Ronnie leads a team of content experts and grantmakers who are responsible for The Community Foundation's community leadership and discretionary funding programs that offer support in the areas of homelessness and housing, education, and workforce development. Prior to joining The Community Foundation Family, Ronnie was a part of the team at The Democracy Collaborative, serving as the Vice-President for Racial Equity and the Democratic Economy. In this work he and his team helped advance the Collaborative's work to interrogate, reimagine, and redesign local and regional economic systems to that they produce justice, equity, sustainability, and broadly held wealth. Ronnie is also a facilitator and leading voice in the region and around the country on issues of racial equity and reparative justice. He will be bringing this background to support the Greater Washington Community Foundation’s evolution as an organization that leads with racial equity in the region.