Tommaso Wagner

Tommaso joined Utile in early 2024 as a graduate intern while pursuing his master’s degree in urban planning and policy at Northeastern University. Before joining Utile, Tommaso worked for the Conservation Law Foundation, after earning his bachelor’s degree in environmental policy, with a minor in philosophy, from Colby College in Maine. In this role he protected public access to the coast through Massachusetts’ chapter 91: monitoring coastal development projects, researching and writing comment letters, providing paralegal support for legal action, and conducting analysis of public boating amenities for existing Boston coastal developments in Boston. Tommaso also worked on the community-led Lawrence Pa’Lante project in Lawrence Massachusetts supporting the community’s plans to achieve environmental justice goals to make the city more walkable, cool, and safe. Driven by a vision of the future where our cities and towns foster community by laying out space to serve local people and by furthering equity and environmental justice. Tommaso has avidly applied his GIS and planning policy expertise to his work at Utile. In his spare time, Tommaso continues to imagine what his vision for the future may look like through his love for sci-fi and imaginative fiction. You will also often find him cooking up a storm, playing board games, and spending time with his wife, family, and friends.