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Inclusive Capitalism Program Insights: December 2023

2023 has been a fruitful and impactful year for the MI Finance Inclusive Capitalism program. Following the release of our first white paper, The Path to Inclusive Capitalism: An Asset Owner Guide for Investment Portfolios, in December 2022...
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Melanie Schwartz

Associate Director, Milken Institute Finance
Melanie Schwartz is an associate director with Milken Institute Finance and has a background in African and emerging markets, strategic communications, and international development. Schwartz works within the Institute’s Inclusive Capitalism program and proudly supports the program’s various initiatives designed to progress diversity, equity, and inclusion in the financial sector.
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Inclusive Capitalism Program Insights: October 2023

In This Newsletter The HBCU Strategic Initiative and Fellows Program ICAP in Action ICAP News and Trends The HBCU Strategic Initiative and Fellows Program The Inaugural Cohort Wraps a Groundbreaking Launch Year for the Fellows Program In...
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Melanie Schwartz

Associate Director, Milken Institute Finance
Melanie Schwartz is an associate director with Milken Institute Finance and has a background in African and emerging markets, strategic communications, and international development. Schwartz works within the Institute’s Inclusive Capitalism program and proudly supports the program’s various initiatives designed to progress diversity, equity, and inclusion in the financial sector.
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Power of Ideas

Embracing Outside the Box Thinkers

Have you ever wondered if you have neurodivergent employees? If not, you are likely missing out. According to a variety of studies in the US and the UK, at least one in seven people are neurodivergent. If you are lacking inclusive and...
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Marlene Puffer

Chief Investment Officer, AIMCo
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Stories from the Field

Joneigh Khaldun, MD - Stories from the Field

1. Tell us about your background and career path. What brought you to CVS Health, what are some of your main responsibilities, and what do you find most rewarding about the role? I am a practicing emergency medicine physician in a busy...
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Joneigh Khaldun, MD

Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for CVS Health
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A New Set of Numbers Needs Attention

An ancient proverb holds that “You can’t enter the same river twice—because the river has changed … and so have you.” As my business travel has resumed to pre-pandemic levels and I have occasion to meet with business and government leaders...
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Richard Ditizio

CEO, Milken Institute
Richard Ditizio is the CEO of the Milken Institute, responsible for all pillars and departments across the organization's global footprint. Under his leadership, the Institute expanded its staff and programmatic work to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
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Power of Ideas

The Next New Mainstream

Mass markets and mainstream media often believe that majorities dictate most societal changes. History, however, has shown that our current mainstream was erected from niches: Our current majorities—in culture, in populations, and more—have...
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Bing Chen

CEO and Co-founder, Gold House
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The Health Equity Movement and the War on Cancer

The COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd brought to national attention inequities in the provisioning of health care in the United States—inequities that endanger the lives of millions of Americans. Those two historic events...
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Gary Puckrein, MD

President, National Minority Quality Forum
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