Jad Baaklini

Jad Baaklini is a recent transplant from Beirut, Lebanon, working in the field of community development as a communicator and fundraiser. He is passionate about cities and things they make possible, and is a firm believer in grassroots, bottom-up change. In Lebanon, he co-founded the Bus Map Project, a social impact initiative seeking to raise the visibility of the country's informal transit system by challenging stereotypes and producing the first map of the system. He hopes his new life in Seattle will be a launching pad for even greater impact back home.