Stacy Brungardt is a Lead Trainer and Consultant with Focused Community Strategies (FCS). Drawing from both her lived experiences in chronic, material poverty, her professional experiences as the director of community development for an Atlanta-based nonprofit, and now as trainer and consultant at FCS, Stacy is an innovator gifted at building bridges to connect people, groups, and efforts to reduce poverty. Her educational background in psychology and sociology has fueled her passion for disrupting the traditional paradigms of charity for developing healthier models of holistic neighborhood development that maximize impact.