Nicola Mammes
Program Director, Zero Fare, City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Nicola Mammes is the Program Director for the City of Philadelphia Zero Fare program. She works for the Managing Director’s Office in Health and Human Services and supports the design, implementation, and evaluation of the transit benefit program.
Most recently she worked as the Director of Emergency Management at Temple University and as the Regional Preparedness Program Manager with the City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management. In those positions she led and supported crisis response and built programs to provide services and support to individuals affected by large-scale emergencies and disasters in Philadelphia and all Temple University domestic campuses.
Prior to relocating to Philadelphia, Nicola worked as a transportation planner with the New York City Department of Transportation. Her responsibilities included supporting the developing of a Smart Ruck Management Plan through research, data analysis, and stakeholder and community engagement.
Nicola holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning with a concentration in transportation and land use planning from the Edward J. Bloustein School at Rutgers University and a bachelor’s degrees in planning and public policy & political science from Rutgers University.