Engin Artemel

Biography: Engin Artemel, AICP President The Artemel Group Alexandria, VA Mr. Artemel, an architect, civil engineer, and city planner, has more than 30 years of professional experience in both the public and private sectors, as well as in academic circles. His career encompasses public service, national and international consulting, teaching, and community activities. He served as the Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of Alexandria, Virginia and was Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments Planning Board. He is now the president of Artemel Group, which includes Artemel and Associates, a planning and economic development firm and Artemel International, its international counterpart. As a consultant, Mr. Artemel and his firm provided planning assistance to local, regional and state governments as well as Indian nations and tribes in Mid Atlantic, Midwest, California and Western States. He also consulted extensively for Federal US agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), US Corps of Engineers, Farmers Home Administration (FMHA), Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Domestically, the firm also contributed to the planning and development of housing projects, retail centers and mixed use projects. The firm conducts feasibility studies and prepares master plans for both rural and urban communities and often assists with the implementation of projects. Internationally, Mr. Artemel consults to international agencies such as the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and to United States Government agencies with an international focus – Agency for International Development, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, US Export-Import Bank, and US Trade and Development Agency. Mr. Artemel directs the Artemel Groups international activities in the planning, development, and financing of projects in developing countries and the NIS. He is credited for conducting feasibility studies in a multitude of fields. He played a key role in the development of industrial parks and incubators as a catalyst to regional development such as 10’th of Ramadan City in Egypt, ESBAS Free Trade Zone in Turkey and Plovdiv Industrial Park in Bulgaria. Mr. Artemel has recently conducted studies and assisted in the construction of housing projects in Russia, in the Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan as well as Afghanistan) and in Turkey. In the Black Sea Region (Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey) he has been active in energy and environment projects. In the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait), and North Africa (Morocco) he took part in major waterfront planning and development activities. He is currently involved in tourism projects in Azerbaijan, Poland and Turkey. On the academic scene, Mr. Artemel lectured on conflict resolution at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia and for the US Department of Commerce. He has also been lecturing on architecture, planning and environmental topics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at the University of Virginia, and other area universities. He was recently appointed to George Mason University’s International Advisory Board. He has assisted Virginia Commonwealth University with workshops on campus master planning, on housing, and on campus/neighborhood relations. He also assisted the George Washington University with its employee relocation efforts. He has been a panelist for the Urban Land Institute Advisory Panels in Richmond, Virginia Beach and in Fort Wayne Indiana. He played a key role in advising Chattanooga, Tennessee in the Moccasin Bend waterfront project, and Houston, Texas in the Buffalo Bayou reclamation and improvement project. Artemel has an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Kansas, a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas, a BS in Architecture from the California Polytechnic College and an AA in Environmental Studies from Santa Ana College in California. (June 2011)