Jovana Rizzo is the Vice President of Communications at The Durst Organization where she oversees public relations and communications initiatives. Prior to joining The Durst Organization, she was Vice President of Communications at Fairstead, a national affordable housing developer. Jovana also spent nearly a decade at BerlinRosen, a leading national public relations firm. As a senior leader on their real estate and cities team, she led public affairs strategies and crisis communications for national real estate clients, large-scale developments, and non-profit institutions. She started her career writing for The Real Deal magazine and was a spokesperson for the NYC Department of City Planning during the Bloomberg Mayoral Administration. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York and is a member of the Junior Board of Breaking Ground.