Jerome Peloquin is an experienced operations manager. He has specific
experience in Operations Analysis, Industrial Controls, and Supervisory
Management. He has also worked in all sectors of the economy; public,
private, andgovernmental organizations. Jerome has specific skills as a
systems analyst, maintenance engineer, technical andtraining manager. Jerome
has worked in many phases of the manufacturing processes including discrete,
batch, andprocess in the food, automotive, and chemical process industries.
In 1995 he sold his consulting company to SylvanLearning Systems, where he
assumed leadership of their industrial consulting practice serving clients
as diverse as Honda America Manufacturing, Nabisco, and Frito Lay. In the
public sector, Jerome held the position of HumanPerformance Consultant to
Ann Peterson, Assistant Director of US AID and as consultant to their Global
Health Bureau where he helped redesign the key position of Cognitive
Technical Officer. He has international experience, and haslived and worked
in Africa and India. Jerome learned about biogenic growing systems during
his time in Africa. He is an expert in both hydroponics and aquaculture
models, and runs a 2K+ Linkedin Group called: Commercial Aquaponics.In this
capacity, he has travelled internationally, lecturing on urban food
production. Jerome is an Organizational Psychologist by training and holds a
Master of Social Psychology from The University of Chicago and served 2
yearsas a graduate fellow of The Praxis Company under the imminent
behaviorist Thomas F. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Jonathan is an Award-winning Business Executive who understands the balance between entrepreneurship (building from the ground up with tight resources and budgets) and corporate governance (developing structure and methodologies that are repeatable and scalable). He is a decisive leader and operational strategist who builds and motivates high performing talent that achieves stellar results. A respected “player/coach”, he thrives on people interaction and communication. And he possesses a natural talent for fostering collaboration while influencing and building consensus among internal and external stakeholders. Jonathan is a graduate of Princeton University with a major in Economics.
Gustavo Salazar is an engineer with 15 years in the aquaculture and aquaponics sectors. He has specific expertise and experience in production, technology, and logistics. Gustavo has designed RAS projects in Chile, Colombia, Tahiti, Ethiopia, the Middle East, and the US. He has a comprehensive knowledge of the global aquaculture and hydroponics industries. Mr. Salazar has built an extensive contact network in the European and the South American aquaculture sectors, having successfully represented many important aquaculture and oxygenation technology companies in South America. He also has expertise in Nanobubble technology, designing and developing new applications for many industries, such as aquaculture, irrigation, water treatment, water remediation, construction, and disinfection, in between others.
Alphonso Coles is an experienced manager, administrator, and public
official. His years of experience navigating the space between the urban
political and civil landscape has uniquely qualified him for this key
position. He has served in a variety of responsible positions within the
complex socio-political environment of the District of Columbia. He has held
positions of executive leadership within the D. C. Administration. He has
supervision experience with direct reports for two community level health
centers. Alphonso has lobbied the U.S. Congress on behalf of the District of
Columbia. He served as liaison officer between the community and The D.C.
Police Department. In that position he also provided guidance and support
for the City’s Environmental Committee. This combination of Executive,
Managerial, and Supervisory experience, combined with significant community
and neighborhood interaction uniquely qualifies him to serve in this key
position. Alphonso is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
Dave began his professional journey at Hewlett Packard, where he rose to the
position of controller for the midwestern region, in charge of finance,
accounting, IT, MBA recruiting, sales force PIP proposals, real estate, 3rd
party services, minority MBA recruiting and hiring, fleet and general
operations. He then created a business, manufacturing for the retail and
promotional industry for 12 years, and sold it in a business consolidation.
He acquired knowledge of the real estate and business sales industry through
the founding of a commercial real estate holding company. His fascination
with indoor food growing led to the invention and design of patented
hydroponic growing equipment. He put it to the test by creating Garden Fresh
Farms in 2010, producing herbs, produce and sprouts. In 2015, he expanded
his operation into medicinal plants and herbs for the wellness industry
through MNPharm SBC. He is an industry thought leader, and frequently makes
lecture and convention appearances. Dave’s broad background, and executive
level knowledge of indoor food growing, real estate, and corporate finance
make him an indispensable part of the Urban SEA team.
Dexter Cummings is an experienced New York licensed corporate attorney. Mr.
Cummings’ vision and life is committed to leveraging his legal skills and
network skills to positively impact communities, with a focus on Africa and
its diaspora. He has over 29 years of advising complex cross-border research
and program development with commercial transactions and projects. This work
has involved government agencies, commercial companies, African Union
Mission to U.S., World Bank, UNDP and other NGOs across Latin America, the
United States and Africa. Mr. Cummings routinely provides advice and counsel
focused on innovation that utilizes new technology for social impact. These
include an award-winning Red Herring Global Top 100 disruptive voice
technology firm. Internationally, he has participated in World Bank’s
Lighting Africa efforts to structure solar energy financing, tariff
programs, market supports, infrastructure projects, and consultation with
international developers and trade transactions, including the debt
restructuring and re-financing of $1.3B real estate. Mr. Cummings earned
Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law and is a New York
licensed attorney with corporate, healthcare, international and legal
experience. He served as Managing Director, Legal Affairs & Deputy General
Counsel of the American Diabetes Association during critical periods in its
transformation.
Lehr Jackson is a city planner, an insightful developer with an eye for the
esthetic and a keen sense of “place". He is a consultant to public and
private real estate development and construction companies world wide. His
company founded in 2006 is currently engaged in a number of significant
projects of note and merit, including a million square ft. of commercial,
mixed-use venue on the Philadelphia Delaware River Waterfront, and across
the Delaware in Camden, NJ, a total rethinking of the urban space as a food,
energy, and water secure community. An “Urbaneer”, Lehr Jackson is driven by
his re imagined vision of urban life by creating a seamless sense of
arrival, place, and purpose and energy for areas that have been long
abandoned by the conventional “wisdom". For example Lehr was frontline
contributor in the radical retail redevelopment of Times Square in NY, City.
Once believed impossible, Times Square is now recognized world-wide as
remarkable resurgence and a center for urban revitalization by government
and real estate experts everywhere. Take a look at some of these projects »
Bob Andron is no ordinary architect! After a stint with the USAF in Viet Nam, he studied architecture at Pratt Institute. He married Suzy, a fellow Pratt graduate, and settled in NC, where he opened a solo architectural firm in 1978. He designed several solar houses in the late 70s and then joined the USDA as a Federal architect assigned to NC, to oversee the construction of affordable houses and apartments. He was awarded a National Commendation for affordable solar house plans, he designed on his own and contributed to the Agency. They were built over 2000 times across the USA for low income rural families. He started his own firm, Andron Architects and Associates in 1986. AAA has designed over 60 affordable housing communities from Virginia to South Florida – mostly in the Carolinas. His astonishing variety of clients and projects includes housing for students, seniors, families, people with different abilities – always seeking the next best way to provide shelter for people who need special help.