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Don Edwards
Principal & CEO

Don Edwards is JSA’s founder, principal and CEO. In
that capacity, he designs, facilitates, mediates and
documents land use decision-making processes for
federal, municipal and neighborhood revitalization
throughout the Metropolitan Washington region and in
other U.S. cities.  Don also coordinates the Washington
Regional Equity Network (WREN), a project of the Non-
Profit Roundtable of Greater Washington. Additionally,
he is active in the “deliberative democracy” movement
via JSA’s strategic partnership with AmericaSpeaks.

Civically active, Don serves as a member of the
Corporate Environmental Advisory Council of The Dow
Chemical Company, the Board of Directors of the Casey
Trees Endowment, the Board of Directors of the
Humanities Council of the District of Columbia and the
Board of Directors of the George Washington Chapter
of Lambda Alpha International.  Furthermore, Don is a
faculty member of the DC Neighborhood College, a
program of the George Washington University’s Center
for Excellence in Public Leadership.

Education

Master of Public Health
Yale University, 1986
Master of Science in Nursing
Yale University, 1986
Certificate of Nursing
Yale University, 1983
Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science
Duke University, 1976
Justice & Sustainability Associates
Justice, Sustainability & Land Use Decision-Making
Meet the Team:

l Don Edwards  l  Gary Willoughby  l  Matt Larsen  l Sharon Cowey l
Email: Don(at)jsallc.com
Phone: (202) 297-1603