Faculty & Staff Faculty :: Will Bradshaw

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 8-02 to present
• Ph.D. Candidate in Regional and Urban Economics and Sustainable Community Development. Dissertation on connection between insurance pricing and sustainable building in the post-Katrina Gulf Coast.
• Masters in City Planning and Masters of Science in Real Estate Development, 2006.
• Teaching Assistant for Prof. Lynn Fisher in Hosing Markets and Housing Finance.
• Half Tuition Fellowship from City Design and Development Group 2002-2004.
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2003-2006.
• MIT Presidential Fellow 2004-2005.
• Davidson College, Davidson, NC 1995-1999
• B.A. with Honors in Cross-Cultural Studies and completed requirements for B.S. in Physics.
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude and member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma Pi Sigma.
• Baker Scholar – a full cost award plus $5,000 for summer study.
• Texas State Finalist for Rhodes Scholarship.

Professional

• GreenCoast Enterprises, Founder and Principal, New Orleans, LA Jan. 2007-present
• New Ecology, Inc., Green Development Associate, Cambridge, MA 2003-present
• Real Gains, Project Manager, Cambridge, MA 2004-2006
• Davidson Housing Coalition, Organizational Director, Davidson, NC 10-99 to 1-02

Publications

• “The Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing with Ed Connelly, Madeline Fraser Cook, Justin Pauly, and James Goldstein. Released in August 2005.
• “Buying Green: The Value of Green Homes in the Austin Residential Market.” MIT Masters Thesis, City Planning and Real Estate Development. February, 2006.
• “Vietnam Development Fund: Leveraging Funds for Development” presented to Long Nguyen of Viet-Aid. With Brian Cheigh and Shoma Haque.
• “Norfolk Corners: A Resident Vision for Rebuilding the Triangle” in partnership with Codman Square Neighborhood Dev. Corp. With Zoe Weinrobe, Mark Wiranowski, Benjamin Foreman, Susana Williams, and Hung-Tsung Lin.
• Co-Author of “Fenwick Gardens II: A Framework for Sustainable Development” presented to Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation. With Jodie Misiak, Peter Ericson, Amelia Ravin, and Thunder Van Brocklin.
• Co-Author of Proceedings from the New Ecology Sustainable Development Forum, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
• Lead Author, “Affordable by Design: Mixing Affordable Housing into all of Davidson’s Neighborhoods.”
• Lead Author, Davidson Housing Coalition Homebuyer Education Manual.

Selected Presentations

• “The Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing” 2005 Northeastern Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Conference, Boston, MA.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) national webcast on green affordable housing, 2005.
• “Planning and Redevelopment in Post-Katrina New Orleans.” 2006 Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
• “Buying Green.” 2005 Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO.
• Maxwell Awards of Excellence Symposium, 2002.
• Spring 2003 Boston-area Affordable Housing Development Competition Awards Presentation.
• NC Housing Finance Agency Annual Conference (2001)
• NC Low-Income Housing Coalition Annual Conference (2001)
• NC Association of Community Development Corporations Annual Conference (2001)

Honors and Awards

• First prize in 2003 Boston Area Affordable Housing Development competition.
• Davidson Housing Coalition and the Affordable Housing Group won a Maxwell Award of Excellence from the Fannie Mae Foundation, a Community Partner Award from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, and a Housing North Carolina Award from the NC Housing Finance Agency for the Bungalows project that I managed.

Affiliations

• Founding member of Louisiana CleanTech based in New Orleans, LA.
• Founding member of the Southern Building Institute based in New Orleans, LA.
• Founding Advisory Board Member, CITYbuild Consortium of Schools hosted by Tulane University.
• English as a Second Language Instructor in Texas and North Carolina.