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Our mission is to expand and diversify
Philadelphia's middle-income population.
Our goal is to inject social, cultural and economic energy to the city to enhance the city’s socioeconomic diversity, and generate greater economic stability and vibrancy across the city.
We are a domestic resident attraction marketing program. Through targeted messaging, ad campaigns, and branding strategies, we aim to direct visitors to our digital platforms where they can explore the wide range of career and life opportunities in Philadelphia, and thus better position Philadelphia's brand in the minds of young professionals and families.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jose Aguirre
VP, Government & External Affairs
PGW
Kyle Darby
President & CEO
Darby Public Strategies
Alejandro Bedoya
Player & Team Captain at Philadelphia Union
Kathryn Epps Roberson
CEO, The Fund for the School District of Phila.
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Ron Samuels
Manager, Business Development
Express Employment Professionals
Joann Gonzalez Generals
Secretary, Director, Upward Bound
University of Pennsylvania
Kris Mendoza
Executive Producer
Maestro Filmworks
Indah Nuritasari
Associate Director, Adv Services
The Enterprise Center Capital Corp
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Jabari Jones
Chair, President, West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative
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Bill Day
Chief Commercial Officer
Citizen Media group
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Elizabeth Moselle
Founding Principal
Places for People
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Kate Srinivasan
Sr. Mgr., Community Engagement
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Antonio Valdes
CEO
Children's Crisis Treatment Center
Javier Suarez
Vice Chair, Executive Director
Live Work Philadelphia
Joseph Reyes
Treasurer, CPA, Principal
JL Reyes Accounting & Tax CPAs
ADVISORY BOARD
Andrew Lovell
Director of Corporate Partnerships & Engagement, Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management, Temple University
Anne Gemmell
Principal
A. Gemm Consulting
Andrew Zidel
Associate Director, Workforce Partnerships
The Welcoming Center
Andy Toy
Policy Director
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC)
Anuj Gupta
President & CEO
The Welcoming Center
Ben Frank
Executive Director
Center City Business Association
Ben Rush-Goebel
Director of Programs
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Brian Murray
CEO
Shift Capital
Charles Elison
Director
Office of Immigrant Affairs
City of Philadelphia
Derek Green
Special Council
Bellevue Strategies
Emilio A. Parrado, Ph.D.
Director, Population Studies Center,
University of Pennsylvania
Emily Dowdall
President of Policy Solutions Reinvestment Fund
Jeff Hornstein
Executive Director
The Economy League of
Greater Philadelphia
Job Itzkowitz
Executive Director
Old City District
Karen Cilurso
Associate Director
Livable Communities
Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission
Lauren Gilchrist
EVP & Market Leader
Greater Philadelphia
Newmark
Maria Grasso
SVP, Convention Division, Philadelphia Convention
& Visitors Bureau
Maurice Goodman
Business Strategist
Ryotaro Tashiro
Sr. Outreach Economist
Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphia
Sheila Ireland
President & CEO
Philadelphia OIC
Tayyib Smith
Principal Partner
The Collective
Thomas Ginsberg
Sr. Officer, Philadelphia
Research/Policy Initiative
Pew Charitable Trusts
Vanessa Caracoza
Deputy Executive Director
Office of the City Commissioners, City of Philadelphia
In Partnership with
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Live Work Philadelphia is endorsed by the following organizations:
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