Brandon Dennison founded Coalfield Development in 2011 to offer a unique workforce approach focused on transforming communities - a bold experiment in tackling the generational poverty West Virginia has long wrestled with. This experiment grew out of his early memories while growing up in a comfortable middle-class family in West Virginia. Others were not so fortunate. West … [Read more...] about A bold experiment in coal country.
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Big change.
Ommeed Sathe is a Vice President and head of the Impact Investment unit in the Office of Corporate Social Responsibility at Prudential. He grew up in a family who felt public service, through work or volunteerism, “was fundamental.” And that rubbed off. Just out of Harvard Law School, Ommeed was in New Orleans after Katrina and decided to put his background in urban … [Read more...] about Big change.
How to transform a city.
Tom Murphy is the second-longest serving mayor of Pittsburgh (after David Lawrence). He is noted for overseeing the difficult, but transformative transition of the city from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s during turbulent Downtown development cycles, an initially unpopular funding bid for two new waterfront stadiums, a new convention center (then the largest ‘green’ building in … [Read more...] about How to transform a city.
Delicious urban soup.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence is a bold and unusual title for a real estate developer. Emerick Paul Patterson, who owns that title, fits the bill. Emerick's work over the past two years has focused on the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he partnered with the real estate developer, Heritage Equity Partners, to create a large-scale (500,000 square foot) culture … [Read more...] about Delicious urban soup.
She’s all in.
Janine Firpo is a writer, values-aligned investor, and entrepreneur. She left a career in the tech world many years ago to pursue a more meaningful work experience. This led her into the world of micro-finance and philanthropy. And now, for the last ten years she has been on a personal mission to invest all of her assets so they create a positive impact. It’s a bold move … [Read more...] about She’s all in.