After 10 years at Northwestern as a professor, Dick decided to double down on our town, Evanston. He was the faculty director of the award-winning House by Northwestern project, and he firmly believes that Evanston has the human capital, financial resources, and moral goodwill to build a sustainable, prosperous, and equitable city.
As a member of the Brady Scholars in Ethics and Civic Life Program, Robbie Markus has researched and worked in housing affordability and the built environment in Evanston since 2016. He graduated in June of 2019 from Northwestern University with a BA in political science and radio/television/film.
Eric is a lifelong Evanstonian with nearly 3 decades of construction and construction management experience, starting as a carpenter's assistant, to carpenter, to foreman and eventually managing projects as large as > $10m.