I'm a social-impact entrepreneur working out of Portland, OR.
I'm interested in social justice, gender equality, the maker movement, and the power of the arts to lift up communities and economic opportunity for all.
You can read my official bio here.
Recent Work
Member, Board of Directors, the Pathfinder Network, a nonprofit dedicated to disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline
Interim CMO to City Innovate, a company committed to modernizing government by changing procurement for the better.
CEO and Co-Founder of the Maker City Project, a social impact consultancy leveraging the maker movement to overcome income disparity.
Author of the best-selling book Maker City: A practical guide to reinventing American cities.
Member of the board of directors to Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR), a nonprofit photography gallery.
Person with diabetes (#pwd) who writes about how to reverse Type 2 diabetes at diaTribe