Jun 27, 2022
Julie is a strategic leader focused on social impact partnerships leading towards equity and wellbeing for all. After three decades in local government and nonprofit leadership positions, in July 2020 Julie co-founded Civic Wellbeing Partners, a startup project designed to advance and spread wellbeing leadership and practices. Julie has partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson…
Sep 26, 2021
Paul Taylor is the Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto and a lifelong anti-poverty activist. He also teaches at Simon Fraser University, is a regular political commentator on CTV and has written numerous op-eds and columns on various social issues. Growing up materially poor in Toronto, has inspired Paul to commit his life to doing what…
Sep 26, 2021
Peter van Wingerden is CEO and founder of Floating Farm, a disruptive way of agriculture on the water. International leading the innovation of food production close to consumers in a totally new approach (climate adaptive). Floating Farm designs, engineers and develops sustainable farms on rivers, ports, lakes, water reservoirs and sea. Floating Farm started 5…
Mar 25, 2021
We had the pleasure of speaking with Andrea San Gil Leon, “one of Latin America’s important female figures working in transportation,” about her introduction to cities, the future of urban sustainability, gender-inclusivity, and her new ventures with the Global Partnership for Informal Transportation. – March 25, 2021 Q: Can you tell us a bit…
Feb 09, 2021
Jessica A. Lee is an independent scholar who spent five years as an associate fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.
Feb 09, 2021
Courtney Kishbaugh is a Senior Associate at New Localism Associates and passionate about innovation in Midwestern cities.
Feb 05, 2021
“In my opinion, St. Louis just has that gem that like, you don’t know what it is, but St. Louis gives you that feeling that you can actually thrive here, you can be something, you can do something.”
Feb 05, 2021
Bruce Katz is the Founding Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Previously he served as inaugural Centennial Scholar at Brookings Institution and as vice president and director of Brooking’s Metropolitan Policy Program for 20 years. He is a member of the RSA City Growth Commission in the United Kingdom…
Feb 05, 2021
“In a climate of scarcity, we have renewed our commitment to being an anchor institution that serves as an economic engine for the region. We remain steadfastly focused on addressing the needs of our students and the St. Louis metropolitan community.”
Feb 05, 2021
Prior to becoming CEO of Greater St. Louis, Inc., Jason R. Hall was CEO and Co-Founder of Arch to Park, a catalytic, civic-minded investment organization focused on economic growth in the urban core of St. Louis. Arch to Park was formed out of a desire by community leaders to create a new center of strategy…
Jan 28, 2021
Sarah Hobson, PhD. is the founder and president of Community Allies. She supports educators, businesses, and government agencies in doing their part together to advance equity. Drawing on years of researching her youth ethnodrama programs, she developed Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum™, a systematic way for educators to design culturally responsive trauma-informed instruction that engages…
Jan 26, 2021
Otis Williams is the Executive Director of the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC). SLDC is the economic development agency for the City of St. Louis and reports directly to the Mayor. Williams leads the agency’s economic development activities City-wide aimed at bringing people, jobs, and investment to the City. Prior to joining SLDC, Williams served…
