Chandra Christmas-Rouse — Founding principal, Marie Consulting Group
Chandra is an urban planner, economic mobility strategist, and artist based in Chicago. She is the founding principal of Marie Consulting Group, a strategic consultancy that supports communities to thrive in place and transforms systems to work for everyone. Her background in community development finance and environmental policy informs a participatory approach to design, through which she works with community and government leaders to develop equitable, place-based solutions at firms including PolicyLink, Enterprise Community Partners and UN-Habitat. She holds a Masters in Urban Planning from Harvard GSD and Environmental Sciences & Policy from Duke University.
