The MAS Survey on Livability – Thu. 10/21, 9:50am

Robert McNulty is the founder and president of Partners for Livable Communities, a 30 year old organization working to make cities across the country more livable for all people.  Mr. McNulty’s diverse career began as an archaeologist with Colonial Williamsburg and then moved to the Smithsonian Institution where he was assistant to the director of the National Museum of American History.  Subsequently he became Director of Environmental Programs of the General Services Administration and the assistant director of the Architecture and Environmental Arts program of the National Endowment for the Arts. There he pioneered a series of small grants to local municipal authorities to improve the economic climate of their cities.  Robert McNulty received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.  He is a frequent lecturer and has been a fellow of Harvard and Yale Universities.  His written work has appeared in journals across the country and he has co-authored five books on achieving livability in urban America.