Project Managers

	Andrea Meller Filmmaker More... Andrea Meller has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Garbage Problems, Public Housing 101, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Valeria Mogilevich Program Manager Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manag… More... Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manager. She comes from a background in visual studies and film and architectural theory with a degree from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media (magna cum laude, 2004). In addition to working many years in the non-profit sector, she is an independent film curator specializing in scientific films. Valeria is also on pest-control patrol in the CUP office. Valeria Mogilevich has worked on Knoxville: Building Communities, The Water Underground, Green Information Center, Tagging the Social Contract, Prison City Comix, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Freedom and Incarceration, Making Policy Public Less...
	Damaris Reyes Executive Director, GOLES Damaris Reyes, has been the Executive Director of PHROLES since April 2005. She is a lifelong resident of the Lower East Side and has been involved… More... Damaris Reyes, has been the Executive Director of PHROLES since April 2005. She is a lifelong resident of the Lower East Side and has been involved in public housing issues for more than eight years. Previously, as the Director of Organizing for public housing for PHROLES, she worked to educate and empower residents about the issues that plague public housing. She is a founding member of PHROLES has been involved in building several coalitions, including T.R.A.D.E.S. and Rebuild with a Spotlight on the Poor. In November 2002, she traveled to Europe on a study tour to learn about planning and municipal practices employed by European cities. She is a member of the New York City Jobs with Justice Board of Directors Executive Committee and the Pratt Center for Community Development Advisory Board. Her past credits include working in city government with Council Member Margarita L�pez and electoral politics within the Lower East Side community. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and began with the organization in 2000. Damaris Reyes has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing? website Less...
	Damon Rich Founder and Chair Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planni… More... Damon Rich is the founder and chair of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that educates communities about design, planning, and politics. After training as an architect at Columbia University, Damon worked for New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, eventually becoming the Chief of Staff for Capital Projects. Since leaving Parks in 2000, in addition to running CUP, Damon has taught design at schools including the Parsons School of Design, Heritage High School, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Queens Library Adult Learning Center. He also writes regularly about architecture and politics for publications including the Village Voice, the Nation, Metropolis, and Architecture magazine. Recently, Damon was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts award for his work with adult literacy and architecture, as well as a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony for his work on the history of urban renewal. From 2007�2008, Damon served as a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Damon Rich has worked on Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The City without a Ghetto, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape, The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, What's Poppin at Fulton Mall?, Code City, Temporary Showroom, Social Security Risk Machine, The Programmable City, Chew On This Less...
	Rosten Woo Executive Director Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for De… More... Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for Design and produces historical research and writing on history, design and public policy for Place Matters, the Municipal Arts Society, Metropolis Magazine and the Village Voice. He has also worked as a researcher and policy analyst for a variety of non-profit organizations including Common Ground Community and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center. He serves on the board of like-minded non-profits, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project. He received his BA in Government from Cornell University. Rosten Woo has worked on Entry Sequence, Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, Important Housing Rights, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Code City, Knoxville: Building Communities, Mapping the Concourse, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Just In/Justice, The Cargo Chain, Building Codes Less...