Nina Idemudia

CTL-E-6335 · Person · other · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07521 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6335.

Nina Idemudia, AICP, is Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), the Chicago urban-innovation organization founded in 1978; she joined as CEO in September 2023 after serving as Chicago Recovery Plan Director in the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Director of Planning at MUSE Community + Design, and a planner for the City of Los Angeles. Crain's Chicago Business named her to its own 40 Under 40 in 2024, and she was elected the first Black president of the Illinois chapter of the American Planning Association in 2021. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

Notes

CROSS-HONOR NOTE: her Crain's 40 Under 40 (2024) is a different honor from WVON's; the master's Crain's list record (CTL-L-0038) is a separate store and no edge is staged across stores. Organization edge: CNT is not homed; an affiliated_with edge is BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.

Relationships

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
  Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Chief Executive Officer, Center for Neighborhood Technology.

Sources

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Nina Idemudia as Chief Executive Officer, Center for Neighborhood Technology, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
• Center for Neighborhood Technology, staff biography for Nina Idemudia (accessed 2026-10-21): CEO since September 2023; previously Chicago Recovery Plan Director (Chicago DPD), Director of Planning at MUSE Community + Design, and City of Los Angeles planner; Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40, 2024. (primary source · build store)
• Pritzker Traubert Foundation (accessed 2026-10-21): Idemudia elected first Black President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association in 2021. (build store)

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