Name: Civic Futures | Welcome
Start: 2025-04-16T09:00:00-0400
End: 2025-04-16T09:10:00-0400

Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:10am EDT

The EVOLVE Conference launches with a day-long exploration of how we build the relational capital and community cohesion, to envision and shape the future of our hometown. CIVIC FUTURES is a pioneering multi-sector gathering designed to inspire bold regional storytelling rooted in inclusion, creativity, and innovation.

This full-day event unites changemakers from diverse sectors—private industry, government, philanthropy, academia, and institutions—into a dynamic, creative space. Through interactive dialogue we’ll explore: What could our region be known for? And What coalitions and partnerships are essential to getting us there?

Together, we’ll co-create a roadmap for the region’s identity and growth, paving the way for meaningful action.

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Note: This Conference session is ticketed.

Please purchase your tickets on Eventbrite. You will then receive an email from Sched with login information that allows you to make your personal schedule.

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A special thank you to our sponsors: The 13th Annual Tom Tom Festival is presented with the University of Virginia, UVA Innovates, Virginia Tourism, RL Beyer Custom Homes, and Ludwig Kuttner.

Speakers

Ravi Respeto

President & CEO, United Way of Greater Charlottesville

Ravi Respeto joined United Way of Greater of Charlottesville in July 2018 as President and CEO. Her career in nonprofit leadership started as Campaign Manager for Charlottesville Waldorf School with a $3 million-dollar campaign to build an environmentally sustainable school. Her commitment... Read More →

Michael Lenox

UVA Innovates, University of Virginia

Mike Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business at the University of Virginia. He serves as a Special Advisor to the Provost leading the UVA pan-university entrepreneurship initiative. He also serves as a Senior Faculty Fellow for the UVA Miller Center and a Professor of Public... Read More →

Paul Beyer

Executive Director, Tom Tom Foundation

My professional interests and passions are around community building; with a specific focus on my hometown of Charlottesville, VA. I love the instigators, entrepreneurs, artists, activists, and healers who are filled with civic purpose and desire to create communities of friendship... Read More →

Sponsors