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Leveraging Procurement for Community Wealth-Building and Local Jobs
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Director, City of Saint Paul
Jessica Kingston is the Director of Saint Paul's Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity. She was formerly the Associate Director of Purchasing for Digital River, and has close to 20 years of experience working at various levels of leadership in the private sector...
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Future of Work Strategist, Partnership for Working Families
Mariah Montgomery leads the Partnership’s strategic initiatives to propel the future of work towards worker power and equity, with a focus on nonstandard, fissured employment and the way technology is changing work and organizing. Before joining the Partnership, Mariah was the deputy...
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Managing Director, Mayors Innovation Project
Satya Rhodes-Conway is the Managing Director of the Mayors Innovation Project and a senior associate at COWS. She works with cities across the country to implement innovative policy that promotes environmental and economic sustainability and builds strong, democratically accountable...
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Manager for Higher Education Engagement, The Democracy Collaborative
Assisting with the New Economy Action Project at CommonBound in Buffalo, NY 2016
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Shanelle Smith is the inaugural deputy director of Cuyahoga County's new Department of Sustainability. Prior to her role with Cuyahoga County, Smith was the head of Emerald Cities Cleveland, part of a national energy efficiency initiative. Smith was instrumental in building consensus...
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