Julian McKinley leads DAWI's communications initiatives in support of its work to expand worker ownership. He is a passionate and mission-driven storyteller with deep roots in community empowerment and economic development, previously leading organizational storytelling and strategic communications around community and systems level economic change at United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and Capital Institute. He began his career as a community news editor in Connecticut, where he founded and managed operations of multiple hyperlocal news websites. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Springfield College. jmckinley@institute.coop