Robert Freudenberg is RPA's New Jersey Director whose primary focus involves sustainability planning in and around the State. With a background in environmental policy, Mr. Freudenberg applies sustainability principles to his project management work, which includes downtown revitalization, natural resources stewardship, coastal and maritime planning, public access and parks & recreation initiatives. His most recent work has focused largely on TOD planning in downtowns, co-authoring the 2010 LI Index Places to Grow report; partnering with the firm Moule & Polyzoides to prepare the Village of Freeport's Downtown Master Plan; and working with Senior Fellow Rob Lane to write a Downtown Revitalization Plan for the Village of Lynbrook. Additionally, Mr. Freudenberg co-managed the LI 2035 Visioning Initiative and ran the 2008 Long Island Regional Design Institute at Adelphi University.

Mr. Freudenberg has also been engaged in a variety of open space planning efforts including his current work managing the development of an open space master plan for the Ramapo Mountains in New Jersey and implementing the 2008 Nissequogue River Stewardship Action Plan, which he co-wrote.

Prior to joining RPA, Mr. Freudenbergs was selected as a 2004 NOAA Coastal Management Fellow by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Working for the DEP's Office of Policy, Planning and Science, he helped lead the effort to educate NJ municipalities on the State's coastal policies and worked to refine the State's coastal public access rule. Mr. Freudenberg holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BS in Environmental Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.