Launched in June 2020, the five-year NABE Scholars program expands on current NABE Foundation scholarship programs by providing scholarships to NABE conferences to diverse early-career economists and students pursuing a career in applied economics. Want to lend your support to the program? Donate Here
NABE Press Release on 2021 Scholars (5/20/2021) NABE Press Release on Scholars Program (6/25/2020) Diversity/Inclusion Webinars and Conference Sessions: Federal Reserve System's Racism and the Economy series CBE Careers in Economics webinar series Past NABE webinars:
Financing Growth of Women & Minority-Owned Businesses April 20, 2021 Speakers: Nancy Cappola, Real Estate and Economic Development Consultant Adji Fatou Diagne, PhD, Economist, U.S. Census Bureau Ayris T. Scales, CEO & Managing Director, Walker’s Legacy & Walker’s Legacy Foundation Moderator: Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, CBE, Senior Resident Fellow, Third Way; former NABE President
Race, Mobility, and Fairness in the US Economy June 30, 2020 Speakers: Raphael Bostic, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Darrick Hamilton, Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University Neel Kashkari, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Marie Mora, Professor and Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri-St. Louis Moderator: Nela Richardson, Principal and Investment Strategist, Edward Jones
Healthcare Inequality in the U.S. June 22, 2020 Speaker: Gary Puckrein, President and CEO, National Minority Quality Forum Moderator: Jen Kilgore Coriell, President, EconConcierge, Inc
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace June 1, 2020 Speaker: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Moderator: Sarah O'Brien, Head of Global Insights, LinkedIn
Past NABE conference sessions:
2021 NABE Tech Economics Conference (November 8, 2021) Diversity in Tech and Econ Amanda Bayer, Franklin and Betty Barr Professor of Economics, Department Chair, Swarthmore College Moderator: Benjamin Leyden, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Economics, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
2021 NABE Annual Meeting (September 27, 2021) Achieving Better D&I Outcomes: The Role of Data in Driving Change | Audio Theresa Parlato, Managing Director, HR Relationship Manager, Wellington Management Tonya Robinson, Vice Chair and General Counsel – Legal, Regulatory and Compliance, KPMG Moderator: LaVaughn Henry, CBE, Banking and Regulatory Policy Analyst, FDIC; Chair, The NABE Foundation
History of the Initiative The NABE Diversity & Inclusion Initiative and Committee were formed in May 2019, with the charges to:
1. Explore the current state of diversity and inclusion within NABE and member workplaces.
2. Suggest best practices to the NABE Board for NABE operations (conference planning, nominating committee, etc.).
3. Suggest tactics to the NABE Board for broadening and diversifying the business economist candidate pipeline.
4. Suggest tactics to the NABE Board to measure NABE’s progress going forward.
Questions? Ideas? Contact [email protected].
Rosemary Marcuss Chair David Altig Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Manuel Balmaseda, CBE CEMEX Julia Coronado MacroPolicy Perspectives, LLC Juhi Dhawan Wellington Management Megan Greene Kroll Institute LaVaughn Henry, CBE FDIC Constance Hunter, CBE KPMG Michael Luca Harvard Business School Michelle Robinson Bureau of Economic Analysis Wilko Schulz-Mahlendorf Wayfair Luis Torres, CBE Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University