Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Milken Institute launches HBCU Fellows Program

WASHINGTON, DC (February 17, 2023) — Today, the Milken Institute launched its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Strategic Initiative and Fellowship Program, which provides participating students with a rigorous eight-week...
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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.

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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A darker-skinned, male-presenting individual in a dark suit and tie against a blue background

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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Social Determinants of Health: It’s Always About Money

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated several persistent problems that have plagued our communities for centuries: systemic and structural racism and classism, pernicious health inequities, weak public health infrastructure, a fractured health...
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Rachel Krausman

Vice President, National Strategy and Partnerships, ProMedica

What Does Health Equity Really Look Like?

You have cancer. Three words you hope never to hear from your physician. Three words that elicit fear, anxiety, and many questions. What will the treatment be like? Can I continue working? How will my family cope? Will I survive? You have...
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Louis J. DeGennaro, PhD

President and CEO, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Embracing Health Equity for the Rare Disease Community

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many of the long-standing health inequities in our society, which affect a wide range of quality-of-life outcomes and risks. For the 400 million people worldwide who are living with a rare disease, these...
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Tamar Thompson

Head of Global Corporate Affairs, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease