David Kalinoski, LMSW/MPH
Executive Director
BUILD
David graduated with his Bachelor of Arts from the College of Media and Communication from Temple University in 2013. He completed a year of service in the AmeriCorps program City Year from 2013-2014 in Philadelphia where he provided tutoring, classroom support, and group facilitation for middle school children in low income communities. Afterwards, he worked at Getting Out and Staying Out in New York City as an administrative assistant, program facilitator, and upstate correspondent for justice involved adolescents and young adults from 2014-2016.
David recently graduated from Columbia University with a Masters of Social Work and a Masters of Public Health dual
degree. His work included examining health disparities in communities of color in the United States, linking the intersection of HIV and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa, exploring racism through the lens of virtual reality in 1000 Cut Journey, harm reduction maintenance with active drug users, and therapy in the setting of New York City.
Ofo Ezeugwu
Founder and CEO
BUILD
Ofo Ezeugwu is Founder and CEO of WYL.co, a platform empowering and informing the rental community through landlord reviews, community focused content, and through providing housing literacy for residents. He graduated from Temple University, where he was the VP of the student body and also the youngest alumni convocation speaker in the school's history. He was recently recognized as the Young Professional of the Year by the African American Chamber of Commerce (2018), he's a Techstars' Risingstar, one of BET's #30Under30, a Black Enterprise: Modern Man, and his work has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Newsweek, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Blavity, The New York Post, and more. Ofo is also a professional actor and model who's walked in NYFW (5x), been featured on the Today Show (7x), and worked with Nike, ESPN (2x), and Alfani.
Ofo is very actively plugged into the community and speaks with local high schools and middle schools on leadership, college planning, entrepreneurship, and life skills. He's a Big in the Big Brothers Big Sisters entrepreneurial program. And, he's also given lectures on tech - entrepreneurship - and leadership at prestigious locations and universities such as The White House, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Wharton, Temple, Villanova, etc. He lives by the motto,
"No steps backward, just forward progress.