Town of Los Gatos 2040 General Plan

Jennifer Armer started working for the Town in 2015 as an Associate Planner in the Community Development Department.  In late 2017 she was promoted to Senior Planner with the responsibility for managing the update of the Town’s General Plan.  She is currently the Planning Manager.

Jennifer has 16 years of planning experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and received her Masters in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley. Jennifer loves how planning connects with so many different interrelated topics that continue to provide new learning opportunities.

Joel Paulson started working for the Town in 2000 as an Assistant Planner in the Community Development Department and is currently the Community Development Director where he manages the Building Division, Planning Division, and Code Compliance and staffs the Planning Commission. Joel has 22.5 years of municipal government experience, 21 of which have been with the Town of Los Gatos.

Joel is a graduate of Humboldt State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Planning.