Purple America is a national initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation to re-focus the American conversation to a civil, productive and respectful dialogue around our American shared values.
Values-in-Action Foundation empowers students and adults to build communities of kindness, caring and respect through programs that teach, promote, and provide skills and tools to enable individuals to make positive values-based decisions every day. To learn more about Project Love, our school-based, character-development initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation, visit www.viafdn.org


John has a long career in the television industry, having served as news director, station general manager and national production executive. He is currently the director of Telecommunications at Kent State University.
John Butte
Vice Chair, Purple America, President, John Butte & Associates - Cleveland, Ohio