Shawn Barney is the Managing Director of CLB Porter, LLC, a real estate development and public finance advisory firm.  He has structured or developed over $1billion in projects. Shawn co-founded the Campaign for Equity New Orleans, a racial equity platform which has engaged over 1,400 leaders since 2016.   He is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Public Private Partnership Council and a Trustee of Prospect New Orleans, a contemporary art triennial.  He earned his B.B.A. Finance from Howard University and MBA from the Tulane University Freeman School of Business.  Shawn is a Civil Society Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.