Stuart Kennedy is the Director of Program Strategy and Innovation at The Miami Foundation.  He leads the Foundation’s Civic Leadership Agenda, focused on addressing critical quality of life issues in Miami-Dade County through policy, grantmaking and convening.  In addition, he oversees the Our Miami Report, a biennial research platform examining the data, trends, indicators and stories behind Greater Miami’s biggest challenges and opportunities, and the Public Space Challenge, a contest for the community’s best ideas to improve, create and activate public spaces.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Stuart was the Program Associate at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation working with the local and national Arts programs.  He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a double major in International Affairs and Spanish and Portuguese Language and Culture.