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Robert Freudenberg, MPA ’04, Senior Planner, Regional Plan Association
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Senior Planner, Regional Plan Association
Robert Freudenberg is a Senior Planner whose primary focus involves sustainability planning on Long Island and in the surrounding NYC metro region. His current work includes coordinating RPA's Long Island Committee, developing products for the LI2035 transportation and land use visioning project, engaging in planning efforts for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and serving on the Long Island Sound Study Stewardship Workgroup. Freudenberg's past accomplishments include managing the 2008 Long Island Mayors' and Supervisors' Institute, co-authoring the 2007 report "On the Verge: Caring for New York City's Emerging Waterfront Parks and Public Spaces," preparing an analysis of environmental threats at four critical areas around Long Island Sound and developing a stewardship action plan for Long Island's Nissequogue River watershed. Prior to joining RPA, Freudenberg earned a NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection where he worked on various public access initiatives. Freudenberg holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.S. in Environmental Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.