Strategic Council
The people who keep GLUE honest
Scholars, practitioners and civic leaders from across the country who shape GLUE's vision, test its strategy, and hold it to its mission.
SCHOLARS
Research that grounds the work
Dr. Daryl Michael Scott
Professor & Chair, History, Geography and Museum Studies, Morgan State University
African American institutional development and policy history.
Dr. Henry Louis Taylor Jr.
Professor, Urban and Regional Planning; Founding Director, Center for Urban Studies, University at Buffalo
Race, structural dislocation and neighborhood planning.
Dr. Marc V. Levine
Professor Emeritus, UW-Milwaukee; Founding Director, Center for Economic Development
Racial disparities and Rust Belt deindustrialization.
Spencer Overton
Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, George Washington University
Democracy, voting rights and racial equity.
Dr. Lester Spence
Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Race, neoliberalism and urban politics.
PRACTITIONERS & CIVIC LEADERS
Experience that tests the work
Shawn Dove
Managing Partner, New Profit
Narrative change and Black male achievement; former CEO, Campaign for Black Male Achievement.
Dr. Carmen Porco
Retired CEO, Housing Ministries of Wisconsin
Faith-rooted anti-poverty strategy.
Min. Greg Lewis
Executive Director, Souls to the Polls Wisconsin
Civic engagement, environmental justice and grassroots organizing.
David Elsworth Haines II
Senior Strategist, Forward Catalyst
ESG, energy policy and sustainability strategy.
Brenda Wesley
Mental Health Advocate, Milwaukee
Mental health education and stigma reduction.
Brad Pruitt
President, America's Black Holocaust Museum
Cultural preservation and racial justice.
GLUE
The team
Walter J. Lanier
President and CEO, GLUE
Convening leaders and institutions across Great Lakes cities.
Dorothea Macon
Community Engagement Specialist, GLUE
Two decades in education and community leadership.