About

Our Staff

A dedicated group of planners, policy experts, urbanists, and advocates collaborate at RPA. Our staff combines decades of experience in transportation, housing, climate change, and advocacy from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to research and implement ideas that improve quality of life in the New York metropolitan area.

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    Ian Acriche

    Executive Assistant to the President & CEO; Secretary to the Board of Directors

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    Zoe Baldwin

    Vice President, State Programs

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    Vanessa Barrios

    Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

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    Joshua Berman

    Campaigns Manager

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    Sam Bowden Akbari

    Director of Communications

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    Dale Bryk

    Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment

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    Will Cao

    Research Associate

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    Lacey Cotter

    Director, External Relations and Events

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    Chari Dawes

    Development Associate

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    Jim Finch

    Vice President, Finance & Administration

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    Robert Freudenberg

    Vice President, Energy & Environment

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    Christine Garner

    Urban Design Associate & Richard Kaplan Fellow

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    Moses Gates

    Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning

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    Olivia Haller

    New Jersey Associate

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    Pete Harrison

    Connecticut Director

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    Christine Hsu

    Director of Development

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    Abigail Jackson

    Transportation Associate

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    Christopher Jones

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Nick Kantor

    Program Director, DesegregateCT

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    Robert Lane

    Senior Fellow for Urban Design

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    Kyle Mason

    Associate Planner, Energy and Environment

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    Meaghan McElroy

    Senior Associate, Digital Media

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    Maulin Mehta

    New York Director

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    Marcel Negret

    Director of Land Use

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    Ravena Pernanand

    Research Analyst

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    Kate Slevin

    Executive Vice President

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    Tiffany-Ann Taylor

    Vice President, Transportation

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    Roma Tejada

    Accounting Manager

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    Rachel Weinberger

    Vice President, Research Strategy & Peter W. Herman Chair for Transportation

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    Tom Wright

    President & CEO

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    Robert Yankana

    Staff Accountant

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    Dave Zackin

    Creative Director

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    Jeff Zupan

    Senior Fellow, Transportation