Fellow Profile

Tara Siegel

“Being a Rose Fellow in New York City comes with an extraordinary number of challenges and opportunities. One of the most valuable lessons I have learned is the importance of patience, persistence, and partnerships with other individuals and organizations in all of my work.”

— Tara Siegel

Fellowship Host:
Pratt Center for Community Development
New York, NY

With seven years of professional practice focusing on community service to her credit, Tara Siegel was well prepared for the challenges of her fellowship. And her dedication is paying dividends.

As Co-Chair of the New Housing New York (NHNY) Steering Committee, Tara has led a team of professionals and city agencies through the organization, development, and implementation of a remarkable competition. Billed as the first-ever, juried, architect-developer design competition for affordable and sustainable housing in New York City, the competition is supported by a $30,000 Enterprise grant. Tara’s tasks have included forming collaborations between several agencies, among them the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York Chapter of the AIA.

Other triumphs of Tara’s fellowship work include helping to ensure that 60 units of affordable rental housing with space for a farmer’s market will be developed on an East New York site. In addition, she has been asked to sit on the advisory boards planning universal pre-kindergarten facilities within the City, and Tara is continuing to lead the Pratt Center’s overall work on child care. Tara holds a Master of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a B.A. in Architectural Studies from the University of Washington.


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