Augie Gastelum is a community and economic development consultant in Mesa, AZ and a former executive director of a Community Development Financial Institution. In 2016, Augie founded Patchwork Community Inclusion, a consulting firm whose purpose is to advance economic opportunities in neighborhoods that have seen generational disinvestment. Augie lives in a neighborhood that RAIL's community rooted economic inclusion work is focused in and is the lead consultant and project manager of RAIL CDC's Equitable Business Technical Assistance Program. Augie is a Fellow at Arizona State University's Knowledge Exchange for Resilience.