Gilbert Family Foundation
Darnell Adams possesses extensive experience in community initiatives and urban planning. Currently serving as Vice President of Detroit Community Initiatives at the Gilbert Family Foundation since September 2021, Darnell previously held roles including Vice President of Program Implementation at Invest Detroit and Director of Inventory Management at the Detroit Land Bank Authority. Additional experience includes positions as a Policy Consultant at the MSU Innovation Center and Community Organizer at Eastside Community Network. Darnell's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Urban & Regional Planning from Michigan State University, the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School, and studies in Urban Planning at TU Dortmund University.
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Gilbert Family Foundation
The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by philanthropists Dan and Jennifer Gilbert to address their two priorities and passions: accelerating a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and transforming the city of Detroit, Michigan. The Foundation has embarked on two bold, high risk/high reward NF1 research initiatives: (1) the Gene Therapy Initiative (GTI), to develop curative therapies that address the underlying genetic abnormalities in NF1 patients, and (2) the Vision Restoration Initiative (VRI), inspired by their son’s loss of vision from NF1 and with a goal of advancing vision restoration therapies.