Experience

Chris Cullinan is a Principal with TischlerBise and has fifteen years of public finance experience in both the public and private sectors. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and a Masters of Public Administration in public finance from Indiana University. Prior to joining TischlerBise, Mr. Cullinan worked as the Budget Director for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was involved with budgeting, cost analysis, revenue analysis and forecasting, long-term financial planning, and capital improvement planning. He has prepared over 175 impact fees and other one-time fees for cities, counties, and towns across the country.

In addition, he has conducted numerous fiscal impact analyses user fee studies, cost allocation plans, utility rate analyses and capital improvement funding analyses. He co-developed TischlerBise's OMB A-87 compliant cost allocation model. Mr. Cullinan frequently presents on cost of growth issues at national conferences including the American Planning Association (APA), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and International City/County Management Association (ICMA). He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Growth and Infrastructure Finance Consortium (formerly the National Impact Fee Roundtable).

Selected Impact Fee & Infrastructure Funding Strategy Experience

• City of Maricopa, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Casa Grande, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Flagstaff, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Glendale, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Sierra Vista, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Yuma, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• Town of Queen Creek, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• Maricopa County, Arizona – Development Fee Study
• City of Lake Wales, Florida – Impact Fee Study
• City of North Miami, Florida – Impact Fee Study
• City of Parkland, Florida – Impact Fee Study
• Pasco County School , Florida – School Impact Fee Study
• City of Frederick, Maryland – Road Impact Fee Study
• Harford County, Maryland – School Impact Fee Study
• Corvallis School District #1, Montana – School Impact Fees
• City of Delaware, Ohio – Impact Fees
• City of Pickerington, Ohio – Impact Fees
• Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island – Development Fee Study
• City of Summerville, South Carolina – Impact Fee Study
• Jefferson County, West Virginia – School Impact Fee Study

Selected Fiscal Impact Analysis Experience

• Mohave County, Arizona - Cost of Growth Study
• Town of Payson, Arizona - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Mixed-use Development Project
• City of Sebastian, Florida - Cost of Land Use Study
• Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts - Cost of Land Use Study
• Carroll County, Maryland - Concurrency Management Model
• City of Frederick, Maryland - Fiscal Impact Analysis of Growth Scenarios for Comprehensive Plan
• Chatham County, North Carolina - Peer Review of Fiscal Impact Analysis of Development Project
• Davie County, North Carolina - Cost of Land Use Study
• Wake County, North Carolina - Cost of Growth Study
• Marysville, Ohio - Cost of Land Use Study
• Pickerington, Ohio - Cost of Land Use Study
• Amherst County, Virginia - Cost of Land Use Study
• City of Chesapeake, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Model
• City of Falls Church, Virginia - Fiscal Impact Model
• McDowell and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia - Analysis of Fiscal Viability of Municipal Governments, Utility Funds, and Public Service Districts; Strategies to Improve Fiscal Viability

Education

M.P.A., Public Finance, Indiana University-Bloomington
B.A., Political Science, Earlham College

Speaking Engagements

• Planning for the Bottom Line, American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2010
• Surviving an Impact Fee Challenge, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2009
• Alternative Impact Fee Calculations, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2008
• Including Interest Costs in Impact Fees, National Impact Fee Roundtable, 2008
• Development Fee Calculations, Arizona Chapter of American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2008
• Cost of Growth: From Assessment to Implementation, International City/County Management Association Annual Conference, 2008
• Cost of Growth vs. Fiscal Impact Analysis, Arizona City/County Management Association Summer Conference, 2006
• The Cost of Growth: It's Not Just the Capital Costs, American Planning Association Annual Conference, 2006

• Mr. Cullinan developed the curriculum and conducted workshops for appointed and elected officials in Wyoming and McDowell counties in West Virginia on improving local government financial management.