Born and raised in Baton Rouge Louisiana, Luke St. John McKnight is an artist turned entrepreneur and cultural curator. Creative Director of the seasonal event series, Build The Fire, lead strategist in the creative think tank Modern Day Scribe, and co-founder of planning bureau, Saint John & Company, McKnight spends his days building initiatives with intent to multiply the individual and collective capacity for vibrancy, enrichment, and livability. By providing services in creative development and program management, St. John is responsible for the supervision of multiple initiatives within The Walls Project where he currently sits as Program Director of the creative workforce program, The Futures Fund.