Sean O’Neill elected as president of the Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Association

​Sean O’Neill, policy scientist in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), was recently elected as president of the Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). APA is a professional organization representing the field of urban planning in the United States, and it functions as a forum for the exchange of ideas between professionals who work in the field of urban and community planning. APA also publishes the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA). Prior to joining IPA in 2017, O’Neill was an active member of the Pennsylvania and Maryland Chapters of APA and was named New Planner of the Year by APA Maryland in 2009. He has been a member of the APA Delaware Executive Committee since 2018. APA Delaware has approximately 160 professional members and a 17-person executive committee. O’Neill has assisted the chapter with communication efforts to improve the website and expand its social media presence. He actively served as vice president for the past two years while also contributing to several chapter sub-committees. The official presidential “passing of the gavel” ceremony took place at the chapter’s annual meeting on Dec. 14, 2022, at the Buena Vista Conference Center in New Castle, Delaware. IPA is a research and public service center in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration.​

Article by Sophonie Milord. Originally posted in UDaily's For the Record​.​