Trina Spear is Co-Founder and Co-CEO. She started her career in finance, where she worked on Wall Street for Citigroup's investment banking and private equity divisions and for The Blackstone Group's hedge fund group. Trina's list of accolades includes becoming Fast Company's 9th Most Innovative Company for branding (2019), Inc. 500's 21st Fastest Growing Company in the U.S. (2018), and one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at Goldman Sachs' Builders and Innovators Summit (2018). She won the Emerging Entrepreneur award at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for the Greater Los Angeles Region (2018), raised the 4th largest round for a female-founded company (2017), and is part of the 2018 class of Henry Crown Fellows in the Aspen Institute's Aspen Global Leadership Network. Trina was published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology for her article entitled, "Transforming the Healthcare Experience: Doctors, Nurses, Patients, and Beyond" in the October 2017 issue. She won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Greater Los Angeles Region in 2018. She was recognized as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs’ Builders and Innovators Summit in 2018. She is a member of the 2018 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. Trina received her B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, graduating magna cum laude. She completed her MBA at Harvard Business School.
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Asia Center
Extends the reach and impact of the Milken Institute to the Asia-Pacific region
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Center for Financial Markets
Conducts research and constructs programs designed to facilitate smooth and efficient operation of financial markets
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Center for the Future of Aging
Advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through high-impact policies, research, convenings, and multisector partnerships.
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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.
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Center for Regional Economics and California Center
Analyzes the dynamics that drive job creation and promote industry expansion
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Center for Strategic Philanthropy
Empowers philanthropists to effectively address some of the world's most urgent problems
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FasterCures
Clears roadblocks that prevent medical breakthroughs from reaching patients sooner
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Financial Innovations Labs
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Global Market Development
Working with government partners in emerging and developing economies to build strong, domestic financial markets.
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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
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Research Department
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