PIA NSW Helen Proudfoot Women in Planning Award: Clare Brown

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Clare is an honest, authentic, and inclusive leader, colleague, and planner. She collaboratively shares her extensive knowledge and expertise with the wider planning profession. She has worked tirelessly to build better planning outcomes for the community and environment, and spends quality time to up-skill and support young and emerging women planners.

Throughout her career, Clare has forged a positive change in workplace gender diversity and cemented women in leadership through policy, business planning, capacity building and mentoring. Clare was the first female Planning Director at Urbis, and within 6 years has successfully championed women to now represent half of the large Director group.

Clare successfully continues to inspire and encourage women to take on leadership roles as sponsors and mentors in the Urbis SOAR program, which supports women with the aspiration and capacity to progress in their careers.

As a valued and dedicated leader and mentor to all at Urbis and her broader connections, Clare takes the time to guide others, build their confidence and expand their knowledge on current and critical planning issues, as well as their technical skill and career development. Clare leads by example and has encouraged and supported many planners to grow and succeed while fostering important flexible and balanced work environments to ensure diversity is successful in the workplace.

Clare is an inspiring Town Planner who epitomises the desired personal and professional values that positively enhance the Planning profession and all the people that work in it.

Congratulations on this outstanding achievement Clare!