Ponentes de la sesión

Curtis L. Chambers

AFC®, TMP, Founder of CLC Consulting LLC, a Boston-based MBE/SBE certified trauma-informed financial wellness firm

Rachelle Hannoush

Director of Early Childhood Preparation Programs & Program Chair
Urban College of Boston

Grace Ejiwale

Healthy Wealthy Thoughts​

Community health professional, author, and systems‑minded organizer

DaVan Divine Johnson

Community wellness facilitator, creative storyteller, and founder of Art That Heals with Divine Reveals

paradyse oakley

Director of Programming,

Moonwater Farm

Marita Garrett

Civically, Inc.

Outreach Coordinator with University of Pittsburgh’s Alzheimer Disease Research Center

Travis Andrews

Garden Program Manager at Skyline Urban Outreach, Founder of Native Farming Solutions

Cara Solomon

Founder and Creative Director of

Everyday Boston

Njeri Gachathi

First grade teacher at Bank Street School for Children in New York City

Angel Hammon

Opperations Manager, 

Growing Gardens

Brittany Regan

M.Ed., IBCLC, CLC, CBS

Education and Support Programs Manager at Acelleron

Grant Gliniecki

Executive Director (Giitigan), Outdoor Policy Coordinator (NCEL) Giitigan and National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Altorice Frazier

Founder and President of Parents Engaging Parents New Jersey (PEPNJ)

Brandy Watts

Director of the Boston Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative (Boston COPHI) at the Boston Public Health Commission

Crystal Davis-McFadden

PMH-C, IMH-E® Infant Family Specialist, a certified doula, breastfeeding specialist, and founder of MaternaLink Consulting, LLC

Gabi Cole

Executive Director and Co-Founder of Fit and Food Connection and Founder of Gabi Cole Social Enterprise

Renee Wallace

Doers Edge LLC, FoodPLUS Detroit (501c3), and the Doers Change Leadership Institute & Change Lab

Ola Klimczak

Community-centered policy practitioner and food systems advocate

Lauren A. Arrington

DNP, CNM, Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Clinical Pathway

Angel Chan

Chinese-Asian, trilingual mental health and community-services professional based in Boston, MA

Alexandra Sossa

Chief Executive Officer

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project

Shy Palmer

Founding Executive Director, 

Reclamation FARMacy

Taylor Ryan

Founder and Director, 

Change Today, Change Tomorrow

Dr. Quadric Witherspoon

Elevated Impact Consulting Group, LLC

Intersection of education, mental health, school culture, trauma-informed practices, and community engagement

Craig Aarons-Martin

Award-winning educator, author, and consultant committed to courageous leadership, equity, and community service.

Naelis A. Ervin

Multi-hyphenate creator based in the DMV region, Founder of Creatyve Control, L.L.C., and N.A.E. Games

Carl Harrison Jr.

Co-founder, 

St. Roch Community Garden

Eleanor Shell

Presbyterian pastor, Certified Fund Paising Executive, keynote speaker, and founder of Borrowed Hope Foundation

Lauren McCalister

Closing the Hunger Gap

Black farmer, rancher, food systems researcher, food sovereignty activist, and textile artist

Jasiel Fernandez

Leads Psychosocial Services at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

Hassan Lubega

Managing Consultant at

Data+Soul Research

Kayla Benítez- Álvarez

Senior Research Associate at Data+Soul Research

Anthony Henderson

Founder of Father On The Move, a community-based initiative focused on strengthening fathers, families, and communities

Jennifer Lowe

Vice President of Knowledge and Partnerships at Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), PhD in Sociology from Northeastern University

Tonya Blue Shelby

Educate Teach Create

an author, collage artist storyteller and an educator for 27 years

Kiara Jackson

Executive Director and Campaigns Director, 

Illinois Food Justice Alliance

Elisabeth Ramsey

Farmer, filmmaker, and PhD student documenting the experiences and histories of Black farmers

Rachel Chang

Youth Program Manager at BCNC,. Holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A&M University

Grace Su

Has served as BCNC’s Chief Program Officer since 2024 and oversees all programmatic functions

Arthur Thompson

Educator, Entrepreneur, 

Crisis Teacher, and Educational Consultant

in Maryland

Marisol Horton

MSW, MPH, Manager of Social Services at the Immigrant & Refugee Health Center at Boston Medical Center

Aditi Subramaniam

MSPCC

LMHC, R-DMT, IECMH-E®, embodied clinician at heart and a reflective systems leader

Cynthia Woo

 Inaugural Director of Pao Arts Center at BCNC

Dulce Mirian Porras

Founder,

Semilla De Vida Huertos

Lathan Singleton

Founder and Executive Director of The Unspoken Hero Society, Community Health Coordinator & Transition Counselor with Cayenne Wellness Center

LaTonia Monroe Naylor

Mission-Rich Strategist™, speaker, & author, helps mission-driven leaders build lasting impact without sacrificing themselves, their people, or families

Dr. Elizabeth Santiago

Everyday Boston

a Boston native, storyteller, educator, and nonprofit leader

Norma Gonzalez

Director of Research and Narrative, 

Corbin Hill Project

Tayla Kelly

YS Doula Services

Black Queer doula, educator, and community advocate

Jaein Josefina Lee, Ph.D

Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Hiba Haroon

Founded of (un)jaan

A visionary, writer, and healer

Jenny His

Evaluation Manager at BCNC, with over 10 years of experience in public health research and program management

Kolia Souza

Cornell University

strategic communicator, health equity advocate, and community organizer

Dr. Martell Bell

Chief Technology Officer at WE Inc., an engineer, AI researcher, educator, and entrepreneur

Cami Fredericks

Director of Garden Education, 

Epiphany School Gardens

Romondo Woods II

Detroit-Based Urban Farmer, Educator, and

Community Leader

Femeika Elliott

Founder of The Lotus Program Experience,

a holistic maternal health and
reproductive wellness wheelhouse

Marie-Celeste Condon

Ph.D. Social Welfare & Healing Justice

Indigenous Reflective Consultant

Evan Kuras

Evaluation Consultant at Data+Soul Research who brings 10 years of experience in research and evaluation