Holly Workman, AICP
Director of Training + Planner
Holly Workman is a project manager, planner, and landscape designer at The Urban Collaborative, where she brings over 12 years of expertise in federal master planning and architecture. Passionate about creating designs that are both beautiful and functional, she is committed to sustainable landscape practices. Her work has been widely recognized, earning 30 design awards from the American Planning Association’s Federal Planning Division, including a Merit Award in 2020 for Naval Support Activity Monterey’s (NSAM) Installation Development Plan. This plan also received the Grand Design Award in Master Planning from the Society of American Military Engineers in 2020. Holly has been a certified member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 2017.
For a decade, Holly contributed to the development, management, and instruction of Master Planning USACE PROSPECT courses. She has also taught at large workshops, including form-based planning sessions at the APA convention, and has instructed on Area Development Planning, Development and Execution Planning, Sustainability Component Plans, and Form-Based Code at APA Federal Planning Division training workshops. Currently, she serves as Executive Director and Instructor at the Federal Master Planning Institute.
Holly’s passion for sustainable design and participatory planning stems from her time at the University of Oregon, where she graduated magna cum laude with dual bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and Spanish, along with a minor in Business Administration.
An active volunteer for the American Planning Association’s Federal Planning Division, Holly has supported annual training workshops in various capacities. Her roles have included workshop coordinator in Los Angeles (2012), workshop program vice-chair and program coordinator in Phoenix (2016), Design & App Committee volunteer in Norfolk (2022), and workshop program chair and coordinator for regional training workshops in Washington, D.C. (2016) and Portland, Oregon (2019). Holly has been with The Urban Collaborative since 2012.
