Thomson Dryjanski

Director of climate resilient infrastructure

Thomson@EstolanoAdvisors.com

Thomson is a planner and designer committed to building equitable transportation and inclusive stakeholder engagement strategies.

In his work at Estolano Advisors, he focuses on strengthening the social infrastructure of California’s communities  by crafting policies for parks and open space, climate resilience, and public transit. He specializes in convening coalitions and community members with government agencies to co-create actionable policy solutions. Select clients include LA County Department of Parks and Recreation, the LA County Chief Sustainability Office, LA Metro, City of LA Bureau of Engineering, Communities for a Better Environment, and others.

His leadership on numerous strategic planning and visioning processes has set up government agencies for success. He led the development of the LA County Department of Park and Recreation’s first strategic plan update in almost two decades. His collaboration with members of LA Metro’s Public Safety Advisory Committee led to the launch of the widely-regarded Transit Ambassadors program. Currently, he is working with a coalition of community-based organizations, the LA County Department of Parks and Recreation, and the three LA-based State Conservancies to develop an ten-year implementation plan to close the park and open space equity gaps in LA County. 

Prior to joining Estolano Advisors, he worked to improve Los Angeles’ multimodal safety and public outreach processes. In this role, he was awarded the 2020 Public Outreach Excellence Award from the APA California chapter for authoring the SCAG Regional Climate Adaptation Framework’s stakeholder engagement toolkit and communications guide.

Thomson received a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute Chicago.