Community empowerment through expanded agency is the thread that guides and connects Hauson’s work. As SGR’s Strategic Foresight Manager and a professional futurist trained at the University of Houston’s M.S in Foresight Program, Hauson empowers leaders to embrace change by exploring new possibilities that ignite action today. His desire to expand foresight impact to larger communities created the pathways that led him to the world of local government and SGR, where he now conducts foresight research, facilitates workshops, and speaks on emerging issues and insights.