Our Team
Imhotep Adisa
Founder and CEO
Imhotep Adisa is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Kheprw Institute, a non-profit organization focused on youth development in Indianapolis, IN. Over the course of a momentous 14 year period, Imhotep has guided the Kheprw Institute (KI) as it has blossomed from a small mentorship program serving 5 African American high school males to a mid-size intergenerational multi-racial organization addressing and creating future-oriented solutions for myriads of community challenges: education, environment, economy and empowerment. Drawing on a lifetime of experience as an entrepreneur and servant leader, Imhotep has helped to successfully launch a multitude of social enterprises with little to no monetary capital. He instead focuses on the power of social capital and believes relationships and people are the most valuable resource in any community.
DIOP Adisa
Senior Consultant
Diop Adisa was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Broad Ripple high school and IUPUI. He has been working with the grassroots community organization Kheprw Institute (KI) since its inception back in 2003. To describe him simply, he's an artist and entrepreneur. He's been a part of many different start up social enterprises throughout the years. He’s also an independent hip hop artist who has worked within the Indianapolis hip hop community for the past 20 years.
Mimi Zakem
Senior Consultant
Born in Cincinnati to a strong intergenerational and people-centered community, Mimi Zakem went on to study environmental management and became involved in student organizing at Indiana University Bloomington. In 2015 Mimi moved to Indianapolis as an AmeriCorps VISTA, supporting urban farmers and partnering with the Kheprw Institute to co-found the Community Controlled Food Initiative to improve fresh food access through community building and cooperative self-determination. After becoming immersed in community wealth building, she helped relaunch Scarabys Consulting LLC in 2017 as a vehicle for her community to pass on knowledge, wisdom, and tangible tools that nurture community empowerment through self mastery. At Scarabys, she continues to facilitate learning and foster social capital.
Alvin Sangsuwangul
Senior Consultant
Alvin Sangsuwangul grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, CA in 2010. He has worked as an educator and organizer for environmental justice and community empowerment across the country and abroad in San Bernardino, Indianapolis, Eastern Kentucky and Thailand. Alvin has been a part of the Kheprw Institute team since 2012 and has helped create organizations and programs centering community leadership including the Indianapolis Community Land Trust (indyclt.org) launched in 2024 with funding from the City of Indianapolis and support from a city-wide coalition of partners.