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Asia Center
Extends the reach and impact of the Milken Institute to the Asia-Pacific region
Center for Financial Markets
Conducts research and constructs programs designed to facilitate smooth and efficient operation of financial markets
Center for the Future of Aging
Advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through high-impact policies, research, convenings, and multisector partnerships.
Center for Public Health
Develops research, programs, and initiatives designed to envision and activate sustainable solutions leading to better health for individuals and communities worldwide.
Center for Regional Economics and California Center
Analyzes the dynamics that drive job creation and promote industry expansion
Center for Strategic Philanthropy
Empowers philanthropists to effectively address some of the world's most urgent problems
FasterCures
Clears roadblocks that prevent medical breakthroughs from reaching patients sooner
Financial Innovations Labs
Addressing society's greatest challenges through a financial lens
Global Market Development
Working with government partners in emerging and developing economies to build strong, domestic financial markets.
Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
Anyone with a dream should have the opportunity to make it come true—through determination and an economic system that works for all
Research Department
Addressing global policy issues on Health Economics, International Finance, and Regional Economics

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Randi Weingarten

President, American Federation of Teachers

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Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents educators and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; healthcare professionals; and government employees. The AFT and its members are dedicated to advancing social justice through community engagement, collective action and political activism. Weingarten believes in uniting the interests of union members and those they serve in pursuit of solutions that benefit students, schools and communities. Weingarten has launched major initiatives, including: the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support improvement projects developed by members and their local unions; Share My Lesson, the United States' largest free collection of educational resources created by educators, for educators; a partnership with nearly 100 partners to transform McDowell County, W.Va.; and a partnership with First Book that has distributed 5 million free and reduced-price books to children. Before becoming AFT president, Weingarten was president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City for 12 years, a labor lawyer, and a history teacher at Clara Barton High School.