Kim Batarse is a director on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute. Batarse leads the curation of the financial markets track in programs across Milken Institute’s convening internationally, including its flagship Global Conference. In her business development role, Batarse specializes in end-to-end strategy development of product offerings. She works cross-functionally to facilitate the definition, design, and execution of programmatic and event offerings across the Institute. Batarse holds a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and works in the Institute’s Santa Monica office.