Miguel A. Vazquez, AICP
Healthy Communities Urban and Regional Planner
Riverside University Health System- Public Health

Miguel Angel Vazquez, AICP is one of the first planners hired by a public health department in the nation. His role at the Riverside University Health System-Public Health is to strengthen the integration of planning and health through collaboration with non-traditional partners. He is a member of the California Planning Roundtable and co-leads the California's Planners4Health Initiative.  Over the past two decades, he has provided professional planning and community development services to the private, public, and military sectors. He received a bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies and Planning from California State University, Northridge and is a fellow of the California Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health.  In 2014, he was named finalist for the Loeb Fellowship at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.   The American Planning Association has recognized his leadership and projects with numerous awards and recognitions including the APA President’s Award in 2018 and the APA California’s 2020 Distinguished Contribution Award.  Mr. Vazquez is also recipient of the 2021 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning.