Director, Urban Design & Community Planning
Grain Collective
Brooklyn, New York
Sapna Advani
Director, Urban Design and Community Planning
Grain Collective
Sapna leads the Urban Planning division at Grain. She is constantly seeking out opportunities that address the ways equity and ethnic and socioeconomic diversity can reshape the urban environment.
Sapna employs research and analysis, community outreach, and strategic communications to lay the foundation for communal spaces that are both functional and meaningful to their users. In her 15+ years of industry experience, she has led projects including resiliency planning, strategic planning for libraries and public open spaces, and community planning in both the public and private sectors. Her long partnership with NYCHA, the New York City Housing Authority, has focused on engagement – soliciting opinions and building trust with public housing residents.
Monday, April 3, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CDT