EDUCATION
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
, MA
Master in City Planning, May 2005
Specializations: Housing, Community and Economic Development
in the United StatesInternational Development and Regional Planning
Courses in Water and Sanitation Planning, Public Finance, Organizational
Analysis, Community-Based Geographic Information Systems, Statistics,
Economic Development Finance, and Housing and Community Development
Thesis Title: New Information Technologies in the Old Political
Economy: An Exploration of a Community-based GIS for Improving Services
to the Poor in New Delhi, India
Departmental Awards: Outstanding
Master Thesis in 2005
Other Awards: Carroll Wilson Award (2004); MIT Program
for Human Rights and Justice Grant (2004); Donald Schön Award for
Excellence in Learning from Practice presented annually by the Association
of Collegiate Schools of Planning (2005)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE , MA
Graduate School of Design, Summer 2000
Career Discovery Program: Urban Planning and Design
TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CT
Bachelor of Arts, December 1998
Double major: Economics, Spanish Minor: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Awards: Member of Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science · President’s Circle Scholar · Charles W. Lindsey, III Fund Scholar · Faculty Honors for academic excellence: Spring 1995, 1996
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA, SEVILLE, SPAIN
Junior Year Abroad. October 1996-July 1997
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CENTER FOR REFLECTIVE COMMUNITY PRACTICE, CAMBRIDGE, MA
Evaluation of CARE-Latin America’s Knowledge Management System
April 2005 to Present, Research Fellow
- Coordinate a collaborative evaluation process with CARE staff and beneficiary communities to identify the impact of CARE’s efforts to promote organizational and societal learning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.
- Co-facilitate reflection processes with CARE staff from seven
different country offices and communities from Nicaragua, Honduras
and Guatemala to help them reflect on their experiences as development
practitioners, and identify the knowledge that they have gained
from their experiences and work.
- Analyze data collected during reflection workshops and identify
implications for CARE's role in promoting social learning processes,
as well as strategies for strengthening learning and knowledge
management within the organization.
- Write report outlining evaluation findings and recommendations.
CENTER FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL EXCELLENCE, NEW DELHI, INDIA
Partnership with Delhi Water Board (DWB) to Improve Water and Sewerage Services to the Poor
June to August 2004, Consultant
- Coordinated the development of a community-based geographic information system (CBGIS) consisting of information on the status of services in low-income neighborhoods, as well as the needs and preferences of residents.
- Interviewed frontline engineers to identify their information requirements and their assumptions about low-income neighborhoods under their purview.
- Designed and implemented a framework and methodology for data gathering in over 400 neighborhoods in 4 of the 21 water distribution zones.
- Facilitated meetings with DWB high-level officials and experts in the water and sewerage sector in Delhi to obtain feedback on methodology.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF AREQUIPA, AREQUIPA, PERU
Department of Transportation
July 2003, Consultant
- Coordinated an external evaluation of a transportation study conducted by PADECO Co., Ltd. for the city of Arequipa.
- Designed and facilitated meetings with a multi-disciplinary team of experts from various local universities and institutes invited by the Department of Transportation to conduct the evaluation; and
- Documented the findings and recommendations, which were used by PADECO to improve the study.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF URBAN AFFAIRS (NIUA), NEW DELHI, INDIA
Poverty Alleviation Division
January to June 2003, Consultant
- Conducted a study of NIUAs community building techniques, including community mapping, visioning and the creation of a community-based geographic information system (CBGIS)
- Managed the initial development of a city-wide CBGIS for improving water provision to low-income areas in Delhi, including discussions with the Delhi Water Board for establishing a partnership.
- Worked with unemployed women in a resettlement colony in the fringes of the city to assess their skills, identify their preferences with regards to job training programs, and inform them of potential employment opportunities.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF PLANNING, WASHINGTON, DC
Neighborhood Revitalization Planning Division
January 2002 to August 2002, Junior Planner
June 2001 to December 2001, Neighborhood Planning Intern
- Worked closely with neighborhood planners to develop 39 Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans:
- Devised and implemented outreach strategies to ensure adequate citizen participation;
- Designed and facilitated task force meetings and public workshops;
- Mediated neighborhood conflicts, as an intermediary step for devising neighborhood development strategies; and
- Coordinated the design, production and printing of the 39 plans.
- Developed neighborhood target investment strategy with senior planners:
- Identified 13 neighborhood target investment areas for the District of Columbia;
- Prepared work plans for each of the target investment areas;
- Coordinated the District’s first Neighborhood Cluster Database used to guide the FY 2003 budget process:
- Provided technical and strategy support for developing database and ensuring its use by agencies in the budget process;
- Designed and populated the Microsoft Access and Excel databases; and
- Interacted with over 30 District agencies to coordinate their review of priorities identified by citizens during the neighborhood planning process.
LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC), WASHINGTON, DC
Lending Program, MicroLoan Fund
August 2000 to May 2001, Program Manager
- Managed all aspects of the microfinance program, including the preparation of loan application materials and loan servicing.
- Provided individualized business technical assistance and taught a 12-week Fundamentals of Business course for micro-entrepreneurs in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
- Assisted in the writing of grants and the development and execution of fundraising strategies.
- Attended community meetings on a monthly basis to represent LEDC and its constituencies. Served as interpreter for the Latino communities when necessary.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, WASHINGTON, DC
Office of Federal Tax Services, Economic Analysis Group
January 1999 to June 2000, Analyst
- Analyzed the inter-company pricing policies of major multinational clients in oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consumer goods, services, computer software, and other industries.
- Designed questionnaires and conducted client interviews to gather information used to identify the client’s intercompany pricing issues and conduct a transfer pricing study.
Assessed client business risks through extensive industry, economic, financial, and market research.
- Developed financial model using client actual and projected financial data to assess the economic validity of client transfer pricing policies and to ensure compliance with Internal Revenue Code regulations.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, WASHINGTON, DC
Division of Research and Statistics: Macroeconomics and Quantitative Studies Section
June 1998 to August 1998, Summer Intern
- Created a FAME database of the Greenbook forecasts for the years 1978-1998 utilized by Board economists for a variety of statistical analyses.
PUBLICATIONS
Hoyt, L., R. Khosla, and C. Canepa. (2005). Leaves, Pebbles, and Chalk: Building
a Public Participation GIS in New Delhi, India. Journal of Urban
Technology 12 (1): 1-19
McDowell, C., Nagel, A., Canepa, C., Williams, S. (2006).
Building Knowledge From the Practice of Local Communities.
Knowledge Management for Development Journal 1 (3): 30-40
www.km4dev.org/journal
COMPUTER AND LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Proficient in Windows 95/98/00 NT and XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, ArcView GIS Experience with Dreamweaver, HTML, JavaScript, OmniPage Pro, Unix, Emacs, FAME, TSP, Eviews, Photoshop
- Fluent in English and Spanish, and some knowledge of French
ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
- WASHINGTON INNERCITY SELF HELP (WISH): Washington, DC, 2000-2002
Help low-income tenants prepare testimonies for hearings on housing legislation
- INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Trinity College, 1997-1998
- SPANISH CLUB: Trinity College, 1995-1998
- IGLESIA DE LOS SAGRADOS CORAZONES: Seville, Spain, 1996-1997
Organized fund raisers to support a local shelter for battered women, made weekly visits to various nursing homes and tutored a 9 year old boy in reading and mathematics.
- FINANCIAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Trinity College, 1995-1996
Elected by members of the Student Government Association to serve as student liaison to this faculty committee
- COMMUNITY OUTREACH VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION: Trinity College, 1994-1996
Made weekly visits to Youth Emergency Shelter in downtown Hartford, CT, and worked as an English as a Second Language Tutor for adults of various ethnic backgrounds.
- G.E.D. PREPARATION PROGRAM "EL VECINO": Hartford, CT, 1994-1995
Prepared Spanish-speaking adults for the mathematics section of the GED.
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