Michelle Stevenson is an accomplished global marketing leader, bringing more than 25 years of experience to her role as executive director, marketing and communications at the Milken Institute, where she oversees earned media, social media, the website, brand and design, publishing, thought leadership, and all marketing efforts. With a cultural marketing mindset, Stevenson recently oversaw the rebuild of milkeninstitute.org, the launch of the Institute’s first home-grown ad campaign, an expansion of media coverage into international markets, and leads all marketing and communications efforts for the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream.

Kevin Klowden is the executive director of Milken Institute Finance. He specializes in the study of key factors that underlie the development of competitive regional economies (clusters of innovation, patterns of trade and investment, and concentration of skilled labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and, in turn, affect regional economies both globally and nationally.

Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.

Michelle Stevenson is an accomplished global marketing leader, bringing more than 25 years of experience to her role as executive director, marketing and communications at the Milken Institute, where she oversees earned media, social media, the website, brand and design, publishing, thought leadership, and all marketing efforts. With a cultural marketing mindset, Stevenson recently oversaw the rebuild of milkeninstitute.org, the launch of the Institute’s first home-grown ad campaign, an expansion of media coverage into international markets, and leads all marketing and communications efforts for the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream.

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.