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.
Eva Rodriguez is the Consulting Administrator at ThirdSpace Action Lab where she directly supports TSAL's consulting team in scheduling, client coordination, and project management. With a background in environmental science, science museum communications and education, Eva spent 10 years working in the non-profit sector at nature-based and living museum spaces designing information, content, and experiences for exhibits, natural spaces, and nature-based programming. Eva is deeply interested in environmental justice and the intersection between access to nature and race.
