Michael O’Bryan
Michael O’Bryan is the founder of organizational design strategy firm Humanature, and a practitioner and researcher in the fields of community development, organizational culture, and human well-being. He is an advocate for human rights and social change with an approach that pulls from developmental-science research, including trauma theory, and his hands-on, programmatic experience working in historically excluded communities.
At Humanature he works in the public and private sector, supporting organizations in transforming how they understand and support human development, interaction, and performance. Past and current clients include: Neighborworks America, Campbell Soup Foundation, The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, HireAbility Vermont, The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, The Strada Education Network, and The Community Foundation of South Jersey. Michael is also a Distinguished Resident Fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation where he leads The Human Capital Investment Initiative, a public-private collaborative of The Philadelphia Equity Alliance, focused on Black and Brown jobs that provide family sustaining wages and benefits that generate assets.
Michael is the co-author of "Connected Community: A Trauma Informed Community Engagement Toolkit", an open-source curriculum for organizations. As an avid believer in education, he serves as a Lecturer in the Department of City & Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design where he teaches on community engagement and design research. These people-centered commitments have afforded him the opportunity to serve on the board of three Philadelphia-based philanthropic institutions: The Samuel S. Fels Fund, The Union Benevolent Association, and The Philadelphia Cultural Fund. In recognition of his work and service Michael was most recently awarded the Diversity in Business Award by The Philadelphia Business Journal and The Promise Leader Award by Worldmaker International.
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