About Ian Bautista

This is how Ian is a Changemaker:
My role provides me with the opportunity to learn from and influence hundreds of community-based organizations throughout the country, their investors, and the neighbors with whom they build community. Together, we seek to build on the strengths of their communities and the people that live, work, and grow there.

The place for which Ian feels a fondness or connection:
Kansas City, Kansas: This is my home town. Although I am away from there in order to fulfill my professional role, I am eager to track its progress, revitalization, and growth. Generalizing from there, I have a fondness for all urban communities rallying to mobilize their assets to overcome perceptions of despair and blight.

The change Ian passionately wants to happen:
I want to see the USA develop a common understanding about the economic, social, and political forces that are changing our world so that we may be a more responsible leader, actor, and change agent with our international brothers and sisters. In a more pragmatic sense, I want to change the frame of reference for community building work to that of building on personal and community assets rather than 'solving problems,' or 'addressing needs.'