Greg Giornelli

Greg Giornelli is the president of Purpose Built Communities, a non-profit that seeks to transform impoverished neighborhoods and break the cycle of poverty through a holistic redevelopment framework (based on the successful East Lake revitalization in Atlanta, Georgia).

From 2002-2010 Mr. Giornelli worked for the City of Atlanta in various capacities including chief operating officer, president of the Atlanta Development Authority and chief policy officer. 

From 1994-2001 Mr. Giornelli was the Executive Director of the East Lake Foundation, which led the comprehensive redevelopment of the East Lake Meadows public housing project into a mixed-income community that also included Atlanta’s first charter school; a new YMCA; an early learning center; the East Lake Junior Golf Academy and a number of programs for neighborhood families.

Mr. Giornelli also is an attorney who has worked in private practice and as an assistant district attorney for Dekalb County in Atlanta. 

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