Graham Veysey is executive director and executive producer of the Aspen Ideas Festival for the Aspen Institute. He has been involved with the festival for 19 years. Veysey has spent the last 13 years devoted to sustainably transforming neighborhoods, including leading the development of Hingetown, an enclave in Cleveland, through creative placemaking while championing responsible redevelopment and community building. He is also principal of North Water Productions, an Emmy-award winning media and events firm. Veysey was previously project director for Ohio City Farm, an urban farm that he spearheaded with The Refugee Response, a nonprofit working with refugee communities on sustainable agriculture. He is a Presidential Leadership Scholar and a board member of the Cleveland Foundation.