Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Power of Ideas

The Through-Line of Reconnecting

Each year when we reach out to contributors to assemble this collection of Power of Ideas essays, I am taken by the fact that no matter how disparate the industries or geographies are from which they are written, common themes always emerge...
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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.
Power of Ideas

Why We Need Inclusive Infrastructure Investment

For the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the world. Not only has it changed the way we interact, but it has also reaffirmed the need for strong connections with each other and the communities that have made us...
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Joyce Beatty

US Representative, Ohio; Chair, US House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion; Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, US House of Representatives
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Power of Ideas

It’s Time We Hear One Another—Our Lives Depend on It

Though some of my friends would disagree, I consider myself a homebody and an introvert. Yet, I am deeply driven by curiosity—after all, I am a Milken Scholar! For the last nine years, working with journalist Lisa Ling on our documentary...
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Francis Poon

Co-Producer and Post Supervisor, Part2Pictures, 'This is Life with Lisa Ling', CNN
News Release

Milken Institute Announces DEI in Asset Management Executive Council

Inaugural Council Initiated as Part of the Center for Financial Markets’ DEI in Asset Management Initiative Today, the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets (CFM) announced the launch of the DEI in Asset Management Executive...
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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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