the Collaborative
Ed Shoucair has a wide range of experience in various roles and organizations. Ed was the President of the Collaborative, a consulting firm known for its excellence in planning, design, and communications. Ed co-founded and served as President of Education Collaborative, a research and development laboratory focused on producing innovative educational programs. Ed also founded and served as President of the Gloucester Education Foundation, a non-profit organization that raised funds for the Gloucester Public Schools. Additionally, they founded and served as President of the Carey Alumni Association, a non-profit organization that raised funds for school programs and built relationships between alumni and current students. Ed was the Co-Founder and President of the Restore Olmsted's Waterway Coalition, an organization dedicated to cleaning up the Muddy River and preserving the Emerald Necklace. Ed worked as a Senior Project Manager at Wallace Floyd Associates and founded the Massachusetts Riverways Program, a statewide program aimed at protecting river corridors and natural habitat.
Ed Shoucair's education history includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Duke University, which they obtained from 1975 to 1977. Prior to that, they studied History at Rutgers University from 1973 to 1975. In addition, they pursued a Master of City Planning degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1982 to 1984.
the Collaborative
The Collaborative is an award-winning consulting firm with a national reputation for excellence in planning, design, and communications. We began in 1990 as an outgrowth of Wallace Floyd Associates, a firm founded with Buckminster Fuller to design and build such signature projects as Epcot Center and the United States Pavilion at Expo 67. We work on projects that build strong communities and organizations, shape extraordinary places and designs, and inspire new ways of thinking and action. As planners we build communities and places that are welcoming, dynamic, and environmentally sound. As designers we draw from our deep respect for nature, history, and culture to craft designs that are relevant, stir thought, and tell a story. Our 5-time Emmy Award-winning Communications Group works to discover what people care about and then we shape campaigns to engage and inform. Collaboration unites all we do and flows from the knowledge that making connections is the root of creation and change.