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Mollie Dowling
Organization - President, OAI
County - Cook
Mollie Dowling is the Executive Director Opportunity Advancement and Innovation (OAI). Mollie holds a MA in Community Development and has a passion for creative social change that has grown over 16 years of experience leading large-scale employment and training programs. Dowling has managed a variety of complex federal, state, and private workforce development initiatives serving employers as well as low-income adults and youth including the successful Calumet Green Manufacturing Partnership. She launched High Bridge, L3C as a social enterprise of OAI, aimed at creating employment opportunities through the installation and maintenance of green infrastructure. She is responsible for all operational oversight including core business and functional disciplines of both OAI and High Bridge. Dowling serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Jobs Council, and the Muslim Women’s Resource Center, and Greenprint Communities in addition to the Chicago Wisdom Project. She is a beekeeper, an avid runner, and vegetarian home cook.