J.M. Kaplan Fund Names Innovation Prize Finalists

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
J.M. Kaplan Fund Names Innovation Prize Finalists
 
The selection process began nine months ago with the submission of 1,138 applications from 45 of 50 U.S. states.
 
The awardees of the Prize, constituting up to ten finalists, will be publicly announced in November.
 
Finalists
 
Ruth Abram, Behold! New Lebanon, New York
 
Yasmine Arrington, ScholarCHIPS for Children of Incarcerated Parents, Washington, D.C.
 
Christopher Brown, Growing Veterans' Peer Mentoring Program, Washington
 
Gina Clayton, Essie Justice Group, California
 
Brandon Dennison, Reclaim Appalachia, West Virginia
 
Emilie Evans, Amy Elliot Bragg, and Victoria Olivier, Brick + Beam Detroit, Michigan
 
Anita Jackson, Reclaiming the Physician Assistant Profession for Veteran Medics, North Carolina
 
Alan Lovewell, Bay2Tray, California
 
Michelle Miller and Jess Kutch, Coworker.org, Washington, D.C.
 
Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, Land Art Generator Initiative, Pennsylvania
 
John Pujol, SimpleWater, Inc., California
 
Jon Schull, Enabling the Future: 3D Printed, Crowdsourced Prosthetics and Beyond, New York 
 
Stephanie Spiers and Stephan Moilanen, Solstice: Solar for All, Massachusetts
 
Elizabeth Vartkessian, Advancing Real Change, Inc., Maryland
 
Stephan Wolfert, DE-CRUIT, New York
 
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