Leadership & Staff
Leadership
Bo Kemp
CEO, Southland Development Authority
Bo Kemp partners with a national network of advisors, advocates, government and business leaders to help drive growth, tackle major initiatives and boost efficiency in municipalities. Highly experienced in the structuring and execution of public-private partnerships, Bo has a reputation for driving innovation in municipal utilities, public infrastructure, and economic development for "legacy" cities. Mr. Kemp spent the first decade of his professional career in finance with Morgan Stanley and TSG Capital Group, a private equity group. Then, after leading Cory A. Booker’s successful transition to the office of Mayor of Newark, N.J., Bo became the city’s Business Administrator (COO). For the last 15 years, Bo has worked with municipal executives around the country to address some of the hardest to solve problems and has now turned his attention to Opportunity Zones. Bo is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School.
Joe van Dyk
Executive Director, South Suburban Land Bank & Development Authority
Joe serves as Executive Director, leading the land bank's operations and strategic planning. He has over a decade's experience in public service with expertise in planning, redevelopment, public policy, and economic development. Before joining the South Suburban Land Bank & Development Authority, Joe worked as a public policy advisor in the Pacific Northwest with a focus on housing and homelessness. Prior to that, he spent eight years in Gary, IN as Executive Director of the Gary Redevelopment Commission, Director of Planning, and as a senior advisor to the Mayor. Joe has also served as an at-large board member on the Tacoma Community Redevelopment Authority and as the inaugural Chair of the Land County (IN) Land Bank Authority. He holds a graduate degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Fordham University.
Staff
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Rhonda Dobbs
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Nigel Griswold
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Michael Lofton
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Nia Muhammad
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Richard Thornton
Building Maintenance & Rehabilitation
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Liz Thorpe
Legal Team
Brent Denzin, Attorney
Caitlyn Sharrow, Attorney
Joel Knosher, Attorney