Kas Tebbetts

Analyst

Kas works to develop policies and strategies that uplift and protect marginalized communities’ histories and cultures.

Kas works on issues of equity, history, and culture across disciplines – from equity planning and policy development for local government, to equity audits of monuments and memorials, to tools to mitigate cultural displacement for large-scale real estate developments. She believes that seeing an inclusive, truthful story of the past in the built environment and embedding it in local government policy is essential to envisioning and planning for an inclusive future.

Kas leads all projects with a focus on people, working closely with stakeholders from grassroots community leaders to elected officials. She has enjoyed collaborating with local government staff to develop strategic plans focused on creating equitable outcomes for both government employees and the diverse communities they work in. Recent examples include Los Angeles County Planning’s latest strategic plan and a Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy for the City of Dallas.

Throughout her training and experience, Kas has collaborated with real estate developers, planners, designers, policymakers, small nonprofits, and philanthropists, and enjoys bringing everyone to the table and translating across sectors and disciplines.

Before joining HR&A, Kas was a Community Engagement Fellow with the City of Baltimore’s Office of Sustainability and a Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the Center for Community Investment at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy.

She holds a B.A. in Architecture and Urban Studies from Yale University. Kas is also a graduate of Downwinders at Risk’s community organizing college (taught by a leading Dallas environmental justice organization) and a registered yoga instructor in Dallas, Texas.