Catherine L. Ross

Catherine L. Ross is an American educator and author. She is the Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning, the director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, and the deputy director of the Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Early life and education Ross was born and raised Cleveland, Ohio. She completed post-doctorate work at the University of California, Berkeley. She then became the director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech in 2003.

Works Ross is the editor of Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness (2009) and co-editor of The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century (1997). She is a co-author of Health Impact Assessment in the United States (2014).

Personal life Ross is married to Dr. Thomas Boston. They have two children.