Urban Planning and Arts Policy Consultant
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Consultant, Partners In Preservation project at Coalition for a Better Acre
- Research Affiliate at MIT
- Consultant at Leveraging Investments in Creativity
- Past
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- Volunteer at New Kensington Community Development Corporation
- Project Manager at MIT FEMA Trailer Project
- Volunteer at Obama for America
- Arts Policy Consultant, University Planning Office at Harvard University
- Planning Consultant, Campus Planning and Design at MIT
- Special Projects Assistant for the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
- Project Coordinator at Chelsea Voices
- Research Assistant at ArchNet
- Co-organizer at Smart Cities Graduate Student Initiative
- Intern at ArtistLink / Massachusetts Cultural Council
- Administrative Assistant at OPX, Architecture and Interiors
- Volunteer Community Organizer at (ad hoc project)
- Frame Conservation Technician at National Gallery of Art
- Education
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Barnard College
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Gena Peditto’s Experience
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Consultant, Partners In Preservation project
Coalition for a Better Acre
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Short-term project working on online community outreach for the St. Joseph's High School building's participation in the Partners in Preservation competition, which ends on May 17, 2009.
http://www.preservestjoes.com
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Research Affiliate
MIT
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Consultant
Leveraging Investments in Creativity
(Arts and Crafts industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Researching artist space development and related broader community issues. Developing information architecture of artist space database.
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Volunteer
New Kensington Community Development Corporation
(Architecture & Planning industry)
January 2009 — March 2009 (3 months)
Building website with participatory tools for the Sustainable 19125 initiative (a joint project of NKCDC and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society). Attending community meetings. Incorporating feedback from the broader community into the site's strategy, design, and content.
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Project Manager
MIT FEMA Trailer Project
(Architecture & Planning industry)
January 2009 — February 2009 (2 months)
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Volunteer
Obama for America
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Political Organization industry)
September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)
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Arts Policy Consultant, University Planning Office
Harvard University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)
Prepared a public art study for the Arts Task Force as part of a larger examination of arts space at the university; tasks include visioning, identifying models for implementation, compiling background research, conducting interviews, generating infographics, and writing/editing the final report and presentation.
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Planning Consultant, Campus Planning and Design
MIT
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
March 2008 — May 2008 (3 months)
Created a graphical study to aid top-level executives in development strategy and capital budget planning. Assisted on campus projects impacted by the Urban Ring (a state funded public transportation route planned to operate through MIT’s campus).
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Special Projects Assistant for the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
MIT
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2007 — February 2008 (9 months)
For the Department of Urban Studies and Planning's 75th anniversary celebration: recruited, trained, and managed five assistants; collected and prepared content for exhibition; reported to the DUSP Department Head.
For the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS): worked with administrators and web-designer to define project scope, audience, and message of redesigned SPURS print and digital communications; prepared and participated in orientation of 12 international Fulbright fellows. -
Project Coordinator
Chelsea Voices
(Arts and Crafts industry)
June 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Designed civic arts program premised on placemaking, the development of community identity, and appropriation of inexpensive communication networks and display technologies.
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Research Assistant
ArchNet
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
January 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Developed the Afghanistan Historic Sites section of the Digital Library.
Archnet: http://archnet.org
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Co-organizer
Smart Cities Graduate Student Initiative
(Architecture & Planning industry)
August 2005 — May 2006 (10 months)
Initiated student group to foster interdisciplinary collaboration for MIT community members interested in connections between urban and technological change (Smart Cities use technology to enhance urban life, changing/challenging traditional ways people move, learn, consume, and interact). Kick-off event attracted over 300 students, alums, and postdocs.
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Intern
ArtistLink / Massachusetts Cultural Council
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
July 2005 — August 2005 (2 months)
Wrote case study reports on the development of two artist spaces located in Boston, MA: Midway Studios and the Boston Center for the Arts.
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Administrative Assistant
OPX, Architecture and Interiors
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
February 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 6 months)
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Volunteer Community Organizer
(ad hoc project)
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
September 2003 — April 2004 (8 months)
Organized residents in an apartment building to advocate for tenant rights and impove building conditions. Documented code violations in dwelling units and common spaces. Represented the tenants in communicating with the landlord. Obtained improvements in 300-tenant complex.
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Frame Conservation Technician
National Gallery of Art
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Fine Art industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
Engaged at all levels within the Frame Conservation Department: office management, research, and technical production.
Gena Peditto’s Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MCP , Urban Studies and Planning , 2004 — 2007
Master's thesis on urban arts ephemera—Open Studios Events—and their political, community and economic development attributes. Coursework in urban design, economic development, real estate finance and investment, historic preservation.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Certificate , Urban Design , 2004 — 2007
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Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Certificate , Career Discovery Program; Concentration in Urban Planning & Design , 2001 — 2001
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Barnard College
AB , Art History with concentration in Visual Arts , 1996 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Columbia Daily Spectator
Additional Information
Gena Peditto’s Websites:
Gena Peditto’s Interests:
american politics, civic vitality, community, behavior and decision making, spectacle, audience participation, social media, film theory/criticism, photography, cooking, gardening.
Gena Peditto’s Groups:
Urban Land Institute, National Assembly of State Arts Associations, Planners Network.
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CIC: Cambridge Innovation Center Clients and Alumni
Gena Peditto’s Honors:
Featured in SA+P Plan 73, April 2009. http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/white_house_redux/
Featured in the New York Times for White House Redux Competition entry: Shattuck, Kathryn. 1/16/2009. "Change You Can Only Imagine." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/arts/design/18shat.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=white%20house%20redux&st=cse
Exhibited and published by the Storefront for Art and Architecture, White House Redux Competition, 2008 http://www.whitehouseredux.org/
AICP Student Project Award, 2007 http://www.planning.org/students/pdf/07twosquares.pdf
Time Grant for the Arts, 2000
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