ZACH YOUNGERMAN

Green Infrastructure Expert | Public Realm Steward | Community Outreach Facilitator

Zach Youngerman is a third-generation New Yorker and a city planner with nearly 15 years of experience in urban environmental stewardship, climate resilience, and public outreach gained working in post-Katrina New Orleans and New York and Toronto. As project manager for NYC's $1.5B green infrastructure program he coordinated with City agencies on siting green infrastructure. More recently, he assisted NYS DEC on creating a flood resilience guidebook for Hudson River parks. A board member of City as Living Lab, he muses occasionally about the public realm on Urban Omnibus, The Boston Globe, and Medium.