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KamranV
Bedrock.LA
Anne-Marie Slaughter
New America
CEO and President
Mayor Levar Stoney
City of Richmond, VA
Mayor
Senator Mark Warner
United States Senate
Virginia
Mayor Andy Berke
City of Chattanooga
Mayor
Governor Terry McAuliffe
Commonwealth of Virginia
Governor
Juanita Hardy
Urban Land Institute
Senior Visiting Fellow for Creative Placemaking
Brad Whitehead
The Fund for Our Economic Future
President
Chris Harris
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Senior Program Officer - Entrepreneurship
Laura Weidman Powers
CODE2040
Co-founder and CEO
Mike Signer
City of Charlottesville
City Council
Aaron Renn
Manhattan Institute
Senior Fellow
Sheila Dugan
Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University
Director of Cities
Jason Schupbach
National Endowment for the Arts
Director of Design and Creative Placemaking
Steven Olikara
Millennial Action Project
President and Co-Founder
Jennifer Park
What Works Cities, Results for America
Associate Director
Dave McClure
Founding Partner
500 Startups
Elizabeth Linos
Behavioral Insights Team, North America
VP, Head of Research and Evaluation
Michael Hendrix
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Senior Director, Emerging Issues & Research
Jessica Feingold
Kiva
Senior Development Manager
Jonathan Coppage
R Street Institute
Visiting Senior Fellow
Speakers
Rich Allevi
Sun Tribe Solar
Co-founder and Director of Operations
Emefa Addo Agawu
New America
Program Associate for the Cybersecurity Initiative
Justin Ahrens
Rule29
Founder
Bill Antholis
Director and CEO
Miller Center at the University of Virginia
Ed Ayers
University of Richmond
President Emeritus and Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities
Tony Bacigalupo
Brainewave
Facilitator
Ross Baird
Village Capital
Founder and Executive Director
Peter Baker
The New York Times
Chief White House Correspondent
Brian Balogh
Miller Center of Public Affairs
Compton Professor and Chair of the National Fellowship Program
Donna Balson
Pianist
Jason Bannon
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Director, Marketing & Communications
Natalie Batman
Studio IX
Co-founder
Scott Beyer
Market Urbanism Report
Founder
Douglas A. Blackmon
American Forum
Executive Producer
Miranda Bogen
Upturn
Associate
Katie Boody
The Lean Lab
CEO
Rebecca Bostwick
Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
Managing Director
Edward Boyd
iNvictus Group Holdings
Chief Strategy Officer
Mickael Broth
Welcoming Walls
Co-Founder
LB
Lester Brown
Brandon Bruce
Cirrus Insight
Co-founder & COO
Matt Busby
The Camp House
Director
Dana Calder
The Iron Yard
Campus Director
Ric Cavender
Charleston Main Streets
Executive Director
Becky Ceperley
Appalachia Funders Network, City of Charleston, WV
Consultant, Member of Charleston, WV City Council
Jim Cheng
CAV Angels
Co-founder
Chris Cillizza
The Washington Post
Journalist and Political Commentator
Sarah Corlett
Design Impact
Director
Dan Cowen
Sarah Cunningham
Virginia Commonwealth University
Executive Director of Research, School of the Arts
Sarad Davenport
City of Promise/Charlottesville Promise Neighborhood
Director
Cathryn Davis
ENOUGH PIE
Executive Director
Veronica Davis
Nspiregreen LLC
Managing Partner
Rick Destito
The Gear Factory
Owner, dreamer, doer
Monica Diodati
Better Block
Project Manager
Alyssa Doom
The Sunlight Foundation
Open Cities Project Manager
Sarah duPont
Amazon Aid Foundation
President
Lynn Easton
Easton Events; Easton Porter Group
Founder
Daniel Edelman
Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
Josh Edwards
City of Durham, NC
Strategic Initiatives Manager
Julie Engel
Julie Engel Coaching & Consulting
Ace Epps
BMe Community
Akron BMe Community Manager
Jori Erdman
LSU School of Architecture
Professor
Sara Eskrich
City of Madison, WI
Alder
Toni Eubanks
Push Mommies
Owner
Rachel Falkenstein
County of Albemarle
Senior Planner
David Farnan
City of Boulder
Library & Arts Director
Kasey Faust
University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Professor
Ferki Ferati
The Jefferson Educational Society
President
Rider Foley
UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science
Assistant Professor
Carlton Ford
Baritone
Chris Fowler
SyracuseFirst
Executive Director
Ryan Frew
Duke Angel Network
Associate Director
Kathleen Galvin
Galvin Architects and Charlottesville City Council
Architect and City Councilor
Amy Garmer
The Aspen Institute
Director, Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries
Abby Garrison
Causeway
Executive Director
Lauren Gellatly
Lowcountry Local First
Community Development Director
Ryan Glenn
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Director of Statewide Initiatives
Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Soprano
Henry Grabar
Slate
Staff Writer
Claudette Grant
Piedmont Housing Alliance
Community Organizer
Maria Hadden
Participatory Budgeting Project
Project Manager
Pete Haga
City of Grand Forks, ND
Community/Government Relations Officer
Omar Hakeem
buildingcommunityWORKSHOP
Design Director
Angie Hamstead
The Hozho Project: Live.Love.Hope
Contract Support
Ed Harrell
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Entrepreneur in Residence
James Harrigan
University of Virginia
Professor of Economics
Nikki Hastings
CvilleBioHub
Cofounder
Corinne Hill
Chattanooga Public Library
Executive Director
Patrick Hopkins
University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Chris Horne
The Devil Strip; Unbox Akron
Publisher
Michael Hostad
The Commons/MiKE
Executive Director
Roger Dean Huffstetler
Tom Tom Founders Festival
Senior Advisor
Alex Johnston
Cities Reimagined LLC
CEO
Bradley Jones
Harristown Development Corporation
President and CEO
Jen Jones
UVA Department of Economics
Manager
Kim Jordan
New Belgium Brewing Company
Co-Founder and Chair
Emily Kilroy
Albemarle County
Director, Communications
Adam Klein
American Underground
Chief Strategist
John Kluge
Alight Fund
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Adam Krason
ZMM Architects and Engineers, Charleston Main Streets
Architect, Principal
Ludwig Kuttner
IX Art Park
President
Penny Lee
1776
Chief Strategy Officer
Michael Lenox
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer
Harry Lesesne
Charleston Parks Conservancy
Executive Director
Ariel Lev
CoLab
Director
Danielle Lewinski
Center for Community Progress
Vice President and Director of Michigan Initiatives
Eric Loth
University of Virginia
Professor of Engineering and Chair of Mechanical & Aerospace...
Melissa Maddox-Evans
Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Chief Executive Officer
Christine Mahoney
University of Virginia
Director of Social Entrepreneurship at UVA, Profess of Public Policy...
Josh Martin
City of Charleston
Senior Advisor to the Mayor
Ben McFarlane
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Senior Regional Planner
James McKissic
City of Chattanooga
Director: Multicultural Affairs
Susan McPherson
McPherson Strategies
Founder
Aimee Meacham
BroadbandUSA/NTIA
Chief, External Affairs
Lucy Meade
Venture Richmond
Director of marketing and development
Andrew Mondschein
University of Virginia
Assistant Professor
Jonathan Morschl
Four Points Architectural Services, Inc.
Designer
Nicole Mullett
Arts Now
Executive Director
Mike Muse
Muse Recordings
Co-Founder
Kay Neeley
University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Science, Technology & Society
Elliot Noss
Ting
CEO
Liz Ogbu
Studio O
Founder + Principal
Enrique Ortiz
Amazon Conservation Association
Vice President and co-founder
Hana Passen
New America
Associate Director, New America National Network
Brenda Patterson
Mezzo-Soprano
Jerry Peng
Vastly
Founder and ex- CEO
Dan Pitera
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Executive Director
Joe Poeschl
The Commons
Cofounder
Nora Poggi
She Started It
Director & Producer
Mike Porath
TheMighty.com
Founder and CEO
Michael Prichard
Metis Machine
CEO
Matt Raifman
GovEx, Johns Hopkins University
Senior Implementation Advisor
Chip Ransler
HackCville
Exec Director
Damon Rawls
DRC Business Consulting
Principal Strategist
Eric Reese
John Hopkins University
Director of Training
Jim Richardson
VMDO Architects
Senior Associate
Bratton Riley
Citibot
CEO
JR
Jerome Ringo
Megan Robinson
The Collider
Executive Director
Jenny Roe
University of Virginia
Professor; Director of the Center of Design and Health
Heather Roszczyk
Fund for Our Economic Future
Akron Entrepreneurship Fellow
Alia Scanlon
Jane's Walk
Interim Executive Director
Marie Schacht
altMBA
Provost
Ridge Schuyler
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Dean of Community Self-Sufficiency Programs
Jason Segedy
City of Akron
Planning Director
Scott Selig
Duke Financial Services, Real Estate
Associate Vice President For Capital Assets
Rick Shannon
UVA Health System
Executive Vice President
William Sherman
University of Virginia
Associate VP for Research
Diana Simpson
Institute for Justice
Attorney
Matthew Slaats
PauseLab
Creative Director
Caroline Smith
SeeClickFix
Co-Director of Marketing
Elizabeth Smyth
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives
Debra Socia
Next Century Cities
Executive Director
Ben Speggen
Erie Reader
Contributing Editor
Alexa Sponcia
Live Love Hope
Co-Founder of Live Love Hope
Kendra Stewart
Joseph P. Riley Center
Director
Dan Swartz
Wunderkammer Company
Founder/Curator
Zaakir Tameez
University of Virginia
Student
Ben Teague
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director
TT
Teal Thibaud
Glass House Collective
Co-Founder, Director
Joda Thongnopnua
Metro Ideas Project
Executive Director
David Touve
University of Virginia
Director, iLab
Tina Ughrin
Smile Minded Smartworks, LLC
Owner/Partner
Richard Schragger, University of Virginia
University of Virginia School of Law
Professor of Law
Craig Volden
University of Virginia
Professor of Public Policy and Politics, Associate Dean for Academic...
Keaton Wadzinski
ReinventED Lab
Executive Director
Thomas Walls
Thomas C. Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership at the University of Virginia
Executive Director
Tom Walls
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia
Executive Director
Steve Warner
CRDA
VP, Global Competitiveness
Lee Wellington
Urban Manufacturing Alliance
Executive Director
Brian Wheeler
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Executive Director
Barbara Brown Wilson
UVA
Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Sarah Wolfson
Soprano
Perry Wood
Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority
Executive Director
Kent Wyatt
Engaging Local Government Leaders
Co-Founder
Ting Xhu
Evergreen Enterprises / Plow and Hearth
Cofounder
