10,000 Communities

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Sam Hanigan

Associate Director, Milken Institute Finance
Sam Hanigan is a associate director in the Milken Institute’s Center for Regional Economics and California Center.
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Rachel Halfaker

Director, 10,000 Communities Initiative, Milken Institute Finance
Rachel Halfaker is a director at Milken Institute Finance. Halfaker works on the public finance and resilient infrastructure work which focuses on identifying innovative partnership and financing models for the public finance field and emerging investment strategies for resilient infrastructure.
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Savannah Richardson

Senior Associate, Public Finance, Milken Institute Finance
Savannah Richardson is a senior associate for Milken Institute Finance at the Milken Institute. Richardson works within the Excellence and Equity in Public Finance Program, supporting the Community Infrastructure Center platform and the CFO Forum programming.
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Rachel Reilly

Senior Advisor, Milken Institute Finance
Rachel Reilly is the founder and CEO of Aces & Archers, a strategic advisory and consulting firm focused on addressing socioeconomic inequality by reimagining traditional models for economic growth and private investing.
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Sarah Ortner

Senior Associate, Public Finance, Milken Institute Finance
Sarah Ortner is a senior associate with Milken Institute Finance. She focuses on the Institute’s Excellence and Equity in Public Finance initiatives, with a portfolio that includes climate resilience, community infrastructure deployment, and emerging markets.

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10,000 Communities Initiative Expands Community Infrastructure Center with New Partnerships
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Despite myriad federal and state funding opportunities, many urban and rural communities are unable to adequately fund or finance critical community infrastructure investments that underpin their long-term economic growth. The 10,000 Communities Initiative works in partnership with other private and public organizations around the US to ensure to connect people, projects and partners to facilitate the effective and equitable distribution of resources to traditionally underfunded communities and support long-term community resilience.

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We work in partnership with other private and public organizations around the U.S. to ensure to connect people, projects and partners to facilitate the effective and equitable distribution of resources to traditionally underfunded communities and support long-term community resilience.

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Dan Carol

Senior Director, Milken Institute Finance
Dan Carol is a senior director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.
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