Theodora "Theo" Skeadas
She/Her
- Currently
- Public Policy Associate at Twitter
- Election history
- 1st time running
She/Her
A graduate of both Harvard and the Kennedy School, Theo first moved to Cambridge in 2008 to attend college. She has worked in Turkey, Iraq, Morocco, and the West Bank, in addition to spending several years at Booz Allen Hamilton in Boston.
She is also the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, board chair of the Cambridge YMCA, and a former board member of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association. She was Sumbul Siddiqui’s campaign manager in 2017.
Housing policy questions
Housing policy questions
We are increasingly losing the middle class in Cambridge. I believe there are many different contributing factors to this crisis including, but not limited to, gentrification, rising rents and a narrowing pathway to homeownership. Our challenges are threefold: unrealistic and restrictive requirements prevent those experiencing homelessness from gaining services and housing; tenants face rising prices, housing instability, and a lack of protections; and paths to homeownership reside behind a barrier of privilege and generational wealth.
The New York native arrived in Cambridge as a Harvard undergraduate, residing in Cabot House and graduating in 2012 with a degree in Philosophy. Skeadas was a member of the student acapella group LowKeys, the Harvard College Hellenic Society, Institute of Politics, and Phillips Brooks House Association’s Mission Hill after-school program.
Oct. 28, 2021 — Io Y. Gilman, Elizabeth K. RooseveltThe New York native arrived in Cambridge as a Harvard undergraduate, residing in Cabot House and graduating in 2012 with a degree in Philosophy. Skeadas was a member of the student acapella group LowKeys, the Harvard College Hellenic Society, Institute of Politics, and Phillips Brooks House Association’s Mission Hill after-school program.
Candidate Theodora M. "Theo" Skeadas ’12 also argued for permanent homeownership — specifically for families.
Oct. 27, 2021Candidate Theodora M. "Theo" Skeadas ’12 also argued for permanent homeownership — specifically for families.
The issues that matter most —affordable housing, supporting small businesses, civic engagement, environmental sustainability and the health and safety of our neighbors — demand our best efforts. I am prepared to give mine.
Oct. 21, 2021 — Community ContentThe issues that matter most —affordable housing, supporting small businesses, civic engagement, environmental sustainability and the health and safety of our neighbors — demand our best efforts. I am prepared to give mine.
"I want to elevate the conversation, not just on the importance of a local economy, but also its intense connection to environmental sustainability because locally driven economies are sustainable economies," Skeadas said. “These are economies of scale that work."
March 3, 2021 — Ryan S. Kim and David R. Shaw"I want to elevate the conversation, not just on the importance of a local economy, but also its intense connection to environmental sustainability because locally driven economies are sustainable economies," Skeadas said. “These are economies of scale that work."