Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Professor of the Practice, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Professor of Economics, Williams College, and 2023 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Ph.D. Candidate, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Executive Director of the Office of Science, Technology & Innovation, North Carolina Department of Commerce
A roadmap for inclusive and equitable development is proposed which has four core elements that will lead to greater shared prosperity in Durham: a sustainability scorecard; a collective ambition community mobilization strategy; a more inclusive entrepreneurial/business ecosystem; and an equitable community economic development innovations fund. These activities aim to support historically underutilized businesses and invest in workforce development partnerships that support working poor civil servants at-risk of being priced out of and displaced from Durham’s housing market. Utilizing these tools and leveraging the four corners of intellectual assets that exist at Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and North Carolina Central University should strategically position Durham to be one of the most inclusive, equitable, and sustainable cities in America.
To attract skilled talent in an evolving economic landscape, public and private sector leaders must understand the factors – economic, social and political conditions – that push and pull people and drive relocation.
...initiatives. This Scholar also had an outstanding impact on projects connecting the Kenan Institute to the UNC community as well as to innovators and entrepreneurs in the broader community. Named for...
A highlight of this semester for the Kenan Institute’s Kenan Scholars was their recent lunch and learn with UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford.
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