RON MALLIS, AICP
567 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118
617-512-1396 (m)
617-536-8362 (h)
ron.mallis@gmail.com
For the last ten years, Ron Mallis has been senior planner and project manager in the planning and urban
design department of Goody Clancy. Bringing a strong background in organizational development to his
position, his work continues to focus on identifying options, opportunities, and collaborative strategies
that link civic engagement to social, economic, and physical sustainability. He has worked in contexts as
varied as the creation of institutional and neighborhood master plans, community redevelopment plans,
corridor studies, land use strategies, economic development action plans, and urban design guidelines.
Ron has presented at the Boston Society of Architect’s Urban Design Committee and AIA-Georgia, among
other venues, and has served as a guest course lecturer and studio juror at MIT’s Department of Urban
Studies and Planning.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
 Neighborhood Planning with the San Antonio Housing Authority (San Antonio, TX), specifically, a
Choice Neighborhood Initiative transformation plan and implementation strategy for SAHA property
and surrounding neighborhood, with emphasis on civic engagement and on identification and
incorporation of, and collaboration with leverage partners from the private, non-profit, and public
sectors.
 Springfield Disaster Recover Master Plan (Springfield, MA), focused on two of the three hardest-hit
districts – downtown and South End – including an intense and complex public process aimed at
expanding participation by disaffected populations in recovery planning and strategies for rebuilding.
 City-Building Vision for the Hamilton Canal District (Lowell, MA) that successfully engaged
immigrant and other non-English speaking communities in creating a common vision among residents
of four neighborhoods surrounding a major downtown redevelopment site. Recipient of a 2009 APA
Massachusetts Social Advocacy Award, Honorable Mention
 O’Donnell Heights Master Plan (Baltimore, MD) emphasized the transformation of a 62-acre public
housing site into a new, sustainable neighborhood, incorporating BMPs, emphasizing mixed-income
and mixed-use, and bringing together contending populations that included both public housing and
nearby non-public housing residents. The area had been the subject of a previous study; this new
effort by Baltimore Housing aimed at a new, more collaborative approach.
 Unified New Orleans Plan (New Orleans, LA), with a focus on the Gentilly neighborhood and the
identification of locally-based strategies for revival and revitalization, including an educational
consortium among the four institutions of higher education located within the neighborhood. (Goody
Clancy’s UNOP work also encompassed the city’s downtown as well as two other neighborhoods.)
 West Savannah Revitalization Plan (Savannah, GA) that examined opportunities for the physical,
social, economic, and sustainable revitalization of a distressed neighborhood with 3500 residents
located less than two miles west of the historic downtown. With expansive participation by
residents, including neighborhood youth, and the city’s civic and business leadership, the initiative
focused on creation of new affordable and market-rate housing, commercial corridor revitalization,
development of a newly vibrant public realm, and formulation of financing and other
implementation strategies. Winner of the 2007 APA-Georgia Outstanding Implementation Award.
 DC Corridor Revitalization Plan (Washington, DC), combining in-depth market analysis and
outreach to the varied Kennedy Street N.W. stakeholders, the plan identifies resources and
outlines potential new development entities to activate the implementation strategy.
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Master in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Arts, American Literature, Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature, Cornell University