Background
Burden, Amanda Jay Mortimer was born on January 18, 1944 in New York City. Daughter of Stanley Grafton Mortimer Junior and Barbara (Cushing) Paley.
Burden, Amanda Jay Mortimer was born on January 18, 1944 in New York City. Daughter of Stanley Grafton Mortimer Junior and Barbara (Cushing) Paley.
Attended, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1976. Master of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia University, New York City.
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration (honorary), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2005.
Vice president architecture & design New York State Urban Development Corporation. Vice president planning & design Battery Park City Authority, New York City, 1983—1990. Member New York City Planning Commission, 1990—2002, chair, since 2002.
Director New York City Department City Planning, since 2002.
Board directors Center for Arts Education, Nature Conservancy, Architectural League, Fund for New York City. Past chair board directors Creative Time, Inc. Trustee Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
Fellow: American Institute Certified Planners. Member: New York Society Architect (Sidney Strauss award 1987), American Institute Architects (New York chapter) (Center for Architecture award 2005).
Married Shirley Carter Burden Junior, June 13, 1964 (divorced 1972). Children: Flobelle Fairbanks, Shirley Carter III. Married Steven J. Ross, 1979 (divorced 1981).