Tiera was appointed Executive Director of UB in September 2025. She previously served as Executive Director of the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) since May 2021, where she executed initiatives and programming to make Brownsville a better place to live, play, shop, and work. She possesses a Master’s in Urban Planning and an Advanced GIS Certificate from the City University of New York-Hunter College. Before joining the BID, she was a cross-divisional advisor in the Workforce Development Division at the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), supporting the Fiscal, Training, and Workforce1 teams. She has a background in real estate development, data and legal research, and community organizing. She completed the Worker Cooperative Fellowship with the Urban Design Forum. In addition, she is a former Neighborhood 360° Fellow in the Neighborhood Development Division at SBS and a resident of Community District 16.
