Overview

Living Cities Welcomes Summer Associates

NYC Headquarters

• Meembo Changula supports Program staff by conducting a scan of programmatic areas within the American City Agenda. Meembo is a Fulbright Scholar working on her Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Iowa. She received her B.S. in Urban Planning at the Copperbelt University in Kitwe, Zambia.

• Matthew Last supports staff on multiple projects. He is a rising senior at Indiana University and will be graduating with a B.S. in Public Financial Management.

• Anne Gleason provides research support for the development of the website for the Project on Municipal Innovation, which will provide information on urban policy issues, from crime to fresh food to homelessness. Anne is pursuing her Masters of Public Administration at New York University's Wagner School. She received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Illinois.

• Sune Goldsteen provides research support for the Admiral Center. Sune attends Columbia University, pursuing a joint Masters of Science in Urban Planning and Historic Preservation. She received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Chicago.

DC Office

• Mark Severs provides research and other assistance to Capital Formation. He is currently a JD/MBA candidate at Harvard University. Prior to graduate school Mark worked as a researcher at a human rights think tank in Brazil and later as an investment analyst for a private wealth management company. Mark received his B.A. in Experimental Psychology from Brown University.

• Carlin Rosengarten provides research and other assistance on green federal policy issues, including climate/energy legislation and Living Cities’ work with the Recovery through Retrofit taskforce. Carlin recently finished an internship with the Center for American Progress (CAP), where he worked on the Energy Opportunity Team. Prior to his time at CAP, Carlin was an intern for Charles Taylor’s defense team at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. Carlin graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005 with a B.A. in Studio Art and Biology.

Living Cities
in the News

• • Living Cities President and CEO Ben Hecht adds a new blog entry to The Huffington Post, “Dear Mr. President.”
• • Reuters reports that "Green Boot Camp Puts Cities Through Their Paces."
• • Living Cities Director of Communications Eric Henderson writes, "Pass the Fish—and Let's Talk."
• • The Baltimore Sun describes Baltimore’s participation in the Green Boot Camp: "City looking for cash and advice on energy efficiency."
• • USA Today reports that "Deadlines loom for stimulus' green grants."
• • Fast Company asks, “How Can Cities Create a Green Economy?”