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Best-Performing Cities 2026: Resilience in a Cooling Economy
Explore which US metros are driving growth and resilience nationwide.
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Capitalizing Community Lenders to Expand Affordable Small Business Finance
Across the United States, small businesses are essential drivers of job creation, innovation, and local economic resilience. Yet for many entrepreneurs—particularly those in low-income communities and communities of color—access to...Read ArticleImage
Camron Doss
Director, Milken Institute FinanceCamron Doss is a transformative senior leader with more than 30 years of specialized experience in strategic planning, stakeholder relations, external affairs, corporate communications, community and economic development, and business operations. At the Milken Institute, Doss leads the Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Rebuilding from the Bottom Up: The LA Fires One Year Later
January marks the one-year anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires that devastated Altadena, the Pacific Palisades, and Malibu, destroying over 16,000 structures, killing 31 people and leading to hundreds more related deaths, and...Read ArticleImage
Alexander Meeks
Director, 10,000 Communities Initiative, Milken Institute FinanceAlexander Meeks is a director at Milken Institute Finance. He focuses on helping communities accelerate resilient disaster recovery and adapt to extreme weather events.
One Year After the Fires, A Lesson in Community Resilience
January 7 marks one year since wildfires tore through Los Angeles, making it the costliest wildfire event globally and contributing to more than $130 billion in extreme weather losses in the first half of the year alone.Read ArticleImage
Théo Cohan
Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute FinanceThéo Cohan is a director of innovative finance at the Milken Institute, focusing on communications and marketing strategies, and partnerships, and working with her team to develop and execute Financial Innovations Labs®.
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