State Planning Board

The State Planning Board is an advisory board within the Governor’s Office. It was established by the Administrative Code of 1929 as re-enacted and amended. There are 25 members, including citizens, legislators and state department heads.

Activities

The Board’s duties include studying demographic, economic, and development trends, and preparing strategic plans to promote the welfare of the Commonwealth. It was instrumental in creating the Pennsylvania Turnpike, planning the State Capitol grounds, establishing planning agencies in Pennsylvania’s counties, and enacting the Municipalities Planning Code in 1968.

The Board works with DCED to prepare the State Land Use and Growth Management Report every five years. The report studies development patterns and local government land use planning, and makes recommendations for state agency action, regulations, and programs.

• 2023 PA State Planning Board Permitting Reform
• 2023 Local Government Housing Affordability & Inclusionary Zoning Toolkit
• 2021 Storm Preparedness, Flood Hazard Mitigation, and Community Resiliency
• 2020 State Land Use and Growth Management Report
• 2017 Recommendations on Infrastructure, Efficient Government, and Community Revitalization
• 2016 Annual Report: Pennsylvania State Planning Board
• 2013 Pennsylvania State Planning Board Local Permitting Reform Study

Meetings

The State Planning Board meets quarterly at a Harrisburg location in March, June, September, and December.

• Monday, December 18: State Planning Board Meeting

Members

Membership of the Board includes 15 gubernatorial appointees confirmed by the Senate serving four-year terms. It also includes secretaries from six Commonwealth departments and four representatives from the General Assembly.

Gubernatorial Appointees

• Chairperson – Alexander J. Graziani, Manager/Secretary, Borough of Churchill
• David W. Feldman, Merion Station
• Robert Hess, Bow Creek Farm & Cattle Co., Hershey
• Susan G. Hockenberry, Pittsburgh
• Paul K. Marchetti, Carlisle
• Patrick Marty, Williamsport
• Christina E. Roseberry, Easton
• Kurt Schroeder, P.E., Gilmore & Associates Inc., Furlong
• David Sciocchetti, Competitive Communities LLC, Wallingford
• Kirk Stoner, Director of Planning, Cumberland County Planning Department, Carlisle
• Robert R. Tabas, Villanova
• Pasquale T. Deon, Jr., Yardley
• Cindy Campbell, Scranton
• Stephen Grosh, Lancaster
• Vacancy

Legislative Appointees

• Rep. Seth Grove (R-York County)
• Robert Freeman (D-Northampton County)
• Vacant
• Vacant

Cabinet Secretaries

• Russell Redding, Department of Agriculture
• Rick Siger (Secretary), Department of Community and Economic Development
• Cindy Adams Dunn, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Richard Negrin, Acting Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection
• Michael Carroll, Acting Secretary, Department of Transportation
• Valerie A. Arkoosh, Acting Secretary, Department of Human Resources