Jim Venturi is the Founder and Prin­ci­pal Designer of ReThink Studio and ReThinkNYC.  Through his expe­ri­ences in infor­ma­tion tech­nol­ogy, plan­ning, and archi­tec­ture, Venturi focuses on solv­ing the infra­struc­tural, social and eco­nomic chal­lenges of trans­porta­tion  plan­ning. 

This holis­tic approach is reflected in both his work at ReThink Studio and his past work as a net­work archi­tect, bridg­ing ana­lyt­i­cal and cre­ative assets by build­ing early tech­nol­ogy net­works and devel­op­ing soft­ware. Since the launch of ReThinkNYC in  2014, Jim has been recognized as a thought-leader in the fields of transportation  planning, innovative design, and entrepreneurship. 

Venturi’s work expe­ri­ence in archi­tec­ture and urban plan­ning comes from work­ing with archi­tects in his early career and teach­ing archi­tec­ture stu­dents CAD soft­ware at Parsons School of Design. He gained fur­ther expe­ri­ence more recently from the produc­tion of Bob and Denise, a fea­ture film in post-pro­duc­tion about the renowned architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. 

Venturi is the 2015 recip­i­ent of the James Parks Morton Promise for the Future Award,  which was given in part to rec­og­nize the ReThinkNYC project.