Eve Baron, appointed by Brooklyn Borough President Adams, is a Brooklyn resident and Chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment in the School of Architecture at the Pratt Institute. Baron brings extensive experience in higher education, advocacy and government. Previously, she was Adjunct Associate Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment and Senior Fellow for Planning and Policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development. Most recently, she was Academic Program Manager of Urban and Community Studies at The Murphy Institute in the City University of New York's (CUNY) School of Professional Studies.