Tiernan Martin
Downtown Activation Coordinator
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTiernan Martin is a community development and land use specialist with 11 years of experience shaping equitable, transit-oriented urban policy and projects across Downtown Seattle and adjacent neighborhoods. Currently serving as Downtown Activation Coordinator for the City of Seattle, he leads high-profile initiatives like freeway lids over I-5 and public-private redevelopment partnerships while acting as a primary liaison to the Chinatown-International District. Previously he directed research and led technical assistance at Futurewise, combining geospatial data science (R, PostGIS) with regulatory analysis to help communities retain affordable housing and commercial spaces. Tiernan’s work blends hands-on data tooling, policy development, and coalition-building—skills sharpened by board service on regional transit and preservation committees—and he has a track record of translating census and parcel-level analysis into practical policy outcomes. An early career in energy auditing and an international urban design internship in Shanghai give him uncommon breadth across technical, regulatory, and on-the-ground neighborhood practice.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (Honors), Economics, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (Honors), Economics at McGill University
Github Skills (170)
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dplyr9
latex9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tiernanmartin/NeighborhoodChangeTypology
Jul 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:270 commits, 65 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
tiernanmartin/home-and-hope
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:395 commits, 207 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year
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