Dr. Jan Whittington is an Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Design and Planning, the founding Director of the Urban Infrastructure Lab, Associate Faculty at the Tech Policy Lab, at the University of Washington, Seattle, and a former strategic planner and scientist for the international infrastructure developer, Bechtel Corporation. She is a global expert in infrastructure economics, climate-smart capital planning, and city climate finance. For the World Bank’s City Creditworthiness Initiative, Dr. Whittington has worked with municipalities in 30 countries at the intersection of climate change and capital planning. Her publications address climate change through capital investment planning, the evaluation of smart city infrastructure systems, and the efficiency of public-private contractual arrangements for infrastructure. Dr. Whittington’s PhD (2008) is in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was advised by economic Nobel laureate Oliver Williamson. She holds bachelor degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1987) and a masters from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (1993).
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Current Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle
- Founding Director of the Urban Infrastructure Lab, University of Washington, Seattle
- Associate Faculty at the Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington, Seattle
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Past Positions
- Strategic planner and scientist, Bechtel Corporation
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Education
- Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelor's, Biology and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Master's, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo