People

Andrea E McGrath is an independent consultant, researcher and partner in Connecting Capital.

Mike Wood is responsible for developing and growing the Institute’s alliances with nonprofit and corporate partners, as well as overall business development and resource generation. He is a leader in the social and civic change sector and has a stro…

Rip Rapson is president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, which contributed $100 million to Detroit’s “Grand Bargain.” He is also Chairman of the Living Cities board.

Hafizah Omar is a Senior Associate at Living Cities, managing Living Cities racial equity portfolio.

Nora Liu is the project manager for Racial Equity Here, a joint project of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) and Living Cities, to support local governments leading the way to create a future for racial equity and economic growth fo…

Jennifer Perkins is the former Assistant Director of Collective Impact at Living Cities.

Karl Seidman is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Development & Head of Housing, Community, and Economic Development at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

John Keisler is the Director of the Long Beach Innovation Team and has lived in Long Beach for the past 12 years.

Sean Daniel Murphy is President & Managing Director at Fund Good Jobs.

Maria Torres-Springer is vice president for US programs. She oversees all of the foundation’s domestic programming for Civic Engagement and Government, Creativity and Free Expression, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Future of Work(ers), Just Cit…

Dr. Robert G. (Rob) DelCampo, Executive Director of the Innovation Academy, has strong roots in New Mexico and the University of New Mexico Community. Rob has been recognized for his work and commitment to the community being named to Albuquerque Bu…

Cristina Jiménez is the co-founder and Executive Director of the United We Dream Network. She has organized immigrant youth and workers for the passage of pro-immigrant policies at the local and national level for over a decade.

With an extensive background in finance, administration and operations, David has worked for a variety of nonprofit organizations and associations in New England and New York.

Ray Leach is the founding CEO of JumpStart Inc. a Cleveland, Ohio-based non-profit venture development organization that has gained a national best-in-class reputation for its innovative economic development models.

Patty Hayes has over 25 years of experience in public health, policy development and advocacy. She currently serves as the appointed Director of Public Health – Seattle & King County

Dan Duncan is a consultant and faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University and a Senior Consultant at the Results Leadership Group.

Amy managed the Catalyst Fund, Living Cities' impact investing fund and leads the Living Cities Connect work, a cross-disciplinary effort focused on increasing the number of low-income individuals connected to opportunity. She now currently works wi…

Caroline is CEO and co-founder of Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc.

Ms. White-Colin is the Vice President of Small Business Initiatives at the New Orleans Business Alliance, a public-private partnership between the City of New Orleans and its business community.

James Anderson leads the government innovation portfolio at Bloomberg Philanthropies. This includes the Mayors Project, a multi-tiered effort to spread effective strategies between cities.