It was a real pleasure to sit down with Dennis Alvord, a nearly 30-year veteran of the federal civil service whose career at the Economic Development Administration and the OECD’s Regional Development Policy Committee has made him one of the…
Thanks to CREC’s Allison Forbes, PhD, for joining this Monday call to share their work connecting key partners to enable evidence-based workforce development strategies in support of priority defense industries! Allison’s slides available here.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kenan Fikri, Senior Fellow at the Economic Innovation Group, an economic think tank dedicated to tackling the deep, longstanding challenges facing the American economy. Kenan and I got into some of the…
It was a pleasure to welcome Alison Peoples from Argonne National Laboratory to the podcast. Alison is a statistician and economic development researcher whose career has taken her from the municipal bond trading desks of Boston to the Economic Development…
Thanks to Manny Flores, President & CEO at SomerCor, for joining this past Monday call to describe the small business lending opportunities available to domestic manufacturers through SBA programs. Manny described the types of projects enabled by SBA programs like the 7(a)…
Thank you to Brian Becker, MAP Program Director, and Founder and CEO of Becker Growth Strategy, for joining this past Monday call to share more information about ICIC’s no-cost Manufacturing Accelerator Program (MAP). MAP is designed for small- and mid-sized…
Thank you to Angie Donelson, Ph.D., and Jenni Moreno, for joining last Monday’s call! They shared a case study detailing their expertise in building trust and collaborative structures between public agencies, foundations, nonprofits, and federal funders. Their presentation got at the…
It was a pleasure to welcome Chris Luecke to the podcast. Chris is a podcast himself, as founder and host of the Manufacturing Happy Hour podcast, one of the most recognizable shows in the industry, with nearly 300 episodes exploring…
