Innes Associates Ltd. is now Innes Land Strategies Group, Inc.
We provide
data
insight
options
tools
for community discussions and decisions.
Meet the Team
Emily Keys Innes
Ewan J. Innes
Paula Ramos Martinez
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Emily Innes, AICP, LEED AP ND, is an award-winning planner with over fifteen years of experience in planning and urban design. In 2020, she founded Innes Associates - now Innes Land Strategies Group - to work with communities throughout New England on issues around land use. At Innes, Emily leads the Planning and Urban Design Division. Emily is also the Managing Director of Innes Land Strategies Europe, which is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Emily’s primary focus is helping communities understand how the physical use of land significantly impacts the community's social, economic, and environmental health. Emily was the former Director of Planning for Harriman and began her planning career at The Cecil Group, which merged with Harriman in 2015. She has a BA in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the MIT Professional Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development.
A former member of the Milton Planning Board and the town’s finance committee, Emily also served as the chair of Milton’s Master Plan Committee. She co-taught the capstone course for Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Program from 2021-2023 and remains on the CPUA Board. She is now a lecturer in Sustainable Design at the Boston Architectural College.
Emily has also spoken on zoning and housing issues for the Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, the Urban Land Institute, the Greater Boston Real Estate Association, and the Citizens Planner Training Collaborative. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Real Estate Advisory Committee, the Climate Resiliency Committee, and the Urban Development Council.
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Ewan is an experienced project manager, collaborating with clients directly to address project needs and ensure a smooth process and successful outcomes. His past professional experience includes seventeen years at Dunkin’ Brands, working in IT and marketing, and 12 years at Oracle in client-focused data analysis management and e-commerce platform development. An active member of Milton’s Finance Committee for six years, he served as Secretary (2008-2009) and Chair (2010-2012).
Ewan has a Masters in Scottish History from the University of Edinburgh. He also holds a Certificate in Applied Data Science from MIT’s Professional Education program.
Ewan leads the Municipal Services Division and, as CTO, is responsible for the firm’s technology assets and initiatives.
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Paula has a 5-year bachelor’s in architecture. She spent seven years in Rotterdam where she acquired her professional experience in the field of sustainable urbanism. Her professional profile moves between urbanism, landscape and environmental science. She believes that her role as an urban designer/planner is to help improve people’s life quality and to build healthy environments where communities can thrive. Paula is working on Form-Based Codes, Green Scores, and other regulatory strategies for better use of land in our communities.
Supriya Kelkar
Jimmy Rocha
Nicolas Mon Bianco
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Supriya holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master’s in Urban Design. While in St. Louis, MO she focused on climate resiliency projects, before spending five years in Kentucky where she worked on historic preservation, site plans, affordable housing and neighborhood/street design. Passionate about preservation and equitable development, Supriya’s commitment lies in crafting spaces that foster community dialogue and engagement. Her design approach is to promote holistic urban planning and design practices. Supriya is leading a series of projects in zoning and design guidelines across three states.
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Jimmy holds an M.S. in Geography from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has a passion for cartography, GIS, and urban planning. His skills in spatial analysis help the Innes team uncover the interrelationships between data and topics of community concern. His analytical maps supports public conversations about options and solutions that can promote healthy environments and sustainable communities that work well for everyone. Jimmy has developed ESRI-based tools to help communities understand existing physical assets.
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Nicolas holds a Master’s degree in Architecture. Throughout his career, he’s gained diverse experience across various sectors of the AEC industry, including MEP Engineering, Architecture, and providing freelance BIM services for architectural and construction firms. With his background in AEC and his passion for design and new technologies in graphical communication, he aims to connect communities to foster understanding of urban planning and enhance people’s quality of life by creating healthy and thriving environments.
Gina Bukas
Grant Perry
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Gina studied Business Management & Administration at the University of Piraeus. Her childhood dream was to help design a better community for everyone. As our Marketing Specialist, Gina coordinates our business development and public engagement efforts.
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Grant holds a master’s degree in environmental policy and planning from Tufts University and a BA in Political Science and Geography. Prior to joining Innes, he worked as a GIS assistant in Ohio and most recently on the Zoning & Development team with the City of Cambridge. Grant is passionate about fostering livable and sustainable communities through collobrative planning.