Sam Greenlee, Executive Director, Alchemist CDC, joined the Alchemist team after six years in the professional food safety industry and several years in community organizing as a co-founder of the Oak Park Fix-it Cafe. Sam is passionate about building strong equitable communities where the most vulnerable neighbors can flourish and is particularly interested in inclusive economic development and place-making. He is a resident of the Oak Park neighborhood and can be found spending his free time gardening, taking evening walks with his spouse, and playing with his kids.