Celeste Frye is the Principal and CEO of Public Works Partners, a New York City-based planning and consulting firm.  She co-founded Public Works Partners out of a passion to help mission-driven organizations increase their positive impact on local communities. Celeste previously worked in NYC government, where she led budget and human resources teams and launched large-scale business-based hiring and training initiative. She is a graduate of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses and Coro Leadership NY and has degrees from Cornell University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.