Mindy Silverstein
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- Milken Institute1h 1m
Undercapitalization: Closing the Gender Growth Gap Across Industries
Katie O'Reilly, Jesse Draper, David Jeffrey, Megan McDonald, Mina Pacheco Nazemi, David Warren, Mindy Silverstein, Tracy Briscoe Monroe
Executives from Standard Bank Group, Halogen Ventures, and DW Partners discussed the critical need to accelerate gender diversity in finance, citing a persistent global pay gap and a projected 30–50 year timeline to parity without intervention. Panelists highlighted that diverse, female-led funds generate significant alpha while noting that retention challenges, particularly for women in their 30s, require shifting from mentorship to active sponsorship by male leaders. The dialogue concluded with a consensus that Limited Partners and institutional investors must mandate accountability through data-driven policies rather than relying on marketing claims to drive systemic change.
- Milken Institute54 min
Beyond the Headlines: Global Leaders Explore Africa's Future
Mindy Silverstein, Bronwyn Nielsen, Tony Blair, H.E. Paul Kagame, Scott Minerd, Patrice Motsepe, Strive Masiwa, Bob Collymore, Jay Ireland, Fred Swannaker, John Rice, President Uhuru Kenyatta
The Milken Institute launched the Africa Business Fellowship Program, a reciprocal exchange initiative partnering with Strive Masiwa, Safaricom, and the Dangote Group to place up to 15 American entrepreneurs in African firms over six months. Supported by high-profile speakers like President Paul Kagame and Tony Blair, the event utilized demographic projections showing Africa's population could double by 2050 to argue that regional integration and private sector infrastructure investments are critical for unlocking a continent identified by the IMF as home to the world's fastest-growing economies. Panelists including Scott Minnert and Patrice Motsepi concluded by dismissing security concerns as manageable barriers and calling for immediate U.S. capital deployment to fuel the rising middle class and consumer industries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Milken Institute1h 9m
Bay to Basin: Cities Make a Comeback
Mindy Silverstein, Scott Miner, Kevin Clouden, Austin Buechner, William Rusty Bailey, Dale Bonner, Jim Wunderman, Carol Armstrong
The Milken Institute is broadening its global initiatives while leveraging its California Center to drive policy changes in government efficiency and small business capital access. A recent summit highlighted the critical need for reauthorizing public-private partnership statutes to unlock $42 billion in infrastructure investment, focusing on regional waterways, transportation, and climate resilience. Panelists from major institutions and local governments identified fragmented governance as a primary barrier to execution, calling for centralized regional leaders to manage complex long-cycle projects and mitigate catastrophic flood risks.
- Milken Institute1h 23m
MI Forum - Innovating Women - The Changing Face of Technology
Sharon Vosmek, Dane Stangler, Anousheh Ansari, Vivek Wadhwa, Farai Chideya, Mindy Silverstein
Moderated by Mindy Silverstein, a Milken Institute forum featuring Vivek Wadhwa, Anusha Ansari, Dane Stangler, and Sharon Vozmek dissected the systemic gender biases in Silicon Valley's venture capital ecosystem and the economic benefits of inclusive innovation. The panel highlighted how exclusionary networks and "pattern recognition" practices result in women founders accessing a fraction of available capital despite evidence that diverse teams outperform male-only counterparts by 64%, prompting Wadhwa to crowdsource his book *Innovating Women* to fund a Singularity University initiative. Addressing both global and local barriers, the speakers advocated for shifting from mandatory quotas to cultural normalization of diversity, early STEM mentorship, and increased angel investing by women to unlock the projected 6-9% GDP growth derived from full female economic participation.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
A Conversation on Haiti with Sean Penn and Denis O'Brien
Sean Penn, Denis O'Brien, Mindy Silverstein, Margaret Brennan, FEMALE SPEAKER 1, MARK BLYTHOUSE, JOHN MCCURRY, JOHN MCDOUGALL, DAVID LEONHARDT JR., DAVID ROCKEFELLER JR., ERIC SCHMIDT
At the Milken Institute's Global Conference, a panel of investors and officials highlighted Haiti's robust 3.6% annual economic growth and its strategic value as a manufacturing hub under the U.S. Hope and Help Act. Speakers detailed significant strides in post-earthquake reconstruction and human capital development, citing the $100 million Heineken investment and the shift toward sustainable artisan tourism as evidence of a "mini-Brazil" trajectory. Despite political gridlock delaying the release of $300 million in aid and legislative hurdles regarding land tenure, the consensus emphasized that private sector engagement, rather than traditional NGO aid, is essential to transforming Haiti into a stable, high-return market.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Lunch Program | The Business of Sports
Mindy Silverstein, Jim Gray, Magic Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Brian France, Patrice Mosepe
A panel of prominent sports figures including Magic Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, and Brian France discussed the critical intersection of franchise ownership, economic sustainability, and social impact in modern athletics. The conversation highlighted the economic imperatives of social media integration, the urgent need for athlete financial literacy to prevent post-career insolvency, and the ongoing debate over compensating college athletes and managing concussion risks. Furthermore, the group emphasized sports' unique capacity to drive racial reconciliation and inclusivity, citing the 1995 Rugby World Cup and current locker room dynamics as evidence of athletics serving as a catalyst for broader social cohesion.
- Milken Institute59 min
Investing in Growth: Accessing Global Capital
Bill Gates, Mindy Silverstein, Mark Cutis, Jay Ireland, Seth Maron, Ashish Thakkar
The Milken Institute's "Access to Global Capital Initiative" positions Rwanda as a pilot for channeling global capital toward emerging markets, leveraging its improved governance and the East African Community's deepening integration. Sovereign wealth funds and corporations like GE are restructuring investment strategies to prioritize long-term infrastructure and supply chain development over traditional equity holdings, driven by the need to de-risk ventures in high-growth regions. Simultaneously, technological leaps in mobile finance and broadband infrastructure are enabling these economies to bypass traditional development barriers, creating new opportunities for financial inclusion and localized industrial growth.
- Milken Institute1h 13m
Access to Global Capital Initiative: Corporate and Investor Roundtable
Tony Blair, Paul Kagame, Strive Masiyiwa, Seth Merrin, Mike Milken, Mindy Silverstein
At the Milken Institute's "Investing in Africa" working group, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Tony Blair outlined strategic partnerships with the Institute to accelerate capital flow into emerging markets through the new Access to Global Capital Initiative. The session highlighted Rwanda's 8% annual economic growth and regional integration efforts while presenting data indicating that emerging markets now hold a larger share of the global economy than the US, Europe, and Japan combined. With future plans to expand operations in Indonesia and convene international investors in East Africa, the group aims to leverage governance reforms and renewable energy projects to drive sustainable wealth creation across the continent.
- Milken Institute56 min
MI Summit 2013 - London: Access to Global Capital: Investing in Growth
Mindy Silverstein, Tony Blair, Strive Masiyiwa, Seth Merrin, Jane Rowe, Michael Milken
In partnership with LiquidNet and Tony Blair's Africa Governance Initiative, the Milken Institute launched the Access to Global Capital Initiative to direct foreign investment into emerging markets like Indonesia, Colombia, and Rwanda through improved governance frameworks. Major institutional investors, including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, are increasing their emerging market exposure by leveraging rigorous risk management and specific country classifications to align fiduciary interests with stable regulatory environments. This collaborative effort aims to catalyze economic transformation by proving that human capital and predictable rules drive growth more effectively than natural resources, thereby incentivizing broader global adoption of these development strategies.