Douglas W. Betz, SCDP

Doug Betz serves as the senior vice president of the site and civil design group for Woolpert, Inc., which is a nationally based practice serving predominately the private sector. Doug joined Woolpert more than 20 years ago. After seven years with the firm, Doug became an owner and has since been leading the site and civil design group which today comprises practice groups throughout the country. His experience includes leading multi-disciplinary teams of professionals and is responsible for managing special projects that involve planning expertise on larger, complex projects. The national practice he leads focuses on theme park, resort, retail, urban redevelopment, master planned communities, federal housing privatization, industrial/office parks, and correctional facility design. In addition, he manages a staff of more than 135 civil engineers providing full horizontal and vertical design services exclusively to the private sector. Mr. Betz’s past experience also includes all aspects of design, business development, local agency approvals, schematics through construction documents, and construction phase services. Mr. Betz is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Also for ICSC he has served as the Ohio State Government Affairs Chair, Member of the founding CDP committee and he is a current member of the CenterBuild Committee. He currently serves as a retail council member for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and has also served on numerous advisory panels for ULI throughout the country. Also for ULI he is now serving a 3 year term on the Americas Design Awards Jury. Doug currently participates on 2 non-profit boards in his community and 1 national non-profit board. He also serves as on the US Bank Advisory Board and the Woolpert, Inc. Board of Directors where he is the Chair of the Finance and Audit committee. Doug received his Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati.

Contact Information:

Doug Betz
2760 Ferry Rd
Bellbrook, OH 45305
Phone: (937) 609.5625
Email:

dwbetz@gmail.com