Public City/State Agencies; Business Non-Profit Sector - New York & Boston areas

Private Planning/Urban Design/Architecture Consulting Firms - US & internationally

Range of Professional Skills

Strong leadership, organizational, design, analytic, financial, and marketing skills

Proficient in project and process management, coordination, and implementation

Excellent interpersonal, verbal / written communication and presentation abilities

Multiple Roles & Responsibilities
Leadership & senior management in notable public, private, and non-profit settings 
Projects/process, multi-disciplinary teams/staff management as client & consultant 
Public Process/facilitation & interagency coordination  with a wide range of entities

Variety of Project Types & Scales
Broad  experience on a range of sustainable planning, design, redevelopment and capital projects such as large-scale master plans for mixed-use developments in public-private partnerships, urban design/planning studies, visions & frameworks, public realm/open space acquisition, planning, design and phased implementation

Ms. Antikarov has played leadership roles on a range of high-profile and challenging projects in urban environments, such as the post 9/11 redevelopment of the World Trade Center & Lower Manhattan & the Big Dig/Central Artery Corridor in downtown Boston, among other downtowns, waterfronts, and neighborhoods in cities like New York, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, and others in the US,  Europe & Asia.  A notable trademark of her multi-dimensional expertise  in large-scale, complex urban projects 
is the consistent employment of a strategic, holistic, multi-disciplinary & consensus-building approach to city-making, leading to better conceived & coordinated efforts 

Major Professional Experience
Prior to founding UrbanVision consulting, Ms. Antikarov served as Vice President of HOK Planning Group in New York & as Director of Planning for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In that capacity, she oversaw master planning activities 
at Ground Zero, as well as other related planning, re/development and revitalization projects in Lower Manhattan as part of multi-faceted collaboration efforts with City
and State agencies, key stakeholders, community leaders, and  the public at  large.

Previously, Ms. Antikarov  served  as Director of Urban Design and Development for 
A Better City in Boston, working on the Central  Artery  Corridor surface restoration planning and design, and other large-scale development projects city-wide, in close collaboration with the City, State, key stakeholders, and community representatives

Ms. Antikarov has  also held  senior planning/urban design positions with FXFowle in NYC, SEA Consultants in Cambridge, and Chelsea Planning/Development Department 
in the Boston metro-area, where she managed urban planning, re/development, and capital projects, including large-scale master plans for key mixed-use developments, planning  studies and capital  improvement  documents, public buildings and outdoor recreation  facilities, streetscape  enhancements, open space  acquisition, planning, design, and  implementation efforts. Prior to her US graduate studies, Ms. Antikarov 
has worked in Sofia, Bulgaria on nationwide master planning & urban design projects
 
Public Process Experience
A Better City (ABC), Boston 
Appointed ABC representative on city planning Advisory Committees/Task Forces  
    City of Boston, Mayor's Central Artery Completion Task Force      2000 - 2005
    City of Boston, Municipal Harbor Plan Advisory Committee            2000 - 2005
    Boston Redevelopment Authority’s South Bay Planning Task Force 2003 - 2005
    Boston Redevelopment Authority’s West End Area Planning Group  2003 - 2004

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York 
LMDC representative on the WTC site & Lower Manhattan re/development efforts
Planning & Development Department, City of Chelsea
City of Chelsea representative in public forums on city planning & re/development

Professional Education
Executive Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2001