Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI

Victoria Barbary is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute. She spent nine years as director of strategy and communications at the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF).

Sam Hanigan is a associate director in the Milken Institute’s Center for Regional Economics and California Center.

Rachel Fox Smothermon is a senior associate at the Milken Institute and a member of the Geo-Economics Initiative. Her role includes work on supply-chain resilience focusing on the nexus of human rights and environmental impacts, as well as navigating the future of emerging technology and AI.

Aimée Christensen is founder and CEO of Christensen Global, a sustainability advisory firm where she leverages deep expertise and a diverse network to guide clients including Apparel Impact Institute, Clinton Global Initiative, Duke Energy, The Elders, FEMSA, Ford Motor Company, Global Ocean Commission, Mastercard Impact Fund, Microsoft, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Russell Family Foundation, Swiss Re, United Nations Foundation and Virgin Group.

Matthew Aleshire is director on the Milken Institute’s Geo-Economics Initiative and helps to lead the work around the topics of climate change, the global financial architecture, and international political economy. Aleshire previously focused on global policy and government engagement for the Milken Institute, overseeing efforts to advance policy solutions across the Institute’s research and convenings.

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.