Cate Mingoya-Lafortune Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, MA, US

• Designed and directs Climate Safe Neighborhoods, a 13- city national partnership to build resident capacity to self-advocate for a more equitable distribution of climate resilience resources.
• Leads projects and manages partnerships with NASA, Urban Systems Lab, RAND Corporation, and others.
• Direct the Brownfield Equitable Development Technical Assistance Program (EPA grantee) providing equity-focused coaching, geospatial analysis, land use planning, community engagement, and… Show more
• Direct the Brownfield Equitable Development Technical Assistance Program (EPA grantee) providing equity-focused coaching, geospatial analysis, land use planning, community engagement, and strategy development to.
• Lead a national team of eight community organizers, providing coaching, strategy support, and professional development.
• Manage a team of internal and external geospatial data analysts to model climate risk nationwide.

Greater Boston Area

Department Of Housing And Community Development; Commonwealth Of Massachusetts

• Cate served as the Director of Policy and Program Development for the Commonwealth's Division of Public Housing and Rental Assistance.
• Managed a team of 15 staff and 12 external stakeholders in developing and executing an annual, state-wide performance review of 238 local housing authorities (LHA) and 45,000 housing units.
• Built DHCD’s first capital climate-risk investment strategy and sustainability plan for state-aided public housing, to address climate-related risks… Show more Cate served as the Director of Policy and Program.
• Built DHCD’s first capital climate-risk investment strategy and sustainability plan for state-aided public housing, to address climate-related risks to resident safety and capital assets.
• Designed program guidelines for economic prosperity program funding cycles.
• Delivered monthly meetings to staff on policy, program, and budget updates, and quarterly meetings to residents, elected officials, community organizers, and union leaders.

Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative: Conducted detailed social, economic, and land use analyses of Bronx businesses, including major anchors in hospital and health services, education, and manufacturing, as part of an incumbent revitalization platform. Developed economic growth strategies and recommendations to effectively target and secure large.

Cambridge, MA

Master of City Planning: Housing, Community, and Economic Development Thesis: Building Together: Tiny House Villages for the Homeless: https://dusp.mit.edu/sites/dusp.mit.edu/files/attachments/news/mingoya_2015.pdfPress:http://news.mit.edu/2015/tiny-houses-could-mitigate-homelessness-0723 Practicum Project Manager: Boston Department of Neighborhood.

Boston, MA

Met with municipal leaders and community stakeholders to identify and implement opportunities for reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Produced land use maps and analyses. Provided technical assistance for municipalities applying for Green Communities Designation. Wrote grant applications for MAPC’s Clean Energy Division. Prepared.

Cambridge, MA

Provided research and data analysis support to the City of Cambridge’s Net Zero Taskforce for Citywide Carbon Neutrality. Developed and executed a “green” resident education campaign for HRI’s portfolio of over 1,200 units.

Brooklyn, NY

Master Teacher and Grade Level Leader: Led staff of seven teachers in developing year-long strategies to ensure academic and cultural excellence from 90 low-income, high-need middle school students. Identified community and academic challenges and conflicts, and led collaborative action groups with teachers, parents, students and staff in identifying and.

Brooklyn, NY

Bronx, NY

Teach for America: Selected from over 24,000 applicants nationwide to serve in a highly acclaimed national service corps. Committed to teach for two years in an under-resourced urban region to close the educational achievement gap.

Certificate Of Completion: Leadership, Organizing, And Action, John F. Kennedy School Of Government At Harvard University, Executive Education- Prof. Marshall Ganz

Master Of Urban Planning, Housing, Community And Economic Development

Activities and Societies: Master of City Planning: Housing, Community, and Economic Development Thesis: Building Together: Tiny House.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology

High School

Master Of City Planning

Master Of City Planning

Master Of City Planning