Passion

Scott Baker believes in cities.  His commitment to urbanism—in density, mobility, and the transformative role nature plays in elevating daily life—is the guiding ethos behind RELM.  He’s passionate helping clients and cities alike realize public benefit through development, thoughtfully resolving scale, uses, and transit modes. Great cities have great public realms. 

My role

Consultant

Impact

Seven years ago, I met Scott Baker, who, in 2015, became the sole owner of a firm through attrition. It was a pivotal moment: does he hold or sell?  Through a series of conversations, Scott clearly had a vision for practice in Los Angles, a city not known for celebrating its public realm.  We conceived and launched RELM within six months.  The brand tenets attracted key talent, won elevating commissions, and the team is now collectively working to grow RELM into a burgeoning national practice with commissions in Oregon, Utah, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.  I continue to spearhead specialty communications/thought leadership projects and co-lead business development efforts.