Reis O'Donnell

Reis O'Donnell is an experienced professional currently serving as a Planner at Benesch since May 2023 and as Ambassador Lead at UPTOWN UNITED since July 2022. Additionally, Reis has been employed as a Bartender at The Irish American Heritage Center since July 2018. Previous roles include extern/paralegal at Richard J Prendergast Ltd from May 2018 to January 2023 and GIS Field Intern at Urban GIS from May to September 2021. Reis started working as a mover/storage worker at Storage Squad LLC in April 2019 and continued until May 2021. Academically, Reis is pursuing a Master’s of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois Chicago, expected to graduate in December 2023. Reis holds a Bachelor of Urban Planning with a policy and planning concentration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2017-2021) and completed an international exchange semester in Urban Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2020. Educational background includes graduating from Loyola Academy in 2017.