• Pete Harrison, Director

    Pete has over a decade of experience in tenant organizing and housing & climate policy research. He holds a BA in History from the College of the Holy Cross and a MUP from Columbia University.

    Hometown: Simsbury, CT

  • Alan Cavagnaro, Campaign Coordinator

    By day: Planning and Zoning Commissioner, UConn student

    Hometown: South Windsor, CT

  • Theo Haaks, Intern

    By day: Yale undergraduate student

    Hometown: Appleton, WI

  • Tucker Salls, Legislative Director

    By day: Zoning Commissioner

    Hometown: Simsbury, CT

  • Sebastian Torres, Legal Fellow

    By day: University of Connecticut Law Student

    Hometown: West Melbourne, FL

  • Samantha Sondik, Research Fellow

    By day: Smith College Student

    Hometown: Bolton, CT

  • Makenzie Cossette, Research & Organizing Intern

    By day: University of Connecticut Student

    Hometown: Wolcott, CT

  • Marcus Palumbo, Advocacy Fellow

    By day: Clark University Student

    Hometown: Mansfield, CT

  • Maggie Wainwright, Advocacy Fellow

    By day: King’s College Student

    Hometown: Red Hook, NY

  • Haritha Subramanian, Organizer

    By day: University of Connecticut Student

    Hometown: Farmington, CT

  • Christabelle Calabretta, Legal Fellow

    By day: University of Connecticut Law student

    Hometown: Selden, NY

  • Sydney Elkhay, Transit-Oriented Communities Organizer

    By day: DesegregateCT Transit-Oriented Communities Organizer

    Hometown: Manchester, CT

  • Owen Tacy, Comms and Advocacy Fellow

    By day: Connecticut College Student

    Hometown; NYC, New York

  • Nakia Alexander, Research Fellow

    By Day: Yale Undergraduate

    Hometown: Miami, FL

  • Campfield Heinrich, Research Fellow

    By Day: Divinity School Student

    Former Board of Ed Member with a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from UVM

 
 

With special thanks to our alumni!

Nick Abbott, Defne Alpdogan, Kobe Amos, Ernest Andreoli, Sokaina Asar, Alexandra Barnes, Kathryn Blanco, Elena Brennan, Ehren Cahill, Julia Carey-Ruiz, Cary Chadwick, Shea Charles, Astrid Chen, Michael Coulom, George Deleon, Emily DiSalvo, John Dunn, Rachel Elmkies, Sosa Erhabor, Alana Ervin, Rocio Fernandez-Gutierrez, Kevin Fitzgerald, Anibal Gomez-Contreras III, Duncan Grimm, Nick Guertin, Brian Harder, Liana Henderson-Semel, Eun Sok Hong, Robby Hill, Muad Hrezi, Andrew Jennings, Akash Kaza, Nash Keyes, Nicholas Klagge, Jared Klukas, Kevin Kurian, Amanda Kwong, Esmerelda Landa, Robert Lockaby, Nathaniel McLaughlin, Oliver Morris, Eleni Neyland, N’Dos Onochie, Chelsea Osei, Marcus Palumbo, Katelin Penner, Josh Picoult, Dean Pigott, Jessica Price, Natalie Punzak, Luke Reynolds, Audrey Rossignol, Katy Sherer, Anabel Sollinger, Leigh Stewart, Ming Thompson, Emily Tian, Will Viederman, Daisy Wang, Kim Winter, Sara Trueax, and Jo (Yiqiu) Zhou

And our founder, Sara Bronin

DesegregateCT is a program of Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit that for 100 years has advanced ideas to improve economic health, environmental resiliency, and quality of life in the NJ-NY-CT region, and that has a century-long record of public engagement and service in Connecticut.