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Curtis S. Chin

Chair, Senior Fellows; Senior Advisor, Global Markets, Milken Institute
Curtis S. Chin is Chair, Asia Fellows; Senior Advisor, Global Markets at the Milken Institute. He is a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an advisory board member of the Asian American Federation, and a media presence and voice on where East meets West—from business, trade & culture to issues facing the Asian American community.
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Yup S. Kim

Yup S. Kim serves as the chief investment officer for Texas’ $40 billion municipal retirement system (TMRS) and chairs its staff investment committee.
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Ken Kencel

Ken Kencel serves as president and CEO of Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen, the asset management arm of TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services company.
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Cheryl Alston

Cheryl D. Alston is the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas, Texas (“ERF”), a $3.7+ billion pension plan for the City’s civilian employees.
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Chester Spatt

Chester Spatt is the Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has taught since 1979. He served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2004-2007).
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Michael Greenwald

Michael B. Greenwald is the Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He also heads up Global Executive Relations for the company pioneering thought-leadership on artificial intelligence.
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June Cha, PhD

Policy Director, FasterCures, Milken Institute Health
June Cha is a policy director at FasterCures, Milken Institute Health. She brings decades of experience in infectious diseases research, non-profit, multilateral, and bilateral organizations, government, and the pharmaceutical industry, where she has focused on US and global health policy and program strategies across the healthcare ecosystem.
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