Dylan joined the Advance Albany County Alliance in June 2024 as the Senior VP of Development. Through his role at the County’s LDC, Dylan focuses his time on a portfolio of community-priority, economic development projects, including the redevelopment of the College of Saint Rose campus and the demolition and redevelopment of the Central Warehouse.  Prior to joining the Alliance, Dylan worked for nearly 6 years in the City of Troy, serving as the Director of Economic Development before being appointed the Commissioner of Planning and Economic Development by Mayor Madden during the final year of his administration. During his time with the City of Troy, Dylan led or co-piloted several high-profile development and infrastructure projects:

• The creation of the country’s first publicly owned district geothermal heating and cooling network utility with partners at National Grid (Phases 1-3)
• Developing a Decarbonization & Energy Infrastructure Master Planning initiative – a P3 partnership with VEIC, Siemens, CHA, RPI, National Grid, Questar III and other to develop an open-sourced digital twin using field verified building and infrastructure data to develop accurate forecasting models for future investments. 
• The latest 1 Monument Square redevelopment effort with Hoboken Brownstone Company and others. 
• The successful redevelopment of the Taylor Apartments (phase 1 nearly completed)
• The nomination and planned redevelopment of over 200 acres of formerly industrial waterfront land in South Troy, and
• Securing the 2021 DRI Award for the Capital Region, to name a few.  

Prior to his work in Troy, Dylan co-founded Collar City Collective, a boutique design-build historic rehab company focused on creatively renovating smaller, mixed-use/multi-family buildings in Troy’s Little Italy neighborhood. Throughout his career, Dylan has focused on helping communities and developers work together to achieve the greatest and highest use of developable land and to adopt policies that position the region closer to a better built environment that is more equitable, environmentally resilient/responsible, and economically productive for both private and public interests. Dylan is originally from downstate NY before twice moving to the capital district to attend school at SUNY Albany: first as an undergraduate and again in 2009 to begin his Master’s in Regional and Urban Planning. He has remained in the capital district ever since and currently lives in Troy where he co-parents his son and daughter Jolene. When he’s not with his children, he is usually somewhere in the woods or mountains chasing light with his camera and backpacking gear.