Our founding team is made up of veterans, students, designers, and community leaders who bring more than 25 years of direct experience working alongside homeless populations and advancing social good.
Core Team
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Founder
India Jha has volunteered domestically and internationally for more than a decade. Assisting the homeless resonates personally with her because she has seen first hand the effect of homelessness on citizens of Atlanta. Jha feels that when you empower women, whether it be within the US or overseas, an entire community is transformed. Mothers, daughters, and female leaders carry on traditions and educating, aiding and informing women is something that Jha believes will make a community more sustainable and holistically sound. Jha is a firm believer in volunteer efforts being feasible, viable and most importantly desired by communities in need
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Co-Founder, Advisor
Herold Raymond has worked in a variety of development roles from creating sustainable, green business initiatives to assisting in multimillion dollar IT networking and data management projects. He has a penchant for creating, collaborating with others and connecting different industries to provide innovate business solutions. Ultimately his passion lies with helping marginalized communities. His greatest goal being to use the skills and abilities he has garnered to provide economic and social initiatives that support these communities. He currently assists Mini City with refining processes and validating additional customer segment markets, utilizing his background in social impact to heighten company goals.
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CTO
Jason Davey has over a decade of experience in the online retail, IT consulting, and interactive entertainment industries. He has supported critical services such as tax, housing, and benefits for local government, and has been instrumental in projects ranging from the cloud migration of large enterprise systems, to implementing modern SaaS stacks from the ground up for startups. He also believes strongly in the power of tech to change lives, volunteering as mentor for those who seek to transform their own circumstances, and support their communities, through coding.
Advisors and Support Staff
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Sourabh Jha
Founding Member, Advisor
Dr. Sourabh Jha’s work (PhD in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, Ga Tech) focuses on creating novel and efficient air cooling solutions. Sourabh’s research has been funded by the Airforce office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), Apple, Google, and Intel to name a few. He is not limiting himself to the world of engineering and actively engages in assisting community ventures like Mini City with creating meaningful partnerships
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Kevin Tyler
UX UI Lead
Kevin Tyler has earned his MFA in Graphic Design and Visual Experience from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). As a designer, one of his biggest motivations is to use his creativity and technical expertise to give back and help underserved communities. While at SCAD, Kevin has had the opportunity of working on design concepts both in the commercial and social impact design sector. He aims to utilize his skills to help break social barriers and create change as a UX/UI designer.
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David Lightburn
President of ATV, Advisor
David Lightburn is an avid connector of entrepreneurs to talent, capital and ideas. A guru in the community building space, David is Co-Founder of one of the largest tech startup hubs in the nation and a Venture Partner at Atlanta Ventures
Past Fellows + Alum Staff
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Justus Davis
Outreach Lead
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Raven Daniels
Consultant
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Srikar Bhumireddy
Software Engineer Intern
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Olivier Niyibizi
Fellow
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Anita Jones
Founding Member
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Jas Jackson
Data Analyst