Janell O’Keefe

Janell O'Keefe serves as the senior program officer for Michigan Initiatives at the Center for Community Progress, a national nonprofit focused on helping communities develop solutions for vacant and deteriorated properties. O'Keefe supports the organization's technical assistance, education, research, and policy work throughout Michigan and spearheads the organization's emerging work on vacant land stewardship. Before joining Community Progress, she worked with a variety of initiatives focused on vacant land, equitable development, and local policy development.