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Jennifer DeMelo

Jennifer DeMelo

Title: Director, Programs and Operations, KaBOOM!
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Jen De Melo is the Director of Programs and Operations at KaBOOM! and has been committed to prioritizing play and serving the kids who need it most since 2005. KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to ensuring that all kids get a childhood filled with the balanced and active play needed to thrive. Jen has worked on […]

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Brian Lee

Brian Lee

Title: Head of Transit Operations, Los Angeles DOT
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

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Nader Asmar, PE

Nader Asmar, PE

Title: Principal Transportation Engineer, Los Angeles DOT
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Nader Asmar is a registered Traffic Engineer in the State of California and is a 30-year veteran of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.  He has been involved in many of the Department’s initiatives, including the buildout of the City’s computerized traffic signal control system (ATSAC), Planning and Development Review, the Speed Hump Program, Project […]

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Hannah Levien

Hannah Levien

Title: Field Deputy, Mar Vista + West LA, Office of Councilmember Mike Bonin
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Hannah is the council member’s liaison for the Mar Vista and West Los Angeles communities. She has worked extremely close with the community over the last 9 months to seek their input, answer their questions and provide recommendations to the council’s transportation team and the council member. She previously worked for US Senator Dianne Feinstein […]

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Lois Arkin

Lois Arkin

Title: Founder, CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Lois Arkin is the founder (1980) of the nonprofit CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages.   In 1993, she co-founded the Los Angeles Eco-Village as a project of CRSP.  Co-author/editor of two books on sustainable cities and cooperative housing, she is the former editor for the “Ecovillage Living” column in Communities Magazine. She represents the Western U.S. […]

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Mike Blockstein

Mike Blockstein

Title: Principal, Public Matters
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Mike Blockstein, Principal, is a visual artist and educator. He has created and led projects nationally, working with youth, community leaders and organizations to reflect on, understand and shape their physical, social and political geographies, including A Chinatown Banquet in Boston Chinatown, Market Makeovers’ work on healthy food access, and PDUB Productions in Los Angeles’ […]

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Reanne Estrada

Reanne Estrada

Title: Creative Director, Public Matters
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Born in the Philippines, Reanne Estrada is a longtime Angeleno and a visual artist. She is Co-Founder & Creative Director of Public Matters, a creative studio for civic engagement. Founded in 2007, it is an award-winning, Los Angeles-based social enterprise that grows leadership capacity in our most vulnerable communities of color through collaborative creative acts […]

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Clare Kelley

Clare Kelley

Title: City Planning Associate, Department of City Planning, City of Los Angeles
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Clare Kelley is a City Planning Associate in the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, working on the comprehensive update to the Downtown Los Angeles Community Plan. In addition to her current role, Clare has worked in open space and active transportation planning in Los Angeles. She is a Vice Director of Awards […]

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Jacqui Swartz

Jacqui Swartz

Title: Transportation Planner, Los Angeles DOT
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Jacqui Swartz is a transportation planner on Vision Zero and Great Streets at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.  Jacqui has over 15 years of experience leading data-driven decision making for urban planning and engineering efforts. Jacqui has worked on various projects creating conceptual design development to improve safety for people walking and bicycling, geo-spatial models […]

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Garen G. Srapyan

Garen G. Srapyan

Title: Associate Planner, Long Range Planning Division, City of West Hollywood
NACTO Title: WalkShop Leader

Garen G. Srapyan is an Associate Planner in the Long Range Planning Division within the Planning and Development Services Department for the City of West Hollywood in California. Garen handles a number of complex projects for the City, including working on changes to the City’s zoning ordinance, developing, managing and administering the City’s parklet and […]

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