Marcel Acosta
Marcel Acosta is Director of Planning, Mid-Atlantic, at Toole Design, a company dedicated to creating safer, more connected communities through sustainable, multimodal transportation design.
Before joining Toole in 2026, Marcel was the executive director of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) for almost two decades, leading a team of planning and design professionals dedicated to preserving and enhancing the unique qualities of America’s capital city and its surrounding region.
Marcel also served as senior vice president of planning and development at the Chicago Transit Authority and as deputy commissioner at Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development. He chaired the American Planning Association’s Urban Design and Preservation Division and served on the Metropolitan Washington Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors.