Co-Founder and CEO of ThirdSpace Action Lab + Café. Prior to starting TSAL Evelyn served as VP, Economic Opportunity at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Associate Director with Admiral Center at Living Cities and Cleveland Executive (Coro) Fellow. Evelyn is a 2018 German Marshall Fellow and holds board officer roles for Birthing Beautiful Communities, ioby, RidAll Green Partnership and Teach for America. Evelyn holds a BA in Business and Organizational Communications & Public Relations with a double minor in Sales & Marketing and a master’s degree in Public Administration from The University of Akron and studied abroad in Ghana, Africa.

Maica Mori is an analyst for ThirdSpace Action Lab. She leads TSAL’s exploration of how the Racial Equity Institute’s training has effected participants in Northeast Ohio since being introduced to the region in 2016. Maica is also a Venture for America 2020 fellow, has a BA in English from the University of Michigan, and lives in Cleveland, OH.

Mordecai Cargill is co-founder and creative director of ThirdSpace Action Lab, a grassroots research, strategy & design cooperative, dedicated to solving complex socioeconomic problems. Mordecai leads the firm’s R&D; Storytelling, Insights & Content Creation; and Creative Direction & Brand Management. Prior to starting this exciting venture, Mordecai served as the Director of Strategy, Research & Impact at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. Mordecai earned his BA in African American Studies from Yale University, with a concentration on Black Culture in the 20th Century. He was awarded the William Pickens Prize for his Senior Thesis entitled, “The Black Arts Iconography of John Coltrane.”