Marcel Acosta

Biografía: As executive director of the federal government’s central planning agency, Marcel Acosta leads a team of urban planners, architects, historic preservationists, and other professionals who are committed to preserving and enhancing the extraordinary qualities of America’s capital city and national capital region. The National Capital Planning Commission provides long-term planning guidance for federal land and buildings in the region, and approves memorials and museums on the National Mall, civic and federal buildings in the nation’s capital, federal installations, and public spaces and parks through its design review process. Before joining NCPC in 2001, Mr. Acosta served as senior vice president of planning and development for the Chicago Transit Authority, and held the position of deputy commissioner for the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. Mr. Acosta received a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was appointed a 2001 Loeb Fellow of Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.