#Liveable 2017 : #OpenSpaces

Deborah Marton Executive Director, New York Restoration Project.  Deborah will compel you to take the long-term view, with a special focus on merging natural systems with the built environment. Deborah will discuss the key ingredients to achieving environmental and social equity in urban areas; open spaces and affordability; the science behind biophilia; lessons learned from mature cities to achieve liveable urban spaces; and the PPP conservancy model for green spaces.

As Executive Director of the New York Restoration Project, Deborah manages NYRP’s work transforming open space in under-served communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City. Deborah developed NYRP’s identity as an urban land conservancy working across municipal jurisdictions to increase environmental sustainability citywide.

More recently, she created the vision and program for a waterfront site in Northern Manhattan that will be developed as a center for recreational boating and environmental education.

Prior to joining NYRP, Deborah served as Executive Director of Design Trust for Public Space. She was also Program Manager of New York City Parks Natural Resources Group and later associated with the landscape architecture fir Field Operations where she collaborated on creation of the winning submission for the Fresh Kills Master Plan, and later served as the first Project Manager for that project. She holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard University Design School and also holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law.