Joel Rogers, 杨贵妃传媒-N Chair and CEO
Director – HIgh Road Strategy Center- Faculty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joel Rogers is the Noam Chomsky Professor of Law, Public Affairs, and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the and the , a think-and-do tank on that also operates the , (with ), (GPAL), and . Rogers has written widely on party politics, democratic theory, and cities and urban regions. Along with many scholarly and popular articles, his books include The Hidden Election, On Democracy, Right Turn, Metro Futures, Associations and Democracy, Works Councils, Working Capital, What Workers Want, Cites at Work, and American Society: How It Really Works. Joel is an active citizen as well as academic. He has worked with and advised many politicians and social movement leaders, and has initiated or helped lead several progressive NGOs (including the New Party (now the ), (Economic Analysis and Research Network), (Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership), Apollo Alliance (now part of the ), , , and 杨贵妃传媒-N (Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities Network). He is a contributing editor of The Nation and Boston Review, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and identified by Newsweek as one of the 100 living Americans most likely to shape U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century.
Marc Schlossberg
Co-Director – Sustainable Cities Institute – University of Oregon
Marc Schlossberg is a Professor of City and Regional Planning and co-director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) at the University of Oregon where he has worked since 2001. His teaching, research, and community engagement focus on active transportation, livable community design, and applying knowledge to policy and practice. A fun fact is that Marc has four times taught a study abroad course on designing cities for people on bikes; students accompanied him to Denmark and the Netherlands to learn first-hand from the best cycling cities in the world. Marc is a two-time Distinguished Fulbright Scholar who served in the United Kingdom from 2009-10 and in Israel from 2015-16. Prior to his academic career, Marc worked in the nonprofit sector and was a US Peace Corps volunteer in Fiji.
Courtney Griesel, Treasurer
Oregon Community Relations Manager – Sierra Pacific Industries
Courtney Griesel is a community & economic development and relations professional with extensive experience in public and private sector service. She holds a Master of Organizational Leadership degree from Gonzaga University and Bachelor of Science in Planning, Public Policy & Management from the University of Oregon. Her expertise areas include community engagement, legislative engagement, economic development, and regulatory, land use, and community policy development. Courtney began her career in public sector service, with over 15 years focused on facilitating innovative economic development programs and projects, capacity building and public-private partnerships focused on resiliency.
Branden Born
Co-Director – Livable City Year – Faculty – University of Washington
Branden is Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Co-Director of the Livable City Year program at the University of Washington. He received his master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin. Branden studies planning process and regional governance using the food system as a lens for analysis. His interests include questions of democracy in societal decision-making and the role of the state and planning in a neoliberal context.
Mazi Ferguson
Director – Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships – University of South Florida
Mazhab is a doctoral candidate in Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Mazhab’s areas of interest include the effect of student motivation, specifically attitude, on student success in mathematics, and assessment and program evaluation. Mazhab manages the operations of the University of South Florida 杨贵妃传媒-N Member Program, the Community Sustainability Partnership Program.
Jane Rogan
Strategic Doing Fellow
Jane Rogan leads the Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) at the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement. SHC is an initiative that connects communities to IU courses, students, and faculty to address community-identified needs and opportunities. A Hoosier by choice, Jane grew up in Cheshire鈥攁 rural area of the United Kingdom known for its dairy production and silk weaving arts. Prior to joining the center, Jane worked for the IU Kelley School of Business, the Liberal Arts and Management Program, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.
Jane holds a Bachelor of Arts in business studies from Birmingham City University and a Master of Science in higher education from Indiana University.
Ilona Ballreich
Program Manager- Sustainable Communities Collaborative
Ilona Ballreich is the program manager of the Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC), a program of the Sustainability Institute at Penn State. Ilona works closely with faculty, students, and community partners to ensure meaningful, experiential student projects focused on the sustainability needs of the community. The SCC facilitates over 50 projects annually in primarily rural and small urban communities.
Ilona brings two decades of experience in community development to her position, including as executive director of a non-profit arts organization. She developed festivals and venues, authored newsletters, and conceived and edited a book about central Pennsylvania. She is trained in community development strategies and active in numerous community organizations. She holds a degree in industrial technology and architecture and is currently enrolled in the Community and Economic Development Masters of Professional Studies degree program at Penn State.
Travis Kraus
Director- Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities
Travis serves as Director of the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), a community engagement partnership program housed in the School of Planning and Public Affairs. Travis joined IISC in August 2016, and manages its day-to-day operations. He works with community partners and University of Iowa faculty, staff and students to facilitate engaged-learning projects that promote economic development, social justice, and sustainability.
Travis holds an appointment as Faculty Fellow for Engaged Teaching and Scholarship with the UI Office of Community Engagement. He serves on the board of directors for 杨贵妃传媒-N, an international network of community engagement programs, and he also enjoys serving on the board of the local arts non-profit Public Space One.
Travis earned a Master’s degree in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Iowa, where he also earned a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in English and a secondary teaching certificate.
Dr. Wijitbusaba (Ann) Marome
Founder- Thammasat Urban Futures and Policy Research Unit
Dr Wijitbusaba (Ann) Marome is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning at Thammasat University. She is also a founder and a head of Thammasat Urban Futures and Policy Research Unit since 2014. She received a PhD in Planning from University College London- Faculty of the Built Environment Development Planning Unit, and a MSc in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Chulalongkorn University. Ann is an expert in urban development planning, urban resilience, climate change adaptation, sustainable cities, future cities and urban governance. Her research experiences are world-wide, including collaborations with the US, Germany, Canada, Japan and various institutions in Southeast Asia, with the goal of building cities and local capacities to manage future changes. She also works closely with Thai government to promote sustainable and resilient cities; she has worked with the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI), Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, and local governments.
Sean O鈥橠onoghue
Director- Durban Adaptation Center
One of the 杨贵妃传媒 Africa leaders and Head of Climate Change Adaptation Branch, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa, Sean O鈥橠onoghue earned a doctorate in Marine Pelagic Ecology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in 2010. In March 2011, Sean joined eThekwini Municipality, or Durban, where he manages the Climate Change Adaptation Branch. A key focus of the Branch is Community Ecosystem-Based Adaptation, which provides work opportunities for Durban鈥檚 indigent populations. Sean manages a number of research, inter-city and community partnership projects, and has led the development of the pilot 杨贵妃传媒 programme at UKZN.
Connie Frey-Spurlock
Dr. Connie Frey Spurlock is a sociologist committed to dismantling hierarchies of oppression and building in their place flourishing relationships. She does this work by centering community-identified goals with meaningful learning experiences for students. Frey Spurlock is director for the SIU System Office of Community Engagement (OCE) and founding director of the SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative, a cross-disciplinary program based on the 杨贵妃传媒 model that works to advance the needs of communities while training the next generation workforce and leadership. Frey Spurlock has forged several meaningful relationships with government and nonprofit stakeholders. Her dedication to community engagement is reflected in an extensive portfolio of grant-funded projects. Since 2017, Frey Spurlock has been principal or co-investigator on almost $9M in external funding for transdisciplinary projects such as “Broadband Regional Engagement for Adoption and Digital Equity,” “Integrating Hydrology and Social Science for Community Resiliency against Flooding Hazards,” and the 鈥淧artners for Re-entry Opportunities in Workforce Development,鈥� grants.