Amber Elliott is the Community Based Improvement Advisor for Catalytic Projects, where she works to empower residents and co-create a neighborhood of choice through physical development. Amber is a Detroit native and prior to her arrival to Hartford worked for the Detroit Land Bank Authority as the Community Partnership Program shepherding 300 plus nonprofits through the process of acquiring and activating land back to a productive and transformative use for the communities they serviced. Amber also has experience in grant management and policy drafting, having worked at Detroit LISC as an Associate Program Manager, ArtSpace Projects Inc. as a Consultant and for a Detroit City Councilman as a Policy Analyst. Amber is a proud graduate of Howard University and University of Michigan Law. She is licensed to practice in Michigan and the United States Supreme Court.