https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/schedule-and-panels daily 0.75 2019-02-05 https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210552142-KMGWB8KVHV732HL9R7DN/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.29+PM.png New Gallery Josh Wright is the Executive Director at ideas42, a leading behavioral design firm. Josh previously headed up the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access at the United States Department of the Treasury. Previously, Josh held positions at the Center for Community Change, Booz Allen and Hamilton’s Commercial Management Consulting business, and was a Senior Executive at Bertelsmann’s Random House, Inc. He has extensive experience in the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors; industry experience in financial services, media and entertainment, housing, and youth development; and functional expertise in business strategy, new business development, and new venture creation. Josh has also been a visiting lecturer at the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Behavior, and is a frequent public speaker on applied behavioral science. He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210552142-KMGWB8KVHV732HL9R7DN/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.29+PM.png New Gallery Josh Wright is the Executive Director at ideas42, a leading behavioral design firm. Josh previously headed up the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access at the United States Department of the Treasury. Previously, Josh held positions at the Center for Community Change, Booz Allen and Hamilton’s Commercial Management Consulting business, and was a Senior Executive at Bertelsmann’s Random House, Inc. He has extensive experience in the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors; industry experience in financial services, media and entertainment, housing, and youth development; and functional expertise in business strategy, new business development, and new venture creation. Josh has also been a visiting lecturer at the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Behavior, and is a frequent public speaker on applied behavioral science. He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210674395-730H4ES584WE4IK5SOZG/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.35+PM.png New Gallery Research has shown that the “conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age” are critical determinants of current and future health. This session will take a deep dive into these conditions, or social determinants of health, and how organizations are using innovative approaches to collect, analyze, and use data about these determinants to improve access to care and outcomes for vulnerable populations. Our panelists come from a variety of healthcare fields to discuss how the private sector, large non-profits, and community organizations are collaborating to promote health and equity in their communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210750752-X3XGR4DGLWVE4ISYC3NW/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.45+PM.png New Gallery Rohingya refugees have faced unprecedented discrimination and violence in Myanmar, forcing hundreds of thousands to resettle in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world’s largest refugee camp. This session will dive into this crisis to better understand the unique challenges faced by the Rohingyas in Bangladesh and by researchers seeking to collect and disseminate data in delicate political environments. Researchers will also share recently collected data that provides deep insights on the impact that the crisis has had not only on the refugees but the communities they are now living in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210876946-W1HALV8UZUQKVONPHRAP/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.50+PM.png New Gallery A panel demonstrating the use of sensors to generate data relevant to optimizing the needs and demands of a modern municipality. We will discuss what specific urban problems, such as pollution and traffic, are most addressable by IoT-based sensors. We will further discuss how cities have framed and designed their smart city initiatives, what metrics they have formulated to interpret data from these initiatives, and how this data has informed policy. This session can consist of a panel of speakers describing existing pilots in leading cities like Singapore or New York as well as an open space to showcase sensor technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210880238-T69WC2ASDAAE49NEHWT4/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.00.57+PM.png New Gallery The panel will introduce different methods for working with data such as: script (random trials); big data, AI and machine learning; and qualitative or non-objective data. Panelists will be chosen to represent a unique model. Each Panelist will draw upon projects or research to explain at a high-level what each type of data analysis does. Panelists will come from different disciplines at Yale or the business sector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210905587-R1U0U990PLOEN2L76PZ5/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.01.04+PM.png New Gallery There is considerable buzz around “outcomes based financing” models as innovative tools to incentivize outcome achievement. We will deeply engage with prominent examples of those tools from a diverse set of perspectives across the implementation spectrum. Panelists will examine the central role of data in executing outcomes based arrangements and discuss the opportunities and challenges this trend present for development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210900696-AJRBILAAVRAVT7X3CNWY/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.01.12+PM.png New Gallery How does development happen in a local context? We will use the specific case studies of Connecticut and New Haven during this session to describe how a post-industrial state is looking to develop opportunities that allow their cities to remain economically competitive yet balance the constraints of gentrification and housing affordability. We will discuss the uses of opportunity zones and transit-oriented development to incubate talent and encourage development. This session may take the shape of a moderated forum with community stakeholders ranging from state and city officials to community advocacy groups to commercial developers and to Yale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210922035-HJEUH00RZ151WKJBLSM3/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.01.19+PM.png New Gallery Data-driven economic development initiatives often require widespread collection of personal information. What are the primary ethical factors practitioners must consider when designing and implementing their programs and activities? How can the development community protect individuals, particularly those in vulnerable populations, from violations of privacy and abuses of power? How do we effectively educate beneficiaries of economic development on data rights and consent? In this session, representatives from the private and nonprofit sectors will discuss how those at the forefront of economic development can effectively wield the power that comes from having unfettered access to the sensitive information of vast numbers of people, and how they can do better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1576210925942-GVHIKZ5F3BXT6ESBPKS1/Screen+Shot+2019-12-12+at+8.01.24+PM.png New Gallery A look at how data is being used in policymaking on a macro-scale. Think UN SDGs or ADB Strategy 2030. Could potentially dive into the use of AI as a policymaking tool for governments and multilaterals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642984749713-GX4VBAGSZVE6LR8DWLNG/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2020-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580504418208-P182TNT1HOYLRJWKBPLS/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Josh Wright Executive Director, ideas42 Opening Keynote Speaker Josh Wright is the Executive Director at ideas42, a leading behavioral design firm. Josh previously led the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access at the United States Department of Treasury. Previously, Josh held positions at the Center for Community Change, Booz Allen and Hamilton’s Commercial Management Consulting business, and was a Senior Executive at Bertelsmann’s Random House, Inc. He has extensive experience in the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors; industry experience in financial services, media and entertainment, housing, and youth development; and function expertise in business strategy, new business development, and new venture creation. Josh has also been a visiting lecture at the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Behavior, and is a frequent public speaker on applied behavioral science. He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580504418208-P182TNT1HOYLRJWKBPLS/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Josh Wright Executive Director, ideas42 Opening Keynote Speaker Josh Wright is the Executive Director at ideas42, a leading behavioral design firm. Josh previously led the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access at the United States Department of Treasury. Previously, Josh held positions at the Center for Community Change, Booz Allen and Hamilton’s Commercial Management Consulting business, and was a Senior Executive at Bertelsmann’s Random House, Inc. He has extensive experience in the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors; industry experience in financial services, media and entertainment, housing, and youth development; and function expertise in business strategy, new business development, and new venture creation. Josh has also been a visiting lecture at the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Behavior, and is a frequent public speaker on applied behavioral science. He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581353379023-B41K395PVCT4LDHKDZ4J/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Justin Elicker Mayor of New Haven Closing Keynote Speaker Justin has a wealth of experience in government. He served for four years on the New Haven Board of Alders where he was a champion for residents across the city who felt unheard, underserved, and unsupported by the City of New Haven. He advocated for renters who lived in sub-standard apartments under absentee landlords, and fought against predatory landlords. With his constituents’ support and at their requests, he promoted fostering more positive, community-police interaction in an underserved neighborhood in order to help mitigate neighbors’ feelings of mistrust and suspicion of police. He successfully implemented neighborhood and economic development improvements in the Cedar Hill neighborhood to promote more business activity and improve quality of life. He promoted protections for gender identity. On the Board of Alders, Justin was also one of the strongest voices for long-term fiscal responsibility, government transparency, and smart governance. He had both one of the best attendance records on the Board, and the best response rates for constituent service requests. Justin’s government experience started long before his involvement at the Board of Alders. Justin worked for five years as a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department. He was posted to Washington, D.C., Taiwan, and Hong Kong. While working for the U.S. government abroad was rewarding and challenging, Justin decided to leave the State Department to come to New Haven because he wanted to live near his family, put down roots, and get involved in a local community that he believed in. Justin lives in East Rock with his wife, Natalie, and daughters Molly and April. Justin is now the 51st Mayor of New Haven, and will work hard so that every resident has the opportunity to thrive, no matter where they live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581372101672-16VYNXBPMIS0GRNEY8XC/image-asset.png Speakers 2020 - Andrea Levere Executive Fellow, International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management Opening Remarks Andrea Levere is an Executive Fellow with the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. She is President Emerita of Prosperity Now (formerly CFED), a private nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring that everyone can gain financial stability, build wealth and achieve prosperity. It designs and operates major national initiatives that aim to integrate financial capability services into systems serving low-income people, build assets and savings, close the racial wealth divide and advance research and policies that expands economy mobility for all. She stepped down in August 2019 after spending 15 years as President and 27 years with the organization and is now an Executive Fellow at the Yale School of Management, hosted by the International Center for Finance in partnership with the Program for Social Enterprise. In this role, Andrea is leading an initiative focused on expanding “Equitable Finance” for the nonprofit sector, ranging from products such as philanthropic equity to strategies to expand impact investing. In 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Levere to the National Cooperative Bank’s (NCB) Board of Directors. She serves as the Chair of the Community Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for 2019. She is a founding investor and the Chair of ROC USA, a national social venture that converts manufactured home parks into resident owned cooperatives. She was formerly a member of the FDIC’s Committee on Economic Inclusion, Morgan Stanley’s Community Development Advisory Board, and Capital One’s Community Advisory Council as well as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ms. Foundation for Women. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Yale University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581987024943-IUM48PWXUCXRCB99NBRG/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Mark Abraham Executive Director, DataHaven Panelist, From Redlining to Opportunity Zones: Data Applications in Connecticut’s Economic Development Mark Abraham is the Executive Director of DataHaven, a non-profit organization with a 25-year history of public service to Connecticut cities and towns. Mark created the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey program, which partners with over 100 academic and health care institutions, state and local government agencies, and non-profits to produce data on well-being and economic opportunity at the neighborhood level. He is a graduate of Yale University and lives in New Haven with his wife and three children. Mark has received national awards and fellowships from the Community Indicators Consortium, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and deBeaumont Foundation, and was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership of the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581372258889-Z4TTNYMF5O3SB16EQS8N/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Julie Anderson Solution Leader, McKinsey Healthcare Analytics Panelist, Healthcare in the Era of Big Data: Implications for Inclusive Community Wellbeing Julie Anderson leads the Social Determinants of Health Center of Excellence (SDoH CoE) focusing on data and analytics related to social risk and social needs within McKinsey’s Healthcare Innovation group. She has extensive experience in analytics across the healthcare industry, including in clinical research, the pharmaceutical industry, and in consulting, where she advises payers, providers, and tech players in analytics at McKinsey. Her work at McKinsey has been focused on analytics to improve health outcomes and system efficiency for vulnerable populations, including the analytics-based design and implementation of alternative payment models and digitally-enabled platforms to improve continuity of care. She is passionate about bringing to bear both analytics and the richness of data beyond traditional healthcare sources to improve health and make the healthcare system more sustainable. She has a background in public health and epidemiology, and holds a BS in Neuroscience from Brown University and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1582224183142-UDBLCZ425JE2QO2EJDCB/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Ben Berkowitz Founder, SeeClickFix Panelist, Myth Busting Smart Cities SeeClickFix's leader founded the company out of a desire to improve civic communication and the public space in his own hometown, New Haven. SeeClickFix has solved over 5 Million public space issues around the world and taken on the challenge of creating truly engaged communities and efficient government agencies. Ben is considered to be one of the first civic tech entrepreneurs and speaks frequently on the power of public communication and software to transform democracy. The White House, The World Bank, Code For America and other public agencies have looked to Ben for guidance in building their own civic tech programs. In 2019 Ben sold SeeClickFix CivicPlus where he now leads the CivicService division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581818647317-JW9FRHAN001ZJMTJG6W6/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Ben Brockman Associate Director, IDinsight Panelist, AI for Social Good Ben Brockman is an Associate Director at IDinsight, based in Cambridge, MA. In his role on the innovation team, Ben leads IDinsight's data science and machine learning initiative. His current work has focused on helping with Educate Girls to scale the use of machine learning to locate out of school children across Northern India and using predictive analytics to improve IDinsight’s internal data collection and research tools. Previously, Ben spent three years with IDinsight in Asia and Africa as one of the organizations first Associates. Over those years, Ben worked on a sanitation RCT in Cambodia, a pediatric HIV care evaluation in Zambia, and on a variety of projects in India (based in Bangalore, Delhi, and Patna). Prior to rejoining IDinsight in 2017, Ben worked on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign both at headquarters and as an organizing fellow. Ben holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPA in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580238403532-SBF8NJU2ELFTGGOG65T6/Maddie.png Speakers 2020 - Maddie Callis Director, City Possible, Mastercard Panelist, Myth Busting Smart Cities Maddie Callis leads Mastercard's City Possible platform, a new partnership model formed to unite the private and public sectors to benefit cities and drive inclusive, sustainable growth. Maddie works closely with Mastercard’s regional teams, city governments and corporate partners to co-develop and scale urban solutions. Prior to joining Mastercard, Maddie worked at start-ups and nonprofits where she held leadership roles in operations and partnership development. She received a Master’s in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and served as a Rotary International Fellow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she worked in favelas and pursued graduate studies. She is a member of her alma mater’s, Rhodes College, Alumni Board and active advisor to the Latin American Studies program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580239591303-B5RFQFPWZO5SF3NQ2O09/Mommy+Max+headshot.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Ayesha Cammaerts Manager of Programs and Population Health, Boston Children’s Hospital Panelist, Healthcare in the Era of Big Data: Implications for Inclusive Community Wellbeing Ayesha Cammaerts is an experienced public health leader, keenly focused on improving the health of children and families through access to quality health care and early education. She serves as the manager of programs and population health at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Office of Community Health. In this role she leads the triennial needs assessment and strategic implementation planning process and develops population health programs supporting the communities in Boston most impacted by social and racial inequities. This includes leading the 0-5 Child Health and Development Initiative, a 10-year, $17m grant program to support kindergarten readiness across greater Boston. Ayesha worked at MassHealth supporting the implementation of the State Health Care Reform from 2005-2010. She also has experience as a Clinical Health Educator and program manager for HIV/AIDS clinics. She earned her M.B.A. in Health Care Policy and Management from the Heller School at Brandeis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580238973591-0L6L5LQ9DHQ71UWFSQYX/Josh+Wright+Headshot+New+.jpg Speakers 2020 - Josh Wright, Keynote Speaker Josh Wright is the Executive Director at ideas42, a leading behavioral design firm. Josh previously headed up the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access at the United States Department of the Treasury. Previously, Josh held positions at the Center for Community Change, Booz Allen and Hamilton’s Commercial Management Consulting business, and was a Senior Executive at Bertelsmann’s Random House, Inc. He has extensive experience in the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors; industry experience in financial services, media and entertainment, housing, and youth development; and functional expertise in business strategy, new business development, and new venture creation. Josh has also been a visiting lecturer at the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Behavior, and is a frequent public speaker on applied behavioral science. He holds a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580589179128-YQ2DUZ57POYB2FHFKJDU/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Prabal Chakrabarti Senior Vice-President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Panelist , From Redlining to Opportunity Zone: Data Applications in Connecticut’s Economic Development Prabal Chakrabarti is Senior Vice-President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in the Regional and Community Outreach department, with a mission to improve the economic well-being of low and moderate income people. He oversees a department that focuses on three main pillars: (1) revitalizing smaller cities and rural areas through the Working Cities Challenge and Working Communities Challenge; (2) improving household financial stability for all, especially by race and ethnicity; and (3) increasing employment opportunities by improving the quality of jobs and enhancing access to quality, affordable child care. Previously, Prabal was at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, where he led a research effort to measure economic competitiveness in America’s inner cities. He served in the U.S. Treasury in economic policy and he co-wrote a UNDP report Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor. Prabal holds graduate degrees from MIT and Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.S. from the University of Illinois, where he was a Truman Scholar. He serves on the boards of the Children’s Investment Fund, the Conservation Law Foundation, and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580242401931-ISDAAELFXDMJQ39OR8Q7/YSM8219_0437_Kai_Chen.jpg Speakers 2020 - Kai Chen Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health Panelist, Data and the Environment Dr. Kai Chen is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) at Yale School of Public Health and the Director of Research at the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the intersection of climate change, air pollution, and human health. His work involves applying multidisciplinary approaches in climate and air pollution sciences, exposure assessment, and environmental epidemiology to investigate how climate change may impact human health. Much of this work has been done in China, Europe, and the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581986855656-XDWEUTQJEZ4WBD1WH0F6/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Kate Cooney Senior Lecturer in Social Enterprise and Management, Yale School of Management Moderator, From Redlining to Opportunity Zones: Data Applications in Connecticut’s Economic Development Kate Cooney's research uses institutional theory to study the intersection of business and social sectors. Current work focuses on the cross-country comparisons of new social business legal forms, corporate supply chain transparency, social return on investment methods and inclusive economic development strategies in the American city. To understand how hybrid organizations are shaped by commercial and institutional isomorphic pressures, she has studied commercialization in the nonprofit sector, social enterprise, workforce development programs, and the emergence of new social business legal forms. She has also written broadly about market based approaches to poverty alleviation the negotiation of competing institutional logics in social enterprise organizations. Projects underway include CitySCOPE podcast, a series examining inclusive economic development in American Cities (Listen to Season 1 Charting the Opportunity in Opportunity Zones) and a MacMillan Center funded grant titled Consumer Activism and Supply Chain Transparency: Anti-Slavery Movements in the United Kingdom and the United States. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale SOM, Dr. Cooney was on the faculty at Boston University teaching courses on nonprofit management, urban poverty and economic development, and community and organizational analysis. Kate Cooney currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581818562340-XT1FDIFKW6FU243I0HJX/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Cassy L. Cox Network Strategy Lead, DataKind Panelist, AI for Social Good Cassy L. Cox is currently the Network Strategy Lead for DataKind, a non-profit organization based in New York City, that harnesses the power of the world’s most talented volunteer data scientists to solve some of the world’s largest problems. Cassy’s work is focused on developing a strategy to create a more globally engaged, values driven and highly impactful DataKind. Cassy’s career began with short, but formative years in both the U.S. Army and the private sector, but found her true calling when she took her first position at the International Rescue Committee a decade ago and began working in the international humanitarian and development sector. Since then Cassy has gone on to support strategic program delivery and design in sectors ranging from resilience, women’s empowerment, economic empowerment, health and nutrition and for vulnerable populations in New York City, Liberia, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia. Cassy holds a BA in Political Science from the University at Albany and an MS in Global Affairs, International Development Economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581972520936-0NWYG619RE4NP4UKUYNB/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Austin Davis Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of International Service at American University; Postdoctoral Associate at Yale Panelist, Mobilizing Data in Politically Charged Environments: Rohingya Refugee Crisis C. Austin Davis is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of International Service at American University and a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale. His research focuses on major transitions in developing-country labor markets and agriculture, and how such transitions interact with environmental forces. He provides academic leadership to the IPA Peace and Recovery Initiative and has overseen design and data collection for a representative panel survey of host and refugee communities in Southern Bangladesh. Austin received PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581818823126-M7JUM3TOE7YH3CPPCVRW/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Wolfgang Fengler Lead Economist in Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation, World Bank Panelist, AI for Social Good Wolfgang Fengler is the World Bank’s Lead Economist in Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) for the Europe and Central Asia. He also spoke at TEDx Vienna and launched population.io (endorsed by Bill Gates) as well as worldpoverty.io, two real-time big data models. The German weekly DER SPIEGEL called him a “big data virtuoso”. Previously, he served as the World Bank’s Lead Economist in the Nairobi office. A native German, Wolfgang has been a staff member of the World Bank for more than 18 years, during which he lived in four continents: First in North America working at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC, then in Asia as a Senior Economist in the Indonesia office, followed by Africa, and finally in Europe as part of the World Bank’s new hub in Vienna. Wolfgang has published extensively on social and economic issues. He also co-authored “Delivering Aid Differently” (with Homi Kharas, Brookings) and “Africa’s Economic Boom” (with Shanta Devarajan, Foreign Affairs). Prior to joining the World Bank, he set up Africa Consulting, LLC, and was a Fellow at the Research Institute for International Relations. Wolfgang gained a PhD from the University of Hamburg (Germany). Wolfgang loves traveling and sports, especially football. He was the football commissioner at the International School of Kenya and organized the “Nairobi Mini World Cup”, one of Kenya’s largest football tournaments for kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581612646193-SCWHZAXDV2GL9ZSX07SF/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Amy Glasmeier Professor, Economic Geography and Regional Planning, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning Moderator, Myth Busting Smart Cities Amy Glasmeier is professor economic geography and regional planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. Glasmeier’s atlas, Poverty in America: One Nation Pulling Apart, traces the growth of poverty in the U.S. and the effects of four decades of policies to alleviate economic insecurity. The work builds off of the MIT Living Wage Calculator, which analyzes the minimum level of income required for individuals and families to pay for basic living expenses. Glasmeier also contributes to ongoing conversations in search of policies and practices enabling on technology decarbonization of the U.S. economy. Her long-standing research on technology transitions spans development pathways from the rise of regional innovation systems, to the transformation of resource-dependent local economies to the emergence of smart cities. She serves as an elected official and a practicing planner in the state of Massachusetts. Glasmeier holds a professional Masters and PhD in Regional Planning from UC Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581971046524-ZJP3FBLT7VMAL73GOVWX/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham Assistant Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management Panelist, Data and the Environment: Techniques for Making Sense of and Responding to Climate Change Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham's research interests include consumer & corporate finance, econometrics, and social networks. His current work focuses on assessing the costs and benefits of debtor protection policies and understanding the role that consumer debt plays in the macroeconomy. Paul's research also studies machine learning techniques applied to economics questions. Before joining Yale, Paul was a Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Swarthmore College, and a PhD in economics from the Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580482117611-0OEIIHNYOZDGO2A1HE5L/Screen+Shot+2020-01-31+at+9.43.47+AM.png Speakers 2020 - Taylor Justice Co-Founder and President, Unite Us Panelist, Healthcare in the Era of Big Data: Implications for Inclusive Community Wellbeing Taylor Justice, U.S. Army veteran, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2006. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army as an Infantry Officer and later received an honorable medical discharge from active duty. An entrepreneur at heart, in 2009 Taylor co-founded HigherEchelon, Inc., a government consulting company. Taylor then co-founded Unite Us in 2013 while enrolled at Columbia Business School, where he earned his MBA in 2014. Taylor is leading Unite Us on its mission to launch coordinated care networks across all 50 states. A key architect of Unite Us’ network in North Carolina, Taylor led the Unite Us team and supported their partners in creating NCCARE360, considered by some to be the most innovative statewide healthcare transformation endeavor in the country. Driven by the belief that health begins in communities, Taylor advocates for national infrastructure that connects health and human service providers: a public utility to better support those in need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580238548035-1F3YDHSOQPCA9M7D11VE/Naomi+Keena_Photo+%281%29.jpg Speakers 2020 - Naomi Keena Researcher and Lecturer, Yale School of Architecture Panelist, Data and the Environment Naomi Keena is an architect, interdisciplinary researcher at Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (Yale CEA), and lecturer at the Yale School of Architecture. Keena’s research investigates visual analytics combined with transformative building technologies as a means to study socio-ecological factors within architectural design, towards the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts. She is a co-founder of Clark’s Crow, a parametric tool that aims to promote awareness of the impact of different design options through a biophysically- based ecological accounting method in the early stages of design -development. She is also a co-founder of SEVA (Socio-Ecological Visual Analytics), a proposed new conceptual network of analytical techniques designed to quantify, visualize, characterize, and communicate socio-ecological factors within architectural designs. SEVA technology is used by, among others, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UN Environment’s World Environment Situation Room, and was showcased at the international Grand Challenges meetings in New Delhi, London, and Washington D.C. as well as the World Economic Forum. Keena earned a Ph.D. in Architectural Sciences from the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY. She is a Fulbright Fellowship recipient and has published and presented her design research widely in the areas of architecture, computer science, data visualization, systems thinking in design-driven interdisciplinary research, and environmental policy. Website: https://www.cea.yale.edu/naomi-keena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580783151114-SXOJU1VBNCQNNAGF4G84/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Shelby Kohn Director, Maycomb Capital Panelist, Outcomes-Based Financing Shelby Kohn is the Director of Public-Private partnerships at Maycomb Capital. Shelby worked for the City of New York under the Bloomberg administration for ten years. She held a range of leadership roles in the Mayor’s Office, the Department of Finance, and the Department of Small Business Services. Prior to joining Maycomb, Shelby worked for Bennett Midland, a management consulting firm for the civic sector. As a consultant, she advised mayor’s offices across the country to make a measurable impact on major challenges in their communities. She also facilitated strategic planning efforts and operational improvements for major social service organizations. Shelby received an MA in Urban Planning from Columbia University and holds a BA from Haverford College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580782522523-P6I4IFWGUGFK303RI34W/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Sam Kruse Associate Director, Social Finance Panelist, Outcomes-Based Financing Sam Kruse is an associate director at Social Finance, supporting the advisory services and social investment teams. He works with state and local governments, as well as private investors and non-profit service providers, to assess and structure Pay for Success projects. Sam is working on projects to reduce recidivism to the criminal justice system, expand access to supportive housing, and improve maternal health outcomes. Prior to joining Social Finance, Sam was a consultant at Deloitte where he supported digital product development and market entry strategy engagements with federal, commercial, and social sector clients. He also led Deloitte’s international social impact fellowship, building growth strategies for social enterprises in Uganda and India. Sam graduated cum laude from Yale College with a BA in Economics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581635437635-3TOC5XE9ZTYXB2O81KQ3/image-asset.png Speakers 2020 - Stacy Tessler Lindau Professor of Ob/Gyn and Medicine-Geriatrics at the University of Chicago Panelist, Healthcare in the Era of Big Data: Implications for Inclusive Community Wellbeing Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, is a population health scientist, a practicing gynecologist and an entrepreneur. She directs the CommunityRx program of research which studies a theory-based intervention to match people to community-based supports for basic, wellness, disease self-management and caregiving needs. CommunityRx has been developed and tested with support from a Round I Health Care Innovation Award from the US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) as well as grants from NIH and the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. The CMMI funding had, as an expectation, that awardees implement a sustainable business model. To deliver on this commitment, she founded NowPow, LLC and MAPSCorps, 501c3, both headquartered on the South Side of Chicago where CommunityRx was developed. Dr. Lindau is also an expert on sexuality in the context of aging and illness. She founded and directs the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine at the University of Chicago and was founding Chair of the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Brown University School of Medicine, the University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy Studies and trained in residency at Northwestern University. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and served its National Advisory Committee. She is an Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow and serves its Board of Overseers. She is president of MAPSCorps and serves the board of directors of RISE, an organization devoted to the elimination of racism through sport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580509192982-SNZ6I1DKJHKM40OA1DC8/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - David Lehman Commissioner & Governor’s Senior Economic Advisor Panelist, From Redlining to Opportunity Zones: Data Applications in Connecticut’s Economic Development David Lehman is Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), the state agency that oversees a wide range of programs promoting business retention and recruitment, brownfield redevelopment, the arts, historic preservation and tourism. Governor Ned Lamont nominated him for the position earlier this year. Mr. Lehman will also serve as the Governor’s Senior Economic Advisor. He is already hard at work at creating an innovative public-private partnership between DECD and CERC known as the Partnership to Advance the Connecticut of Tomorrow (PACT), a new economic development delivery model for our state. Mr. Lehman’s business development priorities include helping build our urban centers into engines of growth; further capitalizing on the state’s top-flight colleges and universities; strengthening the state’s workforce pipelines; and marketing Connecticut as a place that is open for business. Prior to joining DECD, Mr. Lehman worked in the financial services industry. Most recently he was Global Head of Real Estate Finance for the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 15 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580352348717-FKXC4HL689TIVUI7ADWR/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+9.45.16+PM.png Speakers 2020 - Eric Letsinger Founder and CEO, Quantified Ventures Panelist, Outcomes Based Financing Eric Letsinger is the Founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures, an outcomes-based capital firm that helps clients finance specific and measurable health, social, and environmental impact. He is a “tri-sector” executive, bringing 25+ years of leadership experience in government, nonprofit, and private sector organizations operating in healthcare, environment, education, and housing. He has led transformative, public-private initiatives to drive social impact in complex, cross-sector business environments including: IBM, Baltimore Public Schools, Baltimore Housing Department, Cyveillance Software, PWC, and Samaritan Inns Homeless Services. Eric speaks regularly at dozens of conferences, events, and universities, including the Aspen Institute, Urban Institute, Yale, Duke, and the University of Virginia. He married way over his head and has two daughters who keep him humble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581453031873-2HVN6TQQ7DN276Y6IHYS/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Paula López Peña Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in Economics, Yale University Panelist, Mobilizing Data in Politically Charged Environments Paula is a co-principal investigator of the Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey (CBPS), a longitudinal study by led by the Yale MacMillan Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses (PRFDHR), GAGE/ODI, and the World Bank. The CBPS aims to create a representative panel dataset on Rohingya refugees and hosts in Cox’s Bazar with a view to generating descriptive and causal evidence on the effects of the arrival of refugee influxes - and subsequent policy responses - on local economies. Other ongoing projects include a field experiment to study social triggers of violence against women and children in Bangladesh, and to understand which policies work better and why (winner of the 2019 World Bank-SVRI Development Marketplace Award), and a randomized controlled trial to study which combinations of autonomy and financial incentives are more effective in increasing the adoption of innovative educational policies among mid-level government officials (World Bank SIEF Nimble Evaluations). Paula received a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and a Master’s degree in Economics from The London School of Economics. Prior to starting her doctoral studies, she worked as a consultant with the Inter-American Development Bank for four years, in Washington DC and Nicaragua. Paula’s work during that time was centered on the evaluation of conditional cash transfer programs to improve early childhood development outcomes and the development of survey instruments to measure risky health behaviors among youth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1581383063427-7KA53VQXN34D2X13SKON/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Mushfiq Mobarak Founder and Faculty Director, Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE); Professor of Economics, Yale University Panelist, Mobilizing Data in Politically Charged Environments: Rohingya Refugee Crisis Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is a Professor of Economics at Yale University with concurrent appointments in the School of Management and in the Department of Economics. Mobarak is the founder and faculty director of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE). He holds other appointments at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, the International Growth Centre (IGC) at LSE, and Innovations for Poverty Action. Mobarak has several ongoing research projects in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malawi. He conducts field experiments exploring ways to induce people in developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that are likely to be welfare improving. He also examines the implications of scaling up development interventions that are proven effective in such trials. His research has been published in journals across disciplines, including Econometrica, Science, The Review of Economic Studies, the American Political Science Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Demography, and covered by the New York Times, The Economist, Science, NPR, Wired.com, BBC, Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, and other media outlets around the world. He received a Carnegie Fellowship in 2017. Mobarak is currently collaborating with Evidence Action in multiple countries to replicate, test, and scale his research program that encourages rural to urban internal seasonal migration to counter seasonal poverty. This program, called No Lean Season, is supported by GiveWell.org, Good Ventures and the Global Innovation Fund, and the start-up accelerator Y-Combinator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1582162103193-H0W492DM60XT39AFYJZJ/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Fernando Ona Clinical Associate Professor, Tufts University Panelist, Mobilizing Data in Politically Charged Environments: Rohingya Refugee Crisis Fernando is an environmental epidemiologist and medical anthropologist with interests in systems theory and soft systems modeling, phenomenology, Bayesian methods, complex humanitarian emergencies and spiritual-therapeutic interventions. His research interests are primarily with refugees, internally displaced populations, and asylum seekers who are survivors of torture. Fernando also works with ultra-poor populations living in informal settlements. Geographically, Fernando works in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, southern Africa and among refugee populations in Europe and North America. At Tufts, Fernando supports the dual-degree PA/MPH and BA/MPH programs, and teaches in the Tufts University Prison Initiative at Tisch College. Fernando holds faculty affiliations with the Department of Anthropology, Community Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Studies. He currently is a part-time psychotherapist with the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center. Fernando is also a Dean's Fellow in the M.Div. Chaplaincy program at Boston University, School of Theology where he is pursuing a certificate in Religion and Conflict Transformation and in the process of seeking ordination. Fernando spends his time between Boston and his biodynamic farm in Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580352621195-4M0EIEZI06L4UZ62OPST/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+9.50.10+PM.png Speakers 2020 - Johnmark Oudersluys Executive Director, Citylink Center Panelist, AI for Social Good JJohnmark Oudersluys is the Executive Director at Citylink Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. CityLinkCenter was launched to bring a systemic solution to the persistent challenge of poverty. Working together with over 15 agencies, the collaborative has created an approach that wraps services around clients to enhance outcomes. Through the programmatic model, CityLink has created a unique set of correlated longitudinal data which they are using in conjunction with IBM and other machine learning experts to discern how to best serve their clients and advance outcomes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1580505273394-PSVUQ7HK9ABZH70ELI6M/Elihu+Rubin.jpg Speakers 2020 - Elihu Rubin Associate Professor of Urbanism, Yale School of Architecture Panelist, Myth Busting Smart Cities Elihu Rubin is an architectural historian, city planner, and documentary filmmaker. He is Associate Professor of Urbanism at the Yale School of Architecture with an appointment in the Department of American studies. He is the author of Insuring the City: The Prudential Center and the Postwar Urban Landscape (Yale Univ. Press, 2012). As a professor at Yale, he has executed a range of community-based public scholarship projects around the topics of architecture, urban space, preservation, and memory, including “Interactive Crown Street,” “Excavating the Armory,” and the “New Haven Industrial Heritage Trails.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1582053256031-I9DYST9KSBS56HKXRW6I/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2020 - Ben Soltoff Environmental Innovation Fellow, Yale Center for Business and the Environment Moderator, Data and the Environment Ben Soltoff is the Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. He works with students to explore how new ideas, technologies, and business models can address the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Ben holds a dual master’s degree from the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. As a student, he was dedicated to building Yale’s ecosystem for environmental innovators, and he is excited to be continuing that effort as a full-time fellow. Outside of Yale, he has worked for several environmentally relevant start-ups, ranging from a social enterprise in Mexico installing off-grid solar energy to a tech company in Silicon Valley building energy-efficient ovens that cook with light. He also has experience working on international climate policy at World Resources Institute as well as grassroots climate resilience initiatives in rural India. Along with his Yale MBA-MEM degree, Ben holds a Bachelor of Science from Duke University. In his spare time, he enjoys getting deeply fascinated with a good book, obscure animal facts, or whatever shiny object, concept, or person happens to hold his attention. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/5e3085f119ccc812ead07256/5e3085ffdadfc127697b8aae/1580238335374/ Speakers 2020 https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/speakers-2021 daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611930930599-UR453WB6780GGKT16ETS/Bill-Bynum.jpg Speakers 2021 - William J. Bynum Keynote For more than three decades, Bill Bynum has worked to advance economic opportunity for disenfranchised populations. He began his career in North Carolina by establishing nationally recognized programs at Self-Help and at the NC Rural Economic Development Center. In 1994, Bynum moved to Mississippi to become the founding CEO of the Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, and in 1995 organized Hope Community Credit Union. Today, HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation, Hope Credit Union and Hope Policy Institute), is a family of organizations that provides financial services; leverages resources; and engages in policy analysis to strengthen communities, build assets, and improve lives in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Since 1994, HOPE has generated more than $2.5 billion in financing that has benefitted more than one million people in one of the nation’s most impoverished regions. Bynum serves on the boards of the Aspen Institute, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Prosperity Now, and William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. Bynum previously chaired the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Consumer Advisory Board and the Treasury Department’s Community Development Advisory Board, and served as a member of the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty. A recipient of the University of North Carolina Distinguished Alumnus Award, Bynum and HOPE have been honored with the John P. McNulty Prize (Aspen Global Leadership Network), Ned Gramlich Award for Responsible Finance (Opportunity Finance Network), Annie Vamper Award (National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions), Herb Wegner Award (National Credit Union Foundation), National Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young/Kauffman Foundation), Rural Hero Award (National Rural Assembly), Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award (African American Credit Union Coalition) and The Wall St. Journal/Met Life Foundation Financial Inclusion Challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611930930599-UR453WB6780GGKT16ETS/Bill-Bynum.jpg Speakers 2021 - William J. Bynum Keynote For more than three decades, Bill Bynum has worked to advance economic opportunity for disenfranchised populations. He began his career in North Carolina by establishing nationally recognized programs at Self-Help and at the NC Rural Economic Development Center. In 1994, Bynum moved to Mississippi to become the founding CEO of the Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, and in 1995 organized Hope Community Credit Union. Today, HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation, Hope Credit Union and Hope Policy Institute), is a family of organizations that provides financial services; leverages resources; and engages in policy analysis to strengthen communities, build assets, and improve lives in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Since 1994, HOPE has generated more than $2.5 billion in financing that has benefitted more than one million people in one of the nation’s most impoverished regions. Bynum serves on the boards of the Aspen Institute, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Prosperity Now, and William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. Bynum previously chaired the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Consumer Advisory Board and the Treasury Department’s Community Development Advisory Board, and served as a member of the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty. A recipient of the University of North Carolina Distinguished Alumnus Award, Bynum and HOPE have been honored with the John P. McNulty Prize (Aspen Global Leadership Network), Ned Gramlich Award for Responsible Finance (Opportunity Finance Network), Annie Vamper Award (National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions), Herb Wegner Award (National Credit Union Foundation), National Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young/Kauffman Foundation), Rural Hero Award (National Rural Assembly), Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award (African American Credit Union Coalition) and The Wall St. Journal/Met Life Foundation Financial Inclusion Challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611937638971-YPMKG86TT4G74AL6RVEI/JohnFriedman2.jpg Speakers 2021 - John Friedman Keynote John N. Friedman is Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and a founding co-director of Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. His research brings together theory and data, harnessing the power of large administrative datasets to yield policy-relevant insights on a wide range of topics, including taxation, healthcare, and education quality. His work has appeared in top academic journals as well as in major media outlets. His most well-known papers estimate the long-term effects of teachers on student outcomes such as college attendance and earnings; in just one year, a great teacher can raise the lifetime earnings of a single class of students by nearly $1.5 million. This work was cited by President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union Address. Friedman has also worked as special assistant to the President for economic policy at the National Economic Council in the White House from 2013-2014. He holds a Ph.D. in economics, an AM in statistics, and a BA in economics, all from Harvard University. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611931053603-PV4PJ2M8UDXQVWQ38TY5/eric-rosengren-informal-portrait.jpg Speakers 2021 - Eric Rosengren Keynote Eric Rosengren is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. Eric is a participant in the Federal Open Market Committee, the monetary policymaking body of the United States. As CEO, Eric leads the Boston Fed’s work, which includes economic research and analysis, banking supervision and financial stability efforts, community economic development activities, and a wide range of payments, technology, and finance initiatives. Eric was appointed president in 2007 and has taken a rigorously data-driven approach in forming his views on the national and regional economy. His research and policy positions pay close attention to both aspects of the Fed’s dual mandate – labor market outcomes as well as price stability. Eric’s work as a researcher and now as a policymaker has often focused on financial stability issues and their impact on the real Main Street economy. He has led a number of efforts to expand the Boston Fed’s outreach and impact on low- and moderate-income communities – among them hosting sizable foreclosure- prevention workshops for New England residents during the Great Recession, and running a competition for postindustrial New England communities to develop cross-sector collaboration and ultimately help improve the lives of lower-income residents. Eric holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College, where he is the current chair of the board of trustees, and earned a master’s and doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612739315880-I76Z2AGYAPTXQ7GAEK5J/Emily_Chasan+headshot.jpg Speakers 2021 - Emily Chasan Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Transitioning to a Green Economy Emily Chasan is director of communications for Generate, where she leads internal and external communications. Generate is a leading diversified infrastructure company, which owns, operates and finances sustainable infrastructure in power, mobility and waste. Prior to the role, she was Sustainable Finance Editor at Bloomberg News, where she pioneered the news organization’s coverage of ESG, sustainability and impact investing. Recognized as a leading voice on green finance, Emily wrote and edited Bloomberg Green’s weekly Good Business newsletter on the frontiers of sustainable and responsible investing and is a regular speaker at ESG conferences and events. She was previously a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal's CFO Journal, and a senior correspondent at Reuters where she covered accounting, law, hedge funds, manufacturing, and the U.S. stock market. She led the wire service's team of bankruptcy reporters during the financial crisis from 2008 to 2010. Emily started her career as an intern in The Wall Street Journal's Dallas bureau. She graduated from Tufts University cum laude with a degree in Economics and International Relations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611929973477-RSC9XZ5D0VZTGTKTGMJH/062619-Gerhard+%26+Greg-cgap-PR-034-F+-+Gregory+Chen.jpg Speakers 2021 - Gregory Chen Panelist, Financial Services' Role in Inclusive Development Gregory Chen leads CGAP’s Policy team, which helps policy makers adapt to the fast-changing world of digital finance. This includes developing and executing a strategy to engage multiple countries, regions, and global bodies—and oversight of the work of more than a dozen staff and consultants. Gregory has 25 years of financial inclusion experience and deep regional experience in South Asia. His work has focused on hands-on start-up pioneer microfinance institutions, digital finance players, and FinTech. He has been part of forging new institutions and regulatory environments to support financial sectors. This includes work with the Aga Khan Development Network, BRAC, Telenor, and Dvara. He also has experience as a corporate banker at Bank of America and led the establishment of the financial services consulting firm Enclude in South Asia. Gregory is a frequent speaker and lecturer on microfinance and digital finance in academic circles at BRAC University, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Yale, and American University. He has been interviewed by BBC and quoted in the Economist. He has a Master’s degree in International Development from Harvard’s Kennedy School and an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613573454490-G6XHLY3RGEQ57HXERBFW/Anita+Davis+photo+2+-+Anita+Davis.jpg Speakers 2021 - Anita Davis Panelist, Future of Work: Rewiring Systems to Create Shared Prosperity Anita Davis has a broad track record in community, economic and workforce development programs and initiatives designed to improve the economic mobility of low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. Her extensive experience includes the administration of a variety of funding sources including federal, state, local and private grants. She is a workforce development expert with in-depth knowledge of labor market dynamics, occupational and skill demands, adult career training and workforce development policies, implementation, evaluation, and best practices. Anita will join Goodwill Industries of Missouri and Kansas on March 1st as Chief Mission Officer. Currently, Anita serves as Workforce Development Program Director for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) where her team leads regional education and workforce development initiatives such as GradForce KC, Regional Workforce Intelligence Network and KC Degrees. Prior to joining MARC Anita was the Assistant Director of Workforce Development for the City and County of Denver, Colorado where her tenure included leading the delivery of WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs and other regional workforce development initiatives. Ms. Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in African Studies from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in Public Administration and Urban Economic Development from the University of Missouri Kansas City where she was a Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613605579603-LVDDTUAO2ZHRC7BO3FIO/kate-cooney-sm.jpg Speakers 2021 - Kate Cooney Moderator, Future of Work: Rewiring Systems to Create Shared Prosperity Kate Cooney is a Senior Lecturer in social enterprise and management at the Yale School of Management. Her research uses institutional theory to study the intersection of business and social sectors. Current work focuses on the cross-country comparisons of new social business legal forms, corporate supply chain transparency, social return on investment methods and inclusive economic development strategies in the American city. To understand how hybrid organizations are shaped by commercial and institutional isomorphic pressures, she has studied commercialization in the nonprofit sector, social enterprise, workforce development programs, and the emergence of new social business legal forms. She has also written broadly about market based approaches to poverty alleviation the negotiation of competing institutional logics in social enterprise organizations. Projects underway include CitySCOPE podcast, a series examining inclusive economic development in American Cities (Listen to Season 1 Charting the Opportunity in Opportunity Zones) and a MacMillan Center funded grant titled Consumer Activism and Supply Chain Transparency: Anti-Slavery Movements in the United Kingdom and the United States. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale SOM, Dr. Cooney was on the faculty at Boston University teaching courses on nonprofit management, urban poverty and economic development, and community and organizational analysis. Kate Cooney currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613605438191-O4CP0VQMSNK7SXSNL7M7/Fitzpayne.jpg Speakers 2021 - Alastair Fitzpayne Panelist, Future of Work: Rewiring Systems to Create Shared Prosperity Alastair Fitzpayne serves as a Senior Fellow and Advisor at the Aspen Institute. He previously served as Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative. Prior to his work at the Aspen Institute, he served as Chief of Staff at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Secretary Sylvia Burwell. In addition to serving as Chief of Staff at HHS, Fitzpayne also held a number of senior roles at the Department of the Treasury during the Obama Administration, including Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. He has also served on Capitol Hill, in both the Senate and the House, as an economic advisor to Sen. Evan Bayh and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, respectively. He has also worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget and Abt Associates, a public policy consulting firm. Fitzpayne holds a BA from Vassar College and an MPP from the University of California-Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612739434940-CBXOKQCQSUX30P9NICIR/Amy+Francetic+Headshot.jpg Speakers 2021 - Amy Francetic Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Transitioning to a Green Economy Amy Francetic is a managing partner at Buoyant Ventures, a new Chicago-based venture fund that invests in digital climate solutions in North America. In 2009, she co-founded Clean Energy Trust, a technology accelerator that serves the Midwestern US and helps launch new clean energy companies. She led the accelerator as CEO until 2015, and continues to serve on its board of directors. Between Clean Energy Trust and Buoyant Ventures, she spent several years as managing partner at Energize Ventures, where she invested in digital solutions that drove affordability, reliability, and security in energy and industry. She holds a B.A. in psychology and political science from Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613063334894-HGHLBS5L0RA92S1YN4DW/Miriam+Freeman.png Speakers 2021 - Miriam Freeman Panelist, Financial Services' Role in Inclusive Development Miriam Freeman is passionate about financial health and inclusive economic development, which she brings to her role in JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy as part of the firmwide financial health strategy and $125MM philanthropic commitment. She has ten years of experience at the intersection of business and social impact and has lived and worked in Latin America, including three years in Santiago, Chile. She holds a Master of International Business from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a bachelor's degree in international affairs from The George Washington University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612739338085-DTJ2828SAB7ETXOYHS3A/Gillingham_headshot.jpg Speakers 2021 - Ken Gillingham Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Transitioning to a Green Economy Kenneth Gillingham is an Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University, with a primary appointment in the School of the Environment and secondary appointments in the Department of Economics and School of Management. In 2015-2016 he served as the Senior Economist for Energy and the Environment at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is an energy and environmental economist drawing from the fields of applied microeconomics, industrial organization, and energy modeling. His research examines the adoption of new energy technologies, energy efficiency, quantitative policy and program analysis, and climate change policy. He has published widely on consumer decisions in energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as on climate and energy policy. Outlets for his work have included Science, Nature, PNAS, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, RAND Journal of Economics, Quantitative Economics, Management Science, Marketing Science, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Environmental Economics & Management, and the Energy Journal. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and several foundations. Prior to joining Yale, was a Fulbright Fellow in New Zealand and a Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Before this, he worked at Resources for the Future and the integrated assessment modeling group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in Management Science & Engineering and Economics, as well as M.S. degrees in Statistics and Management Science & Engineering, from Stanford University. His undergraduate degree was an A.B. in Economics and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613588431837-2M3OFNMXZ8UW9P111ST6/headshot+-+c+i+m.jpg Speakers 2021 - Carolyn I. Gonzalez Panelist, CDFIs and Righting the Wrongs of Racial Wealth Exclusion Carolyn Gonzalez is the Community Development Officer at Capital for Change, CT's largest full-service Community Development Financial Institution. She has devoted most of her career to community and economic development having directed a variety of community and economic development programs and projects with ASPIRA of CT, Bridgeport Economic Development Corporation, State of CT Department of Economic and Community Development, and Community Capital Fund. Carolyn is a founding member and board member of the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network, serving as president from 2015-2019. GBLN has engaged thousands of Latinos in Connecticut through a variety of communications platforms, service collaborations, networking activities and educational programs. Carolyn attended the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, PR, holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Political Science) from the University of Bridgeport and an Interior Design Certificate from Fairfield University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613605780818-3XVNL2OXS6U19E8RFVDC/YMS3615_0184_A_Harper.jpg Speakers 2021 - Annie Harper Moderator, Financial Services' Role in Inclusive Development Annie Harper has a PhD from Yale University in cultural anthropology. She conducts research on how vulnerable populations, particularly low income people with mental illness, cope with poverty and financial difficulties, and how to support them in this area. She is particularly interested in understanding how the financial services and retail industries could better serve low income people generally, and people with mental illness in particular. She is committed to combining rigorous research with practical work that makes a difference now, to which end she works closely with the City of New Haven and the broader community’s efforts to provide support to low income residents struggling with financial difficulties. She is originally from the UK, but has lived for many years in New Haven with her husband, who is originally from Pakistan, and their three children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612739579685-55ITOUZFF5ZUFV0C3NBT/phil_headshots_3678_crop_1.jpeg Speakers 2021 - Phil Jordan Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Transitioning to a Green Economy Philip Jordan is the Vice-President of BW Research Partnership, leading the firm’s Massachusetts office. His work focuses on the impact of talent on economic prosperity and sustainable communities, and his personal passion is developing solutions that provide expanded opportunities for the most difficult to serve populations. Jordan has extensive experience studying the innovation economy, in particular, clean energy and ICT. He has authored dozens of reports including The Solar Foundation's annual Solar Jobs Census, the Natural Resource Defense Council's American Wind Farms Report, Solar and Wind Labor Market Analyses for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, statewide clean energy studies for nine states, and numerous local reports for workforce boards, community colleges, and municipalities. He recently published a book with El Sevier on the global solar industry. Phil has worked in private industry, academia, and government, including the California Community Colleges, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the United States Senate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612458242808-UOLH1XPX1JQCYUVHM945/Kirkwood+bio+pic+-+Amir+Kirkwood.jpg Speakers 2021 - Amir Kirkwood Panelist, CDFIs and Righting the Wrongs of Racial Wealth Exclusion Amir Kirkwood has more than 20 years of banking and economic development finance experience. He currently serves Opportunity Finance Network as Chief Lending and Investment Officer. In his capacity at OFN, Amir is responsible for management of OFNs $900 million of investments in CDFIs. Amir helps the firm raise capital to support long term financing needs of the CDFI industry. He is a member of the Investment Committee and Credit Review Committee where he assists the firm in risk and portfolio management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612457691961-OQYHU6FOY6AC1UWE35BR/Andrea+Levere+2016+Headshot+-+Andrea+Levere.jpg Speakers 2021 - Andrea Levere Moderator, CDFIs and Righting the Wrongs of Racial Wealth Exclusion Andrea Levere is President Emerita of Prosperity Now (formerly CFED), a private nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring that everyone can gain financial stability, build wealth and achieve prosperity. It designs and operates major national initiatives that aim to integrate financial capability services into systems serving low-income people, build assets and savings, close the racial wealth divide and advance research and policies that expands economy mobility for all. She stepped down in August 2019 after spending 15 years as President and 27 years with the organization and is now an Executive Fellow at the Yale School of Management, hosted by the International Center for Finance in partnership with the Program for Social Enterprise. In this role, Andrea is leading an initiative focused on expanding “Equitable Finance” for the nonprofit sector and recently authored the Blueprint for Enterprise Capital available at https://enterprisecapital.info. In 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Levere to the National Cooperative Bank’s (NCB) Board of Directors. She served as the Chair of the Community Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for 2019. She is a founding investor and the Chair of ROC USA, a national social venture that converts manufactured home parks into resident owned cooperatives. She was formerly a member of the FDIC’s Committee on Economic Inclusion, Morgan Stanley’s Community Development Advisory Board, and Capital One’s Community Advisory Council as well as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ms. Foundation for Women. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Yale University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611929914914-UACDOCQSU6LHUS8BQEP2/staff-photo_NievesE+-+Emanuel+Nieves.jpg Speakers 2021 - Emanuel Nieves Panelist, CDFIs and Righting the Wrongs of Racial Wealth Exclusion Emanuel Nieves is an Associate Director of Policy at Prosperity Now, where he works to inform and mobilize advocates across the country to push for policy change at the federal level that expands economic opportunity. He also leads Prosperity Now's work on predatory lending and coordinates the Assets Building Policy Network. Before joining Prosperity Now, he worked at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, where he coordinated LISC’s local office advocacy efforts in Washington, DC, and provided support on an array of housing and community development federal issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1611930044693-SQJP43JEP87WD7EBVZ80/Anett53%285%29+-+Hillar+Numa.jpg Speakers 2021 - Anett Numa Panelist, Financial Services' Role in Inclusive Development Having lived and studied in different countries, Anett has learned to appreciate living in a digital society. Anett believes that all processes and structures of public services should be accessible and simple for every single citizen. Based on her academic background in political science, Anett focuses on enhancing good cooperation between the public and private sector to create a comprehensive and supportive environment. Her goal as a Digital Transformation Adviser at the e-Estonia Briefing Centre is to explain the Estonian digitalisation experience and thus inspire leaders and decision-makers alike to create a better tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612279083797-FHS54I4D1KLT9BQXC5DV/HPHeadshot+-+Harold+Pettigrew.jpg Speakers 2021 - Harold Pettrigrew Panelist, CDFIs and Righting the Wrongs of Racial Wealth Exclusion As Wacif’s CEO, Harold Pettigrew leads one of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading Community Development Financial Institution’s focused on access to capital products and services, and capacity building technical assistance to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs of color. Harold has nearly 20 years of experience economic development. Prior to joining Wacif, he was the Director of Entrepreneurship for Prosperity Now, where he led its national efforts to advance policies and programs that increased business success for low-and moderate-income entrepreneurs throughout the country. From 2011 to 2013, Harold served as the fifth Director of Washington, D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development where he led the agency through an aggressive expansion of small business financing and program services. Confirmed unanimously by the City Council, Harold served as the city’s chief small business advocate, advising the Mayor on all programs, policies, and issues related to or affecting the local business community, and led the city’s agency responsible for supporting the development, economic growth, and retention of small businesses. Harold is 2020-2021 class of Leadership Greater Washington, 2017 OFN Opportunity Fellow, 2016 Common Future Local Economy Fellow, and 2015 Next City Vanguard. Harold has received numerous professional accolades including the 2016 Leadership Center for Excellence’s 40 Under Forty, 2016 NC State Alumni Association’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, Development Counsellors International’s inaugural 40 Under Forty in economic development 2013, and 2011 Envest Foundation’s Top 40 Under Forty award. Harold serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Enterprise Community Loan Fund, Common Future, and locally for the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED). In addition, Harold serves as a founding member of the Board of Directors for Entrepreneur Backed Asset (EBA) Fund, an innovative national initiative to increase liquidity and strengthen the capacity of from community-based financial institutions to expand lending to small businesses in low-income communities and those owned by people of color. Harold has a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University, and an undergraduate degree from NC State University, where he served as a member of the Board of Trustees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612739299858-Y2DGO3FFUS1JD8UCI3B8/Reicher+Headshot.jpg Speakers 2021 - Dan Reicher Panelist, Challenges and Opportunities Posed by Transitioning to a Green Economy Dan Reicher is a senior research scholar at the Stanford Woods Institute for Environment. He is also a partner at the Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Fund, a venture partner at Ridge-Lane Limited Partners and a distinguished associate at the Energy Futures Initiative. Reicher came to Stanford in 2011 as the executive director of Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance. Before coming to Stanford, he was the director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google. Reicher has worked for three U.S. presidents, including in the Clinton administration as assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, and as the Department of Energy's chief of staff. He was also an executive vice president Northern Power Systems and president of New Energy Capital. Reicher holds a B.A. in biology from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. He also studied at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and MIT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613341802223-YXQ02TZK3SV9OQRMTJBA/Alex+Swartsel+headshot+-+Alex+Swartsel.jpg Speakers 2021 - Alex Swartsel Panelist, Future of Work: Rewiring Systems to Create Shared Prosperity Alex Swartsel is Deputy Director, Acceleration at JFFLabs. In that role, she helps build and grow JFF’s emerging Impact Accelerator, which is transforming U.S. workforce and education systems by expanding access to innovative technologies that have the potential to revolutionize how Americans work and learn. Before joining JFF, Alex served as chief of development, finance, and external affairs for Teach for America’s Washington, DC, region, a role in which she oversaw fundraising, finance, and communications for a 22-person team supporting more than 3,000 educators and leaders. Earlier in her career, she served as a senior advisor to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, co-designed global strategic planning at the Motion Picture Association, and built and led the communications team for then-first-term U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Alex chairs the board of directors of Capital City Symphony. She is also a longtime member and current chorus president of the Choral Arts Society of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1612457903559-PE7DFDA7LO3S4YUN5T8N/0270-CalvinVinal+-+Calvin+Vinal.jpg Speakers 2021 - Calvin Vinal Calvin Vinal is a mission-focused leader with thirty-plus years of experience in commercial banking, nonprofit finance and real estate. In 2009, Cal joined Capital For Change (F.K.A. CT Housing Investment Fund – CHIF) as President & Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, C4C has grown from $10 million in assets to nearly $150 million, which included two mergers and the name change. C4C is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), as certified by the CDFI Fund, a Dept. of the US Treasury. C4C provides commercial and consumer financing for affordable housing, nonprofits, energy efficiency and clean energy, and is now restarting its small business lending. C4C also provides contract administration services to government entities other nonprofits, including providing loan servicing for more than 24,000 loans. Prior to joining C4C, Mr. Vinal held several executive positions at Webster Bank, including Vice President of Community Development & CRA/Fair Lending Officer, experiences from which he acquired a deep understanding of community and economic development lending. Cal graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern Maine in 1981, and in 1989 received certification from the Development Training Institute’s (DTI) National Internship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1613063805944-CLZSY1G3TVUPFSKBW6BH/JoshuaWinter+-+Joshua+Winter.jpg Speakers 2021 - Joshua Winters Panelist, Financial Services' Role in Inclusive Development Joshua Winter leads workforce development efforts on the Microsoft Philanthropies Digital Inclusion and Community Engagement team. His work is focused on ensuring people historically unreached and displaced by technology are equipped with the computing and AI skills to be employed in the digital economy. Central to this work is creating a skills-based labor market in which life-long learning is valued. Prior to joining Microsoft, Joshua led strategy for the New York City Department of Education creating its new theory of action to ensure all of the district’s 1,600 schools provide an equitable and excellent education to every one of its 1.1 million students. Prior to that, he implemented innovative workforce development initiatives to better connect local residents to emerging sectors at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City in Boston, and at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Joshua began his career as a counterperson at Dunkin Donuts and later went on to join Teach for America as a middle school math teacher in the Bronx, NY. A lifelong east coaster, Joshua and his family are continuing to acclimate to life in the Pacific Northwest and when not enjoying the outdoors he can be found searching for a good bagel or slice of pizza . https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/speakers-2022 daily 0.75 2022-02-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/t/61fea377c443042350cf4eec/1642976777958/ Speakers 2022 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/61edd42d1f188b0ab8583570/61edd609ee7ff04677d4e655/1642976777958/ Speakers 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642976934205-6E5F0J5OYTMLEJ6X6J8I/Preeti+Sinha.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Keynote Ms. Preeti Sinha is a globally experienced investment and development banker with a 30-year track record associated with raising and managing institutional public and private development capital. She served as CEO & President of FFD Financing for Development LLC, a specialist development finance firm in Geneva focusing on resource mobilization, donor relations, innovative capital markets, partnerships, strategy & business development and impact investment advisory to finance the UN SDGs. Preeti has also served as an advisor to the UN, International Organizations and Private Sector on mobilizing public and private finance for development. In her prior experiences, Preeti managed the YES Global Institute, a practicing private sector think-tank for socio-economic development in New Delhi. She has served in senior resource mobilization roles at the African Development Bank including a leading role in managing the ADF-13 Replenishment. She was a pioneering Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum working on bring public and private capital together. She has also led multicultural teams and worked in investment banking at HSBC, Rabobank, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan in London, Hong Kong, Mumbai and New York. Preeti is a Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Education alumna in Public Financial Management. She has a Masters in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum and a Masters in Public and Private Management (MPPM)/MBA from the Yale School of Management (SOM). She graduated from Dartmouth College with Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642977591187-KZE0W57R1FEW6YXQFSKT/KERR+Otho.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Otho Kerr, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact Investing at the Federal Reserve Board of New York Keynote Otho Kerr is charged with catalyzing capital providers to invest in underserved communities. Otho has helped to shape the impact investing sector as a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer for Encourage Capital and as Chief Investment Officer for Acumen. Otho has worked in finance for over 30 years, beginning with Goldman Sachs. He began his professional career as an attorney with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Otho received a BA from Dartmouth College, where he received the Barrett Cup, given to the outstanding senior and a JD from Harvard Law School. He was the first member of his class to receive the Dartmouth Alumni Award. Otho serves on the National Academy of Medicine’s Advisory Committee on the Culture of Health Program. Otho has served on numerous non-profit and corporate Boards. Otho enjoys running, skiing and travel and is an active member of the TED community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642978181391-EGFEXXQX6P0GPM3VF2ZQ/AdemBunkeddeko_headshot+-+Micco+Sarno.png Speakers 2022 - Adem Bunkeddeko, Coro New York Moderator, Race and Capital: Narrowing the racial wealth gap with community finance Adem is the Executive Director of Coro New York. He is tasked with leading a civic leadership organization that believes meaningful change comes from collaboration: people in business and communities, schools and unions, government and nonprofits, working together to find creative solutions and strengthen our democracy. Adem brings a unique combination of vision, energy, experience, and local expertise. Prior to Coro, he worked in a variety of managerial roles across the private, public, and social sectors and is a two-time candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Most recently, Adem served as senior advisor to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC) Project 10x—an initiative designed to upend the racial and opportunity gaps in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642978348843-KO5R92DFCRPBCN0ZFMPM/Allison%2BSquare+-+Allison+Kelly.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Allison Kelly, CEO of ICA Fund Panelist, Race and Capital: Narrowing the racial wealth gap with community finance Allison Kelly is deeply committed to fighting economic inequality through innovation and out-of-the box partnerships at ICA, a venture capital-certified non-profit CDFI, where she has been serving in the role of CEO since June 2019. Under Kelly’s leadership, ICA has more than doubled its net assets, its investments, number of companies served and revenues. Before joining ICA, Kelly was head of strategy and innovation at CDC Small Business Finance where she led the effort to bring on over $40million in new impact investments to fund non-SBA small business loan products. Prior to CDC, Allison spent seven years in various leadership positions at Pacific Community Ventures, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on helping small businesses thrive through affordable capital and free business coaching. Ms. Kelly serves on the Board of Goal 5, a women’s apparel company dedicated to gender equity in sport, and Mal Warwick Donor Digital. Additionally, Kelly serves on the Advisory Board of CNote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642978480371-LK5FWKE1Y0ROLR556KAY/BRUCE+KATZ+headshot+2018+-+Mary+Tredway.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Bruce Katz, Drexel University Panelist, From Legislation to Laying Foundations: How the Infrastructure Act can connect 21st century America Bruce Katz is the Founding Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Previously he served as inaugural Centennial Scholar at Brookings Institution and as vice president and director of Brooking’s Metropolitan Policy Program for 20 years. He is a Visiting Professor in Practice at London School of Economics, and previously served as chief of staff to the secretary of Housing and Urban Development and staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs. Katz co-led the Obama administration’s housing and urban transition team. He is coauthor of The Metropolitan Revolution and The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism, editor or coeditor of several books on urban and metropolitan issues, and a frequent media commentator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642978760171-DRXU9IMYWDJEET58DJNT/David+McGee+Bio+Picture+-+David+Mcgee.jpeg Speakers 2022 - David McGee, Build Wealth Minnesota Panelist, Race and Capital: Narrowing the racial wealth gap in community finance David McGee is a Business Administration Graduate, who is considered an emerging leader in his community who has spent over 38 years in the Banking and Financial Services field. He has worked in the affordable housing, residential lending and the Secondary Market Investment industry for much of his career including 5 years auditing failed banks and savings & loan thrifts across the country during the late 80s & 90s. He has spent many years serving and empowering members of his community, serving on boards and working with various community organizations. David is the founder and current Executive Director of Build Wealth Minnesota (BWMN); which is a 501c3 non-profit designated as a Community Development Financial Institution by the US Department of Treasury. Since 2004 BWMN has worked to help thousands of families become self-sufficient and build assets while attaining sustainable social and economic wealth. David has been training underserved populations in financial literacy education for over 20 years in addition to developing and administering culturally sensitive courses in Credit Awareness, Mortgage Underwriting, Loan Origination, Homeownership education etc. He has been certified locally and nationally in several capacities including housing development, loan origination, homebuyer education, financial literacy, credit counseling and other social leadership roles. David is housing developer and has been engaged collaborative efforts to design, engineer and develop affordable housing in Minneapolis and works alongside multifamily and mixed use developers in the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Collaborative (HOMECO). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642978940477-Q4AT9I8WFGDWYLRVPYMT/Gernot+%282%29+-+Gernot+Laganda.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Gernot Laganda, World Food Program Panelist, Green Futures: Market driven innovation for climate and food security in sub-Saharan Africa Gernot Laganda is leading the Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programs at the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP). He supports WFP Country Offices and the governments they serve to understand the effects of climate change on food security, develop strategic initiatives to reduce climate risks in food systems, and make innovative risk financing instruments work for vulnerable communities. Gernot joined WFP from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), where he managed the world’s largest climate change adaptation program for smallholder farmers. A geoscientist by training, Gernot spent the past 20 years working at the nexus between disaster management and sustainable development - holding posts with NGOs supporting disaster relief and reconstruction projects in Afghanistan and Tajikistan; serving as Humanitarian Program Specialist with the Austrian Development Agency; and managing climate and environmental programs with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in South Africa and the Asia/Pacific region. Gernot holds a M.Eng. degree in Applied Geosciences, an MA degree in Public Policy, and Postgraduate Diplomas in Disaster Management and International Development Cooperation. He is a Yale 2016 Greenberg World Fellow at Yale University. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642979130029-OEB9JX5EZI2SKNQKG5WF/Cunha+Profile+New+%282%29+-+J+C.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Jim Cunha, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Panelist, The future of fintech and financial inclusion Jim Cunha is the Executive Vice President and Interim COO at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. His entire career has focused on the interrelationship of payments, security, technology and innovation. Cunha is the interim COO as the Fed looks to replace its recent President who retired early due to health reasons. Cunha leads the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payment efforts, which seeks to reduce fraud in the U.S. payments system through collaboration with industry participants. Cunha is also spearheading the Boston Fed’s efforts to study distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, to determine potential benefits and risks in financial services for internal and external uses. He is also responsible for the Bank’s technology research related to central bank digital currencies (CBDC), including a joint research effort with MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. Cunha has worked at the Boston Fed since 1984. Prior to that, he worked at Fleet National Bank. He holds a bachelor’s in accounting and philosophy from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s in computer science from Rhode Island College. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642979517070-RIPYUI7AT9RR7KJ0F2UO/Schmid.jpg Speakers 2022 - Laura Schmid, International Labour Organization Panelist, Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Laura Schmid is the Skills and Employability Specialist for North Africa and the Horn of Africa for the ILO based in Cairo, Egypt. She supports 11 different countries including the Maghreb with regards to skills development. Prior to this position, she has worked for the German Development Cooperation GIZ as Employment Advisor in Egypt and as Migration and Employment Advisor in Jordan focusing on the Syrian crisis response. Laura holds a BSC. in International Economics and Development from Bayreuth University Germany and a MSC in International Relations from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642980165877-OEFJFB9ZB1Y3FLQSJE4A/Matthew+Davie+headshot+-+Matthew+Davie.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Mathew Davie, Kiva Panelist, The future of fintech and financial inclusion Matthew Davie is Chief Strategy Officer at Kiva, a global non-profit focused on bringing financial inclusion to the world’s unbanked populations. In this role, he leads new initiatives that bring emerging technologies to vulnerable populations around the world. Additionally, Matthew is a board member at Diem and a senior advisor at the Linux Foundation, the World Economic Forum, and ID2020. Prior to Kiva, he was an executive at multiple technology companies in the data, entertainment, and gaming sectors. Matthew earned a B.S. from the University of California at Davis and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642980817460-MX5SSTKS7MRBQLOWTDTJ/Michelle_LIFT_National1+-+jack+Rod.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Michelle Rhone-Collins, LIFT Panelist, Race and Capital: Narrowing the racial wealth gap with community finance Michelle’s career has been defined by standing up for equity and access for disenfranchised individuals and communities. Prior to joining LIFT, Michelle spent nearly 20 years leading youth and community development efforts in New York and Los Angeles. Michelle joined LIFT in 2012 as the Founding LIFT-Los Angeles Executive Director where she seeded many of the program innovations that are now core to LIFT’s nationwide program model, including the focus on an intergenerational approach to breaking the cycle of poverty, the integration of financial coaching into traditional supports, and giving cash directly to members. After serving as LIFT’s Chief Cities Officer overseeing all of LIFT’s regional operations, in 2019, Michelle was promoted to and now serves as LIFT’s Chief Executive Officer. Michelle LIFTs because she believes in the transformative power of “hope, money and love” – her signature take on LIFT’s special sauce. Her own parents loved her fiercely and instilled in her the notion that she could do and be anything she wanted. She fully understands that this firm belief and investment in her possibility provided a buffer against socioeconomic inequity. It is an honor for her to pass on this transformative power of love, backed by rigor and dedication, to populations historically marginalized and unjustly overburdened by stigma, isolation, and disregard. Michelle is a sought-after public speaker and thought leader whose has been featured in SSIR, Variety magazine, LA Magazine, NPR’s Marketplace, and the 2018 United State of Women Summit, amongst others. She is a Senior Fellow at both the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab at the USC Marshall School of Business, a Promise Venture Fellow, and part of the inaugural class of ProInspire’s Catalyst Collective of BIPOC nonprofit executives across the country, Michelle resides in Los Angeles and is the proud mother of two beautiful children who are her ultimate source of motivation and inspiration. She loves them fiercely! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642980946949-M0PV8JRD07LSFSVHL1OU/Nate+Loewentheil+headshot+-+Personal+Assistant+Loewentheil.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Nate Loewentheil, Commonweal Venturyes Moderator, From Legislation to Laying Foundations: How the Infrastructure Act can connect 21st century America Nate Loewentheil is an investor, social entrepreneur, and nationally recognized public policy expert. Nate is the founder and managing partner of Commonweal Ventures, a VC firm investing in leading companies in the sectors of sustainability, transportation and infrastructure, and the urban environment. Nate is also an adjunct Professor at Yale University, where he teaches a course on Technology and the American City. Previously, Nate served in the Obama White House as a Special Assistant to the President at the National Economic Council, where he advised President Obama on urban policy, transportation, and emerging technologies. Nate is the founder of numerous successful social enterprises, including Baltimore Homecoming, the Millennial Action Project and the Roosevelt Network. He is a former Forbes 30 under 30 and Aspen Ideas Fellow. He has published major national reports on topics ranging from small business policy to the politics of climate change. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, and Fast Company, among many other outlets. Nate holds both a BA and JD from Yale. He lives with his wife in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643123372817-FTDNZX8FW64P8HVOD3FU/01a789a48d62488f8aed802c18e96ae47868aead9e+-+Reed+Hundt.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Reed Hundt, Coalition for Green Capital Panelist, From Legislation to Laying Foundations: How the Infrastructure Act can connect 21st century America Hundt is the CEO and co-founder of the Coalition for Green Capital, a non-profit engaged in the creation of green banks in the United States and internationally, and Making Every Vote Count, a non-profit advocating to make the national popular vote relevant to selecting the President. He was also on the board of Intel Corporation 2001-20. He was a senior adviser to the law firm, Covington, in Washington, D.C., from 2014 to 2019, and lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and Portola Valley, California. Hundt graduated from Yale College in 1969 and the Yale Law School in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1642983321232-BGL3YX8UMLDW2FVZL8CA/DesRoches_Photo+-+Claudia+Villar-Leeman.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Susanne Desroches, NYC Office of Climate & Sustainability/NYC Office of Climate Resiliency Panelist, From Legislation to Laying Foundations: How the Infrastructure Act can connect 21st century America Susanne DesRoches is the Deputy Director for Infrastructure and Energy at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency and Mayor’s Office of Climate & Sustainability. She is responsible for the City’s energy policy and regulatory affairs at the local, state, and federal levels, and directs the City’s efforts to transition to 100% clean electricity by 2040. Susanne leads the City’s long-term energy planning efforts, which center rapid decarbonization while prioritizing a just and affordable energy transition for all New Yorkers. Susanne also directs the City’s policies and programs designed to adapt regional infrastructure systems to climate change, including electric, gas, and transportation systems. She leads the City’s efforts to ensure climate resiliency is integrated into utility and bulk power system planning, and oversees the development of the NYC Climate Resiliency Design Guidelines. Susanne also leads the NYC Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, which works to identify climate risks and coordinate adaptation strategies, and is a chapter author for the fourth National Climate Assessment. Susanne was previously the Chief of Resilience and Sustainability for the Engineering Department at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. She holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University. Susanne is on the faculty of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and School of Professional Studies. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643123110225-O9QRL7NEKYZOXKHY7PNM/Korberg+Headshot+1+-+close+crop+-+Rachel+Korberg.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Rachel Korberg, Families and Workers Fund Panelist, Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Rachel Korberg is the Executive Director and a co-founder of the Families and Workers Fund, a coalition of twenty diverse philanthropies working together to build a more equitable economy in the United States. Originally established in April 2020 to respond to the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, today the $52 million fund makes grants and builds strategic partnerships to advance good jobs and deliver equitable, effective public benefits. Previously, Rachel led grant making portfolios at the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation and also worked in impact investing and global development. She is currently President of the Board of the Stonewall Community Foundation, and her commentary has appeared in, or her work has been profiled by, the Washington Post, Fortune, TechCrunch, PBS, Newsweek, and more. Rachel has a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from Yale University, executive training from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a BA from Tufts University. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643123272777-PZK8IPJIONAEF8E65Q88/Smita+June2021+-+Smita+Aggarwal.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Smita Aggarwal, Flourish Ventures Panelist, The future of fintech and financial inclusion Listed in “Top 35 Global Women in Fintech Powerlist”, ‘Top Women in Finance’, “Top 30 Fintech Influencers” and “Women Who Venture”, Smita Aggarwal is a fintech investor and a thought leader with deep expertise in venture capital, financial inclusion, digital banking, micro-insurance and financial regulation. In her role with Flourish Ventures, a global fintech focused fund, she leads investments in innovative fintech start-ups that help advance financial health and inclusion in Asia. She is on the Fintech Advisory Board of New York University and Global Fintech Fest. She is a member of the Board of Directors of IIFL Asset Management Company. She is a guest faculty for “Fintech in Emerging Markets” at the Stern School of Business, New York University. She has three decades of experience in finance as a banker, lender, regulator and an investor that have enriched her with unparalleled domain expertise, unique perspective and empathy for fintech founders. She has held leadership positions with noteworthy names such as Omidyar Network, Fullerton India Credit, Reserve Bank of India and ICICI Bank with a successful track record of building businesses from scratch, introducing new products, and driving growth through innovation. She is a rank-holder chartered accountant and has attended executive programs at Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643237503645-7FKWO589JB8QLOMUHYJJ/El-Raghy_Pic+-+Tamer+El-Raghy.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Tamer El-Raghy, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund Panelist, Green Futures: Market driven innovation for climate and food security in sub-Saharan Africa "Tamer El-Raghy is the Founding MD of the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF); a $58 million impact Agri VC fund and the world’s first equity fund designed to build the climate adaptation of African smallholder farmers utilizing blended finance. Tamer has more than 20 years of private equity, venture capital, M&A, entrepreneurial, and innovation experience in Africa, the Middle East, the United States, and Europe. Prior to joining ARAF, Tamer was with responsAbility AG as head of the Agri & Food PE Fund in Africa where he co-led the structuring, due diligence, and closing of transactions that impacted 35,000 smallholder farmers. Before responsAbility AG, he led Cargill’s growth strategy and M&A activities in Africa with a focus on animal nutrition, animal protein, and commodities value chains in Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Zambia, and Ghana, impacting 50,000 smallholders. Tamer started his career as a materials engineer, where he co-invented a new class of materials, held 9 patents, and founded 3-ONE-2 LLC, as a joint venture, commercializing the technology for both civilian and defense applications. Tamer earned an MBA from the New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business , a PhD in Materials Engineering from Drexel University, and a BSc in Metallurgical Engineering from Cairo University. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643237891234-SPBWY45MKQE6Y2Q6KWPV/WhatsApp+Image+2022-01-26+at+12.46.55+PM+-+Desmond+Koney.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Desmond Koney, Complete Farmer Panelist, Green Futures: Market driven innovation for climate and food security in sub-Saharan Africa Desmond is the Founder and CEO of Complete Farmer Inc. Complete Farmer is an end-to-end platform connecting industries with commercial precision agriculture produce on demand to meet their production needs and specifications. Complete Farmer's aim is to digitize the agriculture value chain in Africa to make it more competitive and efficient. A mechanical engineer and product designer with interests in process optimization, product development and strategy development and implementation and challenging old norms to problem solving. With a firm belief that better products and processes improve livelihood with a contrarian and pragmatic approach, I like to explore possible design solution to Africa’s pressing challenges. I am also interested in mechanical product design, IoT, Artificial intelligence, agriculture and renewable energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643238090474-QATK48V8EU0RLVFXRWK0/Kathy+Mannes-+Original+Photo++-+Kathryn+Mannes.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Kathy Mannes, JFF Panelist, Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Kathryn Jo Mannes is vice president, impact partnerships, at JFF. She helps catalyze partnerships and programs that further JFF’s mission and impact in the field. Kathy identifies educational and employment needs and crafts solutions to address those needs. She builds and promotes public and private partnerships to reimagine and scale opportunities that benefit companies, communities, and individuals. She is a dot-connector, with a wide range of corporate, education, government, and community contacts,. Currently, she is proud to be working with companies and organizations including Google, Salesforce, IBM, McDonald's, Verizon, SHRM, and AARP that are investing in a diverse and equitable workforce strategy. Before joining JFF, Kathy worked at the U.S. Department of Labor, where she launched the Center for Workforce and Industry Partnerships. Peviously, she served as senior vice president for workforce and economic development at the American Association of Community Colleges and as the managing director of workforce development at the National Retail Federation Foundation. She has also worked at Dusco Community Services, the Council for Adult Education and Learning, and American University. Kathy is a member of the board of the Center for Employment Opportunities. She previously served on the Workforce Investment Board of Montgomery County, Maryland, and on the board of the National Center for Children and Families. She speaks on the opportunities and challenges in a changing economy and world of work. Kathy says she looks for new ways to push systems, investors, and other stakeholders to combine efforts and resources. Her goal is to change the paradigm of how we prepare for and think about work by taking risks and putting ideas into action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643661997749-5MCBQKQFKK4A85Q8VY70/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Kevin Donovan, Yale School of Management Moderator, Green Futures: Market driven innovation for climate and food security in sub-Saharan Africa Kevin Donovan is an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management. His work focuses on economic development, with a particular focus on the role of market access on rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Before coming to Yale, he was an assistant professor of economics and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Arizona State University and a B.S. in mathematics from Bentley College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1643662838974-0CE0T9MSWKGEAW5T83F8/Thomas+Abell.png Speakers 2022 - Thomas Abell, Asian Development Bank Panelist, The future of fintech and financial inclusion Thomas is leading ADB’s Digital Technology for Development Unit, which is tasked with facilitating the effective use of digital technology in ADB programs to improve development impact. He has over 20 years of professional experience in digital technology, including software development, systems architecture and technology strategy. During his 10+ years of experience in international development, he has worked extensively across Asia, Africa and Latin America, working with governments, development organizations, NGOs and corporations. He has authored several publications on the use of technology in development with leading organizations, including Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Cash Learning Partnership, and Mastercard. Prior to ADB, he worked for Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), leading ADP’s programs in Digital Technology for Development and Financial Inclusion. He has specific development expertise in financial inclusion, education, and agriculture. Prior to joining Accenture in 2005, he served various management and technical roles in information technology and strategy for large multinationals, including Hewlett Packard, Motorola, and Ford Motor Company. He is an American national and holds a Master of Science degree from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); a Master of Science from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT; a Master of Science from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering degree from MIT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1644069270480-UPILVJV6QY3D5IHZ8RR1/8370A99A-B641-45FB-8326-E98B798F7035.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Xavier Faz, CGAP Moderator, The future of fintech and financial inclusion Mr. Faz heads CGAP’s work on business model innovation. He has worked more than twenty years in development, digital finance and technology and has extensive experience leading experimental programs with early-stage businesses testing the use of emerging technologies for financial inclusion. He has worked with leading providers in the digital finance space in Africa and Asia on agent networks, digital payments, and pay-as-you-go models for off-grid solar energy. Mr. Faz has worked in financial sector development in several countries in Latin America and oversees CGAP’s work in that region. Before joining CGAP, Mr. Faz worked with the government of Mexico implementing its public policy to regulate the financial cooperative sector and developed a business unit in a government development bank to provide core banking and card switching services to the microfinance sector in that country. He worked in management consulting with McKinsey & Co. in Mexico and Central America, helping corporates in the private sector launch technology initiatives to grow their businesses in the retail, FMCG, and banking sectors. He is an engineer by training and focused the early part of his career in software development in the energy and steel sectors. He worked for Schlumberger Wireline in Algeria and spent time working with startups in Mexico and Silicon Valley. He has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and an Engineering degree from ITESM in Mexico. He is a native from Mexico and currently lives in Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1644069768058-7OZ52XWQYSNHAI5XUYEY/F0B17A46-ED3B-4427-B7C9-443B5F9FDBA6.jpeg Speakers 2022 - Seung Kim, LISC Panelist, Race and Capital: Narrowing the racial wealth gap with community finance As the Vice President of LISC’s Economic Development Programs, Seung leads the strategy and expansion of LISC’s national workforce and asset building initiatives, and supports the operations and development of LISC’s growing network of business development organizations. Under her leadership, LISC has employed a community-focused and data-driven approach to pilot, test, and scale promising programs. Prior to joining the national LISC staff in 2012, she worked as a consultant with LISC Chicago on its Centers for Working Families (she was a CWF financial coach on the Near West Side earlier in 2006) and with the national office on Financial Opportunity Centers. Earlier, Kim was a Vice President, Fixed Income Analytics, for ANB Financial Group in Chicago and was an Associate, Trading and Analytics, for Performance Trust Companies. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University and a master’s of business administration from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/home-mentor daily 0.75 2022-12-21 https://www.yaleeconomicdevelopment.com/speakers-2024 daily 0.75 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706531027694-73211Z2FUUKG4YB6D0XB/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Kylie Patterson, Chief Opportunity & Inclusion Officer, CHIPS Program Office Keynote Speaker Kylie Patterson is a Biden-Harris appointee and leading expert in economic inclusion. She is currently working to ensure that $50 billion in federal spending, under the CHIPS & Science Act to spur domestic semiconductor manufacturing, uplifts economically disadvantaged communities and individuals through equitable workforce development, supplier diversity, and community investment. Kylie also has extensive experience on Capitol Hill, serving both on the Senate Small Business Committee and House Financial Services Committee. During her tenure, she successfully drafted legislation that would lead to the reauthorization and extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, as well as the codification of the Minority Business Development Agency. With over 15 years directing multi-million-dollar programs, investigations, and evaluations to address racial, gender and wealth inequality at Johns Hopkins University & Health System, the Pew Charitable Trusts, AFL-CIO, the City of Minneapolis and Prosperity Now she serves as a keynote speaker regularly. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African American Studies from Temple University, where she was awarded a Truman Scholarship and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706530694338-NU1DNKFVFFL3PY2Z4PMZ/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Kylie Patterson, Chief Opportunity & Inclusion Officer, CHIPS Program Office Keynote Speaker Kylie Patterson is a Biden-Harris appointee and leading expert in economic inclusion. She is currently working to ensure that $50 billion in federal spending, under the CHIPS & Science Act to spur domestic semiconductor manufacturing, uplifts economically disadvantaged communities and individuals through equitable workforce development, supplier diversity, and community investment. Kylie also has extensive experience on Capitol Hill, serving both on the Senate Small Business Committee and House Financial Services Committee. During her tenure, she successfully drafted legislation that would lead to the reauthorization and extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, as well as the codification of the Minority Business Development Agency. With over 15 years directing multi-million-dollar programs, investigations, and evaluations to address racial, gender and wealth inequality at Johns Hopkins University & Health System, the Pew Charitable Trusts, AFL-CIO, the City of Minneapolis and Prosperity Now she serves as a keynote speaker regularly. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African American Studies from Temple University, where she was awarded a Truman Scholarship and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706531027694-73211Z2FUUKG4YB6D0XB/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Kylie Patterson, Chief Opportunity & Inclusion Officer, CHIPS Program Office Keynote Speaker Kylie Patterson is a Biden-Harris appointee and leading expert in economic inclusion. She is currently working to ensure that $50 billion in federal spending, under the CHIPS & Science Act to spur domestic semiconductor manufacturing, uplifts economically disadvantaged communities and individuals through equitable workforce development, supplier diversity, and community investment. Kylie also has extensive experience on Capitol Hill, serving both on the Senate Small Business Committee and House Financial Services Committee. During her tenure, she successfully drafted legislation that would lead to the reauthorization and extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, as well as the codification of the Minority Business Development Agency. With over 15 years directing multi-million-dollar programs, investigations, and evaluations to address racial, gender and wealth inequality at Johns Hopkins University & Health System, the Pew Charitable Trusts, AFL-CIO, the City of Minneapolis and Prosperity Now she serves as a keynote speaker regularly. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African American Studies from Temple University, where she was awarded a Truman Scholarship and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706531131343-5FHIB7O1TT8UBFUVK86K/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Prabal Chakrabarti, Executive Vice President, Regional and Community Outreach Department at the Boston Fed Keynote Speaker Prabal Chakrabarti is an Executive Vice-President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in the Regional and Community Outreach department, with a mission to improve the economic well-being of low and moderate income people. He oversees a department that focuses on three main pillars: (1) revitalizing smaller cities and rural areas through the Working Cities Challenge and Working Communities Challenge; (2) improving household financial stability for all, especially by race and ethnicity; and (3) increasing employment opportunities by improving the quality of jobs and enhancing access to quality, affordable child care. Previously, Prabal was at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, where he led a research effort to measure economic competitiveness in America’s inner cities. He served in the U.S. Treasury in economic policy and he co-wrote a UNDP report Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor. Prabal holds graduate degrees from MIT and Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.S. from the University of Illinois, where he was a Truman Scholar. He serves on the boards of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and the Conservation Law Foundation, and chairs the Marshall Scholar Regional Selection Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706533823640-AHYY8LGDT3NF3MZ39F4J/Andrea+Levere_headshot+3.jpg Speakers 2024 - Andrea Levere, Founding CEO, Capitalize Good Moderator: Keynote Panel Andrea Levere is the founder and CEO of Capitalize Good and a Transforming the Social Sector through Enterprise Capital and Social Enterprise Fellow at the Yale School of Management. In this role, Andrea has drafted the Blueprint for Enterprise Capital to scale the delivery of “philanthropic equity” for nonprofits and social ventures to build financial strength and resilience and reduce the racial wealth gap in the nonprofit sector. She is President Emerita of Prosperity Now, an organization that designs and operates major national initiatives to integrate financial capability services into systems serving low-income people, build assets and savings, close the racial wealth divide and advance research and policies that expands economy mobility for all. She is a founding investor and Chair of ROC USA, a national social venture that converts manufactured home parks into resident owned cooperatives. She is Vice Chair of the Scale Link, a CDFI that manages loan sales while creating a secondary market for the nation’s largest microlenders and Chair of Rochdale Capital, an emerging CDFI financing coops and community-based businesses. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Yale University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706531818965-TYKL5PJ8GV2PI26K2Q9M/RobHotaling.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Robert Hotaling, Senior Advisor & Federal Programs Director, DECD Panelist: Building State Capability Robert Hotaling was named Deputy Commissioner and Chief Investment Officer of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) in February of 2023. In this role, he drives public investment in statewide economic development efforts including commercial real estate projects, public-private partnerships, and performance-based tax incentives for employers. As CIO, he will maximize the return on the state’s investments by ensuring that public spending catalyzes private activity. Prior to joining DECD, Rob was Senior Managing Director Enterprise Engineering and Head of Digital Delivery at Webster Bank. His extensive background includes Founder & CEO at Verbi, Vice President of Cloud & Mobile at Kitchen Brains, Director of Mobile Solutions at Walker Digital, IT Solution and Mobile Application Architect & Managing Consultant at IBM GBS, and Chief Technology Officer at Supply Insight. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and master of community service from the University of Connecticut, and professional certifications in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Leadership & Strategy Implementation from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708977546271-DC91BB2X2G8IGX0G657T/Katie-Newcombe-Headshot_sm-300x300+-+Ash+Duong.jpg Speakers 2024 - Katie Newcombe, Chief Economic Development Officer, Center for Economic Growth Panelist: Building State Capability Katie has more than a decade of economic development experience, spanning multiple states, public, private, and non-profit sectors. She currently leads CEG’s business attraction and expansion activities; directs and implements strategies for entrepreneurship, growth, workforce, and talent. Prior to joining CEG, she led economic development for National Grid in the Capital Region. At Capitalize Albany Corporation, Katie helped manage business development and Downtown Albany’s Revitalization Plan. Before moving to the Capital Region, Newcombe served as Northwest Region Director, where she led business attraction and expansion efforts on behalf of the Department of Community and Economic Development and Governor in a 12-county region of Pennsylvania. Newcombe received dual BS degrees in economics and finance and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706531498375-WIJXJI9TLIIAT0KYWF7H/image-asset.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Ryan Dings, Founding Chief Executive Officer, ClimateHaven Panelist: Building State Capability Ryan serves as the founding Chief Executive Officer of ClimateHaven, a passionate community of climate technology companies and those supporting them. Rooted in New Haven, CT, ClimateHaven provides incubation, targeted programming, and valuable networks to climate tech entrepreneurs working to build and scale the technologies we need to decarbonize the planet. In addition to his role at ClimateHaven, Ryan is a venture partner for Connecticut Innovations’ new $100M ClimateTech Fund, designed to invest capital and strategic support in early-stage companies whose technologies will address the many challenges climate change presents. Prior to these roles, Ryan served as the Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Greentown Labs, North America’s largest climate tech incubator with locations in Somerville, MA, and Houston, TX. Before joining Greentown Labs, Ryan served as the Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Sunwealth. There he helped launch the Solar Impact Fund, which invested in the development and long-term ownership of commercial solar projects throughout the United States. Ryan also served on the executive team of venture-backed prefab home builder Blu Homes and has advised numerous early-stage clean tech and building tech companies over the past 15 years. Before launching into clean technology, Ryan started his career practicing commercial real estate law in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ryan holds graduate degrees in law from Wake Forest University School of Law, in design, from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a BA from UNC-Chapel Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706532114740-RJB4EX6W7OTZVGROZ9BP/Kate+Cooney.jpg Speakers 2024 - Kate Cooney, Senior Lecturer, Yale School of Management Moderator: Building State Capability Kate Cooney is a Senior Lecturer in Social Enterprise and Management at the Yale School of Management. She has Ph.D. and MSW from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. She grew up in Washington DC in the 1970s and 1980s. The stark economic differences between neighborhoods in the D.C. of that era inspired a deep interest and curiosity about cities, inequality, racial injustice and American history as it pertains to current urban landscapes. Professor Cooney teaches classes at Yale on social enterprise and nonprofit management, and on urban poverty and inclusive economic development in the United States. Current work focuses on the welfare outputs of new social business legal forms, power and inequality in urban governance networks, and inclusive economic development strategies in the American city. She is the founder of the Inclusive Economic Development Lab at the Yale School of Management and the CitySCOPE podcast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706532366467-2YL4CA37PIQ7V3C8DDAS/ckilingsworth.jpg Speakers 2024 - Cristina Killingsworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Affairs, US EDA Panelist: Inclusive Prosperity Cristina Killingsworth serves as EDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Affairs, responsible for EDA’s national programs, including Tech Hubs, Recompete, the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, and the Good Jobs Challenge, legislative and public affairs, and the policy portfolio. Earlier in the Biden-Harris administration, Cristina served as Chief of Staff for the International Trade Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cristina helped launch and was Vice President at WestExec Advisors, a geopolitical strategic advisory firm. In her prior government service, she was Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Director for Strategic Planning at the White House National Security Council, Director for African Affairs at the NSC, and an Examiner in the International Affairs Division of the White House Office of Management and Budget. She started her career as a staffer in the Massachusetts State Senate. Cristina holds a Master of Arts in international affairs from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts in humanities and Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706533035791-GJJE3HVPQUK0MTLLLOAP/fmckinney.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Frederick McKinney, Co-founder, BJM Solutions Panelist: Inclusive Prosperity Dr. Fred McKinney is the co-founder of BJM Solutions, LLC, an economic consulting firm focused on supplier diversity and minority business development. He previously held the Carlton Highsmith Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University, teaching and promoting entrepreneurship. Dr. McKinney has an extensive academic background, serving as a professor at Brandeis University and the University of Connecticut, and starting successful ventures in the coffee industry. As President and CEO of the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council, he significantly expanded the organization. He later became the managing director of minority business programs at the Tuck School of Business and has held leadership roles in various prestigious boards. Dr. McKinney holds a B.A. from UCLA and a Ph.D. from Yale, with policy experience at the Rand Corporation and the White House Council of Economic Advisers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706533487401-J954M1EOEKKKGPIPSHUU/jackie+mandyck.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Jackie Mandyck, Executive Director, iQuilt Partnership Panelist: Inclusive Prosperity Jackie Mandyck has a comprehensive background in leadership, community development, and governmental relations. Currently serving as the Executive Director of the iQuilt Partnership since January 2011, she leads key initiatives for the iQuilt Plan and the Hartford400, a regional plan celebrating Hartford's 400th anniversary in 2035. Before this, she was a Community Development Administrator at the State of Connecticut, managing housing and community development operations, including a $30 million budget. Jackie also served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection in Connecticut, where she managed a 160-person agency, oversaw an $11 million budget, and initiated cost-saving technology upgrades. Her earlier roles include being the Director of the Office of Community and Institutional Relations at Trinity College - Hartford, where she fostered relationships with various community stakeholders and executed significant projects like the Learning Corridor Campus. Jackie also worked in Government Relations at Rural/Metro Corporation. She holds a Law & Public Policy degree from Syracuse University and an MBA from the University at Albany, SUNY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706533656960-CRRU83WZ1P5LESXJHCYV/kevin+donovan.png Speakers 2024 - Kevin Donovan, Associate Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management Moderator: Inclusive Prosperity Kevin is an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management and Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. He works in the fields of economic growth and development, with current work focusing on the relationship between labor markets frictions and economic growth and the importance of rural infrastructure in developing countries. He has conducted field work in Kenya, Nicaragua, Rwanda, and Uganda and his research has appeared in leading economic journals, including Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies, among others. In addition to his academic affiliations, he co-leads the Agriculture Program at the Structural Change and Economic Growth Consortium (STEG), an FCDO-funded research initiative to design and implement strategies that facilitate growth in developing countries. He has worked as an external consultant for the International Labor Organization on the “Future of Work” in developing countries and for the World Bank on a variety of topics including microenterprise growth and infrastructure development. He is also affiliated with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the Yale Economic Growth Center, the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE). At SOM, he teaches the core class “The Global Macroeconomy” along with an elective “Market Failures and Economic Policy in Developing Countries” and an International Experience course, which includes a trip to Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708552541509-X5PMJBBBEJ1Z3KUNRXJA/chris+berry+-+david+kilroy.jpg Speakers 2024 - Chris Berry, President and CEO, OhioX Panelist: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems OhioX is a member-based organization with representation from Fortune 500 companies, universities, research organizations, startups, and tech-focused businesses. The work of OhioX centers around connecting, promoting, and advocating for tech and innovation in Ohio. Previously, Chris served as the Chief of Staff and Director of Communications at the Ohio Treasurer’s office. He began his career on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Chris has spent over a decade building and engaging in high profile campaigns that have touched on a wide range of first-of-their-kind issues. His work has been quoted and seen in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, the Associated Press, FOX Business, Forbes, Fortune and hundreds more across the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708552849942-PWS3BSSBYDOIEP5342XS/Onyeka+1+-+david+kilroy.jpg Speakers 2024 - Onyeka Obiocha, Executive Director, CTNext Panelist: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Onyeka serves as the Executive Director of CTNext, the entrepreneurship and innovation arm of Connecticut. In this role, he provides strategic leadership and oversees operations to support entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the state. Working closely with government agencies, academic institutions, and industry leaders, Onyeka spearheads the development and implementation of programs, initiatives, and policies aimed at stimulating the growth of startups, small businesses, and innovation ecosystems. His collaborative approach ensures the fostering of a thriving entrepreneurial community in Connecticut. Previously, Obiocha founded Sharelogical, an e-commerce platform designed to empower donations by leveraging affiliate marketing, and he was also a co-founder of A Happy Life, a New Haven–based coffee company that received official recognition from the Connecticut General Assembly. During his time as managing director of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, Obiocha worked to develop programming and expand resources for students to launch and scale businesses across the country. Onyeka's exceptional contributions have garnered recognition, including Connecticut Magazine's “40 Under 40” award, the Next City Vanguard distinction, Nantucket Project Scholar, and inclusion among the "100 Men of Color" honorees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706638644959-K3B9J4FCENPP6F6XKXRQ/Bockhaus_Jay-800x800.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Jay Bockhaus, Managing Partner, CORI Innovation Fund Panelist: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems As Managing Partner of CORI's Innovation Fund, Jay leads fundraising, capital deployment, and portfolio management, targeting growth businesses in opportunity zones of small communities. With a background in mergers and acquisitions at Gleacher & Co. and Allen & Company, Jay later spearheaded strategy and development at NBCUniversal's Entertainment and Digital Networks. Post-NBCU, he advised the Chairman of Emigrant Bank and managed investments in growth businesses, including a chairmanship at GolfLogix. A founding board member and Treasurer of Venture for America, Jay mentors VFA entrepreneurs fostering startups in American cities. A Princeton alumnus, Jay holds a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School and certificates in East Asian studies and Japanese. He lives near his birthplace in Connecticut with his wife and two daughters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708553020446-KII0GPKZ583LTI1H26BE/ynews-josh-geballe-h_1+-+david+kilroy.jpg Speakers 2024 - Josh Geballe, Managing Director, Yale Ventures Moderator: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Josh Geballe is Senior Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Yale University and Managing Director of Yale Ventures. He is responsible for a wide range of services and programs for students, faculty, and the broader New Haven community to launch new startups based on Yale research, provide training in entrepreneurship and innovation, expand external research partnerships, and foster the growth of the local innovation and entrepreneurship community Prior to launching Yale Ventures in 2022 Josh served as Chief Operating Officer for the State of Connecticut under Governor Ned Lamont. With responsibility for all executive branch agencies covering 30,000 employees, he led successful initiatives to modernize government operations and led the state's nationally recognized response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to his three years in public service Josh spent his career in the technology industry, most recently as CEO of Core Informatics, a venture-backed scientific software company that was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific where he went on to serve as Vice President and General Manager of Digital Science. Previously he spent 11 years at IBM in a variety of international executive roles. Josh serves on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations, including ClimateHaven where he is the founding board chair, Connecticut Innovations, AdvanceCT, BioCT and the Mory’s Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706534388467-1NNTPM53PVTL7WUSELT1/cole+smith.jpg Speakers 2024 - J. Cole Smith, Dean, Syracuse's College of Engineering and Computer Science Panelist: It’s About the People Dean Cole Smith's research interests are primarily in the area of mathematical optimization, with a particular focus on mixed-integer programming and combinatorial optimization. A significant portion of Smith's recent work has been dedicated to studying network interdiction and fortification, as well as bilevel mixed-integer optimization problems. Smith exhibits a keen interest in interdiction issues, especially those involving uncertain data or asymmetrical information distribution among participants. The applications of Smith's research are diverse, spanning logistics, national security, healthcare, production, ecology, and sports. Smith's scholarly contributions have been published in esteemed journals such as Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, IISE Transactions, Networks, and INFORMS Journal on Computing. Moreover, Smith's research endeavors have received support from prestigious institutions, including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708977714542-JCQVBWYVQZB9OTDJDRA3/Joe+Nehme+Headshot+-+William+Zhang.jpg Speakers 2024 - Joe Nehme, Senior Manager of External Affairs, Micron Panelist: It’s About the People Joe currently serves as Senior Manager for External Affairs at Micron Technology, where he directly supports the company’s New York expansion. He was born and raised in Utica, NY and graduated from Syracuse University in 2011. Prior to joining Micron, Joe led U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s Central and Northern New York Regional Office for over 7 years. He also held roles at the New York State Assembly, Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, and Syracuse University’s Office of Government and Community Relations. Joe is a proud Lebanese American and lives in Dewitt, NY with his wife Ilyana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1708977851328-UB5AX2YR2DMLQ8AZ5QSR/Jaime.png Speakers 2024 - Jaime Arellano-Bover, Lecturer of Economics, Yale School of Management Moderator: It’s About the People Jaime Arellano-Bover’s research is in the areas of labor economics and applied microeconomics. Some of his recent research studies the importance of young workers’ labor market entry conditions and matches to first jobs, how on-the-job learning varies across employers, immigrants’ job mobility and climbing of the firm ladder, the infiltration of organized crime in legal firms, and the long-run dynamics of the gender pay gap. Jaime obtained his PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706638928183-V946SWOGHYZGHICLZDV7/crair_michael2.jpg Speakers 2024 - Michael Crair, Vice Provost for Research, Yale University Panelist: Yale Faculty Panel Michael Crair is Vice Provost for Research and the William Ziegler III Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology & Visual Science. As Vice Provost for Research, he has University-wide oversight over research strategy, planning, policies, infrastructure and facilities, technology transfer and engagement with public and private sponsors of research. He works to encourage and broadly support research at Yale, innovative interdisciplinary scholarship, entrepreneurship, innovation, and enable groundbreaking discoveries across all schools and departments at the university. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, Inc. and the Dan Lewis Foundation for Brain Regeneration Research. Holding a physics doctorate from UC Berkeley and postdoctoral training in Japan and UCSF, Dr. Crair joined Yale in 2007. He's held numerous roles, including Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs at Yale School of Medicine before his current role in 2020. His research, focusing on brain circuit plasticity and development in the visual system, has earned him multiple accolades and significant funding from national health institutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706534885744-Z6UKH4942C45P99MXIJS/Ratan.jpeg Speakers 2024 - Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Deputy Director, Yale Economic Growth Center Panelist: Yale Faculty Panel Aishwarya serves as the Deputy Director of the Economic Growth Center, Yale’s hub for economics research and teaching on issues relating to lower-income economies and the advancement of their populations. Prior to the EGC, Aishwarya managed research and evaluation investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Financial Services for the Poor teams. Her previous experience includes running a financial inclusion research initiative at the EGC from 2011-2014 in partnership with Innovations for Poverty Action, leading the Monitoring, Research and Evaluation unit at Women for Women International, and working as an Associate Researcher at Microsoft Research India. Aishwarya earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and women’s studies from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in public administration and international development from the Harvard Kennedy School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1706535204018-C3OBXQ6I64VI66BKMV2J/_DSC1311+%281%29.jpg Speakers 2024 - Lorenzo Caliendo, Won Park Hahn Professor of Global Affairs and Management and Professor of Economics, Deputy Dean Jackson School of Global Affairs Panelist: Yale Faculty Panel Lorenzo Caliendo serves as the Won Park Hahn Professor of Global Affairs and Management, Deputy Dean of Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Professor of Economics. He holds joint positions at the Jackson School of Global Affairs and the School of Management. Additionally, Caliendo is a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), has a courtesy appointment in Yale University's Department of Economics, and is part of the research staff at the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics. He is an Associate Editor for Econometrica, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of European Economics Association. His research interests span international trade, migration, spatial economics, and macroeconomics, focusing on the trade and welfare effects of commercial and migration policies, the impact of foreign trade competition on firms' organizational and wage structures, and the influence of sectoral and regional linkages on aggregate economic activity. His work has been published in prominent academic journals including Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies, and has garnered coverage in leading media outlets. Caliendo holds a PhD in Economics and a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago, a Master's in Economics from Auckland University, and has held various prestigious positions including Research Fellow at IES-Princeton University, Lecturer at the University of Chicago, and Global Future Council Fellow at the World Economic Forum in The Future of International Trade and Investment Council. He has also been honored with Uruguay National Prizes in Economics from FCS and ACADECO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56575f8ae4b00f188f356bb3/1674127508281-GECTWBZU8STY6RO5D99T/image.png Speakers 2024 - Tony Sheldon, Executive Director, Program on Social Enterprise, Yale School of Management Moderator : Yale Faculty Panel Tony Sheldon has been executive director of Yale School of Management's Program on Social Enterprise and lecturer in the practice of management since 2008. 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