Jermaine Toney is the lead researcher with the Organizing Apprenticeship Project. He received his B.A. from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN and his M.S. from Milano Graduate School of New School for Social Research in NYC. He has worked for Phillips Neighborhood Healthy Housing Collaborative and has conducted policy research for the Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, the NYC Department of Transportation and the Central Community Housing Trust.