A team built for public engagement.
Our team reflects expertise in engagement, research, communications, and design to deliver people-first engagement that is accessible, creative, transparent, and driven by lasting impact.

Meet our core team
Our Philadelphia-based core team works collaboratively to ensure our clients receive the full value of our interdisciplinary strengths. We spend our time 100% focused on how we can innovate and build best practices in the public engagement space.

Founder & CEO
Marisa
Denker
(She/Her)
Urban Planning
Strategic Planning
Participatory Research

Managing Principal
Sylvia
García-García
(She/Her)
Business
Strategic Planning
Economic Development

Director
Jen
Hurley
(She/Her)
Strategic Planning
Urban Planning
Executive Leadership

Senior Project Manager
Meg
Prier
(She/They)
Environmental Engineering
Urban Planning
Grant Management

Senior Project Manager
Stephanie
Fuentes
(She/Her)
Arts and Culture
Communications
Strategic Planning

Project Manager
Julia
Whyte
(She/Her)
Natural Resource Management
Research
Program Development

Project Manager
Geert
Robroek
(He/Him)
Behavioral Healthcare
Community Organizing
Partnership Management

Senior Associate
Jada
La Fontaine
(She/Her)
Urban Planning
Environmental and Civic Communications
Community Organizing

Senior Associate
Jack
Colbert
(He/Him)
Campaign Management
Research
Strategic Planning

Associate
Izziy
Dowd
(Any/All)
Anthropology
Transportation
Mapping

Chief Financial Officer
Crystal
Robinson, CPA
(She/Her)
Finance
Business

Project Accountant
Nick
Wetzel
(He/Him)
Finance
Business
Meet our collaborators
Per project, our team expands beyond our core members to include experienced facilitators, researchers, engagement and design experts. For our neighborhood-based projects in particular, we work to include representative members as an extended part of our team to ensure that our approach reflects the local area.

Local Network Liaison
Bridget Neumaier
She/Her
Public Engagement

Communications Specialist
Carrie Leibrand
She/Her
Communications

Senior Consultant
Dan Berez
He/Him
Transportation

Senior Consultant
Eleanor Sharpe
She/Her
Urban Planning

Engagement Specialist
Lily Goodspeed
She/Her
Public Engagement

Engagement Specialist
Pati Codina
She/Her
Public Engagement

Senior Consultant
Sylvie Gallier Howard
She/Her
Economic Development

Senior Consultant
Vaughn Ross
He/Him
Public Sector Management
Let's work together
