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Jeffrey Hebert, Senior Planner
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Jeff Hebert
In his role at Concordia, Jeff is the Director of Planning and
manages the firm’s planning portfolio. Currently, he is spending the bulk of
his time managing the School Facilities Master Plan for the rebuilding of New Orleans’
public schools. Other projects include neighborhood plans in New Orleans and
community development consulting in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ.
Formerly, Jeff served as Director of Community Planning for the
Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA). At the LRA, Jeff co-managed the Louisiana
Speaks Planning process and served as the state’s representative to the Unified
New Orleans Plan (UNOP) leadership team. Jeff spearheaded the state’s Louisiana
Cottage proposal to FEMA which was awarded $75 mil and managed the $200 mil
Long Term Community Recovery Program targeted to finance community-driven local
recovery plans. In addition, Jeff created the $3 mil Planning Capacity Building
Program to fund additional planning staff in communities affected by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
Education:
· British Architecture & Urbanism Program,
NYU/University College London, London, UK – 2001
Dean’s Undergraduate
Research Grant: “New Town Planning in Great Britain”
· B.A. Urban Design & Architecture Studies,
New York University, New York, NY – 2002
Thesis: “America’s Utopian
Dreams: Idealistic Planning in the U.S.”
· Master in City Planning, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – 2004
Thesis: “Investigating Collaborative
Planning in Philadelphia’s Revitalization Initiatives”
Experience:
· Director of Planning, Concordia
LLC, New Orleans, LA, 10/2007 – present
· Director of Community Planning, Louisiana
Recovery Authority, 4/2006 – 9/2007
· Manager of Sustainable Redevelopment Programs,
Penn. Environmental Council, Philadelphia, 12/2005 – 5/2006
· Project Manager, Downtown Brooklyn
Redevelopment Plan, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, New York, 10/2004 – 12/2005
· Research Assistant, M.I.T. Urban
Revitalization Project, Cambridge, MA, 9/2003 – 4/2004
· Project Assistant, Neighborhood Preservation
Center, New York, NY, 8/2001 – 8/2002
· Project Assistant, New York Landmarks
Conservancy, Endangered Buildings Initiative, New York, NY, 9/1999 – 8/2001
Organizations:
· American Planning Association
· Urban Land Institute
· Society of Architectural Historians
Recent
Presentations and Lectures:
National Academy of Science (Washington, DC), American Society of
Landscape Architects Annual Conference (San Francisco), Sen. Mary Landrieu’s
Recovery Summit (New Orleans), University of Louisiana System (Baton Rouge),
Boston Society of Architects, Council of Education Facilities Planners Annual
Conference (Phoenix), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Austrian Chamber
of Commerce C.I.M.A. Urban Revitalization Conference (Vienna).