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Home / Our Team / Jesse Kanson-Benanav

Jesse Kanson-Benanav

April 2, 2018 by

Jesse manages affordable housing work including the design, permitting, financing and construction of new developments. He comes to BBH with more than 15 years of experience in affordable housing working as a Senior Project Manager for Somerville Community Corporation, a Regional Project Associate for Community Builders, and a public housing management consultant for Edgemere Consulting. In addition, Jesse is a noted community organizer and founder of ABC Cambridge, a community-based organization advocating for increased housing production and smart-growth development in Cambridge and Metro Boston. He is also a board member at Just-A-Start Corporation and Chairman of their Real Estate Committee.
Jesse holds a Master’s degree in City Planning from MIT and a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College.

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