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Riley Jones IV, EdD, JD, is a Chicago native and board member of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur, he has held fellowships at Union and Wesley Theological Seminaries and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation. As director of cultural partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, he leads The People’s 250, using community-rooted storytelling to help young people become active stewards of democracy. This fall, he will begin as assistant professor of interdisciplinary leadership at Governors State University.
