Leigh Osterhus

Associate

Leigh is a stakeholder engagement, community development, and project management professional who helps communities, clients, and project teams navigate complex planning and design challenges through meaningful collaboration. Drawing on experience across the United States and Australia, she brings a strategic, people-centered approach to creating places and policies that reflect community priorities while advancing project goals.

Her expertise spans economic and community development, market assessment and retail/real estate analysis, placemaking, tourism and destination strategy, and public policy. Leigh excels at designing inclusive engagement processes that build trust, foster productive dialogue, and translate diverse perspectives into actionable strategies. She is skilled at facilitating workshops, public meetings, and collaborative planning processes that ensure a broad range of voices are represented in decision-making.

With a foundation in urban planning and community development, Leigh approaches projects through a strategic lens of connecting policy, people, and place to develop practical, data-informed solutions. Her experience managing multidisciplinary initiatives and leading cross-sector partnerships enables her to guide projects from visioning through implementation while balancing the needs of clients, stakeholders, and communities.

Leigh is passionate about helping communities shape resilient, vibrant places that reflect their unique wants and needs. She brings a collaborative mindset, strong facilitation skills, and a commitment to thoughtful, community-centered design and planning to every project.