SE Bootcamp alumni spotlight: Yasushi Ohki

In 2019, Yasushi (John) Okhi channeled his years of experience in housing, urban design, and civil service into founding Green Violin, a non-profit organization focused on sustainable housing and community development. Along with Rose Cello Affordable Housing Society and the Prairie Sky Property Management Corporation, Green Violin rounds out his vision for a trio of sustainability-oriented organizations. 

He’s a tireless innovator with a big heart and a keen eye that’s always scanning the urban landscape for opportunities to gain new expertise and put it to work for the benefit of others.  

One such opportunity came up this past spring, when Yasushi enrolled in the Edmonton CDC’s Social Enterprise Bootcamp, an intensive workshop series designed to prepare participants to mobilize plans for socially-beneficial businesses. 

Not surprisingly, Yasushi is also a keen and generous conversationalist; we had the pleasure of his company in a recent online interview:   https://edmontoncdc.org/se-bootcamp-alumni-spotlight-yasushi-ohki/