CAROL D. BARRETT, FAICP: Planning Manager

(626) 308-2806 ext. 4624

While Carol D. Barrett is new to the City of San Gabriel, having started her work in December, 2007, she is not new to planning.

Carol has thirty years of professional planning experience on the east coast, west coast, and with time spent in Texas to round things out. She has previously worked as the Planning Director or Assistant Planning Director in Annapolis, Maryland; Berkeley, California; Austin, Texas; and San Marcos, Texas. Her career includes working for the private sector at a regional chamber of commerce for five years.

Trained in City Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology, Carol is an active member of the American Planning Association and was in the first class selected as Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. 

In 2009, Carol was elected Vice President for Professional Development of the California Chapter. Carol lives in San Gabriel.

MARK A. GALLATIN, AICP: City Planner
(626) 308-2806 ext. 4623
Mark Gallatin has served as San Gabriel’s City Planner since 1993. Mark started his career as a Planning Intern with the City of Alhambra in 1984, and advanced to the positions of Assistant Planner and Associate Planner before coming to San Gabriel 11 years ago.

Mark has a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies from Cal State Los Angeles and Master of Planning and Master of Public Administration degrees from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners and has been active in these professional organizations throughout his career.

He has served on the Board of Directors for the L.A. Section of the American Planning Association as both Newsletter Editor and Vice-Director for Finance and Records. Mark is a past chairman of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Government’s Planning Director’s Technical Advisory Committee and a past president of the West San Gabriel Valley Planning Council.

Mark lives with his wife, Annie, in South Pasadena. When he is not helping to shape our city’s future, he enjoys reading, collecting sports memorabilia and listening to jazz.