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Sarah Sandler

Chief Growth Officer and Executive Vice President
Sarah Sandler is the Chief Growth Officer and Executive Vice President at the Milken Institute and oversees fundraising strategies across Institute events and programs. She fosters strategic partnerships and develops programs to engage the Institute's top supporters from around the world, including financial institutions, multi-national corporations, leaders in heath, foundations, and philanthropists to design and implement market-based solutions to global challenges.
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Martha Mazzone

General Counsel and Head of Technology
Martha (Marty) Mazzone is head of technology and general counsel for the Milken Institute.  Previously serving as general counsel and chief operating officer of the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream.
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William Lee

Chief Economist
William (Bill) Lee is chief economist at the Milken Institute. He leads the Institute’s effort to develop collaborative policies to improve access to and the functioning of capital markets, strengthen financial stability and the soundness of financial institutions, and foster global macroeconomic, financial, and regulatory conditions to bolster job creation.
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Kevin Klowden

Executive Director, Milken Institute Finance
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.
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Michael Klowden

Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
Michael Klowden is the executive vice chairman of the board of the Milken Institute. For 21 years prior to assuming this role, he was the Institute’s CEO.
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Conrad Kiechel

Executive Director, Global Programming and Events
Conrad Kiechel is executive director of global programming and events at the Milken Institute. In that role, he oversees all the signature convenings of the Institute, including its annual Global Conference. He is also the publisher of the Milken Institute Review, a journal of economic policy.
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Rachel Goslins

Executive Director, Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
Rachel Goslins is the executive director of the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream (MCAAD). Her distinguished career spans over 25 years of experience in the cultural sector, creative industries, social impact, and law.
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Laura Deal Lacey

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute International
Laura Deal Lacey is the executive vice president, MI International at the Milken Institute. She is also the chairman of the board of FWD Insurance (Singapore), serves as the independent director on the SGX-listed Pacific Century Regional Development (PCRD), and is a member of the Singapore Management University's The Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board.
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Michael Piwowar, PhD

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Finance
Michael S. Piwowar, PhD, is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Finance. Piwowar served as a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from August 15, 2013, to July 6, 2018.
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Melissa Stevens

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Melissa Stevens is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, leading its work with individual and family philanthropists and foundations seeking to make a transformative, sustainable impact. Since co-founding Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy in 2015, she has overseen the creation and execution of philanthropic strategies that have influenced more than $3 billion in capital and built an unmatched network for donors to collaborate and amplify their impact.