People
We engage communities to shape better spaces for all.We can only do this because we are not only designers, but facilitators, visionaries, teachers, and connectors. We have the collective expertise to provide educational resources that help amplify voices, increase people’s capacity to become stewards of their communities and advocates of change through good design.
Staff
Brianna Cullen, Youth Programs Manager
Kaitlin Dastugue, Chief Operating Officer
Mara Echterling, Community Education Coordinator
Veronica Foster, Community Development Director
Gary Gaston, Chief Executive Officer
Melody Gibson, Youth Initiatives Director
Eric Hoke, Design Director
Remington Lynch, Design Studio Manager
Joe Mayes, Projects + Operations Director
Jules Shainberg, Financial Director
Kayla Todd, Executive Assistant + Office Manager
Chase Wilson, Community Design Coordinator
Current Interns + Fellows
Luke Boudreaux, Research Intern
Soyeon Kim, Urban Design Intern
Hannah Morris, Research Fellow
Megan McCormick, Research Fellow
Selene Rowan, Design Studio Fellow
Shuangwen Yang, Design Education Fellow
Neighborhood Ambassadors
Alex Abels, Renraw
Ashley Anderson, Green Hills
Tera Ashley, The Nations
Holly Aslinger, South Nashville
Ingrid Campbell, McFerrin Park
Kelsey Driscoll, Fairgrounds/Berry Hill
Mackenzie Farrah, Glengarry / South Nashville
Ellen Haring, Woodbine
Addison Harper, Antioch/Hickory Hollow
Tim Hughes, Downtown
Kristin Leiber, Cleveland Park / McFerrin Park
Alexa Little, Glencliff
Cece Owen, Wedgewood Houston
Spencer Sharpe, Renraw
Garrett Stiles, Germantown
Erin Tillson Jeffries, Glencliff / South Nashville
Poet Williams, Osage-Fisk
Winston Wright, Old Hickory / Madison
Board of Directors
Interested in seeing who used to be on our Board of Directors?