About

Focused on uplifting lived experiences and valuing the voices of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), Penelton Interactive builds powerful cross-cultural engagement into its Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) consulting and professional development workshops.

Owner and founder, Triveece Penelton, AICP, NOMA, is an award-winning city planner and public involvement innovator with over 20 years of experience. Listening is central to her practice and she is among the 2% of Americans who have had listening training. Working collaboratively with trusted partners, her work has won national and state competitions for engagement, journalism and communications along with a NOMA NAACP Seed Award for JEDI in Design.

Determined to turn a viral moment with a public official into a teachable moment, Triveece developed the Power and Impact of Words professional development session. She won a WTS Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award for her efforts. An energetic speaker and facilitator, Triveece continues to educate groups on the session's topics. She also actively speaks to audiences in the Kansas City region, Midwest and nationally about how unconscious bias, inequity and power impact not only BIPOC professional development and personal branding, but also the built environment and community engagement.

In the wake of COVID-19 and the American Public Health Association declaring racism a public health crisis, Triveece joined a trans-disciplinary group of professionals from across the country to collaboratively launch a new planning initiative—Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy & Leadership (PHEAL). Now part of PHEAL's Executive Committee, she also serves on Design Corps' Board of Directors, UMKC Center for Neighborhood's Advisory Board and the University of Kansas' Advisory Board for the Department of Urban Planning.