Dr. Monica Barczak is passionate about helping families achieve economic mobility and wellbeing. She has over 15 years’ experience innovating two-generation initiatives at the local and federal levels. Her most significant projects include the design and implementation of CareerAdvance®, a cutting-edge two-generation initiative to improve educational outcomes for children and their parents at CAP Tulsa; and Rural IMPACT, a 10-site two-generation demonstration project coordinated through the White House Rural Council and the Administration for Children and Families. She also served as the first Director of Community Health Equity at Ascension St. John in Tulsa, where she developed a funding strategy to address health disparities in the community. She currently operates her own consulting business and loves to ride her bicycle.

As reflected by Resolute’s service offerings, Nicole brings a unique, integrated perspective to meeting today’s business and organizational challenges. She leads the firm with nearly 20 years of public relations and marketing experience having advised a wide range of industries including social services, healthcare, transportation, retail, technology and finance. Nicole’s work and community involvement have been recognized with several awards such as the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Tulsa 40 from the Tulsa Business & Legal News, Professional of the Year and Young Professional of the Year from the Public Relations Society of America Tulsa chapter and numerous PRSA Silver Link and IABC Bronze Quill awards. She is also Accredited in Public Relations through the Public Relations Society of America. An avid proponent of collaboration and community building, Nicole gives her time through several community boards, including Tulsa Ballet, the Tulsa Regiona Chamber and the national executive committee for PRSA's Counselors Academy. She also actively volunteers at Community Brookside and is a previous president of PRSA Tulsa.

John Wolfkill is Executive Director of the Community College of Aurora (CCA) Foundation. He has served in this role since 2016. CCA Foundation provides over $750,000 in scholarships to students each year. More importantly, within two years of receiving their first scholarship, 84% of students complete a credential, transfer to a four-year university, or are still enrolled at CCA. During its quiet phase, CCAF has secured $17.1 million toward its $18 million campaign for the Center for Applied Science and Technology. John completed his Master of Science degree in International and Intercultural Education and Development at the University of Southern California and became keenly interested in community development. He worked as an urban planner for the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (Los Angeles, CA). Then he became the associate director of the P.F. Bresee Foundation, a faith-based youth and family development center. He spent nearly seven years as the Director of Administration and Donor Partnerships at the Tulsa Community Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the country where he supported high-net-worth families, corporations and foundations to design, implement, and evaluate their charitable investment strategies. He also facilitated the process that led to the backbone homeless services organization, A Way Home for Tulsa. After learning that only one to two percent of Tulsa’s African American and Hispanic youth were graduating from high school prepared to begin college without remediation, he left the foundation to become executive director of KIPP Tulsa, an open-enrollment college-preparatory, public charter school from 2011-2016. At KIPP Tulsa, 90% of his students qualified for the federal free or reduced lunch program and 97% of students were African American or Hispanic. More importantly, students averaged 1.7 years of growth each year with 97% going on to graduate high school and over 80% enrolling in post-secondary education. John has served as a recent national chair for the CASE Community College Advancement Conference and as a frequent presenter and moderator for sessions on annual fundraising, board engagement, strategic planning, and utilizing data for impact storytelling. He is the chair of the Leadership Aurora Board of Directors and serves on the planning and facilitation committee for Emerging Leaders. He is a Rotarian and serves as a small group leader for high schoolers. Outside of work and volunteering, you will find John enjoying the Colorado life with his wife and two sons mountain biking, skiing, hiking, or playing Pickleball.

Ingrid’s passion is improving opportunities and outcomes for vulnerable and marginalized people by helping nonprofit and education-related organizations operate in strategic, efficient, high-impact ways. She uses her 25+ years of experience in education and social services to help clients create mindful, meaningful processes that guide transformation and propel their organizations in successful pursuit of their missions. Ingrid understands that effective change begins with strong relationships that support honest conversations and lead organizations in bold, desirable directions. She has an abiding commitment to supporting organizations that serve and work on behalf of people who have been historically and structurally oppressed. After starting her career as a Teach For America teacher in South Louisiana, Ingrid took on roles with The New Teacher Project, Philadelphia Teaching Fellows Program, and KIPP Philadelphia Schools before becoming a partner at the consulting firm Strategy Arts. In 2015, Ingrid founded Bloom Planning and continues her work with practitioners and leaders in organizations large and small, complex and simple, to approach and solve challenges in school, youth development, community, nonprofit, and municipal settings. Ingrid and Bloom have worked with clients across the country and, in her hometown of Philadelphia, with many of the region’s leading charter school networks, district-run schools, education organizations, independent schools, early childhood education providers, human services agencies, and progressive collective endeavors. These experiences have informed Ingrid’s deep understanding of the attitudes, behaviors, and practices making social change organizations most effective. She believes that experience-driven, sector-specific knowledge is essential to truly understanding the challenges committed organizations face when developing and implementing strategies and initiatives. Ingrid holds master’s degrees in education leadership and social work from the University of Pennsylvania as well as a BA in French studies and anthropology from Smith College. Additionally, she is a trained meeting facilitator, a competitive dragon boater and co-captain of the gold-medal-winning 2015 US Premier Women’s National Dragon Boat Team, an active civic leader in her neighborhood, currently presiding as Judge of Elections for Ward 5, District 16, and board vice chair and secretary of North 10, Philadelphia, a community-centered, place-based, multi-focal service and growth organization working in the Hunting Park-East Tioga section of N. Philadelphia.

Paula Shannon, founder of Whole Leader Lab, is a passionate advocate for mission-driven leaders, empowering them to achieve results while staying true to themselves and living sustainable lives. With extensive experience leading large-scale organizations, managing diverse teams, and overseeing substantial budgets, Paula brings expertise in strategic planning, organizational transformation, people management, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement to her coaching practice. Through one-on-one leadership coaching, team development and coaching, and leadership development experiences, Paula helps leaders develop resilience, achieve work-life balance, navigate complex dynamics, build high-performing teams, communicate effectively, and enhance strategic thinking and decision-making skills. Her holistic approach to leadership enables clients to explore the tensions present in being responsive while inclusive, caring for people while driving results, and balancing the demands of today with the risks associated with being innovative and bold for the future.

Classically trained in the fine arts, Atlanta native Danielle Hendrix earned her BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). She is the Owner and Creative Director of Florida-based Ecce Design Studio, LLC, a boutique graphic design and marketing firm that has partnered with clients across diverse industries, including education, healthcare, and celebrity nonprofits and foundations. Danielle has had the honor of creating and leading workshops both in the United States and abroad, inspiring individuals with a curiosity or passion for the arts. Her work emphasizes inclusivity, celebrates creative talent, and advocates for mental health awareness in the public sphere. She continues to collaborate with organizations and individuals dedicated to improving lives and fostering creativity and unity within their communities.

As President of Together Consulting, Tammie Hoy Hawkins provides leadership and guidance to nonprofit, for-profit, and government entities focused on community economic development initiatives. Utilizing over 25 years of community economic development experience, Tammie provides direct technical assistance and consulting services in the areas of non-profit capacity building, affordable housing, neighborhood development and revitalization, community development finance, and asset building. Tammie provides consulting services to a wide range of community stakeholders including but limited to nonprofit and for-profit community economic development partners, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIS), Purpose Built Communities and network members as well as state and local government entities. As part of her consulting work Tammie served as the Project Manager for the Northside Development Group’s Northside Initiative in Spartanburg, SC, a Purpose Built Community, for over 6 years. Tammie also helped to launch multiple housing trust funds across the southeast. Tammie most recently served as the CEO for CommunityWorks, a Greenville, South Carolina based, state-wide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) where she led the organization from 2020-2022 through the pandemic and a significant growth phase. She grew the organization from $14M in assets to over $28M, raising over $8M in contributions, grants, and impact investments. Prior to starting Together Consulting in 2012, Tammie worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond as a Community Development Regional Manager. At the Federal Reserve she worked closely with bank Economists and Research Teams by coordinating and facilitating community development activities, trainings, educational seminars, forums, conferences, projects, and publications.

Dr. Amy Shelton is a scholar, educator, and advocate for equitable education systems. She utilizes policy research, education and census data, and geographic information systems (GIS) to examine the intersection of neighborhood demographic change, school choice policies, and racial and socioeconomic segregation across schools. Amy currently serves as a Research Fellow at Saint Louis University’s Policy Research in Missouri Education (PRiME) Center and an Adjunct Professor of Education Policy. She has shared her work widely through national conferences, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs that inform Missouri stakeholders. As an educator, she equips future teachers to critically analyze how housing and school funding policies shape educational inequities. Amy’s career in education has bridged the classroom, policy, and research. She formerly taught 5th grade in Tulsa, OK, through Teach for America, coordinated a citywide early literacy intervention summer program, and served as an elected member of the Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education. Amy resides in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and four children. She holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Equity from Saint Louis University, an M.A. in Educational Studies from the University of Tulsa, and a graduate certificate in Non-Profit Management from Oklahoma State University.