DESIGNING DEDHAM 2030 - Key Persons
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- Senior Transportation Planner
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- Principal Regional Housing and Land Use Planner
- Registered Architect
Alexis joined MAPC as a housing and land use planner in March 2018, bringing a broad range of experience from across the design, planning, and development fields. Her work has focused on leveraging good design and planning towards the creation of safe, affordable homes and equitable neighborhoods.
Alexis has been a registered architect since 2008. She holds a Master of City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, where her research analyzed the development potential for affordable housing near transit stations in changing neighborhoods. She also holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Principal Planner and Emerging Technologies Specialist
- Transportation Planner With MAPC
Alison Felix has served as a transportation planner with MAPC since 2009 and now serves as a Principal Planner and Emerging Technologies Specialist. Ms. Felix is an active member of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) and has been Co-Chair of their Newsletter Committee for several years. In 2007, she was the recipient of WTS-Boston's ‘Member-of-the Year' award. She is also a member of the American Planning Association (APA).
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- Regional Planning Data Analyst
Alyssa Kogan joined MAPC's Data Services Department in May 2019 to work on cross-disciplinary data analysis and mapping for local and regional planning projects. Her recent projects include an Electric Vehicle Charging Site Suitability Analysis for Beverly, a Fair Housing Needs Analysis for Arlington, and the creation of an online, interactive map for SNAP-Ed.
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- Communications Director
- Communications
- Head of Communications for MAPC
Amanda Linehan has served as the head of communications for MAPC since 2008, having previously worked as a professional journalist. Ms. Linehan leads the communications team at MAPC, promoting the agency's work online, in the media, and through marketing channels. She also manages mapc.org and oversees the agency's blog, annual report, graphic design, photography/videography, email marketing, event outreach and social media presence, as well as communication with the MAPC Board and Council membership.
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- Assistant Director of Municipal Collaboration
Ms. Reilly served as the program manager for the Northeast Homeland Security Regional Advisory Council (NERAC) from August 2010 until September 2012 where she managed a Council of 16 public safety professionals and 5 subcommittees to ensure a shared, multi-disciplinary vision of improvement of homeland security capabilities. In this role, Ms. Reilly planned and facilitated monthly meetings of the Council and its subcommittees and managed grant funded projects to procure equipment, conduct trainings and exercises, research critical emergency preparedness issues, and establish systems and protocols to enhance safety.
Andrea Aponte joined MAPC in July 2021 as an Operations Specialist. As a member of the Administrative and Operations team, Andrea assists with office operations, event planning, project support, and administrative duties across the Legal, Finance, and Human Resources departments at MAPC. She provides direct support to Deputy and Executive Directors at MAPC.
Andrea Harris-Long joined MAPC in the fall of 2021 and serves as a Senior Land Use Planner. As part of the Land Use team, she works with communities across the region to update zoning codes, develop comprehensive plans, and work on special planning projects.
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- Systems Optimization Specialist
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- Chief of Economic Development
Angela Brown joined MAPC in 2022. She works in the Land Use Department as Chief of Economic Development, managing the Economic Development Division. Ms. Brown's efforts focus on crafting downtown and commercial/industrial area visions and plans, leading economic development initiatives, and promoting worker upskilling and workforce development. She develops actionable strategies to realize the MetroCommon 2050 regional plan and the equity priorities set forth in it, and works with municipalities to access American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and other support to help small businesses, non-profit organizations, and job seekers achieve economic recovery and resilience.
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- Director of Equity and Culture
- Human Resources
Ann Kissel joined MAPC in 2021 as the Regional Epidemiologist for the North Suffolk Public Health Collaborative, serving the municipalities of Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea, Massachusetts. As part of the Public Health Team at MAPC, Ann works with external stakeholders in the respective municipalities to utilize quantitative and qualitative data that supports public health initiatives. Ann focuses much of her time on assisting each Local Public Health Department apart of the Collaborative with their community-level responses to COVID-19 through an epidemiological approach.
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- Principal Environmental Planner
Anne Herbst joined MAPC in 2016. She works on environmental planning projects, including climate adaptation and hazard mitigation.
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- Director of Arts and Culture
Aseem joined MAPC's Data Services Research Team in November 2020. In his role, Aseem works on developing analysis scripts and visualizations for various research projects. His work currently focuses on housing attainment and affordability research.
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- Member of MAPC 's Department of Strategic Initiatives
- Senior Strategist for Evaluation and Learning
Mr. Faust is a member of MAPC's Department of Strategic Initiatives, where he focuses on developing performance management tools and infrastructure to assess and improve the impact of MAPC's rich portfolio of projects. Mr. Faust supports the development and implementation of MAPC's performance management system. He is also responsible for updating and adding to MAPC's MetroFuture, the Greater Boston region's 30-year plan.
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- Grants Management Coordinator
Brad Downey joined MAPC's Municipal Collaboration team full-time in November 2020 as the Grants Management Coordinator. Brad is currently the Health and Medical Coordination Coalition (HMCC) Region 3D co-coordinator, responsible for organizing regional collaboration between 15 municipal health departments in Northeast Massachusetts. He also helps manage procurement and spending for the region through the HMCC's Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant program. In addition to his work with the HMCC, Brad assists with the management and administration of Federal Homeland Security grant funding received by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Brandon Stanaway joined MAPC in 2022 as a Socioeconomic Analyst I. As part of the Research Division of the Data Services department, he supports the development of population, housing, and economic projections for the region and the application of these projections to a variety of planning, regulatory, and policy activities within the MAPC region and beyond.
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- Municipal Service Specialist II
Brian Luther joined MAPC's Municipal Collaboration Department in January 2020 as their Municipal Services Specialist. Brian works with municipal officials and staff on special projects, grants, studies, and cooperative purchases to increase efficiency, strengthen and expand municipal offerings, and better position the region to effectively address upcoming challenges. His experience and expertise span many municipal functions including public procurement, finance, health, public works, public safety, information technology, solid waste, and human resources.
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- Senior Clean Energy Specialist
Brooks Winner joined MAPC's Clean Energy Department in November 2018 to support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate resiliency initiatives.
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- Information Technology Manager
Cammy Peterson joined MAPC's Clean Energy Department in late 2013, and has served as Director since early 2016. As Director of the Department, she oversees MAPC's clean energy and climate mitigation work, including local clean energy and climate planning, regional clean energy procurements, and local and state clean energy and climate policy. Ms. Peterson shapes local clean energy and climate planning efforts through MAPC's Local Energy Action Program (LEAP), from facilitating progress toward Green Communities Designation to meeting with municipal officials and project partners and overseeing scope development and project implementation. In supervising regional energy efforts, she guides the department in developing and managing collective procurements for energy management services and technologies; in organizing collaboratives, including the Metro Mayors Coalition Climate Preparedness Taskforce; and in coordinating multi-municipal efforts on building codes, vehicle and building electrification, shared energy manager staffing, community shared solar, and renewable energy additionality, among many other topics. Under her leadership, the department has launched an innovative net zero planning platform, pioneered a groundbreaking green municipal aggregation program, and received a 2018 Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources' Leading By Example Award.
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- Clean Energy Specialist II
Cara Goodman joined MAPC's Clean Energy team in August 2017. Cara currently manages the LED streetlight conversion program and the Green Communities technical assistance program.
Principal Planner Carlos Javier Montañez strives to influence agency best practices, and assists clients with insights, data, and best practices for informed decision-making. He conducts highly participatory public meetings as well as research on regulations and ideas for physical improvements and drafts plan report documents with technical recommendations for MAPC clients. His recommendations for implementation typically encompass multi-pronged regulatory, investment, and infrastructure-enhancement strategies in order to achieve desired community and economic development goals.
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- Assistant Director of Arts and Culture
Carolina Prieto became the Assistant Director of Arts and Culture in December 2021 after working on MAPC's community engagement team for five years.
Chris Kuschel joined MAPC in the fall of 2012 and is now a Principal Planner within the Land Use Department. He provides a variety of planning services related to helping the region sustainably grow. Working with members in various divisions within MAPC, Chris focuses largely on equitable transit-oriented development projects, zoning, neighborhood vision plans, and master plans.
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- Community Engagement Manager
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- Regional Art and Culture Planner II
Claudia joined MAPC as a Regional Arts & Culture Planner in April 2020. She has been working at the intersection of art, public space, and community for the past 12 years.
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- Senior Land Use and Transportation Analyst
Conor joined MAPC's Data Services Department in September 2019. His research aims to improve understanding of the interactions between land use and transportation systems across the region, with a focus on mobility, transit accessibility, and travel mode choice. His interests also include the public health impacts of vehicle air pollution and the contribution of climate change to air quality and other health indicators. Conor's work supports the scenario planning and regional forecasting efforts of MetroCommon 2050 as well as other short- and long-term transportation planning studies.
Courtney Lewis joined MAPC in September 2018 as a Regional Land Use Planner. He works on a wide variety of projects with local communities, focusing particularly on municipal master plans, housing, open space, sustainable economic development, and zoning. In addition to local and regional planning work, Courtney assists in evaluating and improving state laws, regulations, policies, and programs to encourage smart growth, sustainable development, and regional collaboration.
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- Emergency Preparedness Specialist
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- Senior Transportation Planner
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- Payroll and Benefits Administrator
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- Communications Manager
- Metropolitan Area Planning Council in 2018 As a Digital Communications Specialist
Elise joined the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in 2018 as a Digital Communications Specialist. As part of the communications team, Elise helps manage the website and Planning101 blog, coordinates social media pages, and assists with graphic design, email marketing, press, and storytelling. She brings strong writing and broad communications skills to help craft overarching communications strategies and assist with smaller communications tasks.
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- Economic Development Intern
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- Emergency Preparedness Manager
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- Economic Recovery & Resilience Intern
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- Director of Community Engagement
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- Senior Housing and Land Use Planner
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- Regional Arts and Culture Planner & Public Humanities Specialist
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- Director of Strategic Initiatives
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- Community Engagement Intern
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- Operations Manager
- Operations
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- Assistant Director of Public Health
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- Clean Energy and Climate Fellow
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- Senior Public Health and Climate Planner
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- Clean Energy Specialist II
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- Research Manager
- Data Services - Research
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- Senior Housing and Land Use Planner
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- Community Engagement Intern
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- Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
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- Clean Energy and Climate Strategy Manager and Senior Planner
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- Senior Communications Strategist
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- Procurement Services Manager
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- Senior Government Affairs Specialist
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- Analytical Services Manager
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- Deputy Executive Director of Public Affairs & Advocacy
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- Assistant Director of Finance
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- Transportation Planner II
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- General Counsel
- Records Access Officer ( RAO )
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- Director of Municipal Collaboration
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- Land Use Planning Director
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- Environmental Planning Director
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- Project Accountant and Financial Operations Supervisor
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- Procurement and Contract Coordinator
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- Real Estate Research Intern
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- Events and Special Projects Specialist
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- Senior Clean Energy and Climate Planner
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- Senior Public Health and Regional Planner
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- Director of Finance
- Finance
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- Senior Transportation Planner
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- Senior Environmental Planner