Sparking Community-Led Investments in Under-invested Neighborhoods
Brittany Hume Charm
City of Boston – Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion
BRITTANY HUME CHARM brings two decades of experience turning bold ideas into real-world impact. She has built partnerships across startups, corporations, philanthropies, governments, and nonprofits to expand access, equity, and opportunity in underserved communities.
At companies like Zipline (drone delivery) and Pendulum (AI/machine learning), Hume Charm helped scale breakthrough technologies that expanded health care access globally. Earlier, at McKinsey, Johnson & Johnson, and the Skoll Foundation, she advanced major initiatives in health, education, and gender equity.
Today, Hume Charm is putting her experience to work closer to home. In addition to her FUSE Executive Fellowship with the City of Boston, she is a member of the 2025 cohort of Emerge Massachusetts, a training program for women Democrats to run for office, which is preparing her to run for City Council in Newton, MA, in November 2025.
Hume Charm holds a degree in public policy from Princeton University and an MBA from UC Berkeley-Haas.
Project
The City of Boston is committed to preventing commercial gentrification while expanding economic opportunities for all residents. FUSE Executive Fellow Brittany Hume Charm will support the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI) in designing and implementing a strategic framework that drives community-led investments in historically overlooked neighborhoods. Drawing inspiration from successful models like Invest Detroit, this initiative will focus on the Fairmount Corridor, a collection of neighborhoods home to many historically underrepresented families. By raising and deploying strategic capital in these communities, Boston aims to prevent displacement, create jobs, and build generational wealth for residents from all backgrounds.