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Markle Economic Future Initiative Members

The Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World was created in 2013, and is co-chaired by Zoë Baird and Howard Schultz. The goals of this initiative are to envision and ultimately be a catalyst for an America with broad participation in the global digital economy; and to seek scalable solutions to reinvigorate the American Dream, imagining new strategies for jobs and economic security that can help propel our country into a future where the next generation will once again be better off than the last.

Madeleine K. Albright	Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Zoë Baird	President, Markle Foundation Co-chair, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World Co-chair, Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age Member, Markle Connecting for Health Steering Group (Ex-officio)	View Profile
Marc Benioff	Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Cory A. Booker	Mayor, City of Newark Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
John Seely Brown	Visiting scholar and advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California Independent Co-Chairman, Deloitte’s Center for the Edge Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Sheila P. Burke	Senior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Senior Research Fellow and Member of the Faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Calvin O. Butts, III	Pastor, The Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City President, State University of New York College at Old Westbury Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Geoffrey Canada	President and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Julián Castro	Mayor, City of San Antonio Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Michael M. Crow	President, Arizona State University Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
James X. Dempsey	Vice President for Public Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World Member, Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age	View Profile
Jack Dorsey	Co-Founder and CEO, Square Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Twitter Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Michèle A. Flournoy	Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Antonia Hernández	President and CEO, California Community Foundation Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Leila Janah	Founder and CEO, Samasource Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Lewis B. Kaden	Chairman, Markle Foundation Board of Directors Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World (Ex-officio)	View Profile
Nancy F. Koehn	James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Michael O. Leavitt	Chairman, Leavitt Partners Former Governor, State of Utah Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Tara Lemmey	CEO, Net Power & Light Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World Member, Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age	View Profile
Gilman Louie	Partner, Alsop Louie Partners Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Michael J. McCloskey	Co-Founder and CEO, Select Milk Producers General Manager and Partner, Fair Oaks Dairy Farms Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Kenneth B. Mehlman	Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Former Chairman, Republican National Committee Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Cheryl Mills	Former Counselor and Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Craig Mundie	Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World Member, Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age	View Profile
Gavin Newsom	Lieutenant Governor, State of California Former Mayor, City of San Francisco Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Tim O'Reilly	Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Robert D. Putnam	Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
L. Rafael Reif	President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Walter Robb	Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Howard Schultz	chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Starbucks Co-chair, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Clara Shih	CEO, Hearsay Social Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Elizabeth H. Shuler	Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Michael Spence	William R. Berkley Professor in Economics & Business, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Roy Spence	Co-Founder and Chairman, GSD&M Co-Founder & CEO, The Purpose Institute Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
James B. Steinberg	Dean, Maxwell School, Syracuse University Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Dorothy Stoneman	Founder and CEO, YouthBuild USA Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Ashley Swearengin	Mayor, City of Fresno Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Dave Wirtschafter	Board Member, WME Entertainment Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile
Philip D. Zelikow	Dean, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia Former Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) Former Counselor, U.S. Department of State Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World Member, Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age	View Profile
Robert B. Zoellick	Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Former President, World Bank Member, Markle Initiative for America’s Economic Future in a Networked World	View Profile