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Chelsea Wells

Managing Director, Business and Program Development
Chelsea Wells is a managing director of Business and Program Development at the Milken Institute, leading programmatic partnerships and strategic opportunities for the Institute's Health, Finance, Philanthropy, and International pillars.
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Blair Smith

Senior Director, Milken Institute Finance
Blair Smith is senior director at Milken Institute Finance, with more than 20 years of financial services and capital markets experience. He leads the Access to Capital and strategic innovative financing initiatives to enhance economic and social impact.

Innovation Prize Programs

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Milken Institute Innovation Prizes offer exciting and effective tools for partners interested in sourcing or scaling innovative solutions. From catalytic early-stage support and achievement-based recognition to large-scale global competitions, we design tailored prize models that advance our partners’ goals and maximize long-term impact. The Milken Institute approaches each unique prize as an important opportunity to landscape a given field, incentivize new ideas and innovators, create and analyze data, and prime new markets and entrepreneurs for success. 

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Sara ElShafie, PhD

Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Sara ElShafie, PhD, is an associate director of Strategic Philanthropy at the Milken Institute. Serving its Environmental and Social Innovation portfolio as a global climate specialist, ElShafie helps to build philanthropic initiatives for thriving environments and communities.