Chelsea Albucher

Chelsea Albucher, AICP, brings over fifteen years of experience related to sustainable urban development. She has a background in environmental health and is a certified urban planner, and an Adjunct Professor at Pratt University. As an Environmental Scientist with the US EPA, she spent ten years working with communities throughout NY and NJ where she facilitated site-specific and area-wide brownfields redevelopment that has resulted in new open space, waterfront access, affordable housing and commercial development. In 2008, she took on the role of Sustainability Officer for the City of Newark and is working with Mayor Booker to articulate a vision of a sustainable Newark, to identify pragmatic goals and strategies and to implement activities that substantively enhance Newark as a place to live, work and play.