Petra Todorovich is
Director of America 2050, a national
urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for
the United States.
Since its launch in 2005, America
2050 has convened some of the brightest thinkers in the fields of
transportation, land use planning, social equity, and urban development to
create a compelling vision for America's future growth. That vision includes an ambitious
agenda for infrastructure investments in high-speed rail and sustainable
transportation, the energy grid, and water infrastructure to shape quality
communities, create jobs, and make America more competitive and
livable in the 21st century.
As director of America 2050,
Todorovich regularly convenes and facilitates America 2050 workshops and seminars
with partners such as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy, and the Surdna Foundation. She has written articles on transportation
and infrastructure policy and is a frequent speaker on the topics of
transportation policy, megaregions, and national planning. She has worked at
Regional Plan Association, where America 2050 is based, since 2001.
Prior to the launch of America 2050, Todorovich directed Regional Plan
Association's Region's Core program and coordinated the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New
York, a network of organizations that came together shortly after 9/11 to
promote the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan. She
planned numerous public forums and workshops of the Civic Alliance, including
the 2002 "Listening to the City" meetings at the Javits Center
that brought over 4,500 people together to consider plans for the World Trade
Center site. She authored
the 2004 Civic Assessment of the Lower Manhattan Planning Process and other
pieces of analysis on the rebuilding process and New York City development.
Todorovich is also an Assistant Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute
Graduate Center
for Planning and the Environment and a member of the Board of Advisors of the
Eno Transportation Foundation. Todorovich received a B.A. from Vassar College
and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School of
Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. She
lives in Brooklyn, New York.
