The People Behind the Work.

At Kettenwulf, Baronessa Bonano managed a $25 million international book of business. At Envista she generated more than $2.1 million in revenue within ten months. She is a brand and operations strategist working where culture, commerce and execution meet, and the founder of Smartest Hires, an AI-powered revenue capture platform. A first-generation American of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent, she is bilingual in English and Spanish.

B.S., Finance, Florida State University · CIRCL Award for Customer Centricity · SPOT Award, revenue generation.

At Seattle Public Schools from 2018 to 2023, Devin Cabanilla served as Senior Continuous Improvement Project Manager, leading cross-functional work on staffing models, transportation operations and resource planning. At UW Medicine his Lean projects contributed to $400,000 in operational savings. He is Executive Director of Filipinotown Seattle.

MBA, Project Management & International Business, Northwest University · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

At The New Teacher Project from 2021 to 2025, Erika Hardaway held a Senior Manager role in which 60 percent of the K-2 students in her portfolio met reading growth benchmarks. She is an educator, researcher and equity strategist whose work bridges education, social justice and wellness, using historical truth as a lens on the structural challenges communities face today.

B.A., Spanish Language and Literature, CUNY Hunter College · M.A., International Education, NYU Steinhardt · Pursuing Doctorate, Educational Policy and Leadership, American University.

At the National Equity Project from 2022 to 2025, Evette Jasper designed and delivered twenty or more leadership development experiences a year for school and district leaders, including work with the Puget Sound Educational Service District on supporting educators and leaders of color. As Racial Equity and Social Justice Administrator at the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families from 2018 to 2022, she designed and facilitated trauma-informed professional development and served on the TRANSFORM advisory board.

M.Ed., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Washington · B.A., Art History and Political Science, University of Washington · Certified Diversity Executive.

As Data Branch Director for the City of Chicago's New Arrivals Mission, Jacob O. Alabi built the data systems behind a 40 percent increase in job placements for newly arrived families. At Illinois Emergency Management he led a team of 42. He continues as strategic consultant on Chicago's 5-Year Plan on Homelessness.

PMP · Executive graduate, Harvard Business School · B.Eng., Federal University of Technology Minna · FEMA Public Assistance, SCRUM, Agile and Lean certifications.

As Interim Executive Director of the Black Farmers Collective, James E. King Jr. secured more than $2.3 million from King County and a $500,000 United States Department of Agriculture grant. As Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of the Central District Community Preservation and Development Authority he managed $50 million in community assets. He leads workshop design and facilitation on the firm's climate-smart agriculture work with Ecotrust and teaches as Adjunct Professor at Seattle Central College.

M.A., Education and B.A., Antioch University Seattle.

For the NYC Independent Film Festival, Louisse Park built a new visual identity carried across the poster, program booklet, banners and event backdrops, then led the interface team through content mapping and wireframes for the festival website. She has developed brand identities for clients in the United States, Australia, Singapore and the Philippines. As Designer in Residence she turns complex organizational missions into clear visual narratives across print and digital.

BFA, Communications Design, Pratt Institute · Minor, Psychology.

As Director of Economic and Social Mobility at TNTP, Mario McMichael repositioned economic and social mobility as the organization's primary impact outcome. He designs, funds and scales cross-sector strategies across education, workforce, housing and public systems, grounded in deep Cleveland roots and national thought leadership in social mobility.

MS, Social Work, Case Western Reserve University · Ed.D. in progress, Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

At The Senior Source, Melanie Calhoun directed the Senior Companion Program, contributed to a $1 million federal grant and secured more than $300,000 in additional funding to help older adults maintain independence. At Crossroads Community Services she grew pantry services capacity by 225 percent. She helps mission-driven organizations put Salesforce to work for operations and community impact.

B.B.A., Marketing, University of Houston · Salesforce Certified Administrator · Boards: Park South YMCA, Goated Nation.

As Supervisor at the Office of Psychological Services for a large urban school district, Dr. Niya Smallwood oversees more than 170 school psychologists and the district's compliance with special education regulations. She is a licensed psychologist and school psychologist supporting low-income, racial and ethnic minority individuals with disabilities.

Stacy Anderson has led large-scale implementation initiatives, designed professional learning and coaching systems and partnered with executive leaders to carry strategy into daily operations. She specializes in facilitation, change management, capacity building and cross-functional collaboration, and clients know her for turning complexity into clear structures staff can sustain.

Dr. Tamara Layden has led more than 50 collaborative initiatives in environmental equity, ecosystem restoration and ecological stewardship across 13 years, in partnership with more than a dozen Indigenous and community-led organizations. For Colorado's Outdoor Strategy they synthesized and illustrated the Tribal Collaboration Wheel for the state's first Guidance Framework for Tribal Collaboration. An ecologist, data scientist and graphic artist, they have published eleven or more peer-reviewed works, including in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Ph.D. in Ecology, Colorado State University · B.S., Zoology, Oregon State University, summa cum laude · NSF Graduate Research Fellow.

As Chief Operating Officer of Truth Treatment Centers, Tyrone Allen ran operations across 15 facilities with more than 850 employees and held a record of zero Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalties across 32 inspections. He led operations, compliance and risk management through hypergrowth and regulatory scrutiny.

M.S., Environmental Health and Safety Management, Indiana University · B.A., Business Management and History, Indiana University.