Director, Citizens Planning Institute, Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Donna Carney is the Director and founder of the Philadelphia Citizens Planning Institute, the education and outreach arm of the City Planning Commission since 2010. She brings to this role over 25 years of project management and design experience as an architect specializing in historic preservation and sustainable design. Her goal is to guide the development of educational tools to empower communities of people within Philadelphia to learn, grow, and improve the quality of their neighborhoods. Donna is a graduate of Fielding University's Organization Management & Development program, Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Architecture & Design, Iowa State University College of Design.