Writers
Angela Weiland

Angela Weiland is a retired public health dental hygienist based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A community leader,...

Jared Carroll

Jared Carroll, LMSW, SIFI (he/him) is a licensed social worker and youth development specialist, with work spanning...

Phil Jones

Phil Jones is a researcher for the think tank Autonomy. He regularly writes for publications such as...

C.J. Girod

C.J. Girod is the founder and Managing Principal of Responsible Incentives, a unique consulting firm dedicated to...

Melissa Hoover

Melissa Hoover is the founding executive director of the Democracy At Work Institute, a think-and-do-tank whose mission...

Vanessa Roanhorse

Vanessa Roanhorse (Navajo) is founder and CEO of Roanhorse Consulting & Co-Founder at Native Women Lead, based...

Theresa Rinne-Meyers

Theresa Rinne-Meyers (she/her) is Director of Impact at Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute, a community development financial institution...

Marie Peters

Marie Peters is Fund Director of B Side Capital in Denver, where she manages the microloan program...

Jazmyn Blackburn

A native New Yorker and Brooklynite, Jazmyn Blackburn joined Regional Plan Association (RPA) as a Research Associate...

Vanessa Barrios

Vanessa Barrios facilitates Regional Plan Association’s (RPA) research, engagement, and advocacy for work related to affordable...

Geoff Gusoff

Geoff Gusoff, MD MBA, is a family medicine physician and fellow with the National Clinician Scholars Program...