washington Business Journal] She was forced out of the position by wealthy Ward 3 homeowner groups[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/26637/wisconsin-badgers "Wisconsin Badgers" - Washington City Paper] who resented her development policies.
Before then, she served as deputy director for Development Review, Neighborhood Planning and Historic Preservation. McCarthy was former director of the DC Downtown Partnership, a group fostering revitalization of the historic downtown section of the city. She also ran a private practice in land use and transportation planning.
Between terms, she served as Director of Planning and Land Use at the Washington office of Arent Fox.[http://www.arentfox.com/people/index.cfm?fa=profile&id=448 Ellen M. McCarthy Biography], Arent Fox website, Retrieved March 28, 2010
She attended the University of Maryland, and has a Master of Urban Planning from Harvard University.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514153114/http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/cwp/view%2Ca%2C3%2Cq%2C568914%2CplanningNav%2C%7C32384%7C.asp Office of Planning biography]
- [http://www.bisnow.com/washington_dc_commercial_real_estate_news_story.php?p=7755 "Today at Crew" - Bisnow]
- [http://www.bisnow.com/washington_dc_legal_news_story.php?p=7636 "Embassy Chef Challenge 2010" - Bisnow]
- [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72099182.html?dids=72099182:72099182&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+16%2C+1991&author=David+S.+Hilzenrath&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Carr+Co.+Opposes+District%27s+%60Living+Downtown%27+Policy%3B+Developer+Doesn%27t+Want+Housing+in+Project&pqatl=google "Carr Co. Opposes District's `Living Downtown' Policy; Developer Doesn't Want Housing in Project" - The Washington Post]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024500/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1023702181.html?dids=1023702181:1023702181&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20,+2006&author=Elissa+Silverman&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Girding+For+a+Fight+In+Foggy+Bottom%3B+GWU+Expansion+Raises+Objections&pqatl=google "Girding For a Fight In Foggy Bottom; GWU Expansion Raises Objections" - Washington Post]
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/26/AR2005082601782.html "After Defense Decision, a Realigned Landscape" - Washington Post]
- [http://www.thecommondenominator.com/110600_news5.html "City buys time to safeguard neighborhood zoning regs" - The Common Denominator]
- [http://www.thecommondenominator.com/090699_news12.html "Williams’ city planner pick has big job ahead" - The Common Denominator]
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090102595.html "Media Report Links D.C. Official to Bribery Probe" - Washington Post]
- [http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/06/19/story7.html "Erase the past, see the future" - Washington Business Journal]
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Category:American urban planners
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Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni
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