THE BOARD
The Heart Behind the Restoration
We bring decades of professional expertise in law, finance, development, communications, and community organizing. But more than credentials, we bring personal legacy. Many of us have family stories intertwined with the very blocks we're restoring. This isn't just a job—it's our responsibility to the ancestors who came before and the generations who will inherit what we build today.
Every decision we make is guided by the Community vision, the Community values, and the community voices. This is what it looks like when we control our own healing.
JT Flowers
Board Chair
JT Flowers is a lifelong Portlander born and bred in the heart of inner-NE Portland's historic Albina district. Raised by a single mother and grandmother, neither of whom graduated from college, JT went on to earn his BA in Political Science with distinction from Yale University.
A Truman Scholar, Flowers also made history by becoming the first Black Rhodes Scholar in Oregon's history and holds master's degrees in U.S. History and Music Performance from the University of Oxford.
JT serves as the Director of Government Affairs & Communications at the Albina Vision Trust in addition to representing District 5 on TriMet's Board of Directors, which encompasses large portions of North and Northeast Portland. He also serves as the Board Chair of the Williams & Russell CDC.