He has also served as the University Professor for Campus Sustainability, which has included such projects as working with the Honors College Students on an Honors Think Tank and Sustainability Scholars Program, working with ASUU and Facilities Planning to create and implement the Re-imagine the Plaza project on Marriott Plaza, and working with the Office of Undergraduate Studies to develop the Integrated Certificate in Sustainability. He is a former Director of Planning for Salt Lake City, the founder of Artspace, and was recently elected President of the Salzburg Congress for Urban Planning and Development in Salzburg, Austria.