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Christy Turner
Policy and Research Analyst
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Christy Turner is the Policy and Research Analyst for the West North Avenue Development Authority. She specializes in the revitalization planning process and ethnographic surveying and research centered around investment in housing, transportation, and economic and neighborhood development. Christy also serves as a liaison to the Maryland Department of Legislative Services and staff to the members of the Maryland General Assembly.

Christy is a former (AmeriCorps) Lead for America Fellow who served with WNADA as a Community Revitalization Coordinator as she constructed community development and neighborhood revitalization logic models, prepared land maps using Geographic Information Systems, and conducted case studies of national best practices in urban planning. Currently an MPP candidate at The University of Maryland School of Public Policy, she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with a concentration in Pre-Law and a minor in Sociology from Coppin State University.

Christy developed her passion for service and sense of community at an early age as she was involved in organizations such as Community Outreach through Preventative Education and the Summer Hill Heritage Group. In 2018, Christy received the Georgia Service Award for her community preservation research on the Summer Hill School in Cartersville, Georgia.


Prior to working with the West North Avenue Development Authority, Christy was an academic intern for the Fund for American Studies, where she studied the foundations of Leadership and the American Presidency. While with this organization, she drafted articles and reports on technical and political documents and public affairs issues. She is a former White House HBCU Competitiveness Scholar and recipient of the Joe Manns Black Wall Street Award, The Distinguished Eagle Award, and the 2022 Unsung Hero Award. She is also a member of the Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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Contact information:

2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
christy@wnada.org
Phone: 667-319-9759

Meet The Team

Chad Williams

Executive Director

Christy Turner

Policy and Research Analyst

Erich Lange

Transportation Development Officer

Jasmin M. Torress

General Counsel

Keyonna Penick

Chief Of Staff

Neala Crockwell

Special Assistant To The Executive Director

Jared Jackson

Housing Development Officer

Selisa Jefferson

Economic Development Officer

Lorra Toler

Neighborhood Development Officer

Shaunte Roper

Chief Budget and Finance Officer

Teresa Stephens

Public Affairs Officer, WNADA

Tiara Sykes

Procurement Officer
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