Saneta deVuono-powell | Co-Founder
Saneta leads strategy on policies and practices to improve racial health disparities and community stability. She is passionate about engaging in work that simultaneously addresses immediate community needs while planning for long term stability and systems change.
Saneta has over a decade of experience working on issues of racial justice, housing, and health and in conducting various types of community-based participatory research.
Before founding Ground Works Consulting, Saneta deVuono-powell worked at ChangeLab Solutions, a national organization focused on public health law and policy. She was the co-director of ChangeLab Solutions Healthy Neighborhood team, which developed intersectional strategies to address the social determinants of health and oversaw the organization's health and housing practice. Saneta received her bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College and both her law degree and her master's degree in city planning from UC Berkeley. Saneta is currently pursuing a PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory and sits on the board of the Texas Observer and The Safe Return Project.