Madeline Lieberberg is a director on the Business & Program Development team at the Milken Institute. She is responsible for managing strategic partners and sponsors engaging in the Institute’s conferences and programs. Based in New York, Lieberberg cultivates the Milken Institute network through year-round programs and events including the Hamptons Dialogues and South Florida Dialogues.

Mike Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, has been at the forefront of successful initiatives in medical research, education, public health and access to capital for more than four decades. Fortune called him “The Man Who Changed Medicine” and Forbes listed him among “Visionaries Reimagining Our Children’s Future.”

Jenna Spear is an associate director on the business and program development team at the Milken Institute. Spear oversees fundraising strategies for MI Finance and fosters relationships with strategic partners and sponsors of all major Milken Institute convenings, including the Institute’s flagship event, Global Conference.

Kara Whelply is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. She leverages her expertise in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, philanthropic funding, and therapeutic development to advise individual philanthropists and nonprofit organizations on methods to advance their mission and accelerate the development of treatments.

Caitlin MacLean is a managing director on the catalytic capital team at the Milken Institute. She oversees the research, development, execution, and follow-up of our Financial Innovations Labs, which promote financial solutions to overcome economic and social challenges.

Adoma Addo is a senior associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. With her passion for innovation and sustainable development in emerging markets, she supports work on the Institute’s innovation competitions.

Nadia Penrod,PhD, is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In this role, she leverages her expertise as an interdisciplinary scientist in biomedicine and informatics to identify high-impact opportunities for philanthropic investment that promote science for the public good and have the potential to transform health.

Sylvie Raver, PhD, is the managing director of the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy.

Anita Totten, a senior associate on the Public Health team at the Milken Institute, provides project and research support for the team’s chronic disease and prevention, mental health, and health equity strategic pillars of work. She actively champions the role of employers in whole-person health through projects that advance racial equity and mental health system changes, employer-sponsored insurance innovation, obesity care modernization, and investments in digital health for substance use disorders.

Fernando Torres-Gil is director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is also a professor of social welfare and public policy. He is a leading spokesperson on demographics, aging and public policy.