This panel will looked at different approaches for incorporating innovation across the Obama Administration, including encouraging innovation across an entire discipline with the Department of Education’s Race to the Top; supporting impact investing through the Small Business Administration’s new Impact Investment Fund; using social investment as a diplomatic strategy; and developing policy frameworks supportive of these broad-ranging endeavors. Members of the Administration from the Department of Education, Small Business Administration, USAID, and others will discuss their work and their approaches to innovation and engage in Q&A with audience members.
Moderator:
Greg Nelson, Deputy Director, White House Office of Public Engagement
Greg works with the business, non-profit, advocacy, and technology communities to engage with the Administration on critical energy, climate, and technology issues. Before joining the Obama-Biden Administration, Greg was the CEO and co-founder of Green Harvest Technologies (GHT), an applications and marketing company that developed a line of "clean and green" consumer products using bio-based plastics and fibers. Prior to GHT, Greg was the General Manager of the Politics and Public Policy division for a non-profit software and strategy provider and a partner and Managing Director of CTSG, a 75-person technology and consulting firm. Greg has also been a speechwriter, has worked at the U.S. Peace Corps, and has been a speaker on technology, business, and sustainability at national conferences and retreats. Greg received his B.A. in Political Science and History from Yale University.
Panelists:
Ellen Kim: Senior Advisor, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business Administration
Ellen Kim is a Senior Advisor in the Office of Investment and Innovation at the Small Business Administration working on various interagency initiatives for high-growth, high-impact small businesses. Prior to her work at the SBA, Ellen was in investment banking at Citigroup in the Municipal Securities Division and has worked in management consulting as well as striking out on her own as an independent consultant to various start-ups and small businesses, mostly assisting with finance and operations. Ellen holds a B.S. in Economics from MIT and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where she received certificates for Global Management and Public Management.
Erin Mote: Chief of Party, Global Broadband and Innovations Alliance, USAID
Dr. Erin Mote has close to a decade of experience forging alliances with private corporations, NGOs, and governments to drive the development of corporate strategies that provide a double bottom line of profit and social good. She has worked with more than fifty Fortune 500 companies, including Diageo, Chevron, UPS, and Wal-Mart. In her current capacity as Chief of Party for the USAID Global Broadband and Innovators Alliance, she is charged with driving connectivity, mobile solutions, and innovation throughout USAID’s global development portfoliio. Prior to this role, Erin served in senior positions with CHF international and the Coulter Companies after starting her career in her native Arizona as the Director of External and Strategic Relations for Arizona State University. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, two masters–one in Russian and Eastern European Studies and the other in Public Administration–and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan. She serves in advisory and leadership capacities for several civic organizations, including the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the Clinton Foundation, the Junior League of Washington, and NetImpact.
Mark Newberg: Senior Advisor, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Small Business Administration
Mark Newberg is a Senior Advisor in the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning at the US Small Business Administration, where his primary areas of focus include impact investing, innovation, inter-agency initiatives, and disaster recovery. Mark previously served as an Advisor to the New Orleans City Council following Hurricane Katrina, where he was tasked with "big-picture policy," green/clean development, intergovernmental relations, and multi-sector partnerships. He has been a columnist for the Huffington Post and www.takepart.com and has advised the occasional start-up company as well. Mark holds a BA in Political Science from Tulane University and a JD from Tulane Law School and was a Visiting Student at Harvard Law School.
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