Public Policy Analysis Challenge

Demeatreas Whatley serves as a Program Specialist on the Cure Violence Global U.S. team where he helps cities to implement the Cure Violence approach. Mr. Whatley formerly served as the Director of the Cure Violence site in Chicago’s Grand Crossing community, where he led a team of 11 violence interrupters and four outreach workers that significantly reduced violence in their community. Previous to that, Mr. Whatley served as a CVG violence interrupter for nine years, mediating more than 100 conflicts and saving dozens of lives. Mr. Whatley earned a masters degree in social work from the University of Chicago where he was an Obama Scholar.