Catherine Cox Blair
Director, SPARCC, Resilient Communities, People & Communities Program
Catherine Cox Blair provides communities with technical assistance and expertise regarding city-led innovation and the forging of private-public partnerships. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked at Reconnecting America, where she managed sustainable-development projects in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, and Atlanta and helped plan and implement communities anchored by mass transit. She has also worked as a planner for the city of Denver. Blair is a commissioner of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and a master’s from the University of Virginia. She is based in Denver.
Areas of Work
Sustainable CitiesRelated content
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Denver on Track as New-Mobility, Transportation Leader
Expert BlogCatherine Cox Blair
Live.Ride.Share Conference on New Mobility Comes to Denver
Expert BlogCatherine Cox Blair
Why NRDC Helped Develop LEED Ratings for Neighborhoods
NRDC in ActionSan Francisco, Nashville, Indianapolis, California, Tennessee, Indiana, MarylandRebecca Dalzell
Why settle for a green building when you can have an entire green neighborhood?
Policy Resources
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Strong, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC)
OverviewUnited StatesShelley Poticha, Yerina Mugica, Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins, Catherine Cox Blair, Sasha Forbes, AICP, Marissa Ramirez
NRDC is a founding partner of SPARCC, an initiative for equitable, community-led investment and a model to spur systemic change in the way we approach community investment and development.
Taking the High Road to More and Better Infrastructure in the United States
Issue paperUnited StatesDouglass Sims, Catherine Cox Blair, Sarah Dougherty
Priority must be placed on infrastructure projects that also deliver numerous economic, social and environmental benefits—such as jobs, improved mobility, and climate resiliency.