Regina Myer

Biographie : Regina Myer is President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP), the not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for the Downtown Brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, education, residential and retail destination. She was previously President of Brooklyn Bridge Park, which stretches approximately 1.3 miles along the East River, and has transformed the formerly industrial Brooklyn waterfront into a civic space for all New Yorkers. Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of the most significant public investments on the waterfront outside of Manhattan in the 21st century. Under her leadership, the Park has been the recipient of numerous awards from such organizations as the Municipal Art Society, American Society of Landscape Architects, American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association. From 2006- 2007, Ms. Myer was the senior vice president for planning and design at the Hudson Yards Development Corporation. Prior to that she was the Brooklyn Borough Director for the New York City Planning Department, where she directed the comprehensive redevelopment for two miles of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront, the rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn for high density office and apartments and numerous neighborhood rezoning efforts. She received her BA and Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, and resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn.