Mr. Nelson currently fulfills the role of Planning Director for LACO. Mr. Nelson served as Senior Development Project Manager for The Danco Group, a Humboldt County-based land development and construction company between 2005 and 2007, and was President of Eureka-based Six Rivers Solar, Inc. between 2003 and 2005. Mr. Nelson was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2002, and Vice President from 1998 to 2000 of Destination Villages, LLC, a resort development company based in Santa Barbara, California.

Ms. MacClelland joined LACO Associates in May 2004 as an intern to the Senior Planner. As of January 2005, Ms. MacClelland began a full-time position with LACO and now after four years she holds the role of Associate Planner.

Ms. MacClelland has 4 years of local agency permitting experience, including researching and preparing a variety of planning permit development applications for the County of Humboldt, the California Coastal Commission, the County of Del Norte, US Army Corps of Engineers, Dept of Fish and Game, Regional Water Quality Control Board and other public and regulatory agencies. Some of her projects have included: conditional use permits, coastal development permits, special permits, parcel map subdivisions and final map subdivisions, planned unit developments, lot line adjustments, and design review.