Director - Chicago Recovery Plan
City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Chicago, Illinois
As a native Detroiter, Nina Idemudia, AICP, understands firsthand how the built environment shapes the lives of society’s most vulnerable populations. This fuels her passion for empowering people to be change agents through planning. Nina started her career as a planner for the City of Los Angeles but currently serves as an Chicago Recovery Plan Director for the City of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development. She specializes in equitable community development, inclusive outreach strategies, and organizational innovation for planning agencies. Nina has two awards from the American Planning Association, is Vanguard Fellow, a New Leaders Council Fellow and was also honored with a SHEro award by Los Angeles Councilmember Curren D. Price, Jr. for her community leadership. Nina was recently elected the first Black President for the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association. She is also a board member of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Nina is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CDT
Sunday, April 2, 2023
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM CDT
Monday, April 3, 2023
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
Thursday, April 27, 2023
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CDT