Jo Pena AICP - Senior Research Associate with APA
Biography
Jo Peña
Senior Research Associate at APA
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.