About Us
Jamie Kendrick, Principal
Jamie is the founder of Woodvalley Community Strategies, having served in a variety of public and private-sector roles in his 25-year career in community and transportation planning. After receiving his master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania, he began his career at the Citizens Planning and Housing Association, a Baltimore-based community engagement organization. There he organized a 2,000-member transit riders advocacy group and worked on regional transportation policy reform. He then served two tours of service at the Maryland Transit Administration, first as an assistant to the Administrator and then as Deputy Executive Director of the Office of Transit Development and Delivery which oversaw the Baltimore Red Line and National Capital Purple Line, the largest transit public-private partnership (P3) ever advanced in the United States.
In between, he served nearly six years as Deputy Director of the Baltimore City Department of Transportation where he oversaw the planning and delivery of the agency’s $600 million capital improvement program. Jamie was also responsible for the launch of the Charm City Circulator and Harbor Connector, and served as the Mayor’s representative on the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board. In 2017, he then joined Sabra & Associates (now Mead & Hunt) and managed dozens of projects ranging from realignment of the Baltimore City Public Schools pupil transportation program to transit programs for the DC Department of Transportation, and later to municipal comprehensive plans and bicycle-pedestrian projects.
Jamie grew up in Elkridge, spent most of his career in Baltimore, and now lives in Havre de Grace, MD. He has two children, Laci and Elliot. He is a lifelong baseball fan, having visited 22 of 30 Major League Baseball stadiums as of opening day 2024. Jamie is an avid quoter of random movie and television scenes (see below) and serves on the Board of the Transportation Association of Maryland which advocates for Maryland’s locally-operated transit systems.
Favorite Movies and TV Shows: GlenGarry Glen Ross, Shawshank Redemption, Tucker, A League of Their Own, Field of Dreams, The West Wing
Erica Gladfelter, Director of Administration
Erica was the first hire of Woodvalley Community Strategies and is responsible for all things finance, contracts, human resources, logistics, and information technology. A graduate of the University of Maryland University College, she worked as Office Manager for two Harford County construction companies before joining WCS. Erica is also a mom of three and coaches women’s lacrosse and rec soccer; treasurer of the Upper Chesapeake Wrestling League, manager of the Chesapeake Swim Club; and teaches Crossfit at 5:00 AM every weekday morning. As the US Army recruiting advertisement goes, Erica does more before 9 AM than most people do all day.