Design Trust Fellows are top professionals from the private-sector who join the project team and lead the research, design and planning work. Here are all of the talented people who have been awarded a fellowship since 1995. 

Watch this video to hear fellows share their favorite experiences. 

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Past Fellows

Interactive Design Fellow

Rachel Abrams

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Sustainable Design Fellow

Michele Adams

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)

Video Fellow

Jordan Alport

Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Urban Planning Fellow

Lee Altman

Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Urban Policy Fellow

Nur Asri AICP

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)

Outreach Fellow

Liz Barry

Five Borough Farm: Phase III (2014–15)
Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Green Infrastructure Fellow

Martin Barry

Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Urban Design Fellow

Andrew Bernheimer

Making Midtown (2011–12)

Equitable Public Space Fellow, 2021-2022

Catherine Betances

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Community Organizing Fellow

Javan Blackshear

Opening the Edge: Phase II (2018–21)

Architecture Fellow

Victor Body-Lawson

Diego Beekman Houses (1996–96)

Urban Design Fellow

Viren Brahmbhatt

Hell's Kitchen South (1999–02)

Architecture Fellow

Hillary Brown

Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003–06)

Design Fellows

Bill & Mary Buchen

Designing for Children in Community Gardens (1997–98)

Journalism Fellow

Ted Byfield

Sustainable Design Fellow

Stephen Campbell

Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003–06)
High Performance Building Guidelines (1998–02)

Urban Design Fellow

Steven Caputo

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)
Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003–06)

Urban Design & Planning Fellow

Colin Cathcart

Making Midtown (2011–12)
Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

Urban Planning Fellow

Jocelyne Chait

Housing & Open Space (1999–00)

Policy Fellow

Nevin Cohen

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

Design Fellow

thread collective

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

Landscape Design Fellow

Nette Compton

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)

Urban Design Fellow

Michael Conard

Hell's Kitchen South (1999–02)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Diane Cook

Photo Urbanism 2001 (2002–03)

Engineering Fellow

Fiona Cousins

Laying the Groundwork (2014–16)

Photo Urbanism Fellow 2021-2022

Barnabas Crosby

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)
Photo Urbanism 2020 (2020–22)

Participatory Design Fellow

Lizania Cruz

Power in Place (2018–19)

Graphic Design Fellow

Glen Cummings

Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Participatory Art Fellow

Lisa Dahl

Future Culture (2016–19)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Tavis Dockwiller

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)

Design Fellow

Kate Dodd

Designing for Children in Community Gardens (1997–98)

Graphic Design Fellow

Neil Donnelly

Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)

Urban Design Fellow

Susannah Drake

Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)

Outreach Fellow

Sheryll Durrant

Five Borough Farm: Phase III (2014–15)

Urban Design Fellow

Keller Easterling

Reclaiming the High Line (1999–02)

Green Infrastructure Fellow

Winston Ely

Under the Elevated: Phase II (2015–20)

Video Fellow

Christopher Englese

Five Borough Farm: Phase III (2014–15)
Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Photography Fellow

Elizabeth Felicella

Designing for Security (1997–02)

Urban Planning Fellow

Michael Fishman

Times Square Streetscape Improvement (2003–04)

Graphic Design Fellow

Agnieszka Gasparska

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

Communications Fellow

Isaac Gertman

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)

Photo Urbanism Fellow 2022-23

Elliott Golden

Photo Urbanism 2022 (2022–23)

Design Fellow

Alexandra Gonzalez

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)

Journalism Fellow

Kira Gould

Housing & Open Space (1999–00)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Gail Albert Halaban

Photo Urbanism 2007 (2007–09)

Graphic Design Fellow

Penny Hardy

Laying the Groundwork (2014–16)

Architecture Fellow

Louise Harpman

Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines (1995–96)

Equitable Public Space Fellow, 2021-2022

Journee Harris

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Information Design Fellow

Sylvia Harris

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Policy Fellow

Kei Hayashi

Making Midtown (2011–12)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Rebecca Hill

Opening the Edge: Phase I (2016–18)

Participatory Design Fellow

Sam Holleran

The World's Park (2014–16)

Environmental Design Fellow

David Hsu

Sustainable New York City (2005–06)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Len Jenshel

Photo Urbanism 2001 (2002–03)

Art Fellow

Lee Jiménez

Opening the Edge: Phase III (2021–)
Opening the Edge: Phase II (2018–21)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Krisanne Johnson

Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)
Photo Urbanism 2013 (2013–14)

Urban Design Fellow

Casey Jones

Reclaiming the High Line (1999–02)

Design Fellow

Meredith Kelly

Designing for Security (1997–02)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Elizabeth Kennedy

Designing for Security (1997–02)

Video Fellow

Ryan Kerrison

Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)
Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

Urban Planning Fellow

Kaja Kühl

Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Urban Design Fellow

Rob Lane

Making Midtown (2011–12)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Andrew Lavallee

Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)

Design Education Fellow

Sarah Lidgus

The World's Park (2014–16)

Mapping Fellow

Monxo López

Power in Place (2018–19)

2017-2018 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Carlos Mandeville

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Policy Fellow

Ben Margolis

Future Culture (2016–19)

Design Fellow

Sandro Marpillero

Threshold of Eib's Pond 2 (2002–02)
Threshold of Eib's Pond 1 (2001–01)

Landscape Architecture and Green Infrastructure Fellow

Tricia Martin

Under the Elevated: Phase II (2015–20)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Deborah Marton

Threshold of Eib's Pond 2 (2002–02)

Community Organizing Fellow

Destiny Mata

Opening the Edge: Phase I (2016–18)

Transportation Planning Fellow

Adam Millard-Ball

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Engagement Fellow

Valeria Mogilevich

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Latricia Morgan

Green Space Connections (2022–)
Photo Urbanism 2023-2024 (2023–24)

2020-2021 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Kimberly Mota

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Landscape Architecture Fellow

Signe Nielsen

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Kramer O'Neill

Photo Urbanism 2009 (2009–11)

Urban Design Fellow

Interboro Partners

Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Urban Design Fellow

Richard Plunz

Hell's Kitchen South (1999–02)

Design Fellow

Linda Pollak

Threshold of Eib's Pond 2 (2002–02)
Threshold of Eib's Pond 1 (2001–01)

Journalism Fellow

Nina Rappaport

Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

Sustainable Design Fellow

William Reed

High Performance Building Guidelines (1998–02)

Graphic Design Fellow

David Reinfurt

Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

Urban Design Fellow

Quilian Riano

Under the Elevated: Phase II (2015–20)

BOLD Fellow

Natalie Roach

Communication & Storytelling Fellow

Natalie Romero-Marx

Turnout NYC (2022–24)

Outreach Fellow

D Rooney

Five Borough Farm: Phase III (2014–15)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Travis Roozée

Photo Urbanism 2005 (2005–07)

Economic Policy Fellow

Eric Rothman

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Urban Design Fellow

Margie Ruddick

Future Culture (2016–19)

Journalism Fellow

James Russell, FAIA

Designing for Security (1997–02)

Community Planning Fellow

Isabel Saffon

Power in Place (2018–19)

Metrics Fellow

Rupal Sanghvi

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

2017-2018 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Luisa Santos

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Urban Design Fellow

Anisha Sawhney Mittal

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

2016-2017 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Jah Elyse Sayers

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Graphic Design Fellow

John Schettino

Future Culture (2016–19)

Lighting Fellow

Leni Schwendinger

Under the Elevated: Phase II (2015–20)

Urban Planning Fellow

Margaret Seip

Housing & Open Space (1999–00)

Community Organizing Fellow

José Serrano-McClain

The World's Park (2014–16)

Outreach Fellow

Philip Silva

Five Borough Farm: Phase III (2014–15)
Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

Architecture Fellow

Hayes & James Slade

Laying the Groundwork (2014–16)

Urban Design Fellow

David Smiley

Hell's Kitchen South (1999–02)

Future Culture Photo Urbanism Fellow

Gareth Smit

Future Culture (2016–19)
Photo Urbanism 2016 (2016–)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Jonathan Smith

Photo Urbanism 2004 (2004–05)

Design Fellow

Petr Stand

Housing & Open Space (1999–00)

Photo Urbanism Fellow

Rob Stephenson

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)
Photo Urbanism 2011 (2011–12)

Lighting Design Fellow

Kate Sweater

Opening the Edge: Phase I (2016–18)

2020-2021 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Jasmin Tepale

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Participatory Design Fellow

Chat Travieso

Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)

Journalism Fellow

Tom Vanderbilt

Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Urban Planning Fellow

Rachel Weinberger

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Green Infrastructure Fellow

Barbara Wilks

Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)

2018-2019 Equitable Public Space Fellow

Marquise Williams

Equitable Public Space Fellowship (2016–)

Urban Planning Fellow

Sarah Williams

Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Design Fellow

Katie Winter

Designing for Children in Community Gardens (1997–98)

Policy Fellow

Douglas Woodward

Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)
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