Dan Pava, FAICP

Representing: New Mexico Chapter APA
Planning Solutions
Santa Fe, New Mexico
newmexico@westernplanner.org

Dan Pava is an environmental planner and a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 2020 after 30 years of service. Dan has also worked for cities and counties, preparing comprehensive and general plans. He served on the Sustainable Santa Fe Commission and the city’s Planning Commission. Pava is on the board of Western Planner, where he also served as president, and he is a former president of the APA New Mexico chapter. He holds Master's degrees in Community and Regional Planning and Public Administration from the University of New Mexico. Currently, he also serves on the Santa Fe County Planning Commission and the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee. Pava and his very patient wife, Carol, live in Santa Fe with their loyal Akita, Bella.