Demond Drummer
Director Of Strategy
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDemond Drummer is a strategic leader with 12 years of experience designing and scaling programs at the intersection of equitable economic policy, community technology, and civic engagement. As Director of Strategy at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and former Managing Director of Equitable Economy at PolicyLink, he translates rigorous research into actionable policy, partnerships, and public-facing initiatives. He co-founded and led organizations—from New Consensus to CoderSpace—that built coalitions, raised startup capital, launched educational tech programs, and drove measurable outcomes like high student CS college enrollment and sustained community broadband adoption. Comfortable advising senior leaders, managing million-dollar portfolios, and running multisector campaigns, he pairs programmatic rigor with grassroots organizing instincts honed in campaigns and neighborhood initiatives. Notably, he has driven citywide policy adoption (e.g., LargeLots.org) by combining product-style user research with civic coalition-building. He holds a BA in Economics from Morehouse and an MA in Divinity from the University of Chicago, a background that informs his focus on ethical, people-centered economic transformation.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics at Morehouse CollegeMaster of Arts (M.A.) Divinity, Master of Arts (M.A.) Divinity at University of Chicago
Github Skills (2)
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expansion5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
citizendrummer/coderspace
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
citizendrummer/woodlawn
Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:15 pushes in 1 year
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