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Expiration of the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19

On behalf of the Milken Institute, I write to share our insights and suggestions pertaining to the forthcoming expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act...
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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.

Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

FasterCures thanks the leadership of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the opportunity to comment on the initial guidance for the implementation of sections 11001 and 11002 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (P.L. 117...
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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.

U.S. Public Markets Built for the 21st Century

Witness List The Honorable Michael S. Piwowar, Executive Vice President of MI Finance, Milken Institute Ms. Sue Washer, Former CEO, Applied Genetics Technology Corp Ms. Anna T. Pinedo, Partner and Co-Leader of Global Capital Markets, Mayer...
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Michael Piwowar, PhD

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Finance
Michael S. Piwowar, PhD, is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Finance. Piwowar served as a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from August 15, 2013, to July 6, 2018.

Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets Introduces 10,000 Communities Initiative

Washington, DC (January 18, 2023) – Alongside a cross-sectoral group of public and private partner organizations, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets has launched the 10,000 Communities Initiative, a year-long campaign to help...
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Chad Clinton

Director, Media Relations
Chad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events.

Patient Perspectives on Gene Therapy Products

Submitted electronically Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration Docket No: FDA-2022-N-2394 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: FDA CBER OTAT Public Patient-Focused Drug Development Listening...
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Sung Hee Choe

Managing Director, FasterCures, Milken Institute Health
Sung Hee Choe is the managing director on the FasterCures team at the Milken Institute. She is responsible for overseeing FasterCures' day-to-day operations, setting strategy, and delivering on initiatives in biomedical innovation and global health.

Investing in America: Reauthorization of the Economic Development Administration

Witness List Dennis Alvord, Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce Lisa Cooper, Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Area Development District; on behalf of the National Association of Development...
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Dan Carol

Managing Director, Milken Institute Finance
Dan Carol is a managing director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.
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With Broadband Access Expanding Nationally, Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities and Microbusiness Activity Report Looks at the Keys to Support Local Business Growth

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 18, 2022) — According to the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities and Microbusiness Activity report, expanding broadband infrastructure can have a pivotal role in promoting economic opportunities and unleashing...
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Chad Clinton

Director, Media Relations
Chad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events.

The Milken Institute’s Community Explorer Tool Offers New, In-Depth County-Level Demographic, Socio-Economic Data to Help Inform Policy Development

WASHINGTON, DC (October 18, 2022) — The Milken Institute announced the release of its Community Explorer, an interactive tool that drills down into various demographic and socio-economic data to help inform policy discussions around housing...
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Chad Clinton

Director, Media Relations
Chad Clinton is the director of media relations for the Milken Institute. Hired to this role in August 2021, Clinton develops and executes strategies to amplify the Institute’s core messages by generating coverage of its pillar workstreams, experts, and events.
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Milken Institute Feeding Change Commitment of Support for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Washington, D.C. – September 28, 2022 – Feeding Change, a program of the Milken Institute, commits to convening its private sector Food Is Medicine (FIM) Task Force to elevate, accelerate, and scale coverage and implementation of a range of...
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Holly Freishtat

Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Holly Freishtat is the senior director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute and leads the food systems portfolio.