Associate Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Glorimar Aragon is an associate director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In her role, Aragon advises individual philanthropists and philanthropic families on opportunities where capital can make the most significant impact.
Senior Associate, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Kellen Silver is a senior associate on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. In this role, he supports research and programming related to gun violence prevention and economic prosperity in the United States.
In the United States, millions struggle to access postsecondary education, skills, and opportunities needed to achieve prosperity. This issue is especially challenging for historically underserved communities—such as Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and rural populations—who face compounded barriers like financial instability and limited access to resources and technology. Despite these barriers, opportunities exist to create pathways to better social and economic outcomes.
In Pathways to Prosperity: Opportunities to Bridge Postsecondary Education and the Workforce, the Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy team highlights five actionable areas where philanthropists can make impactful investments. By promoting human-centered programs and resources, offering holistic wraparound supports, leveraging collaborative partnerships between key stakeholders, prioritizing access to in-demand skills, and embracing risk, philanthropists can help bridge the gaps that many Americans face in their journey from postsecondary education to the workforce.
Philanthropy has the potential to drive sustainable change in postsecondary education and workforce development. Download this report to learn how targeted investments can unlock new pathways to prosperity for all.
The Milken Institute, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) are proud to welcome the third cohort of IFC-Milken Institute Fellows, the Class of 2019. This select group of 23...
Since the internet became a widely adopted platform for information exchange, there has been a variety of research into the effect the internet has on education. Some research finds increased success rates for minorities in K-12 when...
Washington D.C., USA, December 19, 2023—To help strengthen local capital markets, IFC and the Milken Institute have joined forces with Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business to provide advanced knowledge and skills training to...
Paul Guequierre is the director of strategic communications. In this role, he works to increase the profile of Milken Institute in the media, raise the visibility of issues important to the organization and its stakeholders, and expand the Institute's digital presence.
Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)—The Milken Institute is proud to announce the opening of the 2025 cohort application for its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fellowship program. Through its rigorous eight-week...
The HBCU program will move from a one-year program to a multi-year commitment to help students secure full-time job offers.
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.
Applications for the next class close on September 15, 2019 WASHINGTON, August 19, 2019 – Rising stars in government and finance from developing and emerging economies have arrived in Washington for a rigorous eight-month program designed...
With a strong focus on education and discreet, affiliation-based philanthropy, Asian philanthropists are increasingly formalizing their giving and utilizing strategic tools to create a broader impact. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted...
WASHINGTON , Oct. 31, 2017 -- The Milken Institute, the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group focused on the private sector), and The George Washington University's School of Business are working together...
Innovative activities – and their commercial applications – are driving long-term economic growth in America. While industry energizes innovation through research and development (R&D) initiatives, the main catalyst that fuels knowledge...
Fear, anxiety and social isolation brought on by the pandemic has exacerbated existing mental health challenges for people on college campuses, and created new ones as online learning expands, key rites of passage are cancelled, and social...
Veterans bring valuable skills that can benefit the civilian job market, but without adequate tools and resources to translate these skills into meaningful employment, their contributions remain underutilized. To resolve these issues, the...
Singapore – June 4, 2021 – The Milken Institute and Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, today announced the joint launch of the “ Milken Institute Singapore Internship Program” which aims to provide recent graduates in...
Milken Institute and Partners Group Unveil New Internship Program to Support Young Singaporean Leaders
Associate Director, Milken Institute International
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.
Over the past several decades, the state of Victoria has established itself as Australia’s higher education leader, with a concentration of universities, researchers, and ideas to rival many of the greatest centers of learning in the world...
