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Aspen Institute Job Quality Fellows

Nationally recognized leaders dedicated to advancing job quality and access

Rick Plympton, Chief Executive Officer, Optimax

Bhairvee Shavdia, Managing Director, SBJ Capital

Impact Investing Perspective

Professionals with expertise in the impact investing and ESG investing fields

Nawar Alsaadi, FSA, SIPC, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors

Don Baylor, Jr., Managing Director, Head of Services & Community Impact, Lafayette Square

Aaron Cantrell, Executive Director, Future Nexus

Samantha Katz, Founder, Invest & Imbibe, Co-Founder & Board Member, IDiF

Marcela Pinilla, Director, Sustainable Investing, Zevin Asset Management

Stephanie E. Szymanski, Chief Investment Officer, Lakeview Capital Management

Tom Woelfel, Senior Director of Impact, HCAP Partners

Small Business Perspective

Small-scale entrepreneurs creating good jobs and social impact

Shawni T. Davis, CEO, Luminary Electrical

Ashley Hartman, Chief Strategy OfficerGlobal Source, Distribution | Central Iowa Vapors | Hyve | Seedling

Joel Jonker, President, Down To Earth Compliance, LLC

Aaron Seyedian, Founder, Well-Paid Maids

Employer Perspective

Executives offering insight into employer issues, challenges, and innovations

Sarah T. Billings, Senior Executive, Banking

Mike Brady, Principal, G3

Ric Eidenberg, US President, The Evolved Group

Ramsey Ford, Principal, FourCircleSix

Jennifer Gettleson, Executive Recruiter, ZRG Partners

Milton Ives, Senior Executive Manufacturing

Brianna Sylver, President, Sylver Consulting

Human Resource Perspective

Experienced leaders with deep technical expertise on current HR issues and practices

Kimetha Firpo, Chief Human Resource Officer, Retired

Lisa Hunter, Founder & Managing Director, Newport Consulting

Jodi Starkman, Executive Director, Innovation Resource Center for Human Resources

Workforce Development Perspective

Non-profit leaders helping to build workforce readiness and support better job creation

Hope Arthur, Executive Director, The Health Collaborative

Cyndi Bergstein, Deputy Director of Operations, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Kelly Brooks-Hailey, Organizational Development Specialist Civic Works Center for Sustainable Careers

Matt Bruce, Executive Director Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Meghan Durso, Senior Human Capital Manager, TDO

April Harrington, Workforce Development Strategist, Chicagoland Healthcare Workforce Collaborative

Monica Perez, Workforce Program Specialist, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

Research Perspective

Academic scholars and applied researchers advising on research methods and techniques

Pamela Chan, JD, MPA, Principal, Channel Change LLC

Kelly Coney, MA, Executive Director, Coney Consulting

Samantha Conroy, PHD, MBA, Associate Professor, Colorado State University College of Business

Michael Frone, PHD, Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Angela Hobson, PHD, MPH, Teaching Professor & Assistant Dean for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis

Philip Hong, PHD, Dean, University of Georgia School of Social Work

Rebecca S. Kuchar, MBA, President, RSK Insights, Inc.

Peter D. Norlander, PHD, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor; Director, MSHR Program; Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

Yudong Zhang, PHD, MPH, MSW, Research Asst. Prof. & Asst. Dir. for Data Processes, Developmental Mechanisms Prog.; Dept. of Medical Social Sciences; Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine