Majora Carter is president of the green-collar economic consulting company, The Majora Carter Group, LLC. She is the host of the national public radio series "The Promised Land".
Education:
BA, Wesleyan University, 1988
MFA, New York University, 1997
Background:
From 2001 to 2008, Carter was the founder and executive director of Sustainable South Bronx: achieving Environmental Justice Solutions through innovative, economically sustainable projects, informed by the community needs.
From 1997 to 2001, Carter was Project Director/Assoc. Director, Community Restoration the Point CDC, South Bronx. Wrote successful $1.25M proposal for planning funds to design the South Bronx Greenway. The plan now has $20M in secured funding.