Kelly Smith is a Senior Environmental Planner at the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department, where she leads a team that is deeply committed to strengthening the connection between people and nature. As a licensed landscape architect with an undergraduate in anthropology, she brings a multidisciplinary lens to her work, bridging environmental planning, community development, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. Throughout her career, Kelly has guided a wide array of projects—from crafting environmental regulations and urban biodiversity policies to designing trails, parks, and streetscapes, as well as preparing natural area management plans and cultural landscape inventories. Her work reflects a passion for integrating social sciences into the stewardship of ecological systems, cultural heritage, and community well-being.