Chantel leads the American Cities Program at the Kresge Foundation. American Cites stewards the foundation’s place-based work in Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Fresno, California. The team is also responsible for the foundation’s national community development portfolio, including funding knowledge exchange among community development practitioners; national community development intermediaries; innovative, scalable solutions; pioneering research; and city-based dialogues aimed at promoting effective practice and policy.