Alan Baranski
Division Vice President
Community and Government Services Division
Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance

Alan Baranski currently serves as the Vice President of NEPA’s Community & Government Services Division, having supervisory authority over division staff and its operations. The Community & Government Services Division delivers regional transportation planning and programming, administers several programs offering assistance to local governments, coordinates special regional projects and planning initiatives, conducts specialized government service contracts and oversees NEPA’s affiliate Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center (NCAC). "It is my vision that our present programs will only be considered as an embarkation point from which we will develop expanded services to meet the needs of local governments and community organizations." Alan continued to explain that "as a Local Development District organization, this agency was established by the Commonwealth to service the constituency of our region and considering the challenges facing local governments in the Northeast, it is our responsibility to strive toward providing the most effective assistance we could possibly offer."

Prior to coming to NEPA, Alan served as Senior Planner at Michael Cabot Associates, Community Planners, Stroudsburg, Pa., where he garnered extensive experience in the private sector as a consultant to local governments throughout Pennsylvania. Earlier in his career, Mr. Baranski served as a Municipal Treasurer in Teaneck, N.J. and also on the staff of U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. In the course of his professional career, Mr. Baranski has prepared comprehensive plans, zoning and subdivision ordinances and successfully managed numerous federal and state funded grant program initiatives encompassing housing, recreation facilities, municipal infrastructure, public services, downtown revitalization and transportation projects. Alan has administered federal CDBG and HOME Programs for many communities throughout Pennsylvania prior to coming to NEPA. He is well versed and experienced in project management and coordinating the efforts of elected officials and other professional service providers to local government.

Mr. Baranski is a certified planner, recognized by the American Institute of Certified Planners, with wide-ranging talents in community development planning and programming proven in both the public and private sectors. Alan's professionalism and experience relating to municipal operations, needs and resource identification, comprehensive planning, program administration and many other services are all part of what he brings to NEPA's programs, services and staff.

Alan received a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Urban Studies and Community Development from Rutgers University and has completed extensive coursework within the Graduate Public Administration Program of Rutgers University, New Jersey.