Tara Duvivier
Senior Planner; Visiting Assistant Professor
Biography
Tara Duvivier, AICP is an Urban Planner based in New York City and works on a range of community-based planning initiatives, working closely with community groups. Whether performing planning research and analysis, or coordinating between stakeholders, Tara is deeply committed to working towards solutions that are equitable and effective. Prior to her current role, Tara focused on land use analysis as a planner in the Office of the Manhattan Borough President and worked for various non-profit affordable housing developers , managing the creation of hundreds of units of housing throughout the city ranging from supportive housing for formerly unhoused people to homeownership opportunities for low-income New Yorkers. Tara also loves music and has shaped her Urban Planning work to where she is also able to advocate for nightlife as a vital cultural and community building tool for cities.
Education
MUP, Urban Planning, New York University – Wagner School of Public Service
BS, Engineering, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art