CONTACT 973-513-1743 johnnymalpica@gmail.com Front Range Urban Corridor
JONATHAN P. MALPICA
LEED® Green Associate™, Urban Planner and Designer
OBJECTIVE Urban Land Use Planner and Designer with over six years of professional experience as a community-based educator and project coordinator. I am passionate about engaging diverse communities in creating exciting, equitable, and sustainable public spaces. I combine this with exceptional creative design skills and a wonderful work ethic. I am currently seeking full-time urban, environmental planning, and design opportunities located along the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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EDUCATION 2017-2021
Master of City and Regional Planning: Environmental Land Use Planning & Urban Design/Redevelopment, Rutgers University (GPA 3.9) — Planning after Pandemic, Teaneck, NJ, F 20 — Placemaking in Hanover, Hanover, NJ, S 21 — Re-Imagining the Underbelly, N Brunswick, NJ, S 21
2010-2014
Bachelor of Arts: Planning Public Policy & Geography, Rutgers University (GPA 3.5) — Re-Envisioning the New Brunswick Waterfront
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Board Member, Emerging Planning Professionals, American Planning Association,
2022-now
WORK EXPERIENCE 2021-now
Colorado Chapter
Technical Advisory Committee Member, New
Brunswick Technical Advisory Committee
Commission Member, New Brunswick Environmental Commission —
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Alliance Advocacy and Policy Working Group
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2021
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2017-2021
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2021
2017-2021
2016-2021
Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership
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Developed, supported, and sought through projects related to the protection of pollinator species. Proposed, designed and installed urban ecological habitat referencing community art mural.
EJB | DESIGNS, graduate planning student organization
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2017-2021
Program Assistant – The Collaborative Center for
2014-2015
AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow - Capacity Building Coordinator, New Brunswick, NJ
Community-Based Research & Service, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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Awarded 2nd Place, APA’s 2020 Outstanding Planning Student Organization Award
Isador Candeub Graduate Fellowship In Planning, based on academic merit for Urban
2021
Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geographic Honors Society
2014
Design students, Awarded September 2021
Directed undergrad community-based research, capacitybuilding, and GIS mapping projects in partnership with local agencies and non-profits. Performed essential business, finance, accounting, and administrative responsibilities. Special projects: undergraduate senior thesis capstone codirector, Co-designer for departmental website.
2015-2016
ACTIVITIES, HONORS, & AWARDS Director of Communications and Outreach,
Community Visioning for Placemaking: supported graphic design, visualization, visual preference survey development
Program Coordinator – Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ —
2017-2021
Conducted 100 and counting pre-application meetings with clients, process planning applications (NV, AR, R, WR). Approves building permits and performs essential plannerin charge desk duties. Interprets zoning code. Special projects inc: Hillside Manual update, Coordination of hillside site inspections
Graduate Teaching Assistant– Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ —
Coordinated student projects related to food insecurity and healthier school food in collaboration with community leaders. Project lead for New Brunswick Community Garden Tour - 2019
Habitat and Ecological Health Volunteer, —
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Project lead, pollinator garden grant application and installation, May 2021 Directed undergrad students to develop preliminary Environmental Resource mapping for ERI proposal.
Co-Chair, New Brunswick Community Food
Planner I, Planning & Development, City of Colorado Springs, CO
Worked with local and regional parters to assess capacity and develop community-based solutions.
SKILLS
SOFTWARE
Land Use Planning Grant Writing/Contracting Project Financing Urban & Environmental Policy Analysis Spatial & Site Analysis
Adobe Suite (Id, Lr, Ps) AutoCAD GIS (ArcMap, Urban) Rhino & SketchUp Stata