Staff

Rob Goodspeed (rob.goodspeed at gmail.com)
Editor & Founder
Rob is a second year student in the Master of Community Planning program at Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Previously Rob was the founding editor of the Washington, D.C. website DCist.com and founded Ann Arbor news blog ArborUpdate.com. His personal blog is GoodspeedUpdate.com.

David Daddio (dwdaddio at gmail.com)
Editor & Founder Emeritus
David is a recent graduate of Maryland and majored in Environmental Economics. He currently works with the Trust for Public Land’s Chesapeake and Central Appalachians Field Office, which purchases parkland and historic sites for conservation and public use. In addition to a considerable background in NEPA/EIS documentation (required for federally funded transportation projects), David is an avid hiker and spent two summers with the Forest Service in Utah. He was also a counselor at Netop Summer Camp in Casco, ME.

Eric Fidler (eric.fidler at digitalkingdom.net)
Technology Director & Contributor
Eric is a recent graduate of Maryland and majored in Philosophy. He has been a proud Beltway Insider all his life, identifying the sophistry politics that go over well in Peoria but which find no refuge in the minds of more astute citizens. When he’s not reading the news or some non-fiction tome on the humanities, he’s glancing at blue herons along the Potomac and dreaming of upcoming adventures, be they to another continent or to the next ZIP code.

R. Michael Farhoodi
Contributor
Michael Farhoodi is an undergraduate student majoring in psychology while concentrating on urban planning. He joined Rethink College Park partly because of his fascination with new development and smart growth, especially as they relate to transportation planning. His goal within RTCP is to establish more of a connection between the student population and local development. Students deserve their seat at the table when it comes to issues in College Park. His aspirations include attending graduate planning school on the West Coast and becoming a transportation planner.

Eric Raasch (eric.p.raasch at gmail.com)
Contributor
Eric is a graduate student in the Master’s of Real Estate Development program at the University of Maryland - College Park. Prior to grad school, he worked as a policy planner at the firm of Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, Inc. in Orlando, Florida. As a planner, Eric focused on long-range, comprehensive planning for rural counties and municipalities throughout the state of Florida.

Danielle Kogut
Contributor
Danielle is the 2007-2008 Student Government Association student liaison to the College Park City Council.