A. Lyn Barnett, AICP Principal

Lyn has more than 34 years of public and private sector planning experience in California and Nevada. Prior to co-founding Wells Barnett Associates, Lyn was Chief of the Environmental Review Services Branch and Chief of the Project Review Division for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, positions he held for more than 12 years. In these capacities he reviewed or supervised the permitting and environmental review of thousands of development projects in the Tahoe basin, and was responsible for the management of nearly 50 memoranda of understanding with...[more]

Gerald A. Wells, RLA (Retired)

At the time of his retirement Jerry had over 39 years of combined public and private planning and landscape architecture experience. Prior to co-founding Wells Barnett Associates, Jerry served as Deputy Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) overseeing Agency operations, including the Agency’s Environmental Improvement, Planning and Evaluation and Project Review branches. Prior to serving as TRPA’s Deputy Director, Jerry served as TRPA’s Project Review Division Chief where he was responsible for the environmental review of a wide variety of...[more]

Jeffrey Spencer, Senior Planner

Mr. Spencer is a Senior Planner at Wells Barnett Associates providing planning and permitting services in the Tahoe basin. During his career he has consulted on urban design, transportation and transit planning. He served as Executive Director at the Sacramento Transportation Authority, which provided local funding for transportation projects throughout Sacramento County. Prior to Sacramento, he was the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Manager for the Federal Transit Administration in Washington, DC and was awarded the prestigious Partnering for Excellence Team award....[more]