Miles brings experience in long-range planning, economic development, transit-oriented development, and housing policy.

Prior to joining HR&A, Miles was previously employed by the City of Los Angeles where he worked on long-range planning in the San Fernando Valley and the application of the City’s new zoning code. During his time there, Miles collaborated closely with community stakeholders to shape a vision for the future of neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles. He tackled urgent issues including affordable housing, revitalization commercial corridors, and sustainable environmental practices. Before his time with the City of Los Angeles, Miles worked as an analyst with a primary focus on economic development and land use strategies throughout Southern California. This work included updating economic strategies, performing market analyses, and recommending land use interventions to reach housing and economic goals.

Miles holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles as well as a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

As an analyst in our New York office, Anna is passionate about equitable economic development, affordable housing, and urban resilience.

Before joining HR&A, Anna worked as a Program Associate at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, where she assisted low- and middle- income homeowners across New York. She was previously an intern at Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants and a Princeton in Asia Fellow in Phang Nga, Thailand, where she taught English at a public high school.

Anna received a B.A. in Urban Studies from Brown University. Her senior capstone project analyzed rental housing ownership in Providence, RI, in service to a local community-based organization. As a researcher with Brown’s Climate and Development Lab, Anna attended the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23).

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.

Kayla is at the forefront of creating equitable and just urban communities; she has worked with a variety of government agencies, nonprofits, foundations, and private sector clients to develop policies and programs that support the United States’ changing demographics.

Prior to her time at HR&A, Kayla conducted field interviews throughout the Midwest and traveled on a research grant to eastern Germany to study transnational socioeconomic policy implementation in declining industrial centers. Kayla also analyzed historical and economic trends of eminent domain and highway development in Dallas as an Engaged Learning Fellow at Southern Methodist University.

When she isn’t at work, Kayla enjoys reading, trying new recipes, playing board games, and hiking. One of her goals for the summer is to volunteer with a literacy organization to support learning outside of the classroom.

Kayley works across digital equity, food justice, community development, and more to help build cities that are more just. She’s passionate about designing systems, programs, and places that better serve communities of color and the working class.

As part of the Broadband and Digital Equity Team, she’s managed statewide public engagement programs and conducted extensive quantitative and qualitative analyses to help several State’s write their digital equity plans and funnel millions of federal dollars into the communities most impacted by the digital divide. She’s also helped design digital equity programs for public, private, and nonprofit actors across the country to better deliver broadband service, devices, and digital literacy training.

Kayley has also advised various clients on real estate market and development projects, with a focus on revitalizing neighborhoods, preserving housing and commercial affordability, and delivering new community spaces and facilities. She also works on food system projects and policy issues at HR&A, bringing experience working with the Sweet Water Foundation in the South Side of Chicago, where she practiced urban farming and urban ecology as a means of regenerative neighborhood development.

Kayley graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Urban Studies.

As an Analyst in the New York office, Andrew provides financial and data analysis to real estate and economic development projects across the county.

Andrew has worked on projects creating financial models to assess the feasibility of asset repositioning and new development, facilitation of both public and private investments in affordable housing, transit-oriented development initiatives, municipal affordable housing plans, and real estate and economic development leveraging professional sports franchises and entertainment assets.

Prior to joining HR&A, Andrew assisted in the underwriting of both real estate and business loans resulting in hundreds of affordable and supportive housing units being developed throughout the county. Andrew interned at the Swearer Center at Brown University where he researched the impact different economic policies had on park accessibility and childhood obesity in lower income areas in Providence, RI. Andrew received his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in Business Economics and was a four-year varsity athlete on the football team.

Tommy draws on his experience in community engagement, data analysis and democratization, and public policy to support equitable and inclusive urban development.

Prior to joining HR&A, Tommy worked on several civic engagement tools and programs at the New York City Department of City Planning (NYCDCP). He evaluated the outputs and trends of the Community Districts Needs Statements and Community Board Budget Requests and presented key policy issues to senior leadership at City Hall and city agencies to inform decision-making. He also designed and led the engagement strategy for land use applicants in compliance with legislatively mandated Racial Equity Reports and use of the Equitable Development Data Explorer.

Previously, Tommy worked as a Project Associate at Hester Street where he co-authored Building Community Control in NYC, a report outlining recommendations for more innovative funding and financing solutions in conjunction with New York City’s Capital Grants Program.

Tommy holds a Masters in Urban Planning from New York University and a Bachelors in Construction Management from the University of Florida.

Marielle provides research and analytical support to projects ranging from economic development and inclusive cities to urban resilience and innovation.

Directly before joining HR&A, Marielle graduated from the University of North Carolina with a Master’s in City and Regional Planning. During school she supported pre-development analyses with the Development Finance Initiative and worked closely with Anchor Institutions Create Economic Resilience (AICER). With AICER, her research focused on opportunities to diversify and localize institutional spending, with the goal of more intentionally leveraging the economic impact of large, public institutions. Prior to school, Marielle worked as a Program Assistant for the national economic development team at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). At LISC she helped expand and manage the national program with Kiva, a crowdfunded microlending platform designed to expand access to capital for small businesses. She also has experience in workforce development as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Ascend Indiana.

Marielle has a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning from the University North Carolina.

Shoshana is an Analyst based in the New York office. She is passionate about equitable urban development, parks and open spaces, and resilient climate adaptation planning.

At HR&A, Shoshana has supported clients in building cases for investment in resilient infrastructure, parks, and open spaces. She has also supported the development of master plans for parks and park systems through business planning and regional and national positioning studies. Shoshana has supported the development of statewide plans for broadband and digital equity, among other projects.

Prior to joining HR&A, Shoshana interned at The Public Interest Law Center supporting attorneys in housing and environmental justice work. After undergrad, Shoshana joined the New York City Urban Fellows program for a 9-month urban policy fellowship. There, she worked at NYC Parks on their Planning and Parklands teams supporting work around urban agriculture, broadband access, and NYC Parks stewardship of New York’s historic public cemetery, Hart Island.

Shoshana has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania, and a minor in Sustainability and Environmental Management.