Representing: Nevada Chapter APA
Senior Planner, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
nevada@westernplanner.org

Theresa Avance, AICP. Theresa is a Senior Planner with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) in Lake Tahoe, NV/CA. She began her career with TRPA in 1998, and has over 25 years of experience in the review of all types of development projects and environmental documentation within the Tahoe Basin. Theresa was a member of the Editorial Board of the Western Planner Journal from 2003 to 2013, Assistant Director of the Northern Section of the Nevada Chapter of the APA from 2013 to 2017, and is Director of the Northern Section from 2024 to 2026. Theresa has a B.S. in Environmental Studies, specializing in Public Policy/Resource Management, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.