J. CLINT McMANUS702 North Aurora Street, Apt. 2, Ithaca, NY 14850

281-728-7769 • jcm493@cornell.edu

Fall 2013-PresentCorNeLL UNIverSITy • Ithaca, NYMaster of City & Regional Planning, Concentration in Community & Economic Development

Fall 2008-Spring 2012ST. edwArd’S UNIverSITy • Austin, TXBachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies, Summa Cum Laude

edUCATIoN

LeAderShIP exPerIeNCePreSIdeNT, organization of Cornell Planners (oCP) • Ithaca, NY• Managed 12-member board in execution of more than 30 professional and social programs• Strengthened relationship with college career services by co-sponsorship of three events• Set trimonthly agendas and presided over board and general meetings• Amended the OCP constitution to adapt to department curriculum changes• Mediated student-student and student-department concerns through individual and facilitated group dialogue

Spring & Fall 2014

CoMMUNITy oUTreACh CoordINATor, Foundation Communities • Austin, TX• Established a long-term outreach plan for six financial stability programs• Built and maintained a network of over 70 non-profit, municipal government and business partners• Circulated more than 40,000 print materials through network; increased free tax prep clients by 13 percent• Maintained all financial stability web pages using the ExpressionEngine web content manager• Published monthly newsletters; appeared on local television thrice

July 2012-July 2013

GLobAL UNderSTANdING INTerN, St. edward’s University • Austin, TX• Collaborated with faculty to design three semester-long social justice workshops• Mediated seven mock trans-boundary water disputes between student groups• Facilitated 22 discussions on food insecurity, the Millennium Development Goals and global water conflicts

december 2010-May 2012

ALTerNATIve SPrING breAk LeAder, St. edward’s University • Biloxi, MS• Led eight peers on a service-learning trip to Biloxi to assist in post-Hurricane Katrina recovery• Guided small-group conversations about social justice using St. Edward’s four pillars of service• Organized trip logistics, group meetings and fundraising activities

Fall 2011-Spring 2012

STAFF MeMber, George N. Parks drum Major Academy • Various locations• Served on staff at six summer leadership camps for high school marching band drum majors• Taught small-group conducting and marching lessons; led attendees in morning exercises

Summer 2008-Summer 2010

eSL voLUNTeer & INSTrUCTor, Foundation Communities • Austin, TX January-July 2013

vICe PreSIdeNT, organization of Cornell Planners (oCP) • Ithaca, NY• Rebuilt OCP’s organizational capacity by establishing a procedure to address student concerns• Streamlined OCP budgetary process to recover lost funding

Fall 2013

Fall 2010LA UNIverSIdAd de ArGeNTINA de LA eMPreSA (UAde) • Buenos Aires, ArgentinaStudy Abroad Student in Argentinian Economics and History

Free SChooL CoordINATor, department of City & regional Planning • Ithaca, NY Fall 2013-Spring 2014• Organized ten peer-taught sessions within the department to expose classmates to new software

PreSeNTATIoNS

CoUrSework

SkILLS

SUSTAINAbLe eCoNoMIC deveLoPMeNT: Investments in People, Place & businessCo-Author • Cornell Uniersity Department of City & Regional Planning, Ithaca, NY

Author • Community & Regional Development Institute, Ithaca, NY

Author • St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX

Policy research Intern • Partnership for the Public Good, Buffalo, NY

Fall 2014

The STATe oF UPSTATe CITIeS: Fiscal Crisis & economic development responsePanelist • American Planning Association, New York Upstate Chapter Conference

September 2014

STATe oF New york CITIeS webINArPanelist • Community & Regional Development Institute, Cornell University

May 2014

Community & economic developmentdata Management & Analysis

STATe oF New york CITIeS CoNFereNCePresenter • Community & Regional Development Institute, Cornell University

March 2014

UTICA: reFUGeeS & revITALIzATIoN

ShoULd The U.N. CoNTINUe To USe o.d.A. IN deveLoPMeNT?

• Conducted local stakeholder interviews on the topic of municipal fiscal health in Utica, NY• Utilized New York State Comptroller data to compare revenue and expenditure tends across four cities• Selected to be a webinar panelist alongside university researchers and municipal officials

• Presented moral arguments for and against international aid transfers from wealthy to resource-poor nations• Awarded as St. Edward’s University Capstone Paper of the Year in 2012

december - March 2014

Spring 2012

• ArcGIS• STATA• QGIS

• U.S. Census Databases• IMPLAN • R (in progress)

data & Statistical Analysis • Bilingual English/Spanish • Adobe InDesign• Adobe Illustrator

• Microsoft Office Suite • ExpressionEngine• Browser CMS (in progress)

Communication & design

hoNorS• IEDC Conference Scholarship, 2014• St. Edward’s University Dean’s Scholar• Capstone Paper of the Year, 2012

• Holy Cross Scholar (full tuition award; 10 per entering class) • Outstanding Latin American Studies Major, 2011 and 2012• Outstanding Spanish Non-Major, 2012

• Devolution, Privatization & the New Public Management• The “Smart” Equitable City (in progress)• Consulting for Non-Profits (in progress)• Urban Economics (in progress)

• Inferential Statistics for Planning & Public Policy • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems• Introductory Methods of Planning Analysis • Spatial Modeling & Analysis (in progress)

reSeArCh ProJeCTSCoMMUNITy IMPACT & deveLoPMeNT: At the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

• Authored 30-page report outlining the need for a Community Benefits Agreement in Buffalo, New York• Analyzed demographic and employment trends using U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics data• Offered supplemental research for negotiations between the City of Buffalo and the Medical Campus• Employed QGIS, Census On the Map, and Adobe Illustrator to craft maps and analytics for the report

• Co-authored report outlining best practices and case studies in economic development for cities in Upstate NY• Conducted key stakeholder interviews from municipalities to gain contextual insight• Developed a conceptual framework of sustainable economic development at the municipal level

July 2014-Present