People
Team Profiles
Evelyn Burnett is a co-founder and CEO of ThirdSpace Action Lab and Third Space Café. Prior to this exciting venture, Evelyn served as Vice President, Economic Opportunity at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress an intermediary whose mission is to foster communities of choice and opportunity throughout Cleveland.
Mordecai Cargill is a co-founder and Creative Director of ThirdSpace Action Lab and Third Space Café. Prior to starting this exciting venture, Mordecai served as the Director of Strategy, Research & Impact at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress (CNP), a community development funding intermediary committed to fostering inclusive neighborhoods of choice and opportunity throughout the city of Cleveland.
Tina Cargill is the Executive Administrator at ThirdSpace Action Lab, she serves our Partners and Team by helping keep all wheels moving forward in her role as one of the operations managers, event planners and HR + Benefits Coordinator. She is a native Cleveland Eastsider that has many years of experience working administratively in several industries throughout the city and can be seen at her happiest attending a TSAL event, hanging out somewhere comfortably in the background, cheering on whomever may currently have the mic in their hand!
Dominique Miller is the Senior Fellow of Research + Engagement at ThirdSpace Action Lab, Co-Chair of the New Hampshire Creative Communities Network, and Board Chair of Creative Placemaking Communities. She has worked in performing arts management for over 10 years and creative placemaking since 2016, on both the east and west coast.
Dr. Martha Potts is the awareness building manager at ThirdSpace Action Lab, where she coordinates the operations of Racial Equity Institute Workshops. Dr. Potts left a career at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to pursue a doctorate in organizational behavior at Case Western Reserve University. Her research focus is human systems transformation. Her passion is specific regarding how individuals, groups, organizations, communities and nations achieve positive growth and sustainable transformation in the midst of adversity.
Harry Atwell, our Community Manager, is a native Clevelander who was born and raised within the Glenville community. He oversees the day to day runnings of the ThirdSpace Reading Room bookstore, its calendar of programs and events and is the proud caretaker of the space. Harry looks forward to establishing the Reading Room as a steadfast community safe place; where people can purposefully come together and exchange ideas manifested through the impact of their individual experiences.
Brittany Priest is the Finance and Administration Manager at ThirdSpace Action Lab and a CLE native. Prior to joining the TSAL team, she worked in banking as an ACAMS certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist before transitioning to full time entrepreneurship as a Business Ops Manager. She now manages the environment where finance and administration intersect at TSAL. She enjoys listening to audiobooks, cooking, and exposing her two children to new and exciting things through travel and exploration.
Tristen Hall is a Digital Media and Communications Consultant at ThirdSpace Action Lab where she supports digital community engagement through social media and the website. Tristen is currently a 4th year PhD candidate at Miami University where their research explores how the social networks of students of color impact their attitudes on community and coalition building.
Driven by my steadfast commitment to equity, I am an accomplished operations executive with a rich background in architecting HR frameworks, enhancing performance management, and fostering career pathways across diverse sectors such as healthcare, EdTech, manufacturing, and non-profit.
I help to get things done and accomplish goals. My experience is varied in all sectors, from fashion to set design, and more prominently, interior design (little pat on my back for designing ThirdSpace Reading Room and our office).
Sean Clark is an experienced Marketer focusing on developing strong brands through strategic brand storytelling. He has spent a majority of his career in New York City’s digital media companies such as MEC, Edelman, 247LS, and WE Communications, building digital first campaigns for Samsung, VEVO, Marriott Hotels, Microsoft, and many others. He has been in Cleveland with ThirdSpace since 2023, piloting the inaugural Juneteenth celebration
Dr. Sherrae M. Mack (formerly: Hayes), currently serves as a Senior Consultant with ThirdSpace Action Lab. She completed her Ph.D. in African American and African Studies at Michigan State University (MSU) in May of 2015 coupled with a graduate certification in Urban Education (MSU - College of Education). Dr. Mack's professional experience includes critical approaches to integrative consulting in the area(s) of racial equity, anti-oppression, community engagement, intergenerational change, and community branding - specifically in under-resourced communities.
Karis Tzeng is the Senior Fellow, Content + Research at Third Space Action Lab. She has worked in community development for 10 years, including most recently as Vice President of Planning for MidTown Cleveland, where she led neighborhood planning and place building efforts in the MidTown and AsiaTown neighborhoods.
Curtis Minter, Jr. is The People’s Practice - Sr. Fellow, Community of Practice + Covenings of ThirdSpace Action Lab. He previously launched Talented Xth Consulting and served as Operations Director of The Well CDC (Akron, OH). With more than a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector his career has leaned towards coalition building and transcribing innovative solutions for hyperlocal contexts.
Monica Copeland is the Project Director for The People’s Practice, a multi-strategy initiative to advance anti-racist practice and policy in the community development sector.
Dr. Chavone (Taylor) Nash, serves as the Partnership for Equitable + Resilient Communities Project Director with ThirdSpace Action Lab. She obtained her Doctorate in Education in Organizational Leadership + Policy at the University of Dayton in August of 2023.
Jenn Short is the Executive Coordinator at ThirdSpace Action Lab. Prior to joining TSAL, she served as the Content Support Coordinator at Ideastream Public Media and as an Executive Assistant at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
