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  • Fallon Aidoo

    University of New Orleans
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Fallon is an educator, scholar and practitioner of resilience planning. Her recent appointments—Louisiana Landmarks Society trustee and UNO’s Chair of Historic Preservation—follow decades of teaching, researching and consulting on adaptive reuse of infrastructural heritage. She advances equitable reinvestment advising the public realm projects of cities, conservancies and communities.

  • Haley Burns

    Fund 17
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Haley Burns leads Fund 17, a nonprofit transforming hustles into sustainable livelihoods. Since founding the organization in 2012, Haley has led multiple community research projects and designed a variety of programs all focused on empowering informal entrepreneurship in the seventeen wards of New Orleans.

  • Shani Chrisopher

    EcoLogic Solutions
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Shani Christopher serves as the Director of Sales and Operations at EcoLogic Solutions, a green cleaning products manufacturer. She recently launched RePurpose Food Co., using rescued produce to create healthy, affordable baby food in New Orleans. Shani holds a BS in Biological Engineering and is passionate about sustainable, equitable development.

  • Joseph Colón

    City of New Orleans
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Joseph is a native Angelino who attended Tulane University. At the Tulane School of Architecture, through leadership on campus and studying abroad in Barcelona, Joseph developed a love for urban design and community engagement. After graduating, he was hired at the New Orleans City Planning Commission – after meeting his then-future boss at a community forum.

  • Gia Hamilton

    GIA, live your purpose, artfully
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Gia M. Hamilton is known for her visionary ability to identify and cultivate support systems. A cultural steward, design thinker, and applied anthropologist, Hamilton has spent the last two decades straddling the nonprofit world & corporate America, leveraging her expertise in resource-based economic strategy to move forward new models in capacity building and fundraising.

  • Sarina Mohan

    Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Sarina Mohan is the Director of Education and Outreach at the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning degree with a focus on Community Development from Rutgers University and has been working in the field of historic preservation for over a decade.

  • Flynn Zaiger

    Online Optimism
    New Orleans, LA
    2018

    Flynn Zaiger is the Founder and CEO of Online Optimism, a digital marketing agency in New Orleans. Their team of twelve (9 employees + 3 paid interns) is all millennials. Flynn supports the entrepreneurial scene in the city, speaking about advertising, analytics, and the hectic life of managing a startup.

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