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Volunteer Spotlight: Celebrating Laura Cunningham and Christie Donnelly, UrbanPlan Incentive Winners!
Volunteer Spotlight: Celebrating Laura Cunningham and Christie Donnelly, UrbanPlan Incentive Winners!
November 19, 2025

Across the Bay Area, cities and community-based organizations are facing complex land use challenges, from revitalizing downtowns to expanding housing opportunities to reimagining public spaces. ULI San Francisco’s Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs) offer hands-on, practical support for these partners. But what truly powers this work is you, the professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to help shape stronger, more resilient communities.
A Technical Assistance Panel brings together a multidisciplinary team of ULI members for a concentrated, two-day engagement with a final presentation to the city. Working directly with local jurisdictions and stakeholders, panelists provide independent, expert guidance on a specific land use or development questions. TAPs are fast-paced, collaborative, and deeply impactful for both the communities we serve and for the professionals who participate.
Volunteering as a TAP panelist is more than donating time. It’s an opportunity to:
Planners, developers, designers, architects, community organizers, housing experts, and more bring real-world knowledge to communities that need help evaluating options, envisioning solutions, and making informed decisions.
TAPs assemble experts across sectors. Panelists often say they walk away with new perspectives, relationships, and insights that influence their work long after the TAP concludes.
TAPs often focus on issues like affordable housing, small business corridors, infrastructure, and neighborhood revitalization, all areas where your expertise can directly support community goals.
You’ll collaborate closely with mission-driven peers across the region, forming connections that last well beyond the project.
The guidance provided in a TAP often shapes policy discussions, long-range plans, and development strategies. Volunteers can see the tangible influence of their contributions.
Each TAP is different in scope. Panelists are selected based on the needs of each TAP. By submitting an application now, you’ll be added to our roster of volunteer experts. While you may not be called immediately, your application helps us match you with the right project when the time comes.
We welcome ULI members with 10+ years of professional expertise in:
If you’re passionate about using your skills to help communities make informed, forward-thinking decisions, you’re a perfect fit.
👉 Apply today to join our roster of volunteer panelists.
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