Renee Kemp-Rotan
Urban designer, planner, and CEO; studio|rotan
1st Black woman to graduate Syracuse University, B. ARCH studied at Architectural Association, London; Columbia University MSUP; Directed Practice Design Education, AIA HQ; National Design Competitions, NEA; Principal, Corporation. Olympic Development Atlanta; Chief, Urban Design/Development, Atlanta, Directed $200 M Capital Projects, Birmingham: Railroad Reservation Park; Civil Rights Trail.
As activist, speaks on Cities, Race + Cultural Heritage; Sorbonne, Cairo University, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Howard, Michigan, City College, Florida A+M, Tuskegee, Corcoran and Smithsonian.
An internationally regarded urban designer, works included in The African American National Biography, by Henry Louis Gates and archived in the African American Archives, Oxford University.
Recently served as Competition Advisor to conceive, brand, fundraise, program design challenges for 4 sites /16 venues for The Africatown International Design Idea Competition and Africatown Cultural Mile.
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