Amy Stelly

Amy Stelly is an artist, designer and planner, a native of New Orleans and a proud resident of the Treme-Lafitte neighborhood. She is the founder and executive director of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, a nonprofit design firm that is committed to providing access to the languages of design and land use for all. Amy rose to prominence as a freeway fighter when President Biden cited the city’s Claiborne Expressway as an example of infrastructure that has divided and harmed the Treme and 7th Ward communities. She is also a preservationist and land use expert who has led some of the most powerful advocacy groups in New Orleans.