Experience

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  Edward Lynch

  • New Rochelle, New York

  • Consultant

    • Sep 2017 - Present
    • New Rochelle, New York

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  FEMA

  • Forrest Hills Queens NYC

  • Liaison / Senior Planner

    • Dec 2012 - 2015
    • Forrest Hills Queens NYC

    senior planner and analyst involved in long term recovery activities in Hurricane Sandy impacted communities. Liaison with Federal, State, County, NYC and other local officials and agencies with the goal of achieving sustainable redevelopment.

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  Monroe College

  • New Rochelle and Bronx

  • Environmental and Real Estate Faculty / Advisor

    • Jan 2002 - 2014
    • New Rochelle and Bronx

    Adjunct Professor in School of Allied Health, teaching Environmental Science. Previous Adjunct Professor with Business School, teaching Real Estate Development. Serves on King Graduate School of Urban Studies Advisory Board

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  City of Newburgh, NY

  • Director of Planning and Development

    • 2010 - 2011

    Responsible for all planning and development activities. In addition to Department Director, served as Administrative Director of the Industrial Development Agency. This city of 25,000 residents, ungloriously known as the "Murder Capital of New York State", is one of the poorest in NYS, with an average family income for 4 people of less than $30,000. It suffers from economic disinvestment, property abandonment, crime, and serious quality of life issues. Reported to the City Council and City Manager, attending senior staff and public meetings. Supervised Department staff and consultants. Provided policy direction and management oversight for CDBG programs, planning and zoning functions, property auctions of City- owned properties, preparation of RFQ’s and developer negotiations, drafting of zoning and subdivision regulations, oversight in finalization of Land Use Plan and LWRP, initiatives in new property tax laws and creation of Land Bank, direct monthly reporting to City Council and Industrial Development Agency Board.

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  City of New Rochelle, NY

  • New Rochelle NY

  • Director of Planning

    • 1994 - 2010
    • New Rochelle NY

    Responsible for planning and development activities for 16 years, during which time the city was transformed into a dynamic, desirable mid sized community with development with its first 40 story mixed use buildings, a revitalized waterfront, and award-winning planning and open space initiatives. The year I left to go to Newburgh as Planning and Development Director (2010), New Rochelle was recognized by Money Magazine as one of the top 100 small places to live in the US, in part because of the extensive physical, economic and quality of life improvements that had occurred. Plans for two 50 story mixed use projects had completed Final Environmental Impact Statements and Council / Planning Board approval. Then the 2008 market crash occurred and development came to a standstill. New Rochelle continues to be a regional leader in good governance and sustainable development.

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  Royal Commission and Deputy Ministry for Town Planning

  • Riyadh Saudi Arabia

  • Senior Development Consultant

    • 1990 - 1993
    • Riyadh Saudi Arabia

    Senior Consultant to the Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail andYanbu Industrial Cities and later to the Dep. Ministry for Town Planning in Saudi Arabia.In coordination with a professional planning consultant team from Harvard, MIT, Berkeley andNC Chapel Hill, developed a Model Land Development Code for Saudi Arabian Cities and Townsand advised senior Saudi officials on day to day planning decisions, investment promotionstrategies, and other economic and technical matters.

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  Boston Redevelopment Authority

  • Boston, Mass.

  • Senior Planner

    • 1986 - 1990
    • Boston, Mass.

    1986-1990. Senior Planner for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and AssistantProfessor at Northeastern University in the Graduate Program of Political Science.Responsible for developing plans and zoning code amendments for interim planning overlaydistricts (IPOD's) and for context-specific residential zoning districts. Planning Manager on threewaterfront planning and rezoning initiatives within the Harbor-park IPOD area: for MaritimeEconomy Reserve Zones, the Port Norfolk Neighborhood, and the Columbia Point Special StudyArea. Created a model to be used in other neighborhood planning and rezoning activities.

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  Planning Research Corporation (later AECOM)

  • New York and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Senior Analyst and Planning Consultant

    • 1982 - 1986
    • New York and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    1982-1986. Planning Consultant for Planning Research Corporation Harris Engineering(later bought out by AECOM).Responsible for monitoring the work of international planning, engineering, and architectural firms(primarily Bechtel and Parsons Group of Pasadena) which were large management services anddesign contractors involved in the development of two new industrial cities in Saudi Arabia, onwhich the Saudi government spent more than $40 billion in one decade. Directly supervised theproduction of Jubail and Yanbu's first zoning and subdivision regulations, uniform building codes,direct hire policy manual. As senior project and policy analyst, reviewed all aspects of thedevelopment program during that period of time and provided technical and financial advice tosenior government officials, including Ministers and Royal Family Members.

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  General Development Corporation

  • Miami, Florida

  • Planning Director

    • 1980 - 1981
    • Miami, Florida

    1980-1981. Planning Director for General Development Corporation (GDC) in FloridaResponsible for officially representing GDC's interests in fourteen Florida cities and counties,where GDC was developing new towns, and for monitoring the local government preparation ofcomprehensive plans and development regulations in those jurisdictions. Also participated in theland use planning of company towns and housing developments.

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  U.S.AID and INFOM

  • Resident Advisor

    • 1978 - 1979

    1978-1979. Resident Advisor to the National Institute for Municipal Development (INFOM)and US AID in GuatemalaResponsible for advising the president and other executives of INFOM on all administrative anddevelopment activities of the Institute, undertaken under a US Agency for InternationalDevelopment loan program, as follows: earthquake reconstruction activities, INFOMinstitutional development, municipal development programs, and municipal enterprise projects.

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  Miami Planning Department

  • Miami, Florida

  • Chief, Division of Special Projects, Planner III

    • 1972 - 1979
    • Miami, Florida

    1972-1977. Division Chief for the City of Miami, Florida, Planning DepartmentResponsible for overseeing the development and adoption of Miami's first comprehensiveneighborhood development plan, prepared under the State's new planning law, for its first sixyear capital improvement program, its first automated planning information system, and its firstFire and Rescue Services Master Plan. Planner-In-Charge of three neighborhood plans: for theMiami Riverfront, the Little Havana Latin Community, and the Design Plaza.

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  Peace Corps and Barquisimeto, Venezuela Planning Department

  • Barquisimeto, Venezuela

  • Planning Advisor

    • 1968 - 1971
    • Barquisimeto, Venezuela

    1968-1971. Technical Advisor to the Venezuelan Foundation of Municipal Development(FUNDACOMUN) and the Barquisimeto City Council while a Peace Corps volunteer.Responsible for organizing and directing the Planning Department of Barquisimeto, Venezuela(1970 population of 300,000) which served as a national model for the establishment of planningdepartments in four other large Venezuelan cities.Hired by the City as a Personal Services Contractor after completing Peace Corps Service