Shawn Landres

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About

Co-founder & board co-chair of Jumpstart Labs, Shawn Landres is a Chair Emeritus of the Los Angeles County Quality & Productivity Commission, which oversees the nation’s oldest and largest local government innovation fund, and a member & past chair of the City of Santa Monica Planning Commission.

Shawn’s expertise is grounded in more than two decades of international experience in nonprofit, philanthropic, and academic leadership, social entrepreneurship, network building, and organizational development.

A respected researcher, editor, essayist, and speaker, both in the U.S. and abroad, Shawn’s achievements have earned extensive attention, from the Obama White House, which featured him as a “spotlight innovator,” to media including The Wall Street Journal, TIME, The New York Times, Ha’aretz, Chronicle of Philanthropy, GOOD.is, and FastCo.EXIST.  He is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

A Los Angeles native who grew up in Santa Monica, where he and his wife are now being raised by their two young daughters, Shawn holds degrees in Religious Studies and Social Anthropology from Columbia University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Oxford. He has co-edited four books and published award-winning articles and essays that advance intergroup understanding.

Highlights

Here are priorities to reform the Brown Act for government transparency

The Legislature should prioritize core fixes to the Brown Act, avoid unintended consequences and create a path to meaningful reform.

Reform the Brown Act to enhance transparency and public access

Given the likelihood that Californians will not return to in-person public meetings for awhile, we must bring the Brown Act into the post-pandemic 21st century.

“Space to Lead: A Century of Civc Leadership in Los Angeles,” with Andrea Thabet and William Deverell

Future of Cities: Los Angeles is proud of commissioning of Space to Lead, with a grant from the Knight Foundation. Space to Lead is a report by three elite scholars of Los Angeles history who explore the formulae that grassroots activists and civic leaders have used throughout LA history to fix the city’s problems and address its inequities.

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