Rachel Laqua, AICP

Planning Director | Planning Group Leader

Why Did you choose Planning?

Planning offers the ability to do something new every day and to be engaged at every step of the development process, from working with a community to determine their long-term needs and goals, to working with a small business owner looking to open a new storefront or a family looking to subdivide their property.

What impact do you hope to make at Interstate Engineering?

I hope to continue the growth of the planning team, building on the existing reputation of excellence in current and long-range planning.

Education: BS, Seton Hall University, Diplomacy and International Relations, 2010 ; MUPP, University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Urban Planning and Policy, 2012
Professional Registrations: AICP
Affiliations: American Planning Association, North Dakota Planning Association

Outside of Interstate Engineering, Where are you?

If it's summer, I'm outside hiking or reading a book, and if it's winter, I'm outside cross-country skiing or inside reading a book by the fire.

Recommended Read: I have recently really enjoyed The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn; Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; and The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
Epic Live Performance: O.A.R. at Milwaukee Summerfest