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bmcewen@mit.edu

Brendan works closely with economic development practitioners, and MIT student researchers and faculty, to develop GEDI's action research projects and capacity building initiatives. Before coming to GEDI, Brendan worked for five years in green building and local government climate action policy. Brendan holds a Masters in City planning from MIT, which he focused on local energy planning. He is from Vancouver, Canada.

seidman@mit.edu

Karl is an economic development practitioner with professional experience at the community, city and state level. He is active in several professional associations and is President and a Board Member of Northeast Economic Developers Association. He is also a Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Karl holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.