March 24, 2014--Dillon Sussman of Florence has joined the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission as a Senior Planner. Sussman holds a Master of Arts degree in Landscape Design and Planning from the Conway School of Landscape Design. Since 2011, he has been a Planning and Design Associate for Joel Russell Associates, where he worked on innovative zoning and planning projects. For the last five years, he has also completed land planning and urban design projects through his Northampton-based firm Ground Truth Design. At PVPC, Sussman will engage in diverse land use and environmental planning projects with a focus on the physical design of communities and visualizing positive change.