Marcus Hill: Team Member

Marcus Hill serves as the Organizational Strategy & Systems Coordinator for Island CultureZ, Inc., a community self-determination nonprofit rooted in collective land ownership, cooperative agriculture, community-owned data, and solidarity-based enterprise in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Since 2009, he has worked across local, regional, and statewide food system development efforts, supporting coalitions, community partnerships, and ecosystem-building initiatives focused on equitable and sustainable change. Since 2021, he has collaborated with Community Food Strategies as a thought partner and program leader helping integrate solidarity economy principles as both a guiding framework and practical network resource for community-rooted systems transformation.

Marcus previously served on the board of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and as a Joint Coordinator for RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy), contributing to international efforts advancing democratic, cooperative, and community-centered economic models.

He also developed and led the successful inclusive recruitment strategy for U.S. POINTER, a landmark Phase-3 clinical trial led by the Alzheimer’s Association. The study became the first large-scale U.S. trial to demonstrate that accessible, multidomain lifestyle interventions can help protect and improve cognitive function in older adults.

Loves: pedal-powered transportation & a good burrito.