Tim Tompkins
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning

Tim Tompkins has been the President of the Times Square Alliance, one of New York City's largest and best-known business improvement districts, since 2002. The Alliance works to improve and promote Times Square - cultivating the creativity, energy and edge that have made the area an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century. Prior to coming to the Alliance, Tompkins was the Founder and Director of Partnerships for Parks, which works to support New York City's neighborhood parks. Partnerships efforts to revitalize the Bronx River led to its being awarded the Innovations in American Government Award, awarded by The Kennedy School and the Ford Foundation. Tompkins has worked at New York City's Economic Development Corporation, The New York City Charter Revision Commission, and was briefly the Nationals Editor at the Mexico City News, an English-language newspaper in Mexico. He has an undergraduate degree from Yale and an M.B.A. from Wharton. When he is not spending time in the most urban and unnatural place on the planet, he enjoys being in New York City's natural areas, including its parks and waterways. Reflecting two of his passions - sailing and yoga - he is a coast guard-licensed captain and a registered yoga teacher.











Areas of Expertise

  • Economic Development
  • International Development
  • Urban Health

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