Philadelphia Retail Revolution!

Casandra Domínguez

Director of Business Attraction and Retention
Center City District (CCD)

Casandra Domínguez is the Manager of Business Retention and Retail Attraction at the Center City District (CCD), a $20 million business improvement district, which provides security, cleaning, place marketing, promotion and planning services for Philadelphia's central business district. She joined the CCD in May of 2013, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government with a Master’s in Public Administration and Certificate in Economic Development. In her role at the CCD, Casandra manages the organization's retail attraction program to increase commercial investment and development in downtown Philadelphia. She also manages membership services for the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC), a non-profit business leadership organization affiliated with the CCD. Prior to graduate school, Casandra worked in New York at Merrill Lynch's International Wealth Management division, as well as Próxima Alfa, a seeding platform for start-up hedge funds. Casandra is originally from Madrid, Spain and has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.