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Speakers

Adem Bunkeddeko

Executive Director, Coro New York

Seung Kim

VP, Economic Development Programs at LISC

Michelle Rhone-Collins

CEO, LIFT

David McGee

Executive Director, Build Wealth Minnesota

Allison Kelly

CEO, ICA Fund

Reed Hundt

CEO, Coalition for Green Capital

Nathaniel Loewentheil

Founder and Managing Partner, Commonweal Ventures

Susanne Desroches

Deputy Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice

Bruce Katz

Founding Director, Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University

Matthew Davie

Chief Strategy Officer, Kiva

Jim Cunha

EVP and Interim COO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Otho Kerr

Keynote Speaker | Director of Strategic Partnerships, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Gernot Laganda

Chief of Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, World Food Programme

Kevin Donovan

Tamer El-Raghy

Desmond Koney

Rachel Korberg

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Families and Workers Fund

Smita Aggarwal

Global Investments Advisor, Flourish Ventures

Laura Schmid

Skills and Employability Specialist, ILO

Preeti Sinha

Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Blair Miller

Senior Fellow - Yale University Jackson Institute; Founder - Nextwork

Kathy Mannes

VP Impact Partnerships, Jobs For the Future (JFF)

Xavier Faz

Lead of Digital Frontier, CGAP

Thomas Abell

Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Asian Development Bank

Rebecca Mincy

Investment Director, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund

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Yale SOM Economic Development Club

The Economic Development Club's mission is to educate, recruit, and build community around creating social impact through economic development. Economic development stems from efforts across a broad range of fields so we cater to interests that span empowerment, international development, policy, and infrastructure, among others.