Thursday April 23, 2026 12:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
Speakers 
Director, Master of Arts in Social Design, Maryland Institute College of Art
Thomas Gardner is a designer and educator. His teaching and research explore design methodologies and tactical technologies, with a particular focus on pedagogy, fabrication, community engagement and emerging practices. He is the co-founder of HousingOperative, a design-build agency...
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Founder and Principal, Stone Strategies LLC
Principal, EnviroCollab
With 20+ years in the field of landscape architecture and placemaking, Heidi and her team at EnviroCollab - a women-owned landscape architecture, urban planning, and social design cooperative focused on projects centering social equity, environmental justice, and cultural sustainability...
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Assistant Program Officer, LISC DC
Maurcus serves as Assistant Program Officer with LISC DC, helping with regional expansion efforts related to Prince George’s County’s Blue Line Corridor and other community development initiatives.
Principal, Public Engagement Associates
Steve Brigham has been a leader in the public engagement field over the past twenty-five years, first as COO and then as President of AmericaSpeaks, and now as one of three principals at Public Engagement Associates. In that time, he has led or managed more than 200 public and stakeholder engagement projects in project design, public meeting...
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Assistant Director, Brentwood Arts Exchange
Sierra Smith is a Cultural Arts Strategist with experience advancing large-scale public art initiatives across the DMV. Her work centers public art as a tool for place-keeping, civic dialogue, and collective belonging, grounded in community engagement and responsible stewardship of...
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Director of Community Art and Service, Art with a Heart
As the Director of Community Art and Service at Art with a Heart I work with lots of volunteers and community members to co-create meaningful public art like a mural at John’s Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute.
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Artist, Independent Artist
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DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Public Artist & Architect, GriffinMade
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Executive Director, Gateway CDC
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Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland
Thursday April 23, 2026 12:30pm - 2:15pm
EDT
miXt Food Hall
3809 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood, MD 20722, USA
