Assistant Professor of Geography at Indiana University Bloomington

Her major fields of study and interests include urban politics, housing, land, community development, community economies, urban commons, urban planning with a particular focus on grassroots initiatives and social movements confronting and resisting injustices, oppression, and displacement, and the historical processes and policies that have produced them.

Executive Director, Englewood CDC

Joe Bowling has served Englewood Community Development Corporation (ECDC) since 2012. Bowling leads a nonprofit staff of 25 focused on comprehensive, inclusive and equitable grassroots community economic development. In 2021, Bowling received the Michael Carroll Community Economic Development Leadership Award from Prosperity Indiana. In the last decade, Englewood has created, manages and provides services to approximately 400 units of affordable rental housing and home ownership opportunities for some of the most vulnerable populations in our city.

Policy Director, Prosperity Indiana

As Policy Director, Andrew works to craft and advance Prosperity Indiana's policy agenda in coordination with PI members. He is skilled at analyzing data to extrapolate needs related to policy change and is responsible for producing advocacy tools, building relationships with policymakers, activating members to contact legislators, and coordinating policy convenings.

Annalise Cain is a board member of Bloomington Cooperative Living and a theatre artist living in Bloomington, IN. She's lived in the BCL system since 2020, and been the Membership Coordinator since 2023. She's passionate about conflict resolution, crisis management, and building inclusive co-op culture.

Board Chair, South Bend Mutual Homes

Real Estate Policy and Data Manager at Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA)

Hugh Farrell is an urban historian, board member at Bloomington Cooperative Living, and a founding member of Avalon Community Land Trust. He has collaborated in the design, financing, and construction of two new cooperative buildings in Bloomington since 2020, totalling 30 bedrooms, with additional exciting projects underway.

Chad Frazier was raised outside of Chicago in a Lake Michigan town. It became too expensive for his extended family to continue living there after four generations. He has lived in Evansville Indiana for nearly two decades committing time to community gardens and multiple forms of collective and cooperative ownership of businesses and houses. He is currently pursuing an architectural degree to further these projects.

Executive Director of Safer DIY Spaces

Keenan has helped to provide extensive technical and financial assistance to over 100 low-income DIY communities in the Bay Area to abate hazard and turn back the tide of code enforcement-related displacement. Over the last six years, Keenan has worked intensively to preserve and render safe vulnerable live/work and community assembly spaces, both in terms of providing direct assistance to affected communities and working with city governments on policy and legislative changes focusing on harm reduction and adoption of performance-based standards.

Director, Community Development Clinic, Clinical Professor of Law, Notre Dame

Jim Kelly teaches, researches, and practices community development law. Prior to joining the law school faculty in 2011, Jim was Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and Visiting Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law. At Baltimore, Jim directed and taught in the Community Development Clinic, while also teaching Professional Responsibility, Jurisprudence and Real Estate Finance. In Spring 2011, he taught Property and Legal Writing II at W&L.

Director of Economic & Sustainable Development, City of Bloomington

Board Chair, Mayfield Green Cooperative, Indianapolis

Principal, i3 Community Housing Solutions

Michael Osborne has a four decades-long professional career in housing and real estate development, including positions as Director of Community & Economic Development for the City of Elkhart, Executive Director of the Evansville Dept. of Metropolitan Development, and from 2007 to 2022, as President & CEO of Near North Development Corporation (Indpls). Today, Michael’s consulting practice provides comprehensive planning, brokerage, and real estate development services to assist local non-profit and government clients meet the housing needs of the communities they serve.

Director of Community Initiatives, Center for Rural Engagement at Indiana University Bloomington

Gabriel Piser supports the center's work by developing and expanding large-scale community impact initiatives and strengthening relationships with community stakeholders. Gabriel has more than 15 years of experience working with rural communities as a researcher, educator, and consultant.

Gabriel holds a Ph.D. in comparative studies from the Ohio State University, an MA in philosophy from Binghamton University, and a BA in sociology from Earlham College.​

Real Estate Broker At Fathom Realty

David Price is a founding member of Englewood Community Development Corporation in 1996. He has held positions as a Housing Coordinator for Near North Development Corporation, Cultivating Communities Team Member, and Co-Director of Englewood Community Development Corporation, and Real Estate Broker. A large portion of the work has focussed on developing housing for persons experiencing homelessness in an integrated setting.

Community Land Trust Coordinator, Kheprw Institute

Kheprw Institute (kheprw.org) builds community wealth with a focus on Black, Brown and low-income communities in Indianapolis. Alvin has been a part of the Kheprw team for over ten years and his current focus is starting the Indianapolis Community Land Trust (clt.kheprw.org) with funding from the City and support from a city-wide coalition of partners. The CLT will equip Black, Brown and low-income Indy residents to use land and housing to build community wealth, self-reliance and self-determination, inclusive of creating permanently affordable housing.

Herbert Sizek, has been a resident of Bloomington Cooperative Living since August of 2022. He has been on the Board of Bloomington Cooperative Living as a house representative and currently participate in other organizations, such as my church's Building and Grounds committee and in a local party caucus, which provide a contrast in governance structures in comparison to Bloomington Cooperative Living. In my day-to-day work, I am a PhD student who researches crop rotations and large scale agricultural modeling.

Jeshurun Construction

Executive Director, Greater Indianapolis Multifaith Alliance (GIMA)

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Spiegel was a founding director of the Center for Congregations, and architect and director of the Congregational Resource Guide. After serving as Interim Executive Director for the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), he accepted the role of inaugural director of GIMA.

City of Indianapolis, Policy Director for Homelessness

Rodney is charged with identifying opportunities for strategic leadership and developing/executing the homeless intervention strategies for the Department of Metropolitan Development. Rodney is leading the transformation of the homeless response system to a housing first infrastructure by building a network of housing and service supports.

Executive Director, Indiana Cooperative Development Center

Deb has been the executive director of the Indiana Cooperative Development Center since 2006 and during that time has worked with many different types of cooperatives from food co-ops and food hubs, to housing, agriculture, artists, and early childhood education. She is committed to increasing awareness of cooperatives and is passionate about the cooperative business model’s ability to empower people and their communities.