Bernice Radle
Bernice Radle

Bernice Radle is a dreamer and a doer. Her entire life work has been dedicated to bringing vacant buildings back to life in Buffalo, NY. She is the President of Neighborhood Evolution LLC, a consulting firm that helps places build their small development ecosystem by coaching, training, and one on one project development assistance. Bernice is the Executive Director at Preservation Buffalo Niagara where they use non profit tools to renovate historic buildings that are demolition candidates. She is the Founder of Buffalove Development LLC where since 2012, she has focused on renovating vacant historic buildings in her neighborhood. Bernice recently left the Zoning Board of Appeals after serving for 9 years and was a leader in Buffalo to overhaul the zoning code to the current Buffalo Green Code. She is a member of Strong Towns and has a cat named Jane Jacobs!

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Amy Stelly
Amy Stelly

Amy Stelly is an artist, designer and planner, a native of New Orleans and a proud resident of the Treme-Lafitte neighborhood. She is the founder and executive director of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, a nonprofit design firm that is committed to providing access to the languages of design and land use for all. Amy rose to prominence as a freeway fighter when President Biden cited the city’s Claiborne Expressway as an example of infrastructure that has divided and harmed the Treme and 7th Ward communities. She is also a preservationist and land use expert who has led some of the most powerful advocacy groups in New Orleans.

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Noah Tang
Noah Tang

Noah Tang is a high school history teacher and the president of the Bloomington Revivalists, a Strong Towns Local Conversation with a track record of completing community-building projects like neighborhood trash pickups and DIY infrastructure improvements. He is also working to change city zoning codes and establishing a community land trust to address the local housing crisis. In his free time, Noah is passionate about DIY projects, carpentry, riding his bicycle and motorcycle, and cooking. Noah is also a member of the Strong Towns Cohort Class of 2024-25.

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Andrew Carley
Andrew Carley

Andrew believe that cities should work for all users, not just those driving in cars. After graduating from Rockford High School, he moved to New York City and learned what he has been missing in his suburban upbringing. After seeing how a built environment can work for all users of the city he became obsessed with the built environment and sought to improve it in his community. When not championing public transportation and housing affordability, you can find him and his wife (Anna) exploring the town on their bikes, hiking, and enjoying all that Grand Rapids has to offer.

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Anna Carley
Anna Carley

I loves bikes and economics! Why not try to use some of my skills and make Grand Rapids a better place to live, work, and bike in? I envision Grand Rapids being “the” Michigan City in the next 5 to 10 years, if we make smart choices with public policy and zoning updates! To me advocacy is the actions behind beliefs!

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Sullivan Israel
Sullivan Israel

Sullivan Israel has a dual Masters of City and Regional Planning and Civil Engineering, and works as civil analyst and transportation planner. He is the leader of the Local Conversation Strong Towns Santa Barbara, and posts about urban planning and more on his YouTube channel.

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Amanda Lanata
Amanda Lanata

Main Street has been Amanda’s dream job since 2013. She joined Louisiana Main Street as assistant director in 2021. Previously, she started a family-owned home repair business, serving as apprentice handyman. For nine years, Amanda worked at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Among many projects, she helped develop exhibits for the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. She co-leads a Strong Towns Local Conversation in Baton Rouge, advocating for walkability, diversified land use, and other quality-of-life issues. An avid DIYer, Amanda is currently restoring her historic Craftsman bungalow in downtown Baton Rouge.

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Jaclyn Cheves
Jaclyn Cheves

Jaclyn Cheves is the Director of Policy and Partnerships at Blue Zones, where she helps lead initiatives to empower everyone, everywhere to live better, longer lives through sustainable change focused on the built environment, food systems, tobacco, and alcohol policy. She brings an extensive background in public health, policy, and program development, along with a deep passion for advancing health equity through community empowerment. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist with a background in Sports Medicine and 15 years of public health and policy experience working with small non-profit and large health care organizations as well as local, state, and federal government agencies. She launched her career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an epidemiologist after receiving her Masters in Public Health from Emory University. Since then, she has found her love for making the healthy choice, the easy choice for people of all ages and abilities no matter where they live.

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Tiffany Elder
Tiffany Elder

Tiffany Elder is a highly accomplished real estate professional and investor based in the Triangle area of North Carolina. With a robust background as a former software engineer in financial services and an MBA graduate from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School, Tiffany brings a unique blend of analytical prowess and strategic insight to her clients. Tiffany's extensive experience spans successful ventures in real estate investing and brokerage, underpinned by a commitment to making transactions seamless and rewarding for her clients. Tiffany's credentials as a licensed general contractor, certified lead paint renovator, and NAHB Green Certified Builder further illustrate her dedication to excellence and sustainability in real estate. Recognized as a top-producing broker with accolades including the 100% Club, Gold Award, and Silver Award, Tiffany is renowned for her integrity and client-centric approach. Beyond her professional achievements, she actively contributes to community initiatives focused on affordable housing and equitable economic development, showcasing her leadership and advocacy in the Triangle area. Tiffany is a faculty member with the Incremental Development Alliance.

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Jon Jon Wesolowski
Jon Jon Wesolowski

Jon Jon is an avid urbanist who enjoys decoding what makes a space great. Across his two TikTok channels, his videos discussing urbanism and Chattanooga have garnered more than 3.2 million likes and 325k followers. He recently returned from spending seven months abroad, exploring cities and documenting what makes spaces great. He is excited to bring those ideas back to Chattanooga in tactical ways.

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Azael Alvarez
Azael Alvarez

Azael is the Project Manager for the Better Block Foundation, an international urban design non-profit dedicated to creating vibrant, walkable communities. With over a year of experience at Better Block, he has led various projects aimed at transforming public spaces and engaging communities in urban revitalization efforts. Before joining Better Block, Azael worked in the demolition industry, which gave him a unique perspective on the potential for urban renewal. He has a passion for urban planning and design, and has extensively studied these fields independently, staying current with the latest trends to inform his work.

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Jonathan Zoccoli
Jonathan Zoccoli

Jonathan Zoccoli is the Landscape Designer at the Better Block Foundation in Dallas, Texas. His role is to translate community concerns, needs, dreams, and ideas into temporary activations of public space, streets, and vacant lots. More specifically, Jonathan leads the site planning process and creates interactive paint-by-number murals that reflect each community’s unique identity and personality. Prior to joining Better Block in February 2024, Jonathan worked as a project architect in Barcelona, Spain, and has worked and studied in 5 different countries on 3 continents. He has a Master’s in Urban Planning, Sustainability, and Climate Change from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Northeastern University in Boston.

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Yamini Karandikar
Yamini Karandikar

Yamini Karandikar is a San Antonio resident and currently works in process improvement strategy in the electric and gas industry. She sees the community experiencing challenges with accessibility and road safety created by local development patterns and advocates for change. Yamini is a member of Strong Towns and a Strong Towns San Antonio local conversation leader.

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Sara Joy Proppe
Sara Joy Proppe

Sara Joy Proppe (‘Pro-pay’) is the founder and director of Proximity Project, an educational and consulting firm centered on equipping churches to be strategic stewards of their properties for the common good within the contexts of their neighborhoods. Sara Joy’s professional experience includes several years of private real estate development as well as developing and leading placemaking workshops in communities throughout the Midwest. She writes and speaks on several platforms about the intersections of theology, placemaking, and design for dignity. She is the co-author of Redemptive Placemaking: A toolkit for discerning your church’s mission in the built environment. She is co-host of The Embedded Church podcast and Making Space, a podcast collaboration by Barna Group and Aspen Group.

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Uytae Lee
Uytae Lee

Uytae Lee produces videos that educate and engage the public on urban planning issues. He is the founder of ‘About Here’, a creative studio dedicated to helping people understand their cities better. In addition to his video work, Uytae is an adjunct professor at the UBC School of Journalism and a BC Housing Board commissioner.

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Paloma Delgadillo
Paloma Delgadillo

Paloma was appointed to Broomfield, Colorado’s City Council in February of 2023 and won re-election in November of 2023. During her time on Council, Paloma has pushed for reduced parking minimums and increased density especially around transit and future transit corridors. Like many Colorado cities, Broomfield is experiencing an incredible amount of growth and is beginning the transition from bedroom community to a thriving and sustainable urbanized environment. As infrastructure ages and the population increases, this is a critical time where policy can make or break Broomfield for future generations. When Paloma isn’t on council, she works as the director of data analytics at a pre-IPO tech company, plays dungeons & dragons with her college pals, rock climbs with her husband, and snuggles with her cats.

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Grant Hamilton
Grant Hamilton

Grant Hamilton is a marketing and communications professional with a journalism background who lives and works in Brandon, Manitoba. Hamilton works on a local cycling advocacy group he launched, sits on the city’s Vision Zero task force, and has engaged with Brandon University researchers and city administration to explore ways to improve active transportation and public space in Brandon.

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Jerome Horne
Jerome Horne

Jerome Horne leads TransitCenter's strategies around increasing representative leadership and inclusive decision-making in the transportation field, change that is essential to advancing TransitCenter’s mission to improve transit in ways that make our cities more just and sustainable.

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Susan Graham
Susan Graham

Susan Graham is a retired nurse and resident of the Near Northside in Houston, Texas. Since retiring, advocating for her underserved community has become her new avocation. In 2019, Susan founded Stop TxDOT I-45.

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Ally Smither
Ally Smither

Ally Smither is freelance communications and management consultant for the grassroots organizing sector. She is the Communications Director for YES on Prop B - Fair for Houston. She is a volunteer organizer with Stop TxDOT I-45, and now works for Air Alliance Houston managing I-45 coalition work.

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