Executive Director of the Milwaukee Turners at Turner Hall – Prior to this he was the Director of Community Engagement for the ACLU of Wisconsin for 14 years. He hosts the Vel Phillips Forum, and was the recipient of the 2013 YWCA Eliminating Racism Award, the 2021 Project Return Outstanding Service to Community Award, the 2022 All of Us or None Abolitionist Justice Driven Award, and recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as a 2025 Power Player. In addition to serving on the Governor’s Data Privacy and Security Advisory Committee, he has worked on confronting mass incarceration, voter rights, immigration rights, civil rights and technology issues for years. He is currently on the Board for WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio, University of Wisconsin’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin’s Center for 21st Century Studies, and Optimist Theatre. He's devoted to his family and friends and likes to collect vinyl.