Our team is comprised of veterans, students, activists, designers and more. We have more than 25 years of experience in working directly with the homeless and for social good. We aren't do-gooders, we are good starters.
Our Mission:
It's simple; we seek to eradicate homelessness, not just in Metro Atlanta but across our nation.
Meet our Leadership team
India Hayes: Co-Founder, CEO
India Hayes has volunteered domestically and internationally for more than a decade. Assisting the homeless resonates personally with her because she has seen first hand the effect of homelessness on citizens of Atlanta. Hayes feels that when you empower women, whether it be within the US or overseas, an entire community is transformed. Mothers, daughters, and female leaders carry on traditions and educating, aiding and informing women is something that Hayes believes will make a community more sustainable and holistically sound. Hayes is a firm believer in volunteer efforts being feasible, viable and most importantly desired by communities in need.
Jason Davey: CTO
Jason Davey has over a decade of experience in the online retail, IT consulting, and interactive entertainment industries. He has supported critical services such as tax, housing, and benefits for local government, and has been instrumental in projects ranging from the cloud migration of large enterprise systems, to implementing modern SaaS stacks from the ground up for startups. He also believes strongly in the power of tech to change lives, volunteering as mentor for those who seek to transform their own circumstances, and support their communities, through coding.
Raven Daniels: Outreach Cor. Consultant
Raven Daniels Certified Professional Life Coach and Human Services Professional with a B.S from Mercer University. She has over 7 years of experience working with children, families and individuals as an agent of support and guidance. Advocating for social justice is not only an invigorating passion, but her life’s mission. Daniels' compassion and dedication to citizens in need make her a perfect addition to the Mini City team as a our newest Outreach Coordinator Consultant.
Justus Davis: Business Admin
Justus Davis (Brandeis Graduate, Posse Scholar) has extensive experience in data security, analytics and anthropology. With a passion for assisting marginalized communities, in particular homeless youth, Justus is a great addition to the Mini City team. His varied background includes working with Equifax, a global leader in data security to Turner Broadcasting Systems as a designer.
Kevin Tyler: UX/UI Designer
Kevin Tyler has earned his MFA in Graphic Design and Visual Experience from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). As a designer, one of his biggest motivations is to use his creativity and technical expertise to give back and help underserved communities. While at SCAD, Kevin has had the opportunity of working on design concepts both in the commercial and social impact design sector. He aims to utilize his skills to help break social barriers and create change as a UX/UI designer.
Meet our Advisors
Sourabh Jha: Founding Member, Advisor
Dr. Sourabh Jha’s work (PhD in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, Ga Tech) focuses on creating novel and efficient air cooling solutions. Sourabh’s research has been funded by the Airforce office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), Apple, Google, and Intel to name a few. He is not limiting himself to the world of engineering and actively engages in assisting community ventures like Mini City with creating meaningful partnerships.
Herold Raymond: Co-Founder, Advisor
Herold Raymond has worked in a variety of development roles from creating sustainable, green business initiatives to assisting in multimillion dollar IT networking and data management projects. He has a penchant for creating, collaborating with others and connecting different industries to provide innovate business solutions. Ultimately his passion lies with helping marginalized communities. His greatest goal being to use the skills and abilities he has garnered to provide economic and social initiatives that support these communities. He currently assists Mini City with refining processes and validating additional customer segment markets, utilizing his background in social impact to heighten company goals.
David Lightburn: Advisor
President & Co-founder at Atlanta Tech Village
David Lightburn is an avid connector of entrepreneurs to talent, capital and ideas. A guru in the community building space, David is Co-Founder of one of the largest tech startup hubs in the nation and a Venture Partner at Atlanta Ventures
Staff members and past fellows
Srikar Bhumireddy:
Software Engineer Intern
Srikar is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science GA Tech. He has a strong passion to use his knowledge to help better his community. Srikar engages with his community and campus through various activities. As the co-founder of a chapter of a non-profit organization in Philadelphia, Srikar and his peers have helped hundreds of underprivileged individuals through the donation of used and refurbished computers for education. He is also involved in a data analytics project with the Big Data club at Georgia Tech, in which his team is creating a model to predict whether an individual is at high risk of heart disease. Excited to be given the opportunity to intern at Mini City, he hopes to continue using his CS knowledge to help his community.
Olivier Niyibizi, Fellow
Olivier Niyibizi is a rising junior and Emory Scholar, studying Computer Science at Emory University. He is academically focused on Computer Science – particularly Computer Organisation and Programming – but, he also enjoys taking Chinese classes and exploring topics in Philosophy. He actively seeks out opportunities to get involved on campus, whether that be as the Vice President for External Affairs for his fraternity, as a Library Ambassador, or a member of the International Students Conversation Partners Program. Coming from the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands, he has a love for tea and biscuits (the cookie kind, not the bread kind)! Beyond Emory, he hopes to impact society by supporting the advancement of technological equity and security.
Radha Jagwani: Business Admin
Radha Jagwani (Environmental Engineering: GA Tech candidate) has a background in social justice, climate action, and mental health activism, Radha is a wonderful addition to the Mini City team. Prior to joining Mini City, Radha connected homeless citizens to immediate needs, such as food, clothing, and hygiene products through a Georgia-based non-profit. They are most passionate about building social and climate resilience in marginalized communities, and hope to incorporate environmental engineering into their work in the future.
Jas Jackson, Data Analyst
Jas Jackson earned her B.S. in Management Information Systems from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Post graduation, she thought she'd go straight into an IT career. However, she quickly and intuitively realized she was drawn to data, user research, and social impact. Her projects range from web and twitter scraping to big data analytics. She loves to learn and teach close friends about the tech world. She is thrilled to be working with Mini City Atlanta as their Data Insights Analyst.
She is passionate about opportunities that involve UXD research or improving a product that will solve a particular problem to create positive local or global impacts through data research. She draws compelling trends with and narratives with the data she reveals for Mini City.
Anita Jones: Founding Member
Anita has a background in film making, broadcast design, motion graphics, and business. She has supported public health initiatives with this federal agency for close to a decade. She also devotes a great deal of time to homelessness prevention projects and is an original founding member of Mini City. Anita Jones' award winning, compelling and compassionate documentary on the homeless of Atlanta can be seen here.
What We've Achieved
Mini City has over 20 Partner Sites that span Metro Atlanta, servicing locations such as wellness hotels created during COVID to respond to the need to connect the homeless to services in secure settings , teams at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport, and more.
Mini City has assisted hundreds of homeless citizens in obtaining legal forms of identification
Mini City has enabled over 80% of total staffing for teams like HOPE Atlanta with our software solution
Mini City has assisted over 60 caseworkers, program managers and directors in combatting lack of access to benefits + lack of access to vital records.