Welcoming New CIVITAS Administrator - Lauren O'Toole

New CIVITAS Administrator, Welcome Lauren

We’d like to welcome Lauren O’Toole as the new CIVITAS Administrator.

Lauren has worked with CIVITAS before as a member of the 2010-2011 NYU Capstone team which completed a Community Engagement Study of the Upper East Side and East Harlem.   Lauren has most recently worked for Friends of the High Line and previously for The Community Preservation Corporation. She has also had internships at the Department of City Planning, New Yorkers for Parks and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s Office. Lauren holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattan College. She and her fiancé live in on the Upper East Side.

And Sincere Thanks and Best Wishes to Tali Cantor

We wish Tali Cantor the best of luck as she begins her graduate degree in urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Tali worked for three years as CIVITAS's Associate Director and spearheaded efforts to improve neighborhood Select Bus Service, increase enforcement of newsrack box regulations, and led many other community improvement projects. She also guided the design of the semiannual CIVITAS newsletter. Thank you, Tali!