Jennifer Allen joined API in 2023 as Co-Director, with a focus on community planning, artist engagement, program administration, and fundraising. Jennifer has nearly two decades of experience working as an urban planner in the affordable housing development, bicycle and pedestrian planning, and civic engagement fields. Jennifer’s expertise areas are community engagement and planning, facilitation, management, and organizational development. Her previous roles have included, Leader Experience Sr. Director at ioby (in our backyards), a national non-profit crowdfunding platform for community projects; Director of Strategic Initiatives at Trailnet where she built strategic partnerships, led advocacy campaigns, and spearheaded the creation of The Calm Streets Project. Jennifer has a Master of Arts in Urban planning from UCLA with an emphasis in housing policy and urban design.