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"The measure of a great city is not who's there.  
It's who's WELCOME there."

- Angela Blanchard
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Angela Blanchard is a globally recognized expert practitioner
in community development.

Angela’s work over the past three decades in Houston--the nation’s most ethnically diverse, fastest-growing city --- has brought her to the forefront of developing solutions for community challenges that the rest of the country will face in the next decade. She works with business, civic, and nonprofit leaders to tackle the complex challenges of community transformation. From long-term disaster recovery, to effective integration of immigrants and refugees, her breakthrough strategies provide a powerful roadmap for cities across the globe. She is sought out by leaders and thinkers to conduct strategy sessions, deliver keynotes and individualized workshops. If you are committed to creating change but you’re not sure where to begin, let’s connect. 
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"Angela is one of the most engaging and inspiring speakers...She talks about the toughest stuff and gets away with it." 
Jack Sweeney
Chairman
Houston Chronicle
“BakerRipley’s work is more comprehensive than any other place in the country. This is a model we should really get the public to invest in.”
Geoffrey Canada
Founder
Harlem Children’s Zone
“Angela's work illustrates what it means to embrace democratic change and build a new work force – a new America ---at metropolitan scale.”
Bruce Katz
Centennial Scholar
Brookings Institution
"Angela Blanchard was able to cut through the partisan rhetoric to get Democrats and Republicans on board. Together they raised $25 million to build the Neighborhood Center."
Fareed Zakaria
CNN
“The success of one Houston area nonprofit offers lessons for alleviating poverty and building communities across a sprawling urban region…so it’s fascinating to hear what Blanchard has to say.”
Amanda Colson Hurley
The Atlantic
“Blanchard has spoken in places as distant as Australia about the organization’s model, one that recognizes the rapid demographic shift taking place in cities like Houston, and sees immigrants and long-time residents alike as human capital to be leveraged in a positive way.”
Emily DeRuy
The Atlantic
“To help metropolitan areas meet the new and rising challenges of improving low income residents’ access to opportunity, public policy must value and prioritize scaled solutions like those offered by BakerRipley.”
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
The Brookings Institution
“Good organizations have three things: visionary leadership, a bold mission, and flawless execution. BakerRipley does that.”
Darren Walker
President and CEO
Ford Foundation 
"Angela Blanchard received the 22nd Heinz Award in the Human Condition category
for creating a transformative model of community development that has become a powerful and positive model for cities looking to thrive in the midst of complex demographic
and social change. "

The Heinz Awards, 2017

Speaker and Expert Practitioner


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