MEET ALLY

With a background in journalism and small business marketing, Ally finds creative ways to connect the more technical aspects of MUSE’s work to community members’ everyday lives. She has led or supported projects for clients including Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago Transit Authority, City of Evanston, and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.

Ally has more than a decade of experience in block-level community development, including five years on staff in a Chicago Alderman’s office, owning and running two brick-and-mortar businesses, and working as a Chamber of Commerce employee.

OFFICE STARTER PACK

LaCroix, scarf, being the first to answer/ask a question in staff meeting, piles of papers on desk, Android loyalty, scheming a prank

OTHER DUTY AS ASSIGNED

Oxford comma enforcer

NICHE PLANNING INTEREST

I must investigate every Little Free Library I pass on a walk

MEET SOME MORE OF OUR TEAM

Katrina Balog

Managing Director

Courtney Kashima, AICP

Founding Principal

Cristine Perez-Olson

Operations Manager

Meredith Felt

Senior Associate

Dhara Shah

Senior Associate

Aaron Gatdula, AICP

Senior Associate