Vrunda Vaghela
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Heidi Jones-Huffman, AIA, LEED AP bdc
Vrunda is a critical thinker and independent worker with an ever-growing knowledge of the practice of architecture and planning. She is a great communicator with a warm personality and collaborative nature. While I worked with her at ZGF Architects, I saw her hone design, documentation and construction adminstration skills and know Vrunda to be capable of performing any task set in front of her. I admire her interest in marrying her professional architectural and planning skills with community service issues and know that she is an individual with the drive and passion to change lives for the better.
Heidi Jones-Huffman, AIA, LEED AP bdc
Vrunda is a critical thinker and independent worker with an ever-growing knowledge of the practice of architecture and planning. She is a great communicator with a warm personality and collaborative nature. While I worked with her at ZGF Architects, I saw her hone design, documentation and construction adminstration skills and know Vrunda to be capable of performing any task set in front of her. I admire her interest in marrying her professional architectural and planning skills with community service issues and know that she is an individual with the drive and passion to change lives for the better.
Heidi Jones-Huffman, AIA, LEED AP bdc
Vrunda is a critical thinker and independent worker with an ever-growing knowledge of the practice of architecture and planning. She is a great communicator with a warm personality and collaborative nature. While I worked with her at ZGF Architects, I saw her hone design, documentation and construction adminstration skills and know Vrunda to be capable of performing any task set in front of her. I admire her interest in marrying her professional architectural and planning skills with community service issues and know that she is an individual with the drive and passion to change lives for the better.
Heidi Jones-Huffman, AIA, LEED AP bdc
Vrunda is a critical thinker and independent worker with an ever-growing knowledge of the practice of architecture and planning. She is a great communicator with a warm personality and collaborative nature. While I worked with her at ZGF Architects, I saw her hone design, documentation and construction adminstration skills and know Vrunda to be capable of performing any task set in front of her. I admire her interest in marrying her professional architectural and planning skills with community service issues and know that she is an individual with the drive and passion to change lives for the better.
Credentials
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LEED AP
U.S. Green Building Council
Experience
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Blue Meridian Partners
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United States
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Portfolio Strategy & Management
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May 2021 - Present
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Enterprise Community Partners
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Civic and Social Organizations
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Director, National Initiatives
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Mar 2020 - May 2021
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Director, National Initiatives
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Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
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Director, Special Projects
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Jul 2016 - Oct 2017
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Senior Program Director, Special Projects
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Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
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Bipartisan Policy Center
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United States
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Think Tanks
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Policy Analyst
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Jun 2014 - Jan 2015
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Fifth Avenue Committee
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellow
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
• Recipient of the New York City Community Development Fellowship, an award sponsored by Morgan Stanley and the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development.• Assessed and outlined plans to protect FAC's portfolio of affordable and supportive housing from future natural disasters and crises within the framework of resiliency planning taking place through Enterprise Community Partners' Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Program’s Multifamily Collaborative. • Recipient of the New York City Community Development Fellowship, an award sponsored by Morgan Stanley and the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development.• Assessed and outlined plans to protect FAC's portfolio of affordable and supportive housing from future natural disasters and crises within the framework of resiliency planning taking place through Enterprise Community Partners' Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuilding Program’s Multifamily Collaborative.
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
• Developed innovative retrofit strategies to protect multi-family affordable housing from climate change through the study of three multi-family building typologies in New York City.• Identified financing options, regulatory changes, and other solutions to implementation barriers.• Developed decision-making tools to support policymakers to make efficient and equitable choices among alternative resiliency strategies. • Developed innovative retrofit strategies to protect multi-family affordable housing from climate change through the study of three multi-family building typologies in New York City.• Identified financing options, regulatory changes, and other solutions to implementation barriers.• Developed decision-making tools to support policymakers to make efficient and equitable choices among alternative resiliency strategies.
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American Red Cross Greater New York
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Long-Term Community Recovery Research Manager
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May 2013 - Sep 2013
Developed best practices and recommendations for long-term community recovery to the American Red Cross Long Term Recovery program, community partners, and long-term recovery group (LTRG) leadership. Developed best practices and recommendations for long-term community recovery to the American Red Cross Long Term Recovery program, community partners, and long-term recovery group (LTRG) leadership.
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Program Manager
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Nov 2010 - Feb 2012
• Developed housing and infrastructure initiatives with local citizen groups, community organizations, and national, state, and local government officials.• Established revolving loan fund to finance housing construction for impoverished families living in informal settlements.• Guided sustainable design and construction of houses built with revolving loan fund.• Developed city level master plans for decentralized drinking water systems and sanitation.• Coordinated implementation of decentralized drinking water systems and sanitation units.• Analyzed local and national level policies for housing and infrastructure.• Prepared and monitored budgets, grants, reports, contracts, and proposals.
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ZGF Architects
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Architecture and Planning
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700 & Above Employee
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Designer
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Jul 2007 - Oct 2010
Coordinated architectural and construction drawings for: • Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Boston, MA • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York, NY • Department of Homeland Security, Saint Elizabeth’s Campus - Washington, DC • UNCH Hillsborough Hospital Campus - Hillsborough, NC • Emory University, Health Sciences Research Building - Atlanta, GA • University of Virginia, Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center - Charlottesville, VA
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Project Manager
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Aug 2005 - Oct 2010
• Aided establishment of local chapter and coordination of program activities.• Managed schematic design of first campus for Akilah Institute for Women - Kigali, Rwanda, Africa • Aided establishment of local chapter and coordination of program activities.• Managed schematic design of first campus for Akilah Institute for Women - Kigali, Rwanda, Africa
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RTKL
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United States
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Architecture and Planning
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200 - 300 Employee
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Intern Architect
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Jul 2005 - Jul 2006
Coordinated architectural drawings for Food and Drug Administration Consolidation - White Oak, MD Coordinated architectural drawings for Food and Drug Administration Consolidation - White Oak, MD
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Education
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2012 - 2014
New York University
Master of Urban Planning, Economic Development and Housing -
2001 - 2007
Mississippi State University
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture
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