Q: Who is ioby Action Corps?

A: Our awesome network of experts want to help ioby Leaders like you be successful in making positive change in our neighborhoods. They're here to offer advice, support, and resources to help you implement your project. They're ready for action and they want to help!

Q: What are they experts in?

A: All kinds of things, from collaborating with city agencies, to grantwriting, to communications and PR, to painting and welding. If you need advice on something in particular, see below for a complete list.

 

Here's how it works:

1. Browse our experts below, or search by location or area of expertise.

2. Contact us! If you want to talk to someone in particular, email us at actioncorps@ioby.org and we'll put you in touch. If you're not sure who you want to talk to but have specific questions, let us know and we'll help find the right expert for you.

3. You and your expert will find a time for a one-hour phone conversation. You'll pick their brains and get all kinds of great advice to bring your project to the next level.

4. No fee beta phase: We are piloting Action Corps through 2017. This means if you are currently running or have ever run an ioby campaign, we will cover your fees! (The normal fee for a one-hour Action Corps consultation is $35. After the beta phase, you will be able to include Action Corps consultation fees in your project budget.)

You can browse our experts below, or sort them by location:

  

Or by area of expertise:

Activating Vacant Lots & Spaces  |  Advocacy  |   Art & Building Skills  |  Communications, PR & Media  |  Community Organizing & Civic Engagement  |   Digital Technology  |  Grantwriting & Other Fundraising  |   Financial Management  |  Graphic Design & Representation  |   Impact & Outcome Measurement  |  Leadership Development & Organizational Strategy  |   Star ioby Leaders  | Permitting & Regulatory Requirements  |  Sharing Economies  |   Storytelling & Public Speaking  |  Sustainability & Resilience  |   Tactical Urbanism  |  Urban Design  |   Urban Farming, Food & Environmental Justice  |   Volunteer Management  |  Working with CDCs / CDFIs  |  Green Infrastructure (NEW!)

 

Meet ioby Action corps (beta)

New York 

Ahmed Tigani

New York, NY

Assistant Director of Land Use, Planning and Development, Office of the Manhattan Borough President

Alan Cohn

New York, NY

Climate Program Director, NYC Dept of Environmental Protection

Betsy MacLean

New York, NY

Executive Director, Hester Street Collaborative

Christine Curella

New York, NY

Assistant Vice President, Center for Economic Transformation, NYCEDC

Dani Simons

New York, NY

Director of Communications and External Affairs, Motivate

Emily Pinkowitz

New York, NY

Director of Programs & Education, Wildlife Conservation Society

 

Ethan Kent

New York, NY

Senior Vice President, Project for Public Spaces

 

Ilan Kutok

New York, NY

Citywide Team Leader, NYC Parks

Justin G Moore

New York, NY

Executive Director, NYC Public Design Commission

ioby Board Member

Karyn Williams

New York, NY

Senior Project Planner, NYC Parks

Louise Bruce

New York, NY

Senior Program Manager, NYC Organics, NYC Department of Sanitation

Mark Foggin

New York, NY

Co-Founder & Advisor, Public Works Partners

Mike Lydon

New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Miami, FL

Principal, Street Plans

Molly Rose Kaufman

New York, NY

Provost, University of Orange

Sarah Charlop-Powers

New York, NY

Executive Director, Natural Areas Conservancy

Memphis

Andy Kitsinger

Memphis, TN

Owner/Principal, The Development Studio, LLC

Anthony DiNolfo

 Memphis, TN

Designer, Archimania

Cathy Marcinko

Memphis, TN

Grant Development Coordinator, Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being

Charlie Santo

Memphis, TN

Chair and Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Memphis

Jacqueline Shotwell

Memphis, TN

Founder and Senior Leader, The Street Farm

Desmond Andrew Lewis

Memphis, TN

Sculptor and Graduate Student, The University of Memphis

Janet Boscarino

Memphis, TN

Executive Director, Clean Memphis, Inc.

John Paul Shaffer

Memphis, TN

BLDG Memphis Executive Director, Community Development Council of Greater Memphis

Karen B. Golightly

Memphis, TN

Director, Paint Memphis

Kerry Hayes

Memphis, TN

Principal, Key Public Strategies

Khara Woods

Memphis, TN

Graphic Designer, Self-Employed

Kyle Statham

Memphis, TN

Data Scientist

Megan Higgins

Memphis, TN

Project Manager, Innovate Memphis

Nikii Richey

Memphis, TN

Co-founder, Sister Supply

Rebecca Matlock Hutchinson

Memphis, TN

Site Director, Soulsville, USA

Sarah Newstok

Memphis, TN

Special Projects, Livable Memphis

Sarah Taylor

Memphis, TN

Garden Manager, Community Table Food Bank Garden; Flower Farm Manager

Shannon MB Dixon

Memphis, TN

Consultant in Organizational Building

Siphne Sylve

Memphis, TN

Project Manager and Artist

 

Susannah Barton

Memphis, TN

Development Director, Overton Park Conservancy

Sylvia Crum

Memphis, TN

Executive Director, Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative

Tommy Pacello

Memphis, TN

President, Memphis Medical District Collaborative

Cleveland 

Adele DiMarco Kious

Cleveland, OH

Founder and Lead Steward, Yinovate, LLC

Cordell Arellano

Cleveland, OH  

Lifelong Advocate for Youth Empowerment and Community Building

Dan Hinman

Cleveland, OH

Director of Income, United Way of Greater Cleveland

David Jurca

Cleveland, OH

Associate Director, Kent State Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Diana Sette

Cleveland, OH

Arborist Educator, Holden Forests & Gardens

 

Fouad Yared

Cleveland, OH

Community Outreach Specialist, Cleveland Tenants Organization

Joy D Johnson

Cleveland, OH

Associate Director, Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc

Kirby Broadnax

Cleveland, OH

Saint Luke's Beam Fellow, Placemaking + Equity, Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Mary Manning

Cleveland, OH

AmeriCorps Member, Ohio History Service Corps

Nakia Smith

Cleveland, OH

Doula/Director-Birthing Beautiful Communities, and East End Neighborhood House

Nina Holzer

Cleveland, OH

Manager of CDC Advancement, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Detroit 

Allandra Bulger

Detroit, MI

Deputy Director, Detroit Future City

Anna Lemler

Detroit & Ann Arbor, MI

Institute Director, American Conference on Diversity

 
Detroit, MI

Owner, De-tread LLC

 

Bob Spence

Detroit, MI

Board President, Summer in the City

 

Dean Hay

Detroit, MI

Director of Green Infrastructure, The Greening of Detroit

Lacy Dawson

Detroit, MI

Field Director, Michigan Voice

Lauren Hood

Detroit, MI

Director, Live6

Mark Covington

Detroit, MI

Director, Georgia Street Community Collective

Ryan Marshall

Detroit, MI

Architect, FX Architecture

Todd Scott

Detroit, MI

Executive Director, Detroit Greenways

Coalition

Pittsburgh

Chris Beichner

Pittsburgh, PA

President & CEO, Allegheny Land Trust

Chris Sandvig

Pittsburgh, PA

Director of Policy, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group

The Grow Pittsburgh Team

Pittsburgh, PA

James Snow

Pittsburgh, PA

Manager of Corporate Relations, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

 

Jennifer Layman

Pittsburgh, PA

Regional Vice President, Student Conservation Association

Katherine Camp

Pittsburgh, PA 

Green Infrastructure Program Management Consultant

Lisa Kunst Vavro

Pittsburgh, PA

Sustainable Environments Manager/Engaged Scholarship Manager for Penn State Center Pittsburgh

Lydia Kramer

Pittsburgh, PA

Project Coordinator, GTECH

 

Marlene van Es

Pittsburgh, PA

Principal Attorney

Matthew Craig

Pittsburgh, PA

Executive Director, Young Preservationists Association

 

Maureen Copeland

Pittsburgh, PA

Regional Stormwater

Strategiest, StormWorks & Nine Mile Run Watershed Association

Megan Zeigler

Pittsburgh, PA

Associate GI Project Manager, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

Phoebe Downey

Pittsburgh, PA

Program Manager, Envision Downtown

Rebecca Zeyzus

Pittsburgh, PA

Executive Director Allegheny Watershed Alliance

Zaheen Hussain

Pittsburgh, PA

Sustainability Coordinator, Millvale

 

Other Cities 

Adam Ortiz

Prince George’s County, MD

Director, Prince George's County Department of Environment

Alisa Valderrama

San Francisco, CA

Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Nwamaka Agbo

Oakland, CA

Next Economy Innovation Fellow, Movement Strategy Center

Danya Sherman

Cambridge, MA

MIT Sam Tak Lee Lab for Real Estate Entrepreneurship and Consultant

Eric Rosewall

Portland, OR

Executive Director, Depave

Julie Flynn

San Francisco, CA

Project Director, The Street Plans Collaborative

Noah Budnick

Berkeley, CA

Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs, Zendrive, San Francisco, CA 

Naomi Doerner

New Orleans, LA

Principal Planner & Equity Strategist, Assembly

ioby Board Member

Jason Hercules

Washington DC

Manager, LEED Dept.; Location and Transportation Specialist

Martha Roskowski

Denver, CO

VP of Local Innovation, 

PeopleForBikes

Noelle Ito

Los Angeles, CA

Vice President of Programs, AAPIP

Paula Conolly

Philadelphia, PA

Director, Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange

Stevie Lewis

New Orleans, LA

Outreach Director, Public Lab