Juanita Hardy is Founder and Managing Principal of Tiger Management Consulting Group, a consulting firm specializing in executive coaching for business professionals and creative placemaking in the real estate industry. Hardy has over 45 years of business experience, including 31 years with IBM, and nearly 40 years in the arts as a nonprofit leader, trustee, collector, and patron of the arts. As Senior Visiting Fellow for Creative Placemaking (CPM) for Urban Land Institute (ULI), Hardy has spoken extensively on CPM to audiences across the US and in Europe. Her articles and essays have appeared in magazines and journals in the US and abroad. Her writing includes a sextet of articles on creative placemaking in Urban Land magazine. She is author of ULI’s 2022 publication “Recommendations from and Impact of Six Advisory Services Panels” and co-authored ULI’s 2020 Publication “Creative Placemaking – Sparking Development with Art and Culture.” Hardy’s 2023 essay “Gentrification without Displacement” appears in Volume 3 of The Place Economy published by Hoyne Communications based in Australia.