Our Team — Project for Public Spaces

Our Team

We are a cross-disciplinary non-profit that shares a passion for public spaces.

Co-Executive Director

Co-Executive Director

Development Manager

Director of Events

Senior Design Lead

Director of Projects

Temishi Onnekikami

Project Associate

Program Manager, Placemaking

Director of Administration

Anne Tan-Detchkov

Director of Communications & Marketing

Jossue Velasquez

Network Manager

Senior Associate, Events & Development

Senior Program Manager, Market Cities

Our Affiliates

Place Solutions Group

Alessandra Galletti

Reena Agarwal (Chair)

Founder and CEO, R3 Impact Advisors (New York, NY, USA)

Todd Palmer (Vice Chair)

Head of Inquiry, Balloon-Frame (Chicago, IL, USA)

Ellen Abraham (Treasurer)

Design Equity Strategist (New York, NY, USA)

Lisa Knip (Secretary)

Director, Toronto, VVA LLC (Toronto, Canada)

Academic Coordinator of Urban Placemaking Management, Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute (New York, NY, USA)

Executive Director, National Association of Neighborhoods (Washington, DC, USA)

Litigation Associate, Kaplan Martin LLP (New York, NY, USA)

VP, US Programs & Policy at Rockefeller Foundation (Washington, DC, USA)

Attorney, Of Counsel, Kirby McInerney LLP (Brooklyn, NY, USA)

Bridget Marquis

Director, Reimagining the Civic Commons (Boston, MA, USA)

Director, Data and Business Analytics, National League of Cities (Washington, DC, USA)

Mitchell Silver, FAICP, Hon. ASLA

Speaker and Advisor - Planning, Parks, Public Spaces and Placemaking (Raleigh, NC, USA)

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