The Ombuds Blog: American Planning Association Appoints First Conference Ombuds

March 30, 2023

American Planning Association Appoints First Conference Ombuds

The professional association for U.S. urban planners has contracted with MWI to provide Ombuds services for its 2023 National Planning Conference in Philadelphia from March 31 through April 4, 2023, and virtually from April 26 through 28. Nnena Odim will serve as the Conference Ombuds for over 4,000 attendees, staff, exhibitors, and anyone participating in NPC23. Odim will practice to IOA standards.

Odim has been a mediator for over 25 years and has worked with MWI for the past two decades. She has served as an outsourced Ombuds for CVS, John Moriarty & Associates, and the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation. Odim graduated from the University of Pittsburg and earned an MS at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a JD at Northeastern University School of Law. (NPC23 Ombuds; LinkedIn.)

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March 30, 2023

American Planning Association Appoints First Conference Ombuds

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