Chris Allen is a partnership builder, nonprofit strategist, and advocate for the people and institutions working to make small-scale development possible again. As Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Incremental Development Alliance, Chris helps connect cities, funders, practitioners, and local leaders to the training, tools, and relationships they need to rebuild strong local development ecosystems. Before joining IncDev, Chris served as Director of Events and Partnerships at Strong Towns, where he worked across major donor relationships, foundation funding, national events, and organizational partnerships. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Chris brings a movement-building perspective to incremental development, with a focus on strengthening partnerships, growing IncDev’s reach, and helping more communities take the next practical step toward building better places.

Chloe serves as Event Manager for IncDev, making sure every IncDev event runs seamlessly, so attendees can focus entirely on learning and building their development teams. As Event Manager, she bridges logistics and mission, translating IncDev's vision for small-scale development into experiences people remember. A Lean Six Sigma–certified MBA, she's spent her career scaling impact across clean energy, international economic development, and workforce training through operational depth and genuine passion for triple-bottom line work. She also founded Our Little Rock, a civic nonprofit championing walkable, community-first urbanism. In her free time, you'll find her at Pedal Party, at the Art Block Party for 2nd Friday Art Night, or plotting her next tactical urbanism project.

As Marketing Specialist, Sarah gets the word out about IncDev’s work. A native of the Ozarks, she brings more than two decades of communications and marketing experience to the team – from championing sustainable real estate development to promoting her Favorite-ville as a travel destination. Accredited in public relations and holding a Master's in landscape architecture, Sarah loves to tell stories that connect people and place. A certified Arkansas Master Naturalist and avid gardener, Sarah lives in Springdale, Arkansas with her wife, son, and yellow lab Buttercup. 

Rachel Quednau serves at IncDev’s Program Manager, managing a myriad of projects and helping everything in the organization run smoothly. Trained in dialogue facilitation and mediation, she is devoted to building understanding across lines of difference. Recently, she served in several leadership roles at Strong Towns—a national nonprofit helping America’s cities become financially strong and resilient. Previously, Rachel worked for several organizations fighting to end homelessness and promote safe, affordable housing at the federal and local levels.  Rachel also served as a Research Associate for The Pluralism Project. A native Minnesotan and honorary Wisconsinite, Rachel holds a Masters in Religion, Ethics and Politics from Harvard Divinity School and a Certificate in Conflict Transformation from the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium.  She currently lives in Milwaukee, WI with her husband and two young children. One of her favorite ways to get to know a new city is by going for a walk in it.

Kip serves as Membership Coordinator for IncDev. He is a civil engineer by education, construction manager by experience, and urban infrastructure planner at heart.  In the few years before IncDev, he split his time between Vancouver, Canada and his hometown in New England doing small-scale residential development (tiny houses, bunkies, etc.).  In addition to being the new Member/Alumni Coordinator at IncDev, Kip is very active in Emerging New Urbanists (ENU), Strong Towns, CNU Cascadia, and PLACE Initiative.  He plans to spend part of the year in Arkansas and is passionate about compact, car-free (and carefree) living.