Tommy Pacello is President of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC), a community development organization supported by eight major anchor institutions operating in a two square mile area between Downtown and Midtown Memphis.
Public Workshop started in Philadelphia in 2009, but is really an outgrowth of the work Alex Gilliam has been doing teaching design and architecture over the past 17 years. With the recently launched sister nonprofit, Tiny WPA, he is able to take that work a few steps further.
Gétro Jean-Claude is a Financial Analyst for the Toledo Port Authority, as well as the founder of CAN Digital Group, a marketing social enterprise dedicated to improving the quality of life and well being of individuals and communities, locally and internationally.
Brandon Nicholson is the Executive Director of Hidden Genius Project, which provides young Black males in the Oakland area an opportunity to engage in the ongoing tech boom.
Yscaira Jimenez is the CEO of LaborX, a job-matching platform for entry-level candidates with nontraditional backgrounds, or, as she describes it, "LinkedIn for the linked out."
Lourdes German is the Director of International & Institute Wide Initiatives at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Boston. She is also the founder and director of the Civic Innovation Project, a national thought leadership and virtual learning platform focused on emerging government innovation.
Gregory Peckham is the Managing Director of LAND Studio in Cleveland, a nonprofit with the mission is of creating places and connecting people through public art, sustainable building and design, collaborative planning, and dynamic programming.
Michael O'Bryan harnesses the healing power of the arts to address social issues, including in his role as the Sanctuary Coordinator for the Trauma Informed Care Initiative in Philadelphia.
Dawn Weleski is a co-founder of Conflict Kitchen, an experimental art project in Pittsburgh where food is the medium and political conflict a tool of practice.
Shaka Senghor is a New York Times best-selling author, a highly respected and sought-after speaker, a mentor and teacher, a criminal justice reform activist, and an ex-con who works to put a human face to incarceration and show that transformation is possible.
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