Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Trenton has spent the past decade in the City of St. Louis learning and growing his expertise in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice-focused practice and putting that expertise into action. With experience in environmentalism, education, economic development, and social work, Trenton brings his unique and intersectional perspective to the Key Strategic team.

You can reach Trenton at trenton@keystrategicgroup.com

Experience & Interests

A recent MSW graduate from the George Warren Brown School, Trenton Ellis specialized in Social and Economic Development where he conducted research and grew his learning regarding equitable community engagement and equitable economic development. 
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Trenton Ellis served as a program management consultant for Innovative Design Edge, LLC with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. He has conducted research on projects related to equitable community engagement and equitable economic development. He has multi-year research experience related to topics such as barriers to property retention in the St. Louis region, strategies to promote increased parental and community engagement of formerly incarcerated parents, equitable economic development practices in the St. Louis region, and effective community engagement practices and strategies for nonprofit and governmental agencies.

Through his research, he has worked with agencies such as Morgan Graves Consultants, SoulFisher Ministries, and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership to create community engagement strategies and recommendations for their constituents.

Trenton has additionally served as the Program Manager for the Green City Coalition, managing, coordinating, and collaboratively working with communities and development partners to transform vacant lots into vibrant, community-owned green spaces.
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When not doing work in and around the region, you can find him lounging in many of the city’s parks when the weather is warm and sunny or out and about enjoying all of the delicious food the region has to offer.
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