Ida Rademacher is a vice president at the Aspen Institute, where she is co-executive director of the Financial Security Program and launched and leads the Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy. With a background in economic anthropology and ecological economics, her efforts have resulted in initiatives and events including the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative, the Future of Wealth Initiative and the Global Inclusive Growth Summit. Previously, Rademacher was chief program officer at Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and led research and evaluation projects at the Aspen Economic Opportunities Program. Co-editor of “The Future of Building Wealth,” she’s an advisor on the FDIC Committee for Economic Inclusion and executive fellow at Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.
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