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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

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Susan Krischel

Hampshire Investments
Chief of Staff
Charlottesville, VA

Hampshire Investments in a closely held investment company in Charlottesville, Virginia, that owns and operates various commercial and residential real estate investments both in the U.S and Europe, venture capital, and private equity.

5:00pm

Community Potluck, hosted with the IX Art Park IX Art ParkNow OpenIx Art Park

7:00pm

Partner Event: Cville Gives Grant Night Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & BreweryNow OpenPosner Wealth Management

5:00pm

Partner Event: Messy Democracy: From Founding Our Nation to Finding Our Way Old Metropolitan HallAlmost FullSarah McConnell • Sara Bon-Harper • Leslie Greene Bowman • Kat Imhoff • Presidential Precinct

5:00pm

Community Workshop: Listening Like You Mean It Bridge PAIFullLisa Rogoff

6:00pm

The Presidency at a Crossroads The Paramount TheaterNow OpenWilliam Antholis • Douglas Blackmon • Nicole Hemmer • Bill Kristol • John Negroponte • Neera Tanden • Miller Center at UVA

8:00pm

An Evening with John Cleese The Paramount TheaterNow OpenJohn Cleese • Division of Perceptual Studies

10:30am

Partner Event: Affordable Housing in High Growth Small Cities Water Street CenterFullLisa Sturtevant • Michelle Allen • William Huang • Rhoda Stauffer • Urban Land Virginia Institute

2:00pm

Partner Event: Financing Affordable Housing Water Street CenterFullMelissa Maddox Evans • Anthony Williams • Julie Anderson • Philip d'Oronzio • John Desmond • Susan Dewey • Mark Graham • Monica Hawkins • Heather Hill • Ned Howe • Sunshine Mathon • Anita Morrison • Audrey Oliver • Maurice Perry • Stacy Pethia • Linda Stanley • Aakash Thakkar • ACAC • Urban Land Virginia Institute

3:30pm

Roundtable: Revitalizing Main Street Common House - Vinegar Hall SouthAlmost FullWinona Dimeo-Edgar • Ric Cavender • Becky Ceperley • Juanita Hardy • Mona El Khafif • Johnny Magdaleno • Hana Passen • Melody Warnick

5:00pm

Life After Death with John Cleese and UVA DOPS The Paramount TheaterNow OpenJohn Cleese • Bruce Greyson, M.D. • Jim B. Tucker M.D. • Edward Kelly, Ph.D. • Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D. • Kim Penberthy, Ph.D. • Division of Perceptual Studies

8:00pm

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism The Paramount TheaterNow OpenDahlia Lithwick • Dan Rather • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

10:00pm

Silent Disco Old Metropolitan HallFull

10:30am

Founding Stories - CREATIVITY: Building Outside the Box The Paramount TheaterNow OpenMark Brzezinski • Vincent Kadlubek • Willowtree • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

12:00pm

Founders Luncheon: Art, Fantasy, and Mystery: Meow Wolf The BebederoNow OpenVincent Kadlubek • WHURK • UVA Arts • Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

2:00pm

Partner Event: Affordable Housing Design Water Street CenterFullMel Thompson • Gregory Powe • Kathleen Galvin • Andrew Gast-Bray • Laura Goldblatt • Ned Howe • Sunshine Mathon • Mike Osteen • Rush Otis • Brian Revere • Aakash Thakkar • Bruce Wardell • Urban Land Virginia Institute

3:30pm

Partner Event: Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Water Street CenterFullWes Bellamy • Chip Boyles • Kaki Dimock • Mark Graham • Anthony Haro • Jennifer Jacobs • Julie Jones • Janette Kawachi • Beth Kennan • Anita Morrison • Stacy Pethia • Elaine Poon • Rick Randolph • Mike Signer • Urban Land Virginia Institute

8:30am

Partner Event: Affordable Housing Action Session Water Street CenterAlmost FullGrant Tate • Urban Land Virginia Institute

2:00pm

Food Truck Roundup Emancipation Park