Kristen Weil
The Trust for Public Land Manager of Urban Analytics
Kristen Weil, Manager of Urban Analytics for The Trust for Public Land, works to strategically identify areas to create parks or protect land for people. This involves expert-informed spatial assessments to identify where parks and open space can have multiple benefits to improve community health, while also mitigating climate change issues including flooding and extreme heat. Kristen is the manager of the ParkServe mapping platform, which provides planning capabilities to almost 14,000 cities and towns across the country to help cities strategically fill gaps in their park systems.