Staff
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Alissa Benoist
Director of Programs, Four Bands Community Fund
Staff Member

Evan Zislis
Director of Community Engagement, Hurst Community Initiative
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Brandy Bynum Dawson
Senior Program Director for Rural Prosperity and Investment, MDC
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Nancy Van Milligen
President & CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
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Ed Sivak
Executive Vice President of Policy and Communications, Hope Enterprise Corporation
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John Molinaro
President and CEO, Appalachian Partnership inc.
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Karen Minyard
CEO, Georgia Health Policy Center
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David Lipsetz
CEO, Housing Assistance Council
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Megan Hess
Rural Organizing Director, We the People
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Stephanie Gutierrez
Owner & Director of Programs and Community Engagement, Hope Nation LLC
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Ernestor De La Rosa
Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer, Topeka, Kansas
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Calvin Allen
Director, Rural Forward NC