Brendan Zeinstra
Community Engagement Manager
Brendan is the Community Engagement Manager at 1000 Friends of Wisconsin and helps organize the Housing Onward Wisconsin campaign and lead the Community Housing Academy (CHA). Passionate about all things housing and urban planning, Brendan views housing as a human right and hopes to build resilient and egalitarian communities.
Prior to 1KF, Brendan worked for the Madison Area Community Land Trust, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, the PEOPLE Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and as an Admissions Counselor at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Brendan holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in Global Markets & Society from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as well as a Master of Science in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Originally from suburban Chicagoland, Brendan often splits his time between Illinois and Wisconsin.
Outside of work, Brendan enjoys biking, reading, movies, history, spending time with friends and family, and rooting for his favorite sports teams.
brendan@1kfriends.org
608-259-1000