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New York, New York, United States

Leads and supports visioning, strategy, engagement, and implementation for complex urban development projects. Manages interdepartmental, interagency, and consultant teams; Drafts RFPs and manages selection processes; Creates and executes community/stakeholder messaging and engagement strategies; Conducts planning research and analysis; Develops recommendations and strategies for decision-making; Creates presentations, reports, maps, diagrams, interactive tools, and other visual and written materials.Current projects include: Fifth Avenue Public Realm; Manhattan Waterfront Greenway; citywide greenways strategy; Climate Strong Communities.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

The Leadership New York (LNY) program is a competitively-selected, rigorous 175+ hour experiential leadership development program for mid-career and early-executive professionals to develop the personal skills, civic knowledge and a multi-sector network to effectively lead change. Coro is NYC’s premier civic leadership training organization and a community of more than 3,400 alumni with a mission to develop NYC leaders so that all individuals, communities, and institutions participate in creating an equitable, inclusive, and innovative society.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Held office hours to assist Graduate School of Design students with technical GIS and geospatial data questions, and developed and led GIS workshops for the Graduate School of Design community.

New York, New York, United States

Supported qualitative and quantitative research, GIS analyses and presentation development and design, and business development.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Led and supported qualitative and quantitative research, including stakeholder interviews, data analysis, and survey design and implementation, for food systems resilience, industry clusters, small business financing, incubators and accelerators, and anchor institution procurement projects. Clients included Rockefeller Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Small Business Forward initiative, Prudential Foundation, and Central Corridor Anchor Partnership.Was lead copy editor and contributing writer for seven publications, and led coordination with graphic designer for publication design. Developed and designed Inner City in Focus infographic series.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Performed advanced geospatial analysis using ArcGIS and map design. Completed geospatial projects in partnership with Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (now First Up) and Sunlight Foundation.

Master In Urban Planning

Concentration: Urban Design 2018 Award for Excellence in Project-Based Urban Planning Harvard Urban Planning Organization: Co-President.

A.B., Major: Growth And Structure Of Cities; Minor: Environmental Studies

Magna Cum Laude Thesis: You Can't Get There from Here: Knee-Jerk Parking Policies as Roadblocks to Sustainable Transit Planning.