Sustainability is about more than the physical environment it is also about the economical environment. This Studio includes some of the best minds when it comes to research, analysis, and financial policy recommendations. Additionally members of the Studio have expertise in leveraging most resources from public, private and philanthropic sources to optimize their investments.

• John Eric Nelson – Managing Partner, Wall Street Without Walls

  Nelson is the Managing Partner of Wall Street Without Walls. WSWW provides capital markets orientation and training programs nationally through the individual banks of the Federal Reserve Bank system and financial technical assistance to community development organizations and public agencies through teams of volunteer finance professionals, including retired and active investment bankers volunteering their expertise as a new form of philanthropy.
  

  
  
  
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• Jorge H. Atiles, Ph.D - Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia

  Jorge serves as the Family and Consumer Sciences State Program Leader for Cooperative Extension and also provides leadership in Latino outreach for UGA Extension. Jorge’s areas of extension work include cross-cultural seminars in Latin America for UGA Extension Agents, educational programs on Radon Gas, Natural Gas, Energy, and Water quality.
  

  
  
  
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• Kwaku (KC) George – Senior Director Housing Finance and Administration, ANDP

  KC is the Senior Director of Housing Finance and Administration for the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (ANDP) and the Community Redevelopment Loan and Investment Fund, Inc. (CRLIF). KC is responsible for general oversight and management of a $12 million revolving housing loan fund targeted to support mixed income housing and mixed use development throughout metro Atlanta.
  

  
  
  
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