Get to Know Your Chapter Secretary – Laura Ludwig

Laura Ludwig, AICP is a Senior Community Planner and Group Manager in the Planning and Design Group for Herbert, Rowland and Grubic, Inc. (HRG). Ms. Ludwig assists with various projects from comprehensive plans to downtown revitalization strategies to active transportation plans to zoning ordinance rewrites and other ordinance development work. Ms. Ludwig is based out of HRG’s Cranberry Township office in Western PA but enjoys getting to work on projects across the State assisting HRG’s other offices.

Ms. Ludwig has served as the Section Chair of the Southwest Section of PA APA for the past five years and has almost 20 years of community planning experience, graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 with her undergraduate degree and again in 2005 with a Master’s in Public Administration, with a focus on Urban and Regional Affairs. Ms. Ludwig passed the AICP certification exam in 2012. Prior to joining HRG in 2019, Ms. Ludwig served as the Community Development Director for North Fayette Township in Allegheny County for seven years. She also worked as a Housing and Community Development Consultant at Mullin and Lonergan Associates and began her career at Oakland Planning and Development Corporation (OPDC), a nonprofit community development corporation in the City of Pittsburgh, as an intern while attending the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), later working as a Community Organizer and the Real Estate Program Manager at OPDC.

In her spare time, Ms. Ludwig enjoys spending time with friends and family, specifically her husband Mike and children, Alexandra (12) and Evan (9). Her kids keep her busy with all of their sports and activities! Ms. Ludwig also loves her Peloton bike and enjoys walking, hiking, and biking the many awesome trails in Western PA.