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emily joy lucas

resume + portfolio October 27, 2015

[email protected] | (785)218-6395

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Resume | emily joy lucas

EDUCATIONMaster of Urban Planning | University of Kansas | 2010 - 2012Bachelor of Science, Biology | Kansas State University | 1995 - 1999Kansas Leadership Center Fellow | 2012 - 2013 Missouri Jobs with Justice Community Organizer Training | 2008International Travel | 10 countries, 30+ cities, 13 100RC Cities | 1999 - Present

VISIONARY & STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP• Organized coalition of thirteen organizations, led development of a scope of work, consultant identification and

management, managed regional feasibility study and implementation support for Kansas City regional Food Hub, now staffed and funded for 2016 launch

• Organized over 100 farmers in partnership with the City to catalyze a change fifteen years in the making - the relocation and infrastructure development for a central downtown Lawrence Farmers Market

• Directed canvass offices across Massachusetts including training, administration, and leadership development for staff of 30 activists, for state and national legislative issues on behalf of Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, Human Rights Campaign, and Sierra Club

COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING• Through the Marlborough Catalyst Plan, built the Healthy Foods Leadership Network a coalition of 20 residents

and organizations, to connect and strengthen their work in the five Kansas City neighborhoods of the Marlborough Community Coalition. The plan developed leadership and administrative capacity for the Community Coalition, leading to implementation progress on multiple plan initiatives within two years

• Led development of community partnership between Kansas City No Violence Alliance and seven Prospect Avenue corridor neighborhoods to create the Community Vision for Safety and implementation strategy

• Through Keep Kansas City Beautiful, worked to organize and empower neighborhoods throughout the Kansas City urban core, using cleanup and beautification efforts as tools to build leadership and organizational capacity

SYNTHESIS• Led the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition Food Deserts Initiative, guiding bi-state regional collaboration

of member organizations working in hunger relief, policy, urban agriculture, built environment design, local/state/federal policy advocacy to improve healthy food access

• As Director of Keep Kansas City beautiful, developed, managed, and evaluated eight interrelated programs; managed two staff and six interns. Led budget growth through 2008-9 when all other affiliate programs of the parent nonprofit experienced significant reductions

• Intensive working study of local food systems development through Lawrence Farmers Market, Opal Blossom Farm, Sandheron Farm, Eldridge Hotel and Restaurant, and partnership with K-State Research & Extension to develop curriculum and materials for the Growing Growers program, training new farmers in subjects from soil

[email protected] | 4167 Flad Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110 | (785)218-6395 c | (314) 240-5428 h

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WORK HISTORYPlanner | BNIM | 2011 – Present, Kansas City | Currently leading business development to establish St. Louis officePolicy and Planning Associate, Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, KC Healthy Kids | 2013, Kansas CityDirector, Keep Kansas City Beautiful | 2007 – 10, Kansas CityLead Sales and Customer Service, Sprint | 2006, Kansas CityManager, Eldridge Hotel Restaurant | 2005, Lawrence, KSMarket Manager, Lawrence Farmers Market | 2003 – 2004, Lawrence, KSCurriculum Development, Grower Growers Training Program | 2003 – 2004 | Lawrence, KSBusiness Manager, Organic Opal Blossoms Farm | 2002, Watsonville, CaliforniaCanvass Director, Fund for Public Interest Research | 2000 – 2001, Massachusetts

SUMMARY OF SKILLS & EXPERTISE urban and rural community planning at site, neighborhood, city, and regional scales | issue and policy advocacy streetscape & green infrastructure | local food system development | community organizing network building | neighborhood cleanup , tree planting, urban agriculture and beautification | process design organizational development | relationship development | leadership development | socio-ecology | sustainable psychology & behavior change | social & environmental justice facilitation & community engagement | policy & program design , evaluation, development | communications strategy | systems thinking | resource & fund development | community development | event planning community arts and social service planning | public health | economic disparity & diversity

REFERENCESBob Berkebile, Mentor, BNIM | (816) 916-4872, [email protected] Gauthier, Planning Studio Director, BNIM | (816) 213-0637, [email protected] Ann Lazarus, Principal, MAL eco | (314) 805-9332, [email protected] Katie Nixon, Chair, KC Food Hub working group | (816) 809-5074, [email protected] Horn, Sustainability Coordinator, Douglas County, KS, (785) 330 - 3121Stephen Samuels, Executive Director, Kansas City LISC (No Violence Alliance) | (816) 287-2085, [email protected] Kevin Chafin, former Director of Programs, Bridging the Gap (Keep KC Beautiful) (816) 674-4782, [email protected] May, Executive Director, Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council, [email protected], (816) 921-6611Dina Newman, Agent of Change, Grown in Ivanhoe, Lots of Love [email protected], (816) 921-6611

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• Organized and empowered leadership within the KC Food Hub working group, a coalition of thirteen organizations, to develop a regional food hub

• Led coalition in developing scope of work, selection and management of a consultant team, management of a regional feasibility study, and implementation support for a Kansas City regional Food Hub, staffing and funded for 2016 launch

• Hosted multi-session summit initiating collaboration between the KC Food Hub working group and six other regional food hub initiatives to leverage resources and coordinate efforts. Summit resulted in a partnership with Douglas County KS in collaborative research design/data collection for simultaneous yet separate studies, as well as incorporation of the goals of each summit organization in research objectives

• Collaborative research and similar study results led the KC Food Hub Working group and the Douglas County coalition toward joint implementation of one regional Food Hub, eliminating duplication

• Managed ongoing regional stakeholder relationships, published study data and results to support regional organizations in their work to develop a healthy food system

• Engaged working group, summit coalition iand Douglas County coalition in galvanizing involvement of 192 farmers, most small and many in underserved communities, as well as121 buyers through surveys, interviews, speaking engagements, and group meetings to identify regional supply & demand, barriers & opportunities, infrastructure, service needs

• Supported development of five member producer owner team in final design of food hub business, partnership development strategy for technical assistance and healthy food access, and fund development for first year operations

Stakeholders engaged vegetable, fruit, and livestock producers; hospitals; schools; restaurants; grocers; local and national food distribution business and nonprofits; local food business analysts; hunger relief organizations; farm to school programs; neighborhoods; software and distribution logistics experts; agricultural organizations; regional food hub initiatives; developers; local and state government officials; public and private funders

Project Manager, Regional Feasibility Study, working group member 2012 - 2015

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Stakeholders engaged neighborhood residents/leaders; community development organizations; police; county prosecutor; center for conflict resolution; UMKC criminal justice department; local government elected officials; probation and parole; metropolitan crime commission

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Led community engagement efforts to develop the Kansas City No Violence Alliance (NoVA) partnership with seven neighborhoods along Prospect Avenue, one of Kansas City’s highest violent crime corridors. Designed and conducted process to develop the Community Vision for Safety.

• Guided NoVA partners through process to prioritize and refine program and goals for community partnership to design process for engagement and implementation efforts

• Hosted strategic meetings with Neighborhood Association leaders to design and mobilize resident involvement in a community workshop with neighborhood residents, advised development of the Community Response Team, currently guiding implementation efforts

• Mentored intern (academic focus: environmental design to promote safety for african american women) to conduct research, facilitate engagement and design plan documents

• Strategies to address vacant properties/lots, microeconomic resilience, and beautification emerged as priorities.

• With the Community Vision for Safety in place, NoVA was awarded a $1M grant from the Byrne Criminal Justice initiative and hired staff to guide neighborhoods and NoVA partners through the ongoing problem solving process that builds neighborhood leadership accountability through capacity building and conflict mediation tools such as neighborhood accountability boards

• The initiative mobilized resource development that supports the recently launched Catalytic Urban Redevelopment Initiative

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Led the Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition Food Deserts Initiative, guiding bi-state regional collaboration of member organizations working in hunger relief, policy, urban agriculture, built environment design, local/state/federal policy advocacy to improve healthy food access

• Worked with a coalition of neighborhoods, gardeners, urban agriculture experts and organizations, City elected officials, planning staff, and public works department to develop the H20 to Grow initiative, a City-sponsored grant programs to provide water access infrastructure for community and commercial gardens.

• Worked with Kansas City, MO elected officials; water, planning, and legal departments to develop the KC Grow grant fund to support water access for urban agriculture, inspired by the Kansas City, KS H20 to Grow program

• Partnered with the Wyandotte County Unified Government Healthy Communities Initiative and the

Stakeholders engaged hunger relief organizations; farm to school programs; agricultural organizations; developers; community development organizations, neighborhood associations, local and state elected officials, planning, water, legal, public works, housing, economic development, health departments ; public and private funding; food producers; institutions; restaurants; grocers; local and national food distributors

Policy and Planning Associate, Steering Committee member 2012 - 2015KC HEALTHY KIDS | GREATER KANSAS CITY FOOD POLICY COALITION

of Kansas City, KS Mayor’s office to organize the 2013 Healthy Food Summit to build political will around healthy food access, supported Mayoral Efforts to develop a Healthy Food Campus in downtown Kansas City, Kansas

• Designed and convened quarterly/annual workshops to provide regional healthy food stakeholders productive opportunities to network and advance collaborative efforts

• Supported strategic plan development for Building a Healthier Heartland, a coalition of regional stakeholders working to support community health through built environment design

• Developed relationship between Food Policy Coalition’s parent nonprofit organization, KC Healthy Kids, and the Kansas Health Foundation to fund the Statewide Partnership for a Healthier Kansas Initiative, working to develop policy across the state of Kansas to increase healthy food access

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Stakeholders engaged neighborhood associations and residents; churches and faith-based initiatives; landscape architects; city and county stormwater agencies; engineers; educational institutions; community nonprofits; private and public funders; local government elected officials; businesses

Director of Affliate Program 2007 - 2010KEEP KANSAS CITY BEAUTIFUL | BRIDGING THE GAP

• Sustainable beautification- designed and managed multiple programs that engaged neighborhood leaders in the planning, installation, and maintenance of gateway gardens, rain gardens, and community gardens to manage stormwater and increase healthy food access.

• Prairies on Prospect- collaborative design and implementation of restorative justice program, in which individuals assigned community service planted and maintained native gardens at five intersections along Prospect corridor where loitering and crime are chronic issues.

• Benton Boulevard beautification project- organized a coalition of residents, property owners, churches, neighborhood associations, university resources, City resources, and volunteers to identify and map target areas for beautification, obtain funds, and manag volunteers to plant and maintain gardens along a 6 mile corridor, leading to community project such as the Benton Community Garden

• Partnered with Operation Breakthrough, a single-site early education child care and social services facility serving over 400 children in Kansas City’s urban core to design and install an outdoor classroom, a natural oasis for play and education adjacent to the main facility

• Brush Creek Community Rain Garden- worked with Kansas City Art Institute, Sprint, and volunteers to develop ongoing maintenance program for the Brush Creek Community Rain garden

• Increased KKCB budget during the 2008 recession. Organized a city-wide neighborhood based campaing in which neighbors in every Council district attended public budget hearings to demonstrate their commitment to partnership with KKCB and to cleaning and beautifying their own neighborhoods/ The City increased KKCB’s

annual funding contract during severe budget contractions as a solution to support resident-driven maintenance while city services were limited

• Led Keep Kansas City Beautiful Board of Directors and staff through 2009-10 organizational transition, providing mediation and strategic planning during a highly conflictual leadership transition for the parent nonprofit organization, Bridging The Gap

• In partnership with national affiliate Keep America Beautiful, conducted research and site visits to adapt the Philadelphia LandCare program for local use. The program is a partnership between City government, the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, neighborhoods, and community organizations. It provides employment for more than 100 prior criminal offenders and at risk youth to maintain more than 8,000 vacant lots in the City as an interim strategy for neighborhood redevelopment. Engaged Kansas City community partners in conversations that influenced development the Kansas City Land Bank program.

• Designed and developed the currently operating WaterWorks! Program for parent organization Bridging The Gap, a water conservation and education program that engages residents and businesses in stormwater management and water conservation on private property

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Much of my understanding of what creates a thriving neighborhood is grounded in my working relationships with the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council. Through programs; community organizing, advocacy and education; in study and in practice; through participatory observation and as a community partner; and through my work at KKCB, GKC Food Policy Coalition, KU Urban Planning, KC Food Hub Working Group, BNIM, and the No Violence Alliance, I worked in partnership with the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council to empower community residents and build neighborhood capacity through litter cleanup, beautification, urban agriculture, community organizing, job training, microeconomic development, social justice, and community partnership.

2007 - 2014IVANHOE NEIGHBORHOODCommunity Partner

• Collaborative design and implementation of a deep community engagement strategy, guiding five neighborhoods in the development of integrated solutions that address arts and social services, healthy food access, mobility, vacant lot reuse and redevelopment, commercial redevelopment, and redevelopment of the recently closed elementary school

• Worked with the Marlborough Community Coalition (MCC) to design solutions for increased leadership and administrative capacity for the Community Coalition, leading to significant progress on multiple plan initiatives within two years. This progress occurred despite the unexpected and untimely death of the MCC President in the year following plan completion

• Worked with neighborhood leaders to build the Healthy Foods Leadership Network, a coalition of 20 residents and organizations who are now funded and working to connect and strengthen their efforts to improve access in the Marlborough neighborhoods

• Hosted the “Taste of Marlborough” celebration and implementation launch, featuring local food artisans and workshop that launched multiple resident-driven teams to champion implementation efforts

Stakeholders engaged residents; neighborhood leaders; city planning staff; local elected officials; area transportation authority; regional planning organization; developers; engineers; artists; teachers; churches; community nonprofits; schools; agriculture organizations; hunger relief agencies; community centers

Consultant Team Member 2013 - 2014MARLBOROUGH CATALYST PLAN

Through interdisciplinary collaboration, developed an ongoing partnership with Manheim Park neighborhood, an inner ring neighborhood in Kansas City, MO, to engage community members in the development of a neighborhood vision, strategic redevelopment plan and performance guidelines, as well as redevelopment of the vacant elementary school into affordable housing • Through strategic development plan, performance guidelines, and a health impact assessment, supported

Manheim Park Neighborhood Association in building capacity to direct neighborhood development. They now have a development-savvy board of directors who are using the plan and performance guidelines to autonomously direct neighborhood redevelopment, including current partnerships with multiple design firms who are currently working to develop infill housing

Consultant Team Member 2011 - 2015MANHEIM PARK STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT

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Partnered with the City of Kansas City in a sustainable redevelopment plan for a historic 400-acre municipal property with multiple brownfields and culturally sensitive historic uses including the former municipal jail that once operated as a farm; a potters field, and sensitive wetland areas adjacent to the area pump station. • Engaged partners and community in development of a vision and site plan to create mutually beneficial

relationships between restoration of sensitive natural areas and mixed use redevelopment • ASLA 2012 Professional Merit Award• Selected for 2015 American Architectural Foundation Sustainable Cities Design Academy

Engaged a complex network of stakeholders in a regional economic development plan, led by One Southern Indiana (1si), the regional economic development authority and chamber of commerce. The process engaged four Southern Indiana counties in a combined effort to strengthen the regional economy and to increase quality of life. Inside of a fragmented political context, 1si is using the plan to build partnerships and political will to develop a globally competitive economy, provide exceptional livability for everyone, offer world class amenities, and celebrate the diverse people, places, and perspectives of Southern Indiana. • Designed and conducted a multi-tiered engagement process to engage stakeholders and a broad base of

community members to identify common regional priorities and opportunities• Leveraged community assets and resources to strengthen regional connections and build political will

toward common aspirations. Included ongoing plans for the Ohio River Greenway to rally resources and support to unify communities along the river; a well as initiation of network development to create stronger connecrtions among a regional health programs and social services to address the exponential increase of HIV in Austin, IN, correlated with rise in intravenous drug use

MUNICIPAL FARM SUSTAINABLE REUSE PLAN

Stakeholders engaged local government elected officials, planning staff, water department and police; National Guard; neighborhood association; residents; businesses; conservation organizations

Project Manager, Consultant Team Member

2011 - 2012

OUR SOUTHERN INDIANA REGIONAL PLAN 2015

Stakeholders engaged residents; local and state elected officials; city and county planning, parks, and economic development; educational institutions; health care and social service institutions; community nonprofits; faith-based initiatives; tourism and entertainment; businesses and entrepreneurs

Consultant Team Member

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Organized more than100 farmers in partnership with the City to catalyze a change 15 years in the making- relocation and infrastructure development for a central downtown Lawrence Farmers Market • Hosted multiple conversations and mediated

conflict between vendors to build consensus• Obtained funding and conducted research and

site visits to identify infrastructure needs• Initiated City Task Force to identify new location

and city resources to support infrastructure

Worked collaboratively with K-State research and extension to design curriculum and materials for inaugural growers training program, providing hands-on and in-class training on topics from soil science to marketing for specialty crop production. The program is now led by a coalition of six community partners and has trained more than 120 apprentice farmers in the Kansas City region.

Stakeholders engaged vegetable, fruit, and livestock producers; universities; research and extension; city government officials; public and private funders

Lawrence Farmers Market Manager, Growing Growers Program Assistant 2002 - 2004

LAWRENCE FARMERS MARKET + GROWING GROWERS PROGRAM

FLINT HILLS REGIONAL PLAN2012 - 2015

Stakeholders engaged residents; local, state, and federal government officials and staff; military; Native American tribes; agriculture; biotech; university; tourism; conservation organizations


In partnership with the Flint Hills Regional Council, worked with citizens and stakeholders of the Flint Hills eco-region in Kansas and Oklahoma to develop an integrated regional plan and online toolbox for economic development and protection of its native and natural resources. Galvanized residents and stakeholders throughout the 19-county eco-region in a long-term implementation strategy for coordinating regional efforts, supporting the home of Fort Riley, Kansas State University, and the last remaining stand of Tallgrass Prairie in the nation.

OYATE OMNICYE REGIONAL PLAN2011

Stakeholders engaged ThunderValley Community Development Corporation (TVCDC), HUD Sustainable Communities tribal governmental agencies, local non-profits, a BNIM-led team of experts, and the Oglala Lakota Oyate (people)


Conducted community education, health and food systems research to establish baseline data for the Oyate Omnicye Regional Plan for Sustainable Development . Thunder Valley CDC is actively using the plan as a blueprint for current public and private investment decisions, implementing community development in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Sioux Nation of South Dakota. Provided fund development support for implementation of the Community Agriculture Education Center.

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2010 - 2012

Core Curriculum: history and theory of planning; urban and regional theory; economic analysis; quantitative analysis; planning institutions; professional practice

Subjects studied, writings neighborhood involvement in planning; neighborhood capacity building; community development; land use law; resource development; affordable and mixed income housing development; micro-economic development; local government policy design,; community and neighborhood revitalization

Subjects studied, writings sustainable behavior change; environmental psychology; applied behavioral psychology; environmental education; environmental science; environmental planning techniques; land use planning; site planning

Student, Secretary Kansas Association of Planning Students

Studied local, global, alternative, sustainable food systems; soil, water, and energy in planning; stakeholder assessment; consensus building; collaboration development• Served on the 2012 GKC Food Policy Coalition

Steering Committee, conducting independent research course in final semester of graduate school to develop 3 year strategic plan; hired as Planning and Policy Associate in Aug 2012

• Developed and funded volunteer management program for Cultivate Kansas City 2013 Urban Farms and Garden Tour

Literature Review, Primary Research, Participatory Observation

• Inaugural Steering Committee member• Conducted independent study course in final

semester of graduate school, leading initial strategic planning conversations to establish organizational mission, structure, and priority conservation areas

GIS + organizational development research, mission development, partnership develoment

Community & Neighborhoods in Planning

Local and Regional Food System Development

Heartland Conservation Alliance

Environmental Science, Planning & Psychology

MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

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Directed canvass offices across Massachusetts including training, administration, and leadership development for staff of 30 activists, for state and national legislative issues • In partnership with the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, canvassed Cape Cod and Boston area

communities to pass the 2000 Massachusetts Beaches Act, adopting EPA-recommended water quality standards for public beach waters, weekly monitoring, and public announcements when water is polluted

• Managed membership drive in Northampton, MA for the Human Rights Campaign• In partnership with the Sierra Club and other national organizations in 2000-1, built public support to successfully

establish nearly 60 million acres of roadless areas in National Forests under the Clinton administration• Trainer, FFPIR 2001 National Canvass Director Training

• In partnership with Murder Victim’s Families for Reconciiation and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, supported Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) in development of the Missouri Victim Family Member coalition

• developed messaging and led advocacy efforts to support MADP campaign to abolish state death penalty• Keynote speaker, 2009 Lobby Day• Keynote speaker, 2010 Annual meeting• Guest lectures, University of Missouri Kansas City department of Criminal Justice courses, 2010-11

Canvass Director and Field Manager | Cape Cod, Boston, Western Massachussetts

Volunteer strategic advisor and advocate

2012 - 2015

2012 - 2015

FUND FOR PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH

MISSOURIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, Kansas

Subjects studied human anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, organismic microbiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, calculus women’s studies, history Cadaver Dissection Team, Instructor

Worked to identify, harvest, and clone brain proteins to develop treatments for both breast and prostate cancers

learned Human Anatomy & Physiology course material at accelerated rate, worked with team to dissect cadavers and instruct other students in course material

Johnson Cancer Research Center Team Member

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BIOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH1995 - 1999

(C) BNIM

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