Jacob Peters

Jacob Peters, is the Executive Director for the Bayou District Foundation, located in New Orleans. For the past decade, Peters has worked coordinating the Bayou District Foundation’s construction and revitalization efforts at Columbia Parc, a holistic community revitalization model at the site of the former St. Bernard Housing Development, which currently totals: 685 units of mixed-income housing, 3 schools serving over 2100 students, a federally qualified health clinic, a total rebuild of New Orleans City Park golf course facilities, and an upcoming grocery retail complex. He is part of a team that has raised $20 million philanthropically and leveraged it into a $375 million project.

Peters’ work has focused on implementing an innovative community re-development model which enables children and families to escape the cycle of poverty, build a thriving community, and live productive, healthy and fulfilling lives.