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Past Event: Faculty Director Galante Speaks at Promoting Economic Mobility Summit

Published On September 14, 2016

Faculty Director Carol Galante participates in panel discussion on housing families in high-opportunity communities and creating opportunity in place today at a joint Urban Institute and Citi Foundation Summit on Promoting Economic Mobility: Putting Evidence to Action for Communities. Check it out here!

Featured speakers include:

  • Jacqueline Alexander, director of development, mid-Atlantic region, The Community Builders Inc.
  • Shaun Donovan, director, White House Office of Management and Budget
  • Carol Galante, I. Donald Terner distinguished professor of affordable housing and urban policy, University of California, Berkley
  • Ben Hecht, president and CEO, Living Cities
  • Brandee McHale, president, Citi Foundation
  • Loretta E. Lynch, US attorney general, US Department of Justice
  • Conor McKay, director, Future of Work Initiative, Aspen Institute
  • Erika Poethig, Institute fellow, director of urban policy initiatives, Urban Institute
  • Teo Reyes, national research director, Restaurant Opportunities Center United
  • Courtney Snowden, deputy mayor for greater economic opportunity, Washington, DC
  • Palak Shah, social innovations director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
  • Margery Austin Turner, senior vice president for program planning and management, Urban Institute
  • Sarah Rosen Wartell, president, Urban Institute

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