Business and Program Development

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Elana Jacob

Associate Director, Business and Program Development
Elana Jacob is an associate director on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute in the New York office. Since joining the Institute in 2021, Jacob has developed and managed a global portfolio of strategic partners and sponsors for all major Milken Institute convenings, with an emphasis on the Global Conference.
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David Marina

David Marina

Senior Associate, Business and Program Development
David Daniel Marina is a senior associate on the Business and Program Development programmatic fundraising team at the Milken Institute.
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Sarah Yaseen

Director of Business and Program Development
Sarah Yaseen is a director of Business and Program Development at the Milken Institute, where she is part of the team that oversees strategic partnerships and sponsors across the Middle East and Africa region.
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Chelsea Wells

Senior Director, Business and Program Development
Chelsea Wells is a senior 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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Sarah Sandler

Chief Growth Officer and Executive Vice President
As Chief Growth Officer and Executive Vice President of the Milken Institute, Sarah Sandler drives the organization’s global expansion strategy, delivering measurable results across new markets, driving revenue growth, and stakeholder engagement.
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Shikha Jain

Senior Director, Business and Program Development
Shikha Jain is a senior director on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute.  She has more than 20 years of mission-driven fundraising and relationship management experience.
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Amanda Schlumpf

Associate Director, Business and Program Development
Amanda Schlumpf is an associate director on the Business and Program Development team with the Milken Institute and helps developing their European presence and growth. She is responsible for initiatives such as the Global Capital Markets Advisory Council (GCMAC) and the Forum for Family Asset Management (FFAM) for Europe and is deepening engagement with Milken Institute’s broader network, including financial institutions, investment funds, corporations, young leaders and individual philanthropists.
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Daniel Goldstein

Director, Business and Program Development
Daniel Goldstein is a director in the Business and Program Development department at the Milken Institute, where he manages relationships with sponsors and supporters throughout the year, integrating them into Institute events and programs. In this role, he’s focused on fundraising and developing partnerships across the financial services ecosystem and corporate world as well as with key constituencies such as the Global Capital Markets Advisory Council and the Institute’s broader network of government officials, industry leaders and philanthropists.
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Lauren Batten

Associate Director, Institutional Giving
Lauren Batten is an associate director of institutional giving on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute. With over 10 years of experience across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Lauren manages the Milken Institute’s grants portfolio for Health, Finance, and Philanthropy programmatic pillars.
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Brian Carandang

Director, Business and Program Development
Brian Patrick Carandang is a director on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute. He oversees fundraising strategies and partnership engagement across Milken Institute Health, which encompasses FasterCures, Public Health, Future of Aging, and Feeding Change, as well as ongoing health convenings hosted by the Institute across platform events.