VON Gordon

Executive Director & Youth Engagement Manager, The Alluvial Collective

Von is a native of Moorhead, MS, in Sunflower County. He joined the Alluvial Collective (formerly the Willian Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation) to develop and coordinate youth programs as Youth Engagement Coordinator. He attended the University of Mississippi, where he was a student leader and helped organize the first Statewide Student Summit on Race. He served as a founding board member of the Winter Institute and the only student representative. 

Von believes in building deep relationships and creating transformation and movement towards belonging and justice for communities, organizations, and individuals. 

He is a member of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network. He serves on the board of directors of Operation Shoestring and supports the work of the Mississippi Afterschool Network.  He also serves on the Community Advisory Councils of the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Junior League of Jackson. 

Von previously worked in leadership and business development in the food and beverage industries. 

He and his family now reside in Jackson, Mississippi, stewards of Choctaw land.