I’m the founder of Small Change, a real estate equity crowdfunding platform. We raise funds for meaningful real estate projects building better cities everywhere. Like Kickstarter for real estate—but with a return. We match developers to investors, providing investment opportunities for everyone who cares about cities and wants to make change. All through a fluid and compliant technology platform.
My world has always been wrapped around cities and change. My background as an architect, city planner, urban designer, real estate developer, community development strategist, publisher, and instigator give me a rich understanding of how cities work, how urban neighborhoods can be revitalized, what policies are needed to do it, and the unique marketing that creates the buzz needed for regeneration.
Amongst my many urban (ad)ventures, I’ve developed over a dozen buildings in blighted neighborhoods, manage a portfolio of interesting buildings (including one in Australia), founded a non-profit, cityLAB, built Pittsburgh’s first tiny house, which spawned a new zoning overlay district in that neighborhood, organized a speaker series called cityLIVE!, launched a Pittsburgh e-zine called PopCity, established downtown Pittsburgh’s first co-working space, Bruno Works and now operate a much larger one. I also co-founded Pittsburgh’s wildly successful Open Streets program and hosted a weekly podcast series about real estate impact investing for several years. Most recently I co-developed (and co-manage) a 15-unit building in North Melbourne Australia, which is now fully occupied. We removed a vacant warehouse (with no roof) in a very dense neighborhood and built a ground up sustainable rental building, stunning and the first of its kind. All of these experiences have helped me become one of the foremost thinkers on urban change.
Some honors I’m proud of include Small Change ranking as one of 7 top Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms of 2020 by US News, nabbing Top Innovator in the “Capital” category by HIVE, my tenure as a Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Residency Program and our recent participation in Village Capital’s FinHealth US 2021, an accelerator program for early-stage startups. Most recently Connect CRE made me one of their National 2022 Women in Real Estate Awards winners.
All of these experiences have led me to become one of the foremost thinkers on urban change.
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