Background
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2016 – present: PRINCIPAL ◽ EthicsWorks@Perisphere ⦁ An Education Division of Perisphere Partnership ◽◽◽ incl. faculty members drawn from design, public policy, medicine, nursing, law, divinity, business, engineering, and the liberal arts & sciences ◽ focused on facilitating human flourishing, virtues-based decision-making, and justice-infused actions in professional, personal & political settings ◽ developing interactive courses, transformative tools, and evidence-based interventions in an innovation lab environment ◽ in collaboration with cross-sector clients and university-based research fellows │⟐│FY 2016-2025 ◽ funded by Telluride E-Works, LLC
2006 – present: PARTNER ◽ PPS ⦁ The Philanthropy Management Division of Perisphere Partnership ◽◽◽ incl. clients from film, television, theater, music, literary, sports, and design industries ◽ jointly funding complex social-sector projects using impact investment models ◽ in collaboration with non-profit, private, public, and academic institutions
1996 – present: TRUSTEE ◽ Ƒortis Ƒellowships ▪ Virtue. Rewarded. ⟨formerly, The Columbiana Endowment⟩ ⦁ A Funding Division of Perisphere Partnership ◽◽◽ incl. ten annual $1.3 million awards for exemplars demonstrating moral and intellectual integrity
1989 – present: DIRECTOR [will become Director Emeritus on October 28, 2019] ◽ Perisphere Institute ⦁ A Professional Services Division of Perisphere Partnership ◽◽◽ incl.:
◽ The VESTA Project ▪ 5,000+ homes therapeutically modified for people with neurocognitive / neurodegenerative disorders & age-related comorbidities
◽ VESTA Consulting ▪ uni-, multi- & intergenerational community plan development + implementation based on theory of change models using an amalgam of frameworks [e.g., smart cities, SDGs, creative placemaking, equity planning] ◽ public interest + civic service design ◽ formative + summative evaluations ▪ 42 cities in 26 countries
◽ VESTA Lab ▪ algorithm development ◽ generative & parametric design ◽ interdisciplinary experimentation ◽ translational research ▪ in collaboration with public health + medical schools
◽ VESTA Caregiving Network ▪ 14,000+ members worldwide providing support ◽ empowerment ◽ education ◽ advocacy services
◽ VESTA Corps ▪ 600+ intergenerational design + planning teams developing intentional, enabling communities-for-all-ages worldwide
◽ VESTA STE[A]M Studio ▪ transdisciplinary charrettes focused on design-for-human-flourishing throughout the US & UK
◽ VESTA Tech ▪ proprietary social service and design apps, wearables, robotics, and adaptive systems focused on physical, mental, and spiritual well-being
◽ VESTA Impact Design ▪ qualitative + quantitative models using multivariate environmental ◽ social ◽ economic ◽ health ◽ cultural indices as short+long-term metrics
◽ VESTA Innovation ▪ university-based UX+UI ◽ human/humanity-centered design + prototyping in partnership with VESTA Inc.
◽ VESTA Fellows ▪ 500+ homes modified for veterans around the world [as post-graduate service]
◽ VESTA Life ◽ VESTA Youth ◽ VESTA Gerontology ▪ applied integral human development ◽ secular + sectarian hybrid models
◽ Perisphere Praxis ▪ 100+ residencies for doctoral and graduate students in health ◽ design ◽ policy professions
◽ Perisphere WORKS ▪ STE[A]M-based advanced R+D program focused on third sector + civic service design
◽ Perisphere Predictive Analytics ▪ data mining ◽ statistical algorithms ◽ economic modeling ◽ AI
◽ MTR✘ Community Development ▪ projects completed on all seven continents
◽ MTR✘ Fellowships ▪ awards for immigrant doctoral students
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▣ SERVICE ▣
2018 – present: Fellow, Barnes Trust ▪ University of Cambridge & Georgetown University
2017 – present: Senior Research Scholar, Reeves Foundation for Health ◽ Policy ◽ Design ▪ US
2016 – 2018: Co-Principal Investigator, Anticipatory Design + Alzheimer's Disease │ AD² ▪ Harvard & UMass
2015 – 2017: Founding Global Director, Arts & Health Policy Fellowship │ A✜HPF ▪ US & UK
2013 – 2016: Chair, Western States Education Endowment │ WeSEE
2011 – 2015: Stein Cross-Sector Fellow ▪ The White House
2010 – 2015: Co-Chair, Mahoney Environmental Gerontology & Lifespan Design Doctoral Fellowship [ incorporating the Oxford-based Reede Scholars Program in 2014 ] ▪ US & UK
2005 – 2009: Principal, DRMK ◽ Sullivan+Partners, PC ▪ Oak Park
2004 – 2005: Post-Doctoral Fellow ▪ University of Chicago & the Art Institute of Chicago
2001 – 2003: Trustee, Harlem Place-Based Philanthropy │ HPBP ▪ New York City
1999 – 2003: Margolin-Guthrie PhD Fellow ▪ Yale University
1997 – 1999: Metzger Residency in Interdisciplinary Health Education ▪ NYU & Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1994 – 1997: Powell Doctoral Fellow in Policy│Planning│Administration [P2A] ▪ Columbia University
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1976 – 1993: McKinsey & Company analyst │▪│ Congressional policy strategist │▪│ Fulbright scholar │▪│National Endowment for Arts management fellow │▪│National Academy of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences scholar [Region VIII] │▪│ transdisciplinary designer [ incl. product design ▪ interiors ▪ landscapes ▪ architecture ▪ urban design ] │▪│ film & theatrical producer [through Compton De Rose Wagner, LLC] │▪│ public arts administrator │▪│ design college faculty & assistant dean │▪│ museum exhibit consultant │▪│ arts & health▪ social▪ labor policy analyst │▪│ education researcher for the Denver and NYC Partnerships │▪│writer & managing editor for national academic design journals & magazines - and - consulting editor for Elle Decor's Charles Bricker │▪│ fashion buyer & stylist │▪│ milliner & costume researcher [ incl. internships with Charles James, Patricia Zipprodt & Richard Martin - and - affiliated design residencies on Broadway, films, & episodic TV ] │▪│ editorial & curatorial assistant to Bill Cunningham & Editta Sherman │▪│ former member of Mensa
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▣ SOCIETY of PINNACLE SCHOLARS ▣
Government & Virtue Ethics ◽ 2018
Social Ethics & Higher Education ◽ 2015
Law & Social Psychology ◽ 2013
Theology & the History of Science ◽ 2009
Social Planning & Health Policy ◽ 2004
Writing & Psychology ◽ 2003
Clinical Environmental & Organizational Psychology ◽ 2001
Labor Policy & Social Administration ◽ 1990
International Studies & Arts Administration ◽ 1988
Architecture & Design Analysis ◽ 1986
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▣ OTHER AWARDS ▣
◽ PRAXIS Centre Scholarship ▪ Faith, Mission & Public Service [awarded for a lesson-drawing-based transnational study of "Integral Human Development: Applying a Multi-Factorial Framework to the Global Child- and Age-Friendly Communities Movements"]
◽ Cambridge Institute for Doctoral Education Fellowship [awarded for a multi-year, multi-site study of applied ethics in PhD programs]
◽ Carver-Saunders Community Peace Prize [awarded for establishing the Pax Lab ▪ Princeton│organizing the Mychal Judge Center ▪ New York│creating a peace & justice curriculum for high school students ▪ the Bronx│developing an interreligious contact zone ▪ Washington, DC│negotiating an intergenerational comprehensive plan for public park development ▪ Chicago│and serving jail time for charges related to multiple peaceful anti-war protests throughout the NY-DC corridor]
◽ Alcott Fellowship in Environmental Gerontology [awarded for teaching doctoral and graduate courses, applied research, and professional practice focused on 'developing innovative evidence-based health, design and social interventions in service to, and with, older adults']
◽ Moynihan Fellowship in Social Policy [awarded for multi-site child-/youth-friendly design projects with the Chicago Public Schools, NYCDOE, and LAUSD - and - residencies as an intergenerational designer and researcher at the Center for Children, Youth & Environments and the Institute for Third Age Design] ⟐ as of 2020, five years of funding remain available
◽ Wexler Prize for Ethics in Executive Service [awarded for building national cross-sector partnerships among philanthropists, public officials, private entities, and academic institutions]
◽ Masterson Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Human Rights & Social Justice [awarded for international age discrimination research, related educational interventions, and development of the DSJ Post-Professional Program for whistleblowers and changemakers]
◽ Rockefeller-King Grant [awarded for a 3-year study of the health and social impacts of GeroNarratives]
◽ Alcuin Urban Education Fellowship [awarded for management, research, policy, and classroom rotations in Chicago public and private schools with a focus on college-readiness programming and funding]
◽ Vanguard Award for Place-Based Philanthropy [awarded for a 5-year intergenerational program in Harlem/Hamilton Heights]
◽ Temple Hoyne Buell Grant [awarded for post-professional architecture studies, research into creative placemaking via public art, and graduate-level curriculum development focused on the economics of cultural amenities]
◽ Boulding Scholarship in Systems Theory [awarded for international study of transdisciplinary principles and structures in the sciences and humanities - incl. a residency during production of the film, "Mindwalk"]
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▣ CERTIFICATIONS ▣
◽ Integral Human Development│University of Cambridge
◽ Intergenerational Human Rights│University of Oxford
◽ Adolescent Development │University of Chicago
◽ Early Childhood │Yale University
◽ Social Gerontology│Columbia University
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▣ MEMBERSHIPS ▣
◽ White House Alumni Service Network
◽ Yale Alumni Association
◽ Cambridge Neuroscience Society
◽ Dorothy Day Society
◽ Writers Guild of America
◽ Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute
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