
Areas of Work

Program Evaluation & Performance Improvement

Strategic Planning & Retreat Facilitation

Local Hiring Strategy & Partnership Development

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Speaker Bio
Celeste Frye, AICP
Principal & CEO
As CEO, Celeste provides overall leadership and executive level thinking to Public Works’ engagements.
Experience
- At NYC Department of Small Business Services, she led the agency’s budget and human resources teams and launched large-scale business-based hiring and training initiatives
- Previously a Senior Analyst at NYC Office of Management and Budget
- MS in Urban Planning from Cornell University
- BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduate of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses
- Alumna of Coro Leadership New York
- Guest lecturer with Cornell College of Art, Architecture, and Planning
Outside of Public Works Partners
- Member of the Regional Plan Association’s Connecticut Committee
- Active school PTO president and Girl Scout leader
- Longtime member/leader of the alumni advisory board of the Coro New York Leadership Center
- Served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and speaks Berber
- Loves to hike and explore new cities

Celeste Frye, AICP
Principal & CEO
As CEO, Celeste provides overall leadership and executive-level thinking to Public Works’ engagements.
Experience
- At NYC Department of Small Business Services, she led the agency’s budget and human resources teams and launched large-scale business-based hiring and training initiatives
- Previously a Senior Analyst at NYC Office of Management and Budget
- MS in Urban Planning from Cornell University
- BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduate of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses
- Alumna of Coro Leadership New York
- Guest lecturer with Cornell College of Art, Architecture, and Planning
Outside of Public Works Partners
- Member of the Regional Plan Association’s Connecticut Committee
- Active school PTO president and Girl Scout leader
- Longtime member/leader of the alumni advisory board of the Coro New York Leadership Center
- Served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and speaks Berber
- Loves to hike and explore new cities
Areas of Work

Program Evaluation & Performance Improvement

Strategic Planning & Retreat Facilitation

Local Hiring Strategy & Partnership Development
