Jessica Pavone

Biographie : Jessica Pavone Senior Director, Long Term Recovery, New York State American Red Cross New York, NY Jessica Pavone serves as the Senior Director for Long Term Sandy Recovery for New York State at the American Red Cross. She leads a team of 60 that supports all New York State Sandy-impacted communities in their recovery through granting, case management and community outreach. Jessica is an urban planner who completed her master's degree at New York University's Wagner School in 2002. Until Sandy, Jessica's primary focus was overseeing large scale, economic development and land use planning initiatives in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Denver. Immediately prior to her current role with the Red Cross, Jessica served as an Assistant Vice President with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where she directed $90M in transportation initiatives in the Jamaica, Queens business district, resulting in the 2013 completion in of a $19M construction project. She also led multiple urban design initiatives in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. When Sandy hit, Jessica used her knowledge of Southeast Queens to support business recovery within affected communities in Queens, and to contribute to the Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR) report in 2013, during Mayor Bloomberg’s administration. She seized the opportunity to do mission-based work with the Red Cross, and to shift her career's focus toward supporting individuals and communities throughout New York State on their paths to both recover and become more resilient after Superstorm Sandy. May 2014