Ana Gelabert-Sanchez has been Planning Director at the City of Miami since 1998. She has led the city through major efforts such as master plans for Museum Park, Coconut Grove, Virginia Key and the Parks and Public Spaces, as well as Miami 21, a form-based zoning code that takes a holistic approach to land use and urban planning. Miami 21 became effective in May of 2010, making Miami the first major US city to adopt form-based zoning citywide. She works closely with the development community and with Miami’s culturally diverse neighborhood groups, bridging their needs with quality projects that help further the city’s goal of creating a sustainable community with a higher quality of life. Before joining the City of Miami, she worked in architecture and land planning firms and as an adjunct design professor at the University of Miami and Florida International University. As a Loeb Fellow, Ana studied how the planning profession influences the outcome of policies and improve the quality of our metropolitan areas.