Eileen Figel

Biography: Eileen Figel President ETFG, Inc. Chicago, IL Eileen Figel has provided professional planning, development, and public policy services for twenty-seven years, demonstrating throughout a commitment to providing citizens the opportunity to have meaningful impact on the plans and policies which directly affect their lives. In 2013, Figel founded ETFG where she works with a network of planners and community development practitioners to provide professional planning and development consulting services. Prior to establishing ETFG, Figel served as the founding director for the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, a non-profit venture launched by the Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) in 2010 to advance a holistic approach to community revitalization. She has also served as First Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Development for the City of Chicago, and has worked as a municipal planner for the cities of Baltimore, Maryland; Long Beach, California; and Highland Park, Illinois. Figel holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Illinois, and a bachelor's degree in operations research with a minor in mathematics from the University of California at San Diego. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. (Feb 2014)