Nicole Lindquist is Blueprint’s managing editor.

Hannah Swinkin is a content strategist and wordsmith at REEF.

Micah Golomb-Leavitt is a writer and digital publishing intern for Blueprint.

Rana Florida is the CEO of Creative Class Group. An expert on business and leadership, Rana has written for numerous publications and been featured on programs such as The Today Show and MSNBC’s The Cycle. She is also the author of Upgrade—Taking Your Work and Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary.

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Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading urbanists. A noted researcher, professor, and entrepreneur, Richard has penned numerous articles and books, including the award-winning The Rise of the Creative Class and, his latest contribution to the field, The New Urban Crisis.

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Michael Bonadies is president of international hospitality firm Bonadies Hospitality, LLC. An accomplished entrepreneur and James Beard journalism award winner, Michael is the author of Sip by Sip: An Insider’s Guide to Learning All About Wine.

Author of the book Life After Favre, Phil Hanrahan is a Milwaukee-based writer and editor working on a book sharing the story of a pioneering art college in rural Ireland.

Zoey Duncan is a writer and book editor based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Find her at zoeywrites.com.

Devin is a writer, communicator, and policy nerd. Most recently she was co-director of Bridgeliner, a local publication in Portland, Oregon.

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Ellen Dunham-Jones is professor of architecture and directs the urban design degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She hosts the Redesigning Cities podcast, maintains a database of over 2,000 suburban retrofits and has co-authored two books on the subject.

Eren Bali is the founder and CEO of Carbon Health, a modern, tech-enabled care provider on a mission to make great care accessible to everyone.

Kerry Steib is the head of impact at REEF Technology, building programs to make our neighborhoods more sustainable, inclusive, and supportive. Named to Refinery29’s “Rising Female Tech Stars,” Kerry is a renowned leader in social impact.

With 20 years’ logistics experience, mostly gained in the food supply chain, Lucas Dawe’s expertise is a unique blend of operations, food and beverage needs, and consumer technology. His drive for efficiency and problem solving comes from his days running operations in submarines for the Royal Navy. Today he is driving the innovation behind Collectiv Food’s delivery methods toward leaner, greener, and more customer-centric models.