Atisha Varshney is the founding principal of Forward City Labs, a design, planning, and development consulting firm. Atisha Varshney is a land use expert with 14 years of experience in architecture, urban planning, and real estate development. Her work focuses on multi-family housing development, including affordable housing, mixed-use master plan communities, long-range planning, education institutions, and faith communities. Atisha has successfully delivered project designs, entitlements, and RFPs,  negotiated land transactions, including surplus land, executed pre-development loans and grants, and managed a large team of consultants.   Atisha is an active member of the ULI, APA and SV@Home. She holds a bachelor’s in architecture, a master’s in landscape architecture, and a certificate in real estate development.