| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Robert Palmer |
General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs | Profile |
The Center for Economic Inclusion is a cross-sector organization committed to strengthening the Minneapolis-St. Paul region`s civic infrastructure and collective capacity to disrupt systems and influence market forces to catalyze shared prosperity and advance an inclusive economy. The Center for Economic Inclusion is dedicated to advancing inclusive growth – by elevating data-driven promising practices, advocating inclusive policies, coordinating cross-sector, community-driven development, and piloting strategies that truly close the gaps.
Metrocrest Services works in partnership with the communities it serves - Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch and Dallas in Denton County, and individuals and companies nationwide to provide life-enriching and essential services to build a pathway out of poverty.
The Bezos Earth Fund is Jeff Bezos` $10 billion personal commitment to fund scientists, activists, NGOs and others to help drive climate and nature solutions. By allocating funds creatively, wisely, and boldly, the Bezos Earth Fund has the potential for transformative influence in this decisive decade. Funds will be fully allocated by 2030 — the date by which the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals must be achieved.
Skills for Rhode Island`s Future is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed or underemployed job seekers in the state of Rhode Island. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future will serve as a business intermediary dedicated to returning the unemployed and underemployed to work by focusing on the hiring needs of local employers. This unique demand-driven approach allows Skills for Rhode Island’s Future to serve both the business and job seeker communities creating economic opportunity and regional progress. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is modeled after Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, a successful demand-driven intermediary based in Chicago. Skills for Chicagoland’s Future has placed over 2,700 job seekers back to work with more than 50 employer partners since its inception in 2012. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is being launched with support from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and in partnership with the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Wisconsin`s Chamber. WMC is Wisconsin`s largest and most effective business association dedicated to making Wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation. The association has nearly 4,000 members including large and small manufacturers, service companies, local chambers of commerce and specialized trade associations. Promoting a healthy business climate since 1911, it is a merger of the Wisconsin Manufacturers` Association, the State Chamber of Commerce and the Wisconsin Safety Council.