Harry Cummings, PhD RPP, is director of program evaluation at PICEPS Consultants. Inc. Harry earned his Ph.D. degree in Geography from Clark University. He is a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Canadian Evaluation Society. His experience includes international rural development and project management of large interdisciplinary rural development projects. In Canadian and international contexts he has also worked on rural-urban issues including migration, land use and regional planning. His urban planning experience includes water conservation, retail planning, transportation planning, industrial planning, economic and financial analysis and zoning and severance issues. He has experience in Canada , USA , Europe, Asia and Africa. His specialty areas include economic impact assessment, evaluation, survey and research methods. Harry is a full professor at the School of Rural Planning and Development at the University of Guelph, where he supervises graduate students and teaches graduate courses in regional economics, program evaluation, community economic development and research methods, He is an active community member and has served on the boards of many community organizations. Harry is fluent in French and Indonesian.