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Managing Partner & Founder of Turf Advisory

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Head of Real Estate Development at SoLa Impact

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James Johnson Jr.

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

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Iya Dammons

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Patrick M. Condon

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Dan Wu

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Alan Mallach

Author; Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress & The National Housing Institute

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Jan Gehl

Founder & Senior Advisor of Gehl Architects; Professor, Architect MAA

Douglas Farr

Architect, Urbanist, Author & Advocate for Sustainable Design Thinking

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