About – PolicyBridge

PolicyBridge
Founded In 2004

FOUNDED IN 2004

PolicyBridge is a nonpartisan, African American led public policy “think and action tank”, based in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization was founded in 2004 and received its 501 (c) 3 nonprofit status in early 2005. The original intent of the organization was to conduct research and shed light on public policy issues affecting African-Americans by writing research reports and policy briefs and coordinating community forums. Since 2005, PolicyBridge has broadened its research boundaries to include other minority communities and underserved populations.

The founders and Board of Directors of PolicyBridge decided at the birth of the organization that its research reports and research briefs would analyze data and provide public policy recommendations from an economic impact perspective. The Board of Directors acknowledges that many of the public policy issues that are relevant to the minority community are steeped in a social justice context. But PolicyBridge uses economic impact data, analysis, and arguments to broaden the appeal of its research reports and research briefs.

MISSION

PolicyBridge is a research and advocacy think and action tank that prompts and sustains high quality discourse about public policy issues affecting African-Americans and other underserved communities which enlightens fellow community members and catalyzes action.

VISION

All communities in the United States are sustainable economic, social and physical development, environments where all people, especially African Americans and other underserved populations, are actively engaged in building communities that benefit and inspire everyone

OUR BOARD

Charles (CJ) Harkness
Director of Spiritual Life
Baldwin Wallace University

Randell McShepard (Board Chair)
Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief Talent Officer
RPM International Inc.

Mordecai Cargill
Co-founder and Creative Director
ThirdSpace Action Lab

Ronald V. Johnson
Senior VP, General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Mittie Davis Jones
Associate Professor (Retired)
Cleveland State University

Sharon Sobol Jordan
President and CEO
United Way of Greater Cleveland

Steven M. Lake, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Thrive Scholars

Victor Ruiz
Executive Director
Esperanza, Inc.

Eddie Taylor
CEO
Taylor-Oswald LLC

PolicyBridge
2930 Prospect Ave.
Urban League Building
Suite 113
Cleveland OH 44115
P: 216-344-4600
F: 216-344-3232
E: info@policybridgeneo.org

Focus Areas
Economic Development
Education
Health and Wellness
Social Justice
Workforce Development
Urban Development

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