Support
The Loeb Fellowship is grateful for the continued financial support of its alumni and friends. We welcome donations in support of our Fellows and programs.
We are grateful that fellows stay active as Loeb and GSD alumni and contribute to initiatives that enrich the school.
William A. Doebele Fellowship in Community Design
Administered through the Office of Career Services, the Fellowship provides stipends for current GSD students to contribute design and planning skills through Community Service Fellowship Program summer internships in nonprofit or governmental organizations.
2026
Oli Branham-Upton (MLA I ’27) is joining the Destination Design School of Agricultural Estates (DDSAE) in Atlanta, GA. DDSAE is a Reparative Design educational center planned for the Black Belt Region of Georgia in South Fulton County, Chattahoochee Hills. Oli will work to translate the Black Belt Green New Deal Superstudio concepts into site-responsive interventions along the Digging Du Bois Trail (first 25 miles). This includes site analysis, prototyping material systems, spatial marking/wayfinding, participatory engagement, and documentation of ecological repair, cultural memory, accessibility, and stewardship.
Natalia Garcia Minor (MUP ’27) is joining the City of Boston Streets Cabinet in Boston, MA. The City of Boston Streets Cabinet, through its Boston Outside initiative, is dedicated to transforming the city’s streets and public spaces into vibrant, welcoming, and family-friendly environments that support community building and social resilience. Natalia will lead comprehensive, mixed-methods evaluation of the city’s neighborhood street plaza program, specifically targeting New Edgerly Plaza, Birch Street Plaza, and Phillips Square.
2025
Sarah Ferriter (MUP ’26) is joining Boston Harbor Now in Boston, Massachusetts, whose mission is to help build a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands that are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change, ensuring our public, environmental, and economic health and well-being. Sarah will develop climate-related educational materials that may be integrated along the Boston waterfront. Specifically, she will work to understand the types of climate-related information the public would like to learn more about, identify appropriate locations where this information should be displayed, and create accessible and engaging content for these educational materials.
Ermiyas Gebre (MArch I ’28) is joining Greater Grove Hall Main Streets (GGHMS) in Dorchester, MA. Partnering with businesses and the City of Boston, GGHMS supports local enterprises, attracts new businesses, fosters innovation, and enhances public spaces. Ermiyas will use his design expertise to help develop creative design concepts and visual renderings that contribute to the organization’s broader mission of transforming urban spaces, in addition to supporting projects that promote sustainable practices and address key community challenges.
2024
Emily Kim (MLA I ’25) and Carlo Raimondo (MLA I ’25) will join the Guåhan Sustainable Culture (GSC) in Guam. GSC is a non-profit to cultivate ideas around environmental sustainability to create well-being within the local community of Guahan (Guam). GSC has acquired a 50-acre plot of land that Emily and Carlo will help redesign into an outdoor, off-the-grid learning resource center with a series of small farming plots. Per GSC’s goal of creating food sovereignty and security on the island, the resource center will serve as a resiliency hub and gathering place for community members to learn about implementing new, self-sustaining food systems in their daily lives.
2023
Elaine Zmuda (MLA I AP ’24) worked for the Sweet Water Foundation in Chicago, Illinois. Sweet Water Foundation practices regenerative neighborhood development and utilizes a blend of urban agriculture, art, and education to transform vacant spaces and abandoned buildings into economically and ecologically productive and sustainable community assets that produce engaged youth, art, locally grown food, and affordable housing.
2022
Boya Zhou (MLA I AP ’23) worked with Matthew Mazzotta’18 and the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam, New York.
Sarah Page (MAUD ’23) worked at Broad Community Connections in New Orleans as a research and design intern.
Austin Sun (MArch I / MLA I ’24) worked at MASS Design Group where he will help on a project for a year round market and community food center in downtown Albuquerque.
Ilana Curtis (MDes Publics ’23) worked at the High Line Network in New York City.
Stockard Fellowship
The Stockard Fellowship celebrates James G. Stockard, Jr., (MCP ’68, LF ’78) who helped shape the Loeb Fellowship into a powerful force for positive change while inspiring a sense of social responsibility in countless GSD students. This Fund recognizes a meritorious student from any design discipline who shares Stockard’s commitment to advancing smart design concepts in affordable housing.
Shane Wooley MUP’26 was the 2025-2026 Stockard Fellow. Read his Report
Michaela Gwiazda MUP’25 was the 2024-2025 Stockard Fellow. Read her Report
Emma Yudelevitch MUP’24 was the 2023-2024 Stockard Fellow. Read her report
Abdul-Razak Zachariah MUP ’23 was the 2022-2023 Stockard Fellow. Read his report.
Druker Traveling Fellowship
Established in 1986 by Ronald M. Druker LF ’76 and by the Trustees of the Bertram A. Druker Charitable Foundation, the Druker Traveling Fellowship is open to all GSD Master’s degree candidates who demonstrate excellence in the design of urban environments. The fellowship offers students the opportunity to travel domestically or abroad to pursue study that advances their understanding of urban design.
2023
Carolyn Angius MUP ’19 What Does a Gender-Inclusive City Look Like? Lessons from public spaces, transportation systems, and housing developments designed for gender equity
Laura Greenberg MAUD ’20 Exploring EcoDistricts
Selkregg Innovation Fund
The Selkregg Loeb Fellowship Innovation Fund will allow the Loeb Fellowship Curator John Peterson (LF ’06) to explore ways to innovate and expand, building above and beyond the already influential program.
From time to time individual Loeb alumni create funds that support initiatives close to their hearts. The Phil Freelon Fellowship Fund is one such project that provides financial aid to expand academic opportunities for underrepresented students at the GSD. The Margaret McCurry Lecture in Design Arts supports an occasional lecture in the GSD schedule.