CHICAGO, IL – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that Philip Hanegraaf, FAICP, has been promoted to senior vice president. With this promotion, Hanegraaf will continue to serve as STV’s National Planning Director where he oversees a data-driven multidisciplinary practice that includes transportation planning, multimodal planning, regional and community planning and project development.
“Phil brings a forward-thinking vision of urban, environmental and transportation concepts that extend beyond the traditional approaches to planning,” said Marcos Díaz González, executive vice president and director of the Centers of Excellence at STV. “His leadership has allowed our team to provide planning services with a focus on sustainability and equity to make a generational impact on our communities.”
Since joining STV in 2016, Hanegraaf has significantly expanded the footprint of the firm’s planning practice and played a key part in integrating new and expanded capabilities, including infrastructure economics, grant advisory, mobility technologies and zero-emissions master planning. He is an accomplished leader in planning with over 40 years of experience with a focus and passion for transportation, land use planning and civic purpose. Hanegraaf collaborates with STV’s rail, transit, highway, MPO/regional and multimodal planning teams and clients to create better outcomes for communities.
Additionally, Hanegraaf has led or played key leadership roles in winning and executing work on landmark planning projects such as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Cross Harbor Freight Program Tier II EIS; Go Triangle’s Commuter Rail Feasibility in Raleigh, North Carolina; the Dallas Fort Worth Airport Landside Planning and Program Management in Texas; and on-call planning and program management for bus rapid transit in Montgomery County, Maryland.
He is an active industry steward, most recently being named a Fellow at the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University. He was also elected Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and is a member of the American Planning Association, American Public Transportation Association, Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Lambda Alpha International Land Economics Fraternity.
Hanegraaf earned his Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
For decades, STV has been a national leader in providing planning services for major transportation programs including MTA Long Island Rail Road Grand Central Madison/East Side Access in New York, California High-Speed Rail, Montgomery County Bus Rapid Transit Expansion in Maryland and the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority Streetcar Expansion in Phoenix, Arizona.
