Leonardo Vazquez Email & Phone Number

Hackensack, New Jersey, Us

San Francisco Bay Area, Ca, Us

Lead teams and programs that foster better creative placemaking practice around the United States. Produce quality programming. Chief steward of the organization’s vision and mission. • Design and direct a wide variety of educational, community-based, peer exchange, and place-based programs and events. They have engaged more than 8,000 people across the United States and inspired new partnerships, projects, programs and policies.• Build productive collaborations and lead diverse teams to enhance programs.• Direct and manage all aspects of the organization’s internal and external operations.• Develop and design programs that foster racial and social equity and model inclusive leadership.• Creator of two national programs – Creative Placemaking Leadership Summits and the Creative Placemaking Advanced Leadership certificate. The latter was the first of its kind in the United States.• Through leadership of the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, encouraged more than 80 New Jersey communities to engage in creative placemaking.• Created community-based technical assistance program- Community Coaching – that has led to new projects and partnerships in 16 communities in Louisiana and New Jersey and a statewide planning award in New Jersey. Provided community-based planning assistance to several communities in New York.• Oversee the development and delivery of organization’s programs and initiatives.• Lead fundraising and entrepreneurial activities that have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars. • Author, editor or contributor to dozens of books, articles, plans, reports and essays on community development, economic development, and placemaking.• Grew top-line revenue of The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking more than 640% from 2017 to 2020.

Lead teams and programs that foster better creative placemaking practice around the United States. Produce quality programming. Chief steward of the organization’s vision and mission. • Design and direct a wide variety of educational, community-based, peer exchange, and place-based programs and events. They have engaged more than 8,000 people across the United States and inspired new partnerships, projects, programs and policies.• Build productive collaborations and lead diverse teams to enhance programs.• Direct and manage all aspects of the organization’s internal and external operations.• Develop and design programs that foster racial and social equity and model inclusive leadership.• Creator of two national programs – Creative Placemaking Leadership Summits and the Creative Placemaking Advanced Leadership certificate. The latter was the first of its kind in the United States.• Through leadership of the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Creative Culture Task Force, encouraged more than 80 New Jersey communities to engage in creative placemaking.• Created community-based technical assistance program- Community Coaching – that has led to new projects and partnerships in 16 communities in Louisiana and New Jersey and a statewide planning award in New Jersey. Provided community-based planning assistance to several communities in New York.• Oversee the development and delivery of organization’s programs and initiatives.• Lead fundraising and entrepreneurial activities that have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars. • Author, editor or contributor to dozens of books, articles, plans, reports and essays on community development, economic development, and placemaking.• Grew top-line revenue of The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking more than 640% from 2017 to 2020.

Henniker, Nh, Us

I direct and manage the Certificate in Creative Placemaking, which is a joint program of NCCP and New Hampshire Institute of Art. This is a much better version of the programs I designed at Rutgers and Ohio State universities. Learn more about it at http://www.nhia.edu/creativeplacemaking

The Nishuane Group provides consulting services in community development, economic development and land use regulations. We provide services for communities, nonprofit organizations, developers, and government agencies.As Senior Associate, I provided on-call services in community development, community engagement, creative placemaking, leadership development, urban planning, strategic decision-making, and additional services.

Mercerville, Nj, Us

I helped to provide oversight for New Jersey's leading advocacy organization for nonprofits. I am also on the advocacy committee.

I teach Arts and Entertainment Planning, Planning Ethics, Local Economic Development and direct the Certification in Creative Placemaking program.

I was the founding director of a fast-growing thought leader and capacity builder in creative placemaking. I created of several innovative initatives while I was with ABC, including the Creative Placemaking Master Practitioner Certificate Program, community coaching, and the New Jersey Creative Vitality Index. I also became the Chair of the Sustainable Jersey Arts and Culture Task Force while I was with ABC.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Pioneered the school’s online education programming. Generated high quality educational programs and events. Led community-based planning and placemaking projects. • Created and led the school’s first institute focused on professional development for urban planners, and the first institute focused on creative placemaking.• Taught a wide variety of urban planning and policy courses, including community development, economic development, and planning history and theory.• Mentored graduate and continuing education students.• Promoted diversity and racial equity in planning practice by founding the Latinos and Planning chapter of the American Planning Association and writing extensively on placemaking in Latino communities. Am co-editor of Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities.• Conducted extensive research and analysis on the creative sector in New Jersey.• Creator and lead instructor of Leading from the Middle, a leadership development program for urban planners and community development professionals.• Developed and executed on more than 60 short online courses and webinars in various topics of urban planning, creative placemaking, management and leadership development.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Taught graduate-level courses in urban planning, economic development, and client relations

Created the Leading from the Middle program, which help dozens of planning and community development professionals learn skills in culturally competent, collaborative leadership.

Sarasota, Fl, Us

Master Of Public Administration, Public Administration

Master Of Planning, Urban Planning

Bsj, Journalism