Josh Fiala – AICP, AIA, and LEED AP

Department: Land Use
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617-933-0760

Biography:

Josh Fiala leads the Land Use Department at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), where he works to strategically align local planning initiatives with regional goals to advance sustainable and equitable improvements across the Greater Boston region. Since joining MAPC in 2016, Josh has brought more than 22 years of experience as a planner, urban designer, and architect. His work encompasses all levels of planning within the agency, from defining strategic regional priorities to providing technical assistance for local projects, presenting on planning and design topics, and facilitating inclusive community engagement processes.

Prior to joining MAPC, Josh served as a consultant planner and leader at The Cecil Group, where he led planning, urban design, housing, and transit-oriented development projects throughout the Northeast, partnering with municipalities, community organizations, institutions, and developers to shape positive change. Earlier in his career, he practices architecture at Beacon Architectural Associates, contributing to commercial and institutional projects across Greater Boston.

Josh is a certified planner through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a licensed architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

He holds a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was recognized as a Norman B. Leventhal Fellow, and a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Science from Ball State University, where he graduated cum laude.

Areas of Expertise: Urban design, master planning, transit-oriented development, design guidelines, form-based code, visualization, community participation and visioning processes.