David Hunt 2009 National Faculty Member

David has been trained in many small and large group facilitation methods which serve him well as a nationally sought after speaker, facilitator, trainer, planner, thinker, community and organization builder. In 1996, David Hunt and Associates was founded to serve as an institution dedicated to citizen empowerment and community development. Much of his research, training and methodology development were born during his three-year W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship. David uses a wide variety of techniques and tools including storytelling to create sacred space where the voices and visions of all that are gathered can be shared and heard.

Prior to starting David Hunt and Associates, David served for eight years, 1988 -1995, as the Executive Director of the Chicago Rehab Network, a 25-year-old coalition organization of Chicago's community development corporations dedicated to Community Development without Displacement.  During his tenure, David doubled the agency's budget, quadrupled its staff and expanded its membership. Since 1998, David has served as one of four principal trainers of the Midwest Academy, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious organizing for social change training institutions.

David grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Howard University in Washington, DC. He now resides in Silver Spring, MD.