<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Nikki Weinstein is the Director of Policy &amp; Community Engagement at </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.focus-stl.org">FOCUS St. Louis</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, where she works on the policy issues of affordable workforce housing, affirmative action,&nbsp;and immigrant education. She also manages the Connect With... Young Professionals collaborative, plans Breakfast Clubs, runs Leadership Plenty, and community dialogue programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Weinstein has over&nbsp;15 years of experience with community engagement and development programs with a strong commitment to social and economic justice. Prior to joining </span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">FOCUS St.</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Louis, she worked for the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Family</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Resource</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Center</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> and at the St. Louis Neighborhood Network under a grant to promote a community approach to keeping children safe, strengthening families, and building communities. Her international experience includes a summer internship with the Center for Community Studies in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Ghana</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, </span><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">West Africa</span></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> and academic engagements in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Poland</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Israel</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, and </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Mexico</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">.<br /> <br /> Weinstein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">University</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Illinois</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Social Work from </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Washington</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">, where she later served as an instructor in the </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">School</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Social Work</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Joint Neighborhood Ministry, the Accra Foundation for Intercultural Communication and Awareness,&nbsp;the Brown School Alumni Board,&nbsp;Family Resource&nbsp;Center Junior Advocacy Board, Cornett's Closet,&nbsp;and for the Worker's Rights Board of Jobs with Justice.</span></p>