Municipal Land Use Center at TCNJ

Executive Director Search

Message from the President of the Board:

I currently serve as the President of the Board of the Municipal Land Use Center @ The College of New Jersey (MLUC@TCNJ).  I am writing to you at this time to let you know that an exciting opportunity to become the MLUC @ TCNJ executive director will shortly become available.  Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested and appropriate to take advantage of this unusual opportunity.

MLUC @ TCNJ was established in January 2004 at The College of New Jersey primarily to improve the coordination and integration of transportation planning and land-use decision-making by working closely with State departments and agencies while simultaneously enhancing local governments’ planning capacity.  The Center was initially funded by a Federal grant that was placed in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) budget, eventually directed to MLUC @ TCNJ through the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).  Even in its relatively brief history, MLUC @ TCNJ has already achieved a long list of proud accomplishments.

In addition, since its inception, MLUC @ TCNJ has extended both its geographic and substantive reach.  It is now engaged with municipalities throughout the State of New Jersey. MLUC @ TCNJ has also expanded its substantive scope. It is currently a leading partner in “Sustainable Jersey,” and has engaged municipalities throughout the state in extensive zoning and land-use reform. In this way, MLUC @ TCNJ has added environmental planning and social equity concerns to its original repertoire of transportation planning and land-use decision-making.

What should be the qualifications of this new director? The new director should be operating at a senior level. He/she should possess the ability to lead a small staff of dedicated professionals and student interns. He/she should be familiar with New Jersey governments on multiple levels as well as the public policy and planning issues most affecting the state at this time. He/she should have an academic background in planning and/or public administration; or at least be familiar with such cutting edge concepts as “smart growth,” “new urbanism,” and “sustainability.”

The new director must be an effective communicator.  His/her range of competencies should also include the ability to multi-task; to effectively engage in proposal writing, project development and project management;  and to fund-raise.   As part of the academic community on The College of New Jersey campus, the director must also be an effective leader within its academic setting, capable of exploring ways of making a contribution to that institution’s academic and campus life.

If you are interested in this unusual and exciting opportunity or know someone who may be interested, please revisit this site over the coming weeks for further information and direction.

Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,

John W. Kellogg, President