Meghan Venable-Thomas is the cultural resilience program director at Enterprise Community Partners, supporting community development organizations across the country in integrating culturally based practices and principles for improved resilience outcomes. Venable-Thomas graduated with a PhD in public health from Harvard University, centering her dissertation on creative and cultural practices for increasing community resilience. She maintains military service as a major in the Massachusetts Army National Guard providing sexual assault prevention coordination, directing programs, training, and victim advocacy around sexual assault prevention.