SESSION SPEAKERS

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Adriana Abizadeh-Barbour

Kensington Corridor Trust
Executive Director

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

Boston University School of Social Work
Professor

Richard Albertson

Live the Life Ministries, Inc.
Founding President

Daron Babcock

Stand Together Foundation
Managing Director Place Based Initiatives

Mallory Baches

Congress for the New Urbanism
President

Erin Barnes

Main Street America
President and CEO

Rich Baum

Educational Alliance
President & CEO

Chanell Scott Contreras

Build From Within Alliance
Chief Executive Officer

Katie Delp

Purpose Built Communities
Chief Network Officer

David Edwards

City of Atlanta
Policy Advisor for Neighborhoods

Courtney English

City of Atlanta Mayors Office
Chief Policy Officer and Sr. Advisor to the Mayor

David Erickson

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
SVP and Head of Community Development

James Fritze

NewTown Macon, Inc.
President & CEO

Cheryl Gladstone

Deutsche Bank
Director - Community Development Finance Group

Tammie Hoy Hawkins

Together Consulting
President

Lauren Hult

The Bridgespan Group
Partner

Jon Ippel

Amplify GR
Executive Director

Tauheedah Jackson

EdRedesign Lab, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Deputy Director & Director, Institute for Success Planning

Seth Kaplan

Johns Hopkins University
Professor

Tyler Ahmed Krupp-Qureshi

Threshold Sacred Development
Co-Founder / Principal

Ben Lewis

Purpose Built Communities
Vice President, Learning and Innovation

othello meadows

Blue Meridian Partners
Managing Director, Places

Samuel Newman

Grocery Connect
Executive Director

Anna Scott

Stand Together Foundation
Director of Operations, Place-Based Initiatives

Diallo Smith

Life remodeled
CEO

Tim Soerens

Parish Collective
Executive Director

Khali Sweeney

DBG Detroit
CEO/Founder

Mihailo Temali

Build from Within Alliance
Senior Advisor

Deborah Tien

Relational Tech Project
Founding Steward

Tim Tompkins

NYU Marron Sustaining Places Initiative/ Brookings Metro
Fellow

Wendy Viola

WJWI at Harlem Children's Zone
Managing Director, Field Building & Research

Lorenzo Watson

Christian Community Development Association
CEO/President

Rob Watson

Harvard EdRedesign Lab
Executive Director