# Regina Villa Associates, Inc.

> Regina Villa Associates is a Boston public-engagement and strategic-communications consultancy that helps government agencies, engineers, nonprofits, and private project teams explain complicated public works and policy choices to the people affected by them. Founded in 1978, the woman-owned firm combines stakeholder research, multilingual outreach, meeting facilitation, issue tracking, creative production, and event management, with a particularly deep record in New England transportation, water, public health, and emergency preparedness.

- **Founded:** 1978
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Regina “Jean” Villa (Founder, President and Owner)
- **Products:** Civic engagement programs, Strategic planning and facilitation, Event management, Marketing and communications
- **Notable:** Developed and implemented nearly 200 public-engagement and public-relations strategies across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island., Developed and managed more than 100 civic-engagement programs in New England., Maintained more than 25 years of Massachusetts Woman Business Enterprise certification and also holds Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification, with similar certifications across several New England states.

## Products & services

- **Civic engagement programs** — Stakeholder assessment, public meetings and hearings, surveys, focus groups, advisory groups, multilingual outreach, Title VI and environmental-justice engagement, project databases, hotlines, issue tracking, and construction-impact communications.
- **Strategic planning and facilitation** — Organizational and project development, management consulting, consensus-building meetings, emergency-management consulting, public-health research, branding, and leadership or train-the-trainer programs.
- **Event management** — Program development, speaker and audience outreach, registration, sponsorships, venue and travel logistics, accessibility accommodations, on-site coordination, press relations, signage, and video production for meetings and events of up to 2,000-plus participants.
- **Marketing and communications** — Public-sector print, video, radio, web, social, email, survey, educational, graphic-design, PSA, photography, and campaign services, with creative concepts developed in-house.

## Achievements

- Developed and implemented nearly 200 public-engagement and public-relations strategies across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
- Developed and managed more than 100 civic-engagement programs in New England.
- Maintained more than 25 years of Massachusetts Woman Business Enterprise certification and also holds Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification, with similar certifications across several New England states.
- Led strategic communications for the 10-year Boston Harbor Project and later community relations for major water-treatment and supply-tunnel work.
- Supported the MBTA Bus Network Redesign, a regional planning effort covering more than 50 cities and towns and a system serving roughly 400,000 daily riders at the project's outset.
- Helped move the Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium's annual two-day conference online during the pandemic.
- Supported public outreach for the $107.7 million Charlton/Oxford Route 20 reconstruction, completed one year early.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Supported Lynnway Multimodal Corridor outreach with two in-person open houses, a virtual meeting, multilingual materials, local advertising, and events across Lynn, Swampscott, Nahant, and Marblehead.
- **2026-07** — Highlighted survey analysis and educational-resource work with AECOM for Massachusetts Safe Routes to School.
- **2026-06** — Welcomed Rachel Chiquoine as Community Engagement Director and a member of the senior management team.
- **2026-05** — Helped organize and staff the 47th Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium Conference, which included 62 exhibitors.
- **2025-09** — Supported planning of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ribbon cutting for a new emergency-supplies warehouse.

## Links

- Website: https://www.reginavilla.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reginavilla-assoc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RVA_Boston
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rvainc/

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Last updated: 2026-09-21