Rosa Bustamante, MCIP RPP, is the Director of Planning & Housing Policy at the City of Kitchener, one of the fastest growing cities in Canada.  Her current portfolio includes policy planning, realty services and various housing-related initiatives.  Rosa has supported transformative projects in Kitchener including the award-winning downtown policy and zoning framework with inclusionary zoning (Growing Together); the comprehensive review of the zoning by-law; district energy feasibility and emerging housing initiatives and programs.

She holds an Honours Co-op Bachelor’s degree from the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo and an Urban Design Certificate from Simon Fraser University.

Known as an innovative and strategic leader, Rosa brings a solutions-focused approach to her team’s work advancing light rail transit-oriented development, growth management and housing related initiatives.