Carol Coletta
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Carol Coletta Coletta is president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City
Before moving to Chicago
to head CEOs for Cities, she served as president of Coletta & Company in Memphis
. In addition, she served as executive director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts
, United States Conference of Mayors
and American Architectural Foundation.
, the first gathering of the creative class to write their call to action for cities; with economist Joe Cortright she developed a series of papers on talent, where it moves and why; she conceived and wrote the Talent Magnet Report, the first city blueprint aimed at attracting and retaining the creative class; and she co-authored Cultural Development in Creative Communities for Americans for the Arts.
Carol is the host and executive producer of Smart City Radio
, a nationally syndicated public radio talk show. Each week she talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a discussion of urban issues.
School of Architecture. Her paper on the Future of Cities, produced for the University of Houston–Clear Lake
’s Future Studies program, was selected for presentation to the World Future Society
annual meeting. She is currently a candidate for a Master of Design Methods at the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology IIT. She is frequently interviewed as an expert on urban issues by national media and is an active speaker on the success formula for cities and creative communities.
In 2010, she was named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council
.
This year she was named one of the world’s 50 most important urban experts by a leading European think tank.
Smart City Radio
Smart City is a weekly radio show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States. Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio interview show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and...
Before moving to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
to head CEOs for Cities, she served as president of Coletta & Company in Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. In addition, she served as executive director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, United States Conference of Mayors
United States Conference of Mayors
United States Conference of Mayors, sometimes referred to as the United States Council of Mayors, is the official non-partisan organization for cities with populations of 30,000 or more. The cities are each represented by their mayor or other chief elected official...
and American Architectural Foundation.
Work and publications
Among her accomplishments, Carol created and hosted the Memphis Manifesto Summit with Richard FloridaRichard Florida
Richard Florida is an American urban studies theorist.Richard Florida's focus is on social and economic theory. He is currently a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He also heads a private consulting firm, the...
, the first gathering of the creative class to write their call to action for cities; with economist Joe Cortright she developed a series of papers on talent, where it moves and why; she conceived and wrote the Talent Magnet Report, the first city blueprint aimed at attracting and retaining the creative class; and she co-authored Cultural Development in Creative Communities for Americans for the Arts.
Carol is the host and executive producer of Smart City Radio
Smart City Radio
Smart City is a weekly radio show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States. Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio interview show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and...
, a nationally syndicated public radio talk show. Each week she talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a discussion of urban issues.
Awards
Carol was a Knight Fellow in Community Building for 2003 at the University of MiamiUniversity of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
School of Architecture. Her paper on the Future of Cities, produced for the University of Houston–Clear Lake
University of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake is a state university, and is a component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 524-acre in Pasadena, with a satellite campus in Pearland. Founded in 1971, UHCL has an enrollment of more than 8,000 students...
’s Future Studies program, was selected for presentation to the World Future Society
World Future Society
The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, US, founded in 1966.The Society investigates how social, economic and technological developments are shaping the future...
annual meeting. She is currently a candidate for a Master of Design Methods at the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology IIT. She is frequently interviewed as an expert on urban issues by national media and is an active speaker on the success formula for cities and creative communities.
In 2010, she was named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council
Design Futures Council
The Design Futures Council is an interdisciplinary network of design, product, and construction leaders exploring global trends, challenges, and opportunities to advance innovation and shape the future of the industry and environment...
.
This year she was named one of the world’s 50 most important urban experts by a leading European think tank.
External links
- CEOS For Cities
- Smart City Radio
- Restless Young Coletta's research reports on young, creative and mobile people .
- Michigan Municipal League Coletta's stint as a guest blogger for the Michigan Municipal League
- New York Times Coletta quoted in NYT story on young jobseekers.
- Smart City Consulting