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Katie Estes is a designer with over a decade of experience, specializing in visual communications across industries. Happiest when she can align personal values with mission driven work, she is passionate about conservation and sustainable development. Katie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Communication Design and a Master’s of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in Entrepreneurial Design. After eleven years in New York City, she moved out west, and has lived all over the U.S., including Hawaii. Travel is inspiration, and she loves to learn about new places, people, and cultures.
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Can a city hold the key to unlocking economic prosperity on a grand scale In this episode we sit down with Brooke Bowman and Mark Lutter to discuss charter cities and their role in addressing economic development challenges Mark is a visionary thinker invested in
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This blog series will explore the critical role of charter cities in fostering climate resilient development across the Global South
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