Arts administrator, filmmaker and East Cleveland native, Fanon Hill serves as Executive Director and co-founder of the Youth Resiliency Institute, a social benefit organization that provides culturally responsive arts-based programming throughout Northeast Ohio and in Baltimore, Maryland. Hill has served as a consultant for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, and a multitude of school districts and organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2016, Hill produced and directed the documentary Lom Nava Love, the unflinching story of Black families in public housing in Baltimore, Maryland harnessing the power of art to challenge the systems and institutions that would
dictate their realities. As a musician and music producer, Hill has been lauded in global music magazines such as Soulbounce and on Sirius XM radio. Hill has received a Congressional Citation from the U.S. House of Representatives for his work as a cultural arts organizer. Hill is a graduate of the East Cleveland City School District.