Radhika Mohan is a community development strategist, urban designer, and real estate development leader with over 15 years of experience guiding complex, high-impact projects across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She serves as the Deputy Director of Development, Design, and Preservation at the DC Office of Planning.

Radhika previously worked at Gensler, where she led multidisciplinary teams delivering large-scale urban design, master planning, and community engagement projects for clients ranging from local and federal governments to private developers. Radhika brings deep expertise in inclusive community engagement, mixed-use and transit-oriented development, affordable housing, and large-scale land redevelopment. Her career spans senior leadership roles in architecture and design, real estate development, housing policy and advisory services, and municipal planning. 

An American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) member, Radhika holds dual master’s degrees in City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University and an active civic leader, speaker, and board member committed to advancing equitable, sustainable urban development. Radhika resides in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Ward 3 with her family.