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Sheila Somashekhar

Sheila is the Director of the Purple Line Corridor Coalition.  As Director, she mobilizes coalition partners to realize the vision of an equitable transit corridor.  She brings over fifteen years of experience in community organizing and engagement, specializing in economic strategy, social justice, affordable housing, neighborhood asset building and workforce development. She holds a Master’s of Urban Planning and Master’s of Public Health from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Maryland, College Park.