Experience

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  U3 Advisors

  • United States
  • Real Estate
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Associate

    • Sep 2022 - Present

    At U3 Antonina works with large anchor institutions - public institutions and private corporations - to create strategies for inclusive and sustainable local economic development.

  • Director, Buffalo Purchasing Initiative

    • Feb 2019 - Sep 2022

    Antonina was the inaugural Director of the Buffalo Purchasing Initiative. She built the backbone infrastructure to convene Buffalo’s largest employers to collaboratively explore strategies, share resources and purchase more goods and services from local BIPOC businesses to help create jobs in the Buffalo Region.

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  Timbre Consultants

  • Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

  • Co-founder & President

    • Apr 2015 - Present
    • Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

    Working to advance urban and community planning efforts in collaboration with community-based-organizations, community development corporations, public agencies and research institutions.Timbre Consultants is a team of planners committed to social, policy and bricks and mortar initiatives that embody and build upon community strengths. Whether through research, project planning or public relations, we know how to work with the public, private and institutional stakeholders that can influence a project’s outcome. We believe that meaningful collaboration is the best way to achieve creative and tangible results.

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  The Western NY Environmental Alliance

  • Buffalo, NY

  • Executive Director

    • Jul 2017 - Feb 2019
    • Buffalo, NY

    The WNY Environmental Alliance is an independent, member-run organization with a mission to mobilize change through collective action and collaboration, in order to ensure sustainable, thriving ecosystems and communities in Western New York. With more than 100 member organizations, affiliates and supporters, the WNYEA wants to ensure that the environment is the key factor in local and regional planning.

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  Groundwork Buffalo

  • Executive Director

    • Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

    Groundwork Buffalo’s mission is to build sustainable urban environments in Greater Buffalo by engaging and empowering families and communities, including youth, in re-generating and connecting with the natural infrastructure and built environment. Groundwork Buffalo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. As the local affiliate of the Groundwork USA Network, we have the support of the National Parks Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, and leverage the resources, methods and demonstrated successes of a national network of Groundwork Trusts working to improve their environment, economy and quality of life through local action.

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  Freelance Consultant

  • Strategy Consultant for Urban and Community Development

    • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

    Strategy development including: program, policy, process and tool design; research and case study development; communications; advocacy; and workshop facilitation.

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  University at Buffalo, Summer Study Abroad 2014, Dept. of Architecture

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Assistant Director and Instructor

    • May 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Antonina coordinated program logistics, guest lectures and site visits for Second Nature: Future Grounds, an undergraduate / graduate level summer study abroad program in Architecture. She also Instructed the Urban Planning Workshop focused on Dutch urban and regional planning history and context, planning tools and design research methods.

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  New York City Community Learning Schools Initiative

  • New York City

  • Director of Planning and Implementation

    • Oct 2012 - May 2014
    • New York City

    Antonina worked to structure and implement a citywide program to transform New York City public school buildings into neighborhood service hubs. She led program activities including: program and tool design; developing program partnerships with community-based organizations, program and service providers, elected officials, city agencies, and private sponsors; and managing school capacity-building and technical assistance activities.

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  DEGW

  • New York City

  • Senior Strategy Consultant

    • May 2007 - Oct 2012
    • New York City

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  Harvard Graduate School of Design, Executive Education Program

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Instructor

    • 2011 - 2012
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Rethinking the Office: The Business Case for Design

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  AKRF, Inc.

  • New York City

  • Urban Planner

    • 2006 - 2007
    • New York City

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  Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

  • New York City

  • Young Leadership Fellow, World Trade Center On-site Planning Intern

    • 2005 - 2005
    • New York City

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  Public Policy Institute of California

  • San Francisco

  • Public Policy Research Associate

    • 2001 - 2004
    • San Francisco