Pete Harrison

Connecticut Director, Regional Plan Association; Professor/Union Delegate @Baruch College, CUNY. pro-homes, pro-transit, pro-green future

Greater Hartford

About

Experience

  • Regional Plan Association (Full-time · 4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Connecticut Director
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Director DesegregateCT
      Feb 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Adjunct Lecturer at Baruch College
    Aug 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 11 mos

    Currently teaching a double course in the MBA program on Information Technology Systems & Strategy, a case-study driven examination of internal IT processes, disruptive technologies, and firm responses to evolving tech + consumer trends Designed and taught courses titled "Principles of New Media" and "Social Media Technologies in Organizations" about the role of technology and capital in media and their impact on consumers, firms & workers, and politics Cited by Dean of Zicklin as the highest student-rated course across the school, Fall 2016

  • Senior Policy Fellow at DesegregateCT
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 · 10 mos

  • Associate Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York
    Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 · 6 mos

    Leading qualitative field research on the intersection of housing policy and climate adaptability in American cities and suburbs in order to lay the foundation for a Green Reconstruction

  • Senior Housing Policy Advisor at Data for Progress
    Mar 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

    -Co-authored and led research on the groundbreaking Homes for All Report, outlining the national progressive strategy to solve the root causes of the housing crisis -Contributed original policy proposals to the Homes Guarantee, the national tenant-driven plan led by People's Action adopted by major progressive political candidates -Advised presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Julián Castro as well as congressional legislation introduced by Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -Made multiple media appearances in print (New York Times, CityLab, Crains) on TV (Damage Report, No Filter, The Young Turks) and podcasts designed to shift narrative of housing policy