Johamary Pena, AICP (she/her/hers)

Senior Research Associate
American Planning Association
Chicago, IL

Jo Peña is a Senior Research Associate at APA. She provides research support on projects related to climate resilience, community health, equity, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recently, she has been involved in projects related to increasing physical activity through the built environment, hazard mitigation, environmental health, and increasing connectivity between community resilience initiatives across planning activities. Apart from working on sponsored research projects, she contributes to advancing organizational strategic initiatives, Planning Advisory Service publications, and on occasion, Planning magazine. Jo received her planning degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she specialized in environmental planning.

Presentation(s):

• Speed Share: Climate Emergency and Health Equity

  Saturday, April 1, 2023
  1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CDT

• Climate-Informed Planning: Elevating Science and Equity Considerations

  Saturday, April 1, 2023
  3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CDT

• Data Competency: Extracting Insights from Data

  Sunday, April 2, 2023
  8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CDT

• Data Competency: Extracting Insights from Data

  Monday, April 3, 2023
  8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CDT

• Data Competency: Extracting Insights from Data

  Wednesday, April 26, 2023
  10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CDT

• Strategies to Plan for Gender Equity -- CM | 1 | EQ

  Wednesday, April 26, 2023
  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CDT